Jean Joël Bigna

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Jean Joël Bigna is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Joël Bigna has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Epidemiology, 34 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jean Joël Bigna's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (15 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (13 papers). Jean Joël Bigna is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (15 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (13 papers). Jean Joël Bigna collaborates with scholars based in Cameroon, France and South Africa. Jean Joël Bigna's co-authors include Jean Jacques Noubiap, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Ulrich Flore Nyaga, Arnaud D. Kazé, Jan René Nkeck, Mickael Essouma, Paule Sandra D. Sime, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Valirie Ndip Agbor and Serra Lem Asangbeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jean Joël Bigna

120 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Geographic distribution of metabolic syndrome and its components in the general adult population: A meta-analysis of global data from 28 million individuals

2022 291 citations Jean Jacques Noubiap, Jobert Richie Nansseu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean Joël Bigna Cameroon	32	1.1k	807	666	571	472	123	3.5k
Jobert Richie Nansseu Cameroon	29	866 0.8×	516 0.6×	549 0.8×	393 0.7×	556 1.2×	113	2.9k
Jean Jacques Noubiap Cameroon	38	1.4k 1.3×	976 1.2×	1.3k 2.0×	667 1.2×	694 1.5×	244	5.3k
Kevin Haynes United States	47	1.3k 1.2×	384 0.5×	326 0.5×	520 0.9×	453 1.0×	195	6.4k
Rajvir Singh Qatar	32	775 0.7×	455 0.6×	592 0.9×	361 0.6×	353 0.7×	263	4.3k
Swu‐Jane Lin United States	24	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	636 1.0×	275 0.5×	355 0.8×	87	5.0k
Mohammad H. Rahbar United States	35	1.0k 0.9×	745 0.9×	194 0.3×	408 0.7×	159 0.3×	107	3.2k
Chun Chao United States	35	1.6k 1.4×	781 1.0×	528 0.8×	582 1.0×	137 0.3×	164	5.1k
Sara L. Thomas United Kingdom	40	3.3k 3.0×	834 1.0×	610 0.9×	472 0.8×	449 1.0×	78	6.9k
Juan M. Pericàs Spain	28	1.7k 1.6×	898 1.1×	395 0.6×	601 1.1×	165 0.3×	143	2.7k
Ferdinand Mugusi Tanzania	41	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 2.4×	258 0.4×	662 1.2×	253 0.5×	139	5.0k

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Hamroun, Aghilès, et al.. (2021). Impact of air pollution on renal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 11(1). e041088–e041088. 2 indexed citations

Bigna, Jean Joël, et al.. (2020). Global prevalence of spondyloarthritis in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 10(10). e041180–e041180. 2 indexed citations

Bigna, Jean Joël, et al.. (2020). Global, regional, and country seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women: a systematic review, modelling and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12102–12102. 127 indexed citations

Danwang, Célestin, Valirie Ndip Agbor, & Jean Joël Bigna. (2019). Body mass index and outcomes of patients with laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 9(6). e028579–e028579. 1 indexed citations

Hamroun, Aghilès, Jean Joël Bigna, Élodie Speyer, et al.. (2019). Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Drugs. 79(14). 1567–1582. 62 indexed citations

Bigna, Jean Joël, et al.. (2019). Global, regional and national estimates of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in pregnant women: a protocol for a systematic review and modelling analysis. BMJ Open. 9(10). e030472–e030472. 12 indexed citations

Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Francky Teddy Endomba, et al.. (2019). Active smoking among people with diabetes mellitus or hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 588–588. 22 indexed citations

Fonkoué, Loïc, et al.. (2019). ANATOMICAL STUDY AND MORPHOMETRIC PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF THE SUPRATROCHLEAR FORAMEN OF THE HUMERUS IN A WEST AFRICAN SAMPLE. International Journal of Anatomy and Research. 7(2.1). 6443–6449. 1 indexed citations

Bigna, Jean Joël, Jobert Richie Nansseu, & Jean Jacques Noubiap. (2019). Pulmonary hypertension in the global population of adolescents and adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7837–7837. 19 indexed citations

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Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Jan René Nkeck, Ulrich Flore Nyaga, & Jean Joël Bigna. (2018). Prevalence of white coat and masked hypertension in Africa: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 20(8). 1165–1172. 25 indexed citations

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Bigna, Jean Joël, Dahlia Noëlle Tounouga, Angeladine Malaha Kenne, et al.. (2018). Epidemiology of depressive disorders in people living with HIV in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. General Hospital Psychiatry. 57. 13–22. 20 indexed citations

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Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Jean Joël Bigna, Jobert Richie Nansseu, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of dyslipidaemia among adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 6(9). e998–e1007. 112 indexed citations

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Noubiap, Jean Jacques, et al.. (2018). Sickle cell disease, sickle trait and the risk for venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thrombosis Journal. 16(1). 27–27. 51 indexed citations

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Bigna, Jean Joël, Ariane Nzouankeu, Marie‐Christine Fonkoua, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of respiratory bacterial infections in people with lower respiratory tract infections in Africa: the BARIAFRICA systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 8(9). e023592–e023592. 10 indexed citations

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Kazé, Arnaud D., Jean Joël Bigna, Jobert Richie Nansseu, & Jean Jacques Noubiap. (2018). Body size measures and risk of venous thromboembolism: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 8(3). e018958–e018958. 3 indexed citations

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Bigna, Jean Joël, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Jobert Richie Nansseu, & Léopold Ndemnge Aminde. (2017). Prevalence, incidence and aetiologies of pulmonary hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 7(6). e014768–e014768. 5 indexed citations

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Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Vicky Jocélyne Ama Moor, Jean Joël Bigna, et al.. (2017). Insulin resistance and associated factors among HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study from Cameroon. Lipids in Health and Disease. 16(1). 148–148. 21 indexed citations

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Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Jean Joël Bigna, Vicky Jocélyne Ama Moor, et al.. (2017). Atherogenic index of plasma and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in adult Africans living with HIV infection: A cross-sectional study from Yaoundé, Cameroon. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 402250430–402250430. 13 indexed citations

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Bigna, Jean Joël. (2016). Polio eradication efforts in regions of geopolitical strife: the Boko Haram threat to efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. African Health Sciences. 16(2). 584–584. 19 indexed citations

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Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Mickael Essouma, & Jean Joël Bigna. (2015). Targeting Household Air Pollution for Curbing the Cardiovascular Disease Burden: A Health Priority in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 17(10). 825–829. 20 indexed citations

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