Franco Sassi

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Franco Sassi is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Sassi has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Franco Sassi's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (15 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 papers). Franco Sassi is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (15 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 papers). Franco Sassi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Italy. Franco Sassi's co-authors include Marion Devaux, Annalisa Belloni, Gary Frost, Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani, Rachel Nugent, Elisa Pineda, Caterina Bianca Neve Aurora Bianchi, David McDaid and D. Michele Basso and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Franco Sassi

76 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Investing in non-communicable disease prevention and management to advance the Sustainable Development Goals

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franco Sassi United Kingdom	27	943	842	583	424	416	82	3.1k
Lucie Rychetnik Australia	32	697 0.7×	1.8k 2.1×	449 0.8×	267 0.6×	340 0.8×	95	3.4k
Sally Redman Australia	36	782 0.8×	1.8k 2.2×	406 0.7×	258 0.6×	542 1.3×	101	3.6k
Melanie Bertram Switzerland	31	765 0.8×	856 1.0×	747 1.3×	720 1.7×	156 0.4×	78	3.8k
John M. Westfall United States	28	960 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	471 0.8×	232 0.5×	262 0.6×	138	3.1k
Tin Tin Su Malaysia	32	642 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	457 0.8×	465 1.1×	800 1.9×	163	3.6k
Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer Switzerland	25	785 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	476 1.1×	249 0.6×	41	3.9k
Ciarán O’Neill United Kingdom	38	553 0.6×	904 1.1×	781 1.3×	452 1.1×	517 1.2×	222	4.1k
Ray Moynihan Australia	31	742 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	1.1k 1.9×	281 0.7×	696 1.7×	138	4.6k
Robyn Clark Australia	33	735 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	339 0.6×	634 1.5×	198 0.5×	232	4.9k
Peter Crampton New Zealand	24	606 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	572 1.0×	329 0.8×	154 0.4×	110	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Sassi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Sassi

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Laydon, Daniel J., et al.. (2026). Taxation of foods high in fat, sugar, and sodium in India: A modelling study of health and economic impacts. PLoS Medicine. 23(1). e1004572–e1004572.

Hossain, Md Mokbul, Rajendra Pradeepa, Manuja Kaluarachchi, et al.. (2025). Compliance to tobacco and alcohol zoning regulations around schools in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka using environmental mapping data. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 307–307.

Allais, Olivier, Géraldine Enderli, Franco Sassi, & Louis‐Georges Soler. (2023). Effective policies to promote sugar reduction in soft drinks: lessons from a comparison of six European countries. European Journal of Public Health. 33(6). 1095–1101. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Nina, et al.. (2022). Using system dynamics modelling to assess the economic efficiency of innovations in the public sector - a systematic review. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263299–e0263299. 13 indexed citations

Alfano, Rossella, Michelle Plusquin, Oliver Robinson, et al.. (2022). Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. International Journal of Obesity. 46(7). 1384–1393. 4 indexed citations

Handakas, Evangelos, et al.. (2022). Molecular mediators of the association between child obesity and mental health. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 947591–947591. 2 indexed citations

Handakas, Evangelos, Pekka Keski‐Rahkonen, Lida Chatzi, et al.. (2021). Cord blood metabolic signatures predictive of childhood overweight and rapid growth. International Journal of Obesity. 45(10). 2252–2260. 20 indexed citations

Swinburn, Boyd, et al.. (2020). What is the impact of food reformulation on individuals' behaviour, nutrient intakes and health status? A systematic review of empirical evidence. Obesity Reviews. 22(2). e13139–e13139. 53 indexed citations

Howe, Laura D, Sean Harrison, Robin N. Beaumont, et al.. (2019). Effects of body mass index on relationship status, social contact and socio-economic position: Mendelian randomization and within-sibling study in UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49(4). 1173–1184. 37 indexed citations

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Pimpin, Laura, Lise Retat, Daniela Fecht, et al.. (2018). Estimating the costs of air pollution to the National Health Service and social care: An assessment and forecast up to 2035. PLoS Medicine. 15(7). e1002602–e1002602. 64 indexed citations

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Tordrup, David, C. Chouaïd, Pim Cuijpers, et al.. (2017). PRIORITIES FOR HEALTH ECONOMIC METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH: RESULTS OF AN EXPERT CONSULTATION. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 33(6). 609–619. 6 indexed citations

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Sassi, Franco. (2015). Tackling harmful alcohol use: economics and public health policy.. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 72 indexed citations

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Damiani, Gianfranco, D. Michele Basso, Anna Acampora, et al.. (2015). The impact of level of education on adherence to breast and cervical cancer screening: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine. 81. 281–289. 146 indexed citations

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Cecchini, Michele & Franco Sassi. (2015). Preventing Obesity in the USA: Impact on Health Service Utilization and Costs. PharmacoEconomics. 33(7). 765–776. 15 indexed citations

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Sassi, Franco, et al.. (2014). Taxation and Economic Incentives on Health-Related Commodities: Alcohol, Tobacco and Food. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Merkur, Sherry, Franco Sassi, & David McDaid. (2013). Promoting health, preventing disease: is there an economic case?. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 2 indexed citations

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Damiani, Gianfranco, Bruno Federico, Caterina Bianca Neve Aurora Bianchi, et al.. (2010). Socio-economic status and prevention of cardiovascular disease in Italy: evidence from a national health survey. European Journal of Public Health. 21(5). 591–596. 30 indexed citations

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Sassi, Franco, Marion Devaux, Jody Church, Michele Cecchini, & Francesca Borgonovi. (2009). Education and Obesity in Four OECD Countries. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 39.. 3 indexed citations

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Sassi, Franco. (2003). Setting priorities for the evaluation of health interventions: when theory does not meet practice. Health Policy. 63(2). 141–154. 25 indexed citations

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McDaid, David & Franco Sassi. (2001). The burden of informal care for Alzheimer's Disease: carer perceptions from an empirical study in England, Italy and Sweden. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

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