Thea de Wet

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Thea de Wet is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thea de Wet has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Thea de Wet's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers). Thea de Wet is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers). Thea de Wet collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Thea de Wet's co-authors include Ruth Stewart, Carina van Rooyen, Shane A. Norris, Linda Richter, Noël Cameron, Jonathan Stadler, Carol E. Kaufman, George T. H. Ellison, Derek Yach and Krisela Steyn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, World Development and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Thea de Wet

50 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

The Impact of Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

2012 341 citations Ruth Stewart, Thea de Wet et al. profile →

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Thea de Wet

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Rasheda Khanam Australia

Ruth Stewart South Africa

Aminur Rahman Bangladesh

Alayne M. Adams Bangladesh

Hafiz T. A. Khan United Kingdom

Shin‐Yi Chou United States

Jessica Cohen United States

Edward Nketiah‐Amponsah Ghana

Chiara Seghieri Italy

Hugh Waddington United Kingdom

Rasheda Khanam Australia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thea de Wet

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schoombie, Stefan, et al.. (2025). VANTAGE : An open‐source application for visualisation, navigation and analysis of video and ancillary time‐series data in bio‐logging studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(5). 912–920.

Ellison, George T. H., et al.. (2022). Economic vulnerability and poor service delivery made it more difficult for shack-dwellers to comply with COVID-19 restrictions. South African Journal of Science. 118(5/6). 2 indexed citations

Timmis, Sue, Emmanuel Mfanafuthi Mgqwashu, Sheila Trahar, et al.. (2019). . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

Timmis, Sue, Emmanuel Mfanafuthi Mgqwashu, Sheila Trahar, et al.. (2019). Encounters with coloniality: Students' experiences of transitions from rural contexts into higher education in South Africa. Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning. 8 indexed citations

Ellison, George T. H. & Thea de Wet. (2016). Poverty, disability and self-reported health amongst residents and migrants in Gauteng, South Africa. Annals of Human Biology. 43(2). 131–143. 4 indexed citations

Stewart, Ruth, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Training, Innovation and New Technology on African Smallholder Farmers' Wealth and Food Security: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 11(16). 10 indexed citations

Stewart, Ruth, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Training, Innovation and New Technology on African Smallholder Farmers' Economic Outcomes and Food Security: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 11(1). 1–224. 37 indexed citations

Wet, Thea de, et al.. (2015). Big city, big data. interactions. 22(4). 70–73. 1 indexed citations

Stewart, Ruth, et al.. (2014). PROTOCOL: The Effects of Training, Innovation and New Technology on African Smallholder Farmers' Wealth and Food Security: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 1–87. 5 indexed citations

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Mathee, Angela, et al.. (2014). A cross-sectional analytical study of geophagia practices and blood metal concentrations in pregnant women in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 104(8). 568–568. 49 indexed citations

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Hubal, Elaine A. Cohen, Thea de Wet, Michael Firestone, et al.. (2013). Identifying important life stages for monitoring and assessing risks from exposures to environmental contaminants: Results of a World Health Organization review. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 69(1). 113–124. 63 indexed citations

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Wet, Thea de, Sophie Plagerson, Trudy Harpham, & Angela Mathee. (2011). Poor housing, good health: a comparison of formal and informal housing in Johannesburg, South Africa. International Journal of Public Health. 56(6). 625–633. 19 indexed citations

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Steyn, Krisela, et al.. (2006). The influence of maternal cigarette smoking, snuff use and passive smoking on pregnancy outcomes: the Birth To Ten Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 20(2). 90–99. 128 indexed citations

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Richter, Linda, Shane A. Norris, & Thea de Wet. (2004). Transition from Birth to Ten to Birth to Twenty: the South African cohort reaches 13 years of age. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 18(4). 290–301. 106 indexed citations

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Cameron, Noël, John Μ. Pettifor, Thea de Wet, & Shane A. Norris. (2003). The Relationship of Rapid Weight Gain in Infancy to Obesity and Skeletal Maturity in Childhood. Obesity Research. 11(3). 457–460. 75 indexed citations

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Kaufman, Carol E., Thea de Wet, & Jonathan Stadler. (2001). Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood in South Africa. Studies in Family Planning. 32(2). 147–160. 140 indexed citations

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Wet, Thea de, et al.. (2000). Potential risk factors for asbestos exposure amongst six-month-old infants living in the township of Soweto, South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 10(2). 135–139. 9 indexed citations

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Wet, Thea de. (1998). Muti Wenyoni: Commodification of an African Folk Medicine. 21(4). 165–172. 7 indexed citations

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Harris, H, George T. H. Ellison, Linda Richter, Thea de Wet, & Jonathan Levin. (1998). Are overweight women at increased risk of obesity following pregnancy?. British Journal Of Nutrition. 79(6). 489–494. 14 indexed citations

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Richter, Linda, Derek Yach, Noël Cameron, R.D. Griesel, & Thea de Wet. (1995). Enrolment into Birth to Ten (BTT): population and sample characteristics. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 9(1). 109–120. 65 indexed citations

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