William Tigbe

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

William Tigbe is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, William Tigbe has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in William Tigbe's work include Physical Activity and Health (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (3 papers). William Tigbe is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (3 papers). William Tigbe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Kenya. William Tigbe's co-authors include Malcolm Granat, Cormac Ryan, Patricia Grant, Saverio Stranges, Margaret Thorogood, Ngianga‐Bakwin Kandala, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Michael E. J. Lean, Samuel Manda and N-B Kandala and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and International Journal of Obesity.

In The Last Decade

William Tigbe

18 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The validation of a novel activity monitor in the measurement of posture and motion during everyday activities

2006 541 citations Patricia Grant, Cormac Ryan et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
Sleep Problems: An Emerging Global Epidemic? Findings From the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE Study Among More Than 40,000 Older Adults From 8 Countries Across Africa and Asia

2012 434 citations Saverio Stranges, William Tigbe et al. SLEEP profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Tigbe United Kingdom	14	774	548	364	257	185	18	1.7k
Stanley Sai‐chuen Hui Hong Kong	26	470 0.6×	515 0.9×	231 0.6×	227 0.9×	176 1.0×	92	1.9k
Po‐Wen Ku Taiwan	29	1.0k 1.3×	675 1.2×	306 0.8×	431 1.7×	81 0.4×	89	2.3k
Kate L. Pumpa Australia	23	813 1.1×	348 0.6×	214 0.6×	227 0.9×	116 0.6×	75	2.7k
Tom White United Kingdom	13	1.1k 1.4×	735 1.3×	185 0.5×	287 1.1×	96 0.5×	18	1.8k
John M. Schuna United States	25	1.5k 2.0×	1.2k 2.2×	198 0.5×	446 1.7×	205 1.1×	77	2.8k
Leslie A. Pruitt United States	24	1.5k 2.0×	951 1.7×	223 0.6×	602 2.3×	250 1.4×	34	3.0k
Pablo Molina‐García Spain	23	620 0.8×	775 1.4×	118 0.3×	264 1.0×	162 0.9×	61	2.0k
D. Gillis United States	12	979 1.3×	406 0.7×	141 0.4×	318 1.2×	249 1.3×	16	2.0k
Manon L. Dontje Netherlands	16	879 1.1×	763 1.4×	148 0.4×	325 1.3×	140 0.8×	28	1.8k
Kuei‐Min Chen Taiwan	27	528 0.7×	180 0.3×	288 0.8×	316 1.2×	274 1.5×	96	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by William Tigbe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Tigbe

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18 of 18 papers shown

Tigbe, William, Malcolm Granat, Naveed Sattar, & MEJ Lean. (2017). Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk. International Journal of Obesity. 41(5). 689–696. 43 indexed citations

McCombie, Louise, Michael E. J. Lean, & William Tigbe. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of obesity treatment. Medicine. 43(2). 104–107. 1 indexed citations

Spina, Alexander, Eliseo Güallar, Margaret P. Rayman, et al.. (2013). Anthropometric indices and selenium status in British adults: The U.K. National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 65. 1315–1321. 34 indexed citations

Barlow, Jane, et al.. (2013). The Parent–Infant Interaction Observation Scale: reliability and validity of a screening tool. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 31(1). 5–14. 17 indexed citations

Kandala, N-B, William Tigbe, Samuel Manda, & Saverio Stranges. (2013). Geographic Variation of Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of South Africa. American Journal of Hypertension. 26(3). 382–391. 38 indexed citations

Gómez‐Olivé, F. Xavier, Margaret Thorogood, Ngianga‐Bakwin Kandala, et al.. (2013). Sleep problems and mortality in rural South Africa: novel evidence from a low-resource setting. Sleep Medicine. 15(1). 56–63. 17 indexed citations

Kandala, Ngianga‐Bakwin, Samuel Manda, William Tigbe, Henry Mwambi, & Saverio Stranges. (2013). Geographic distribution of cardiovascular comorbidities in South Africa: a national cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Applied Statistics. 41(6). 1203–1216. 12 indexed citations

Stranges, Saverio, William Tigbe, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Margaret Thorogood, & N-B Kandala. (2012). PS09 Sleep Problems: An Emerging Global Epidemic? Findings from the Indepth Who-Sage Study among over 40,000 Older Adults from Eight Countries Across Africa and Asia. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 66(Suppl 1). A42.1–A42. 13 indexed citations

Stranges, Saverio, William Tigbe, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Margaret Thorogood, & Ngianga‐Bakwin Kandala. (2012). Sleep Problems: An Emerging Global Epidemic? Findings From the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE Study Among More Than 40,000 Older Adults From 8 Countries Across Africa and Asia. SLEEP. 35(8). 1173–1181. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirby, Joanna, et al.. (2012). Young people's views on accelerometer use in physical activity research: findings from a user-involvement investigation. The Lancet. 380. S53–S53. 11 indexed citations

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Tigbe, William, Andrew Briggs, & Michael E. J. Lean. (2012). A patient-centred approach to estimate total annual healthcare cost by body mass index in the UK Counterweight programme. International Journal of Obesity. 37(8). 1135–1139. 24 indexed citations

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Kirby, Joanna, et al.. (2012). Young People's Views on Accelerometer Use in Physical Activity Research: Findings from a User Involvement Investigation. PubMed. 2012. 1–7. 20 indexed citations

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Tigbe, William, Michael E. J. Lean, & Malcolm Granat. (2011). A physically active occupation does not result in compensatory inactivity during out-of-work hours. Preventive Medicine. 53(1-2). 48–52. 69 indexed citations

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McCombie, Louise, et al.. (2010). Cost-effectiveness of obesity treatment. Medicine. 39(1). 14–17. 1 indexed citations

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Chastin, Sébastien, Philippa Dall, William Tigbe, et al.. (2009). Compliance with physical activity guidelines in a group of UK-based postal workers using an objective monitoring technique. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 106(6). 893–899. 44 indexed citations

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Ryan, Cormac, Patricia Grant, William Tigbe, & Malcolm Granat. (2006). The validity and reliability of a novel activity monitor as a measure of walking. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 40(9). 779–784. 372 indexed citations

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Grant, Patricia, Cormac Ryan, William Tigbe, & Malcolm Granat. (2006). The validation of a novel activity monitor in the measurement of posture and motion during everyday activities. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 40(12). 992–997. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tigbe, William, et al.. (2006). The effect of advice to walk 2000 extra steps daily on food intake. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 19(4). 263–266. 13 indexed citations

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