Sarah Moss

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sarah Moss is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Moss has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Sarah Moss's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (30 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (16 papers). Sarah Moss is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (30 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (16 papers). Sarah Moss collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Sarah Moss's co-authors include Pieter‐Henk Boer, Makama Andries Monyeki, Herculina S. Kruger, Jos W. R. Twisk, J. N. Morris, S. P. W. Chave, A Semmence, G. Towers, Melainie Cameron and Johannes M. Van Rooyen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Moss

92 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

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    2018 156 citations Sarah Moss Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Moss South Africa 24 454 397 255 249 186 98 1.6k
Kyle S. Minor United States 31 698 1.5× 95 0.2× 103 0.4× 971 3.9× 652 3.5× 107 3.4k
Kelly A. Weir Australia 27 136 0.3× 121 0.3× 272 1.1× 256 1.0× 58 0.3× 96 3.4k
Henriette Löffler‐Stastka Austria 18 120 0.3× 310 0.8× 47 0.2× 113 0.5× 72 0.4× 162 1.4k
Paul Root Wolpe United States 24 66 0.1× 625 1.6× 652 2.6× 66 0.3× 755 4.1× 61 2.7k
Eugène J. F. M. Custers Netherlands 22 41 0.1× 1.4k 3.6× 140 0.5× 81 0.3× 52 0.3× 50 2.2k
Yunting Zhang China 20 24 0.1× 308 0.8× 140 0.5× 255 1.0× 175 0.9× 78 2.6k
Tony Stone United Kingdom 14 214 0.5× 50 0.1× 22 0.1× 133 0.5× 281 1.5× 60 978
Xudong Zhao China 24 78 0.2× 203 0.5× 54 0.2× 209 0.8× 106 0.6× 119 1.8k
Danny Wedding United States 19 32 0.1× 119 0.3× 52 0.2× 146 0.6× 233 1.3× 82 1.8k
Chris Jones United Kingdom 20 66 0.1× 89 0.2× 38 0.1× 61 0.2× 200 1.1× 64 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Moss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Moss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sarah Moss. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sarah Moss. The network helps show where Sarah Moss may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Moss

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Moss. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Moss based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sarah Moss. Sarah Moss is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kruger, Herculina S., Cristian Ricci, Marlien Pieters, et al.. (2021). Lifestyle factors associated with the transition from healthy to unhealthy adiposity among black South African adults over 10 years. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 31(7). 2023–2032. 6 indexed citations
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Moss, Sarah. (2018). The case for probabilistic knowledge. Oxford University Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Monyeki, Makama Andries, et al.. (2018). Two-year changes in body composition, physical activity, and selected metabolic risk factors among adolescents living in the North West province of South Africa: the PAHL study. Boloka Institutional Repository (North-west University). 1 indexed citations
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Moss, Sarah, et al.. (2018). Two-year changes in body composition, physical activity and selected metabolic risk factors among adolescents living in Tlokwe Municipality Area, North West Province, South Africa: the Pahl study. South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and Recreation. 40(2). 99–114. 1 indexed citations
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Moss, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Preferred physical activity among setswana-speaking community-dwelling adults in Potchefstroom. South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and Recreation. 39(1). 97–110. 2 indexed citations
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Lubbe, Welma, et al.. (2016). Effect of prenatal stimulation programmes for enhancing postnatal bonding in primigravida mothers from the Western Cape. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 18(1). 27–46. 1 indexed citations
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Moss, Sarah, et al.. (2016). Relationship between body image and socio-economic status in South African adolescents : PAHL-study. South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and Recreation. 38(1). 31–42. 5 indexed citations
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Oyeyemi, Adewale L., Sarah Moss, Makama Andries Monyeki, & Herculina S. Kruger. (2016). Measurement of physical activity in urban and rural South African adults: a comparison of two self-report methods. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 1004–1004. 21 indexed citations
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Fourie, C.M.T., et al.. (2016). Large artery stiffness is associated with gamma-glutamyltransferase in young, healthy adults: The African-PREDICT study. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(10). 772–781.e1. 14 indexed citations
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Boer, Pieter‐Henk & Sarah Moss. (2015). Test–retest reliability and minimal detectable change scores of twelve functional fitness tests in adults with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 48. 176–185. 38 indexed citations
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Kruger, Herculina S., et al.. (2015). Physical Activity Energy Expenditure and Sarcopenia in Black South African Urban Women. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 13(3). 296–302. 13 indexed citations
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Wright, Hattie H., et al.. (2013). 'Be active!' Revisiting the South African food-based dietary guideline for activity. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 26(3). 18–27. 3 indexed citations
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Moss, Sarah, et al.. (2013). Physical activity in relation to selected physical health components in employees of a financial institution. Boloka Institutional Repository (North-west University). 19(4). 831–842. 1 indexed citations
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Nienaber‐Rousseau, Cornelie, Suria Ellis, Sarah Moss, Alida Melse‐Boonstra, & G. Towers. (2013). Gene–environment and gene–gene interactions of specific MTHFR, MTR and CBS gene variants in relation to homocysteine in black South Africans. Gene. 530(1). 113–118. 18 indexed citations
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Schutte, Aletta E., Rudolph Schutte, Hugo W. Huisman, et al.. (2012). Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in Black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 41(4). 1114–1123. 85 indexed citations
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Heizmann, Claus W., Joachim Krebs, & Sarah Moss. (2004). Preface. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1742(1-3). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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