Sophie Desroches

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sophie Desroches is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Desroches has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 40 papers in General Health Professions and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sophie Desroches's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (28 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (21 papers). Sophie Desroches is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (28 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (21 papers). Sophie Desroches collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Sophie Desroches's co-authors include Benoı̂t Lamarche, France Légaré, Patrick Couture, Dawn Stacey, Annie Lapointe, Stéphane Turcotte, Caroline Richard, Glyn Elwyn, Véronique Provencher and Hubert Robitaille and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Desroches

121 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

  1. Assessments of the extent to which health‐care providers involve patients in decision making: a systematic review of studies using the OPTION instrument
    2013 384 citations Sophie Desroches, Hubert Robitaille et al. Health Expectations profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophie Desroches Canada 31 1.8k 1.6k 659 432 361 124 3.9k
Kathryn Backholer Australia 36 2.9k 1.6× 1.1k 0.7× 756 1.1× 439 1.0× 359 1.0× 198 5.5k
José L. Peñalvo United States 39 2.8k 1.5× 831 0.5× 912 1.4× 945 2.2× 494 1.4× 134 5.6k
Ashkan Afshin United States 27 3.2k 1.8× 935 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 701 1.6× 427 1.2× 47 5.7k
Lauren Ball Australia 29 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 759 1.2× 224 0.5× 324 0.9× 190 3.6k
T. Elaine Prewitt United States 26 1.6k 0.9× 688 0.4× 952 1.4× 539 1.2× 508 1.4× 51 3.3k
Helen Moore United Kingdom 34 2.4k 1.4× 983 0.6× 1.1k 1.7× 1.2k 2.8× 570 1.6× 102 5.3k
Sofia Malyutina Russia 37 827 0.5× 960 0.6× 395 0.6× 242 0.6× 398 1.1× 223 4.1k
Ulla Toft Denmark 28 1.3k 0.7× 493 0.3× 701 1.1× 360 0.8× 247 0.7× 107 2.8k
Barbara A. Dennison United States 26 2.7k 1.5× 876 0.6× 597 0.9× 500 1.2× 525 1.5× 63 4.2k
Thomas C. Keyserling United States 32 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 516 0.8× 185 0.4× 606 1.7× 106 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Desroches

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Desroches

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Desroches

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sophie Desroches. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sophie Desroches 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 Sophie Desroches. Sophie Desroches is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gagnon, Marie‐Pierre, et al.. (2025). Interactive Conversational Agents to Improve Dietary Behaviors for Health Promotion: Mixed Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e78220–e78220.
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Lamarche, Benoı̂t, Lucie Beaulieu, Ariane Bélanger‐Gravel, et al.. (2025). Validation of the “Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale” for the French-Canadian adult population and association with diet quality. Food Quality and Preference. 135. 105692–105692.
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Desroches, Sophie, et al.. (2024). Adults’ beliefs related to reducing red meat consumption: An exploratory study in the province of Quebec, Canada. Appetite. 203. 107679–107679. 1 indexed citations
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Brassard, Didier, Sophie Desroches, Julie Robitaille, et al.. (2023). Transitioning to sustainable dietary patterns: learnings from animal-based and plant-based dietary patterns in French Canadian adults. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1148137–1148137. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Zack van, Simon Bacon, Paquito Bernard, et al.. (2023). Clustering of Health Behaviors in Canadians: A Multiple Behavior Analysis of Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(8). 662–675. 5 indexed citations
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Vézina‐Im, Lydi‐Anne, Charles M. Morin, Annie Lapointe, & Sophie Desroches. (2023). Beliefs about Healthy Sleep Habits in Adults with Diabetes Compared to Adults without Diabetes: A Reasoned Action Approach Elicitation Study. Sleep Science. 16(1). 14–28. 4 indexed citations
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Laurin, Danielle, et al.. (2022). Beliefs underlying older adults' intention to consume plant-based protein foods: A qualitative study. Appetite. 180. 106346–106346. 17 indexed citations
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Bélanger‐Gravel, Ariane, et al.. (2022). The influence of social norms in the context of reducing sugar-sweetened beverages consumption. Public Health. 213. 28–33. 4 indexed citations
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Carbonneau, Élise, Luc G. Pelletier, Catherine Bégin, et al.. (2021). Individuals with self-determined motivation for eating have better overall diet quality: Results from the PREDISE study. Appetite. 165. 105426–105426. 13 indexed citations
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Allen, Zack van, Simon Bacon, Paquito Bernard, et al.. (2021). Clustering of Unhealthy Behaviors: Protocol for a Multiple Behavior Analysis of Data From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(6). e24887–e24887. 2 indexed citations
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Bédard, Alexandra, Ariane Bélanger‐Gravel, Véronique Provencher, et al.. (2019). Promoting Healthy Eating in Adults: An Evaluation of Pleasure-Oriented versus Health-Oriented Messages. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3(5). nzz012–nzz012. 20 indexed citations
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Adekpedjou, Rhéda, Dawn Stacey, Nathalie Brière, et al.. (2019). Engaging Caregivers in Health-Related Housing Decisions for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Cluster Randomized Trial. The Gerontologist. 60(5). 947–957. 16 indexed citations
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Carbonneau, Élise, Benoı̂t Lamarche, Julie Robitaille, et al.. (2019). Social Support, but Not Perceived Food Environment, Is Associated with Diet Quality in French-Speaking Canadians from the PREDISE Study. Nutrients. 11(12). 3030–3030. 18 indexed citations
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Provencher, Véronique, et al.. (2017). Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Through a Healthy Eating Blog: A Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 6(4). e59–e59. 15 indexed citations
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Desroches, Sophie, Hubert Robitaille, Hugues Vaillancourt, et al.. (2013). Assessments of the extent to which health‐care providers involve patients in decision making: a systematic review of studies using the OPTION instrument. Health Expectations. 18(4). 542–561. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Légaré, France, Dawn Stacey, Ian D. Graham, et al.. (2008). Advancing theories, models and measurement for an interprofessional approach to shared decision making in primary care: a study protocol. BMC Health Services Research. 8(1). 2–2. 57 indexed citations
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Archer, W. Roodly, Sophie Desroches, Benoı̂t Lamarche, et al.. (2005). Variations in plasma apolipoprotein C-III levels are strong correlates of the triglyceride response to a high-monounsaturated fatty acid diet and a high-carbohydrate diet. Metabolism. 54(10). 1390–1397. 15 indexed citations

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