Raphaël Bize

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Raphaël Bize is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Bize has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Bize's work include Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (7 papers), Physical Activity and Health (7 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (6 papers). Raphaël Bize is often cited by papers focused on Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (7 papers), Physical Activity and Health (7 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (6 papers). Raphaël Bize collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United States. Raphaël Bize's co-authors include Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Jeffrey Johnson, Jacques Cornuz, Shannon D. Scott, Nandini Karunamuni, Wendy M. Rodgers, Bernard Burnand, Yolanda Mueller, Myriam Rège-Walther and Carole Clair and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Bize

39 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Physical activity level and health-related quality of lif... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population: A systematic review
    2007 836 citations Raphaël Bize, Ronald C. Plotnikoff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raphaël Bize Switzerland 13 619 403 350 169 165 44 1.5k
Alison Kirk United Kingdom 29 998 1.6× 761 1.9× 666 1.9× 226 1.3× 238 1.4× 101 2.7k
Scherezade K. Mama United States 23 535 0.9× 612 1.5× 348 1.0× 224 1.3× 158 1.0× 98 1.5k
Sadie Boniface United Kingdom 17 368 0.6× 316 0.8× 452 1.3× 283 1.7× 123 0.7× 45 2.1k
Steven T. Johnson Canada 24 635 1.0× 392 1.0× 484 1.4× 150 0.9× 162 1.0× 102 1.8k
Hannah Arem United States 25 1.1k 1.7× 831 2.1× 538 1.5× 158 0.9× 175 1.1× 79 2.9k
Jo Mitchell Australia 16 598 1.0× 669 1.7× 336 1.0× 134 0.8× 256 1.6× 44 1.8k
Melinda Craike Australia 25 634 1.0× 499 1.2× 279 0.8× 279 1.7× 226 1.4× 88 1.9k
Jeff K. Vallance Canada 31 1.2k 1.9× 442 1.1× 442 1.3× 166 1.0× 202 1.2× 103 2.6k
Patricia Adams United States 19 324 0.5× 437 1.1× 493 1.4× 180 1.1× 70 0.4× 26 1.8k
Philip Baker Australia 23 330 0.5× 342 0.8× 468 1.3× 241 1.4× 113 0.7× 88 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raphaël Bize

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raphaël Bize

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2022). Detecting and describing heterogeneity in health care cost trajectories among asylum seekers. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 978–978. 2 indexed citations
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Bodenmann, Patrick, et al.. (2021). Care and cost trajectories of asylum seekers in a nurse-led, patient centered, care network in Switzerland. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 681–681. 4 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2020). Medical students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards LGBT people and their health care needs: Impact of a lecture on LGBT health. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0234743–e0234743. 63 indexed citations
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Cavassini, Matthias, Valérie D’Acremont, Gilbert Greub, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Switzerland: a local, exploratory, cross-sectional study. Swiss Medical Weekly. 150(5153). w20357–w20357. 3 indexed citations
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Dubois, Jessica, et al.. (2016). Evaluation de la mise en oeuvre du plan canicule dans le canton de Vaud en 2015. IRIS. 1 indexed citations
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Nanchen, David, et al.. (2016). [Exercise-referral to a specialist in adapted physical activity (APA) : a pilot project].. PubMed. 12(537). 1845–1850.
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Martin, Brian, et al.. (2014). Physical activity promotion in the health care setting in Switzerland. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 62(2). 19–22. 4 indexed citations
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Gonseth, Semira, Isabella Locatelli, Raphaël Bize, et al.. (2014). Leptin and smoking cessation: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial assessing physical activity as an aid for smoking cessation. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 911–911. 16 indexed citations
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Waldvogel, Sophie, Paul Vaucher, Raphaël Bize, et al.. (2012). Clinical evaluation of iron treatment efficiency among non-anemic but iron-deficient female blood donors: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 8–8. 57 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2011). Vers un accès à des [b]soins[/b] de qualité pour les personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles et transgenres. Revue Médicale Suisse. 7(307). 1712–1717. 3 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2010). Participation in a population-based physical activity programme as an aid for smoking cessation: a randomised trial. Tobacco Control. 19(6). 488–494. 48 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, Olivier Lamy, & Isabelle Peytremann‐Bridevaux. (2008). [Osteoporotic fracture in menopausal women: alendronate reduces the risk].. PubMed. 4(183). 2703–2703. 3 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël & Ronald C. Plotnikoff. (2008). The relationship between a short measure of health status and physical activity in a workplace population. Psychology Health & Medicine. 14(1). 53–61. 21 indexed citations
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Scott, Shannon D., Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Nandini Karunamuni, Raphaël Bize, & Wendy M. Rodgers. (2008). Factors influencing the adoption of an innovation: An examination of the uptake of the Canadian Heart Health Kit (HHK). Implementation Science. 3(1). 41–41. 147 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2008). Promotion of physical activity in the primary care setting: The situation in Switzerland. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 56(3). 112–116. 3 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2007). Promotion de l'activité physique au cabinet médical : où en sommes-nous en Suisse ?. Revue Médicale Suisse. 3 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, & James Allen Johnson. (2007). The association between physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population: A systematic review. IRIS. 6 indexed citations
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Bize, Raphaël, et al.. (2003). Low-intensity smoking cessation intervention for hospital patients.. IRIS. 2 indexed citations

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