D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Stephen Tollman

University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa

Social Sciences and Humanities

South Africa

2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 68 Citations 16,136 320 World Ranking 506 National Ranking 8

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

Stephen Tollman performs integrative study on Pathology and Pediatrics in his works. His work often combines Pediatrics and Pathology studies. He performs integrative study on Environmental health and Epidemiology. In his research, Stephen Tollman undertakes multidisciplinary study on Epidemiology and Epidemiological transition. He performs integrative study on Epidemiological transition and Public health in his works. While working in this field, he studies both Public health and Environmental health. He performs integrative study on Economic growth and Developing country. Developing country and Economic growth are two areas of study in which Stephen Tollman engages in interdisciplinary work. Overweight and Childhood obesity are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary research.

Stephen Tollman most often published in these fields:

Pathology (60.00%)
Environmental health (60.00%)
Economic growth (40.00%)

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Best Publications

The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa.

Bongani M Mayosi;Alan J Flisher;Umesh G Lalloo;Freddy Sitas.
The Lancet (2009)

1266 Citations

The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa

Deepti Gurdasani;Tommy Carstensen;Tommy Carstensen;Fasil Tekola-Ayele;Luca Pagani.
Nature (2015)

498 Citations

The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

Ibrahim Abubakar;Robert W Aldridge;Delan Devakumar;Miriam Orcutt.
(2018)

494 Citations

Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities

Mickey. Chopra;Mickey. Chopra;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn;David. Sanders;Peter. Barron.
(2009)

449 Citations

Profile: Agincourt Health and Socio-demographic Surveillance System

Kathleen Kahn;Mark A Collinson;F Xavier Gómez-Olivé;Obed Mokoena.
International Journal of Epidemiology (2012)

410 Citations

Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate: a meta-analysis

Maria A Cabrera Escobar;J Lennert Veerman;Stephen M Tollman;Melanie Y Bertram.
BMC Public Health (2013)

332 Citations

The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage;Kathleen Kahn;Kathleen Kahn;John M Pettifor;Stephen M Tollman;Stephen M Tollman.
BMC Public Health (2010)

329 Citations

Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study

Stephen M Tollman;Stephen M Tollman;Kathleen Kahn;Kathleen Kahn;Benn Sartorius;Mark A Collinson.
The Lancet (2008)

303 Citations

Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa.

Kathleen Kahn;Stephen M. Tollman;Michel Garenne;John S. S. Gear.
Tropical Medicine & International Health (2000)

297 Citations

Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri.
Science (2014)

281 Citations

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External Links

Personal Website for Stephen Tollman