Buddhima Lokuge

639 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 367 citations indexed

About

Buddhima Lokuge is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Buddhima Lokuge has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 367 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Buddhima Lokuge's work include Intellectual Property and Patents (2 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (2 papers). Buddhima Lokuge is often cited by papers focused on Intellectual Property and Patents (2 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (2 papers). Buddhima Lokuge collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. Buddhima Lokuge's co-authors include Judith Healy, Adrian Dunlop, Paul Haber, Nadine Ezard, Nicholas Lintzeris, Thomas Faunce, John Ryan, Michelle Hall, Lisa Maher and Peter Saul and has published in prestigious journals such as The Medical Journal of Australia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Harm Reduction Journal.

In The Last Decade

Buddhima Lokuge

10 papers receiving 333 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.

Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 202 citations Adrian Dunlop, Buddhima Lokuge et al. Harm Reduction Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Buddhima Lokuge Australia	8	121	116	97	80	72	10	367
L Kendall Krause United States	12	87 0.7×	104 0.9×	245 2.5×	46 0.6×	31 0.4×	18	505
Roghayeh Khabiri Iran	13	73 0.6×	109 0.9×	225 2.3×	52 0.7×	24 0.3×	24	426
Roxanne Nelson United States	10	77 0.6×	44 0.4×	141 1.5×	24 0.3×	28 0.4×	85	400
Somen Saha India	11	37 0.3×	40 0.3×	141 1.5×	77 1.0×	54 0.8×	63	434
Joycelyn Cudjoe United States	11	63 0.5×	68 0.6×	151 1.6×	21 0.3×	76 1.1×	24	357
Daniel Dawes United States	9	37 0.3×	39 0.3×	190 2.0×	74 0.9×	38 0.5×	17	478
Abay Woday Tadesse Ethiopia	15	106 0.9×	54 0.5×	139 1.4×	23 0.3×	68 0.9×	47	536
Anne Marie Depoorter Belgium	9	39 0.3×	91 0.8×	170 1.8×	35 0.4×	46 0.6×	13	402
Barbara K. Wingrove United States	7	112 0.9×	48 0.4×	221 2.3×	21 0.3×	67 0.9×	9	379
Kamla Gupta India	9	54 0.4×	55 0.5×	91 0.9×	49 0.6×	36 0.5×	14	322

Countries citing papers authored by Buddhima Lokuge

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Fields of papers citing papers by Buddhima Lokuge

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Buddhima Lokuge

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Lokuge, Buddhima, et al.. (2021). Unmet need for postpartum long‐acting reversible contraception in women with substance use disorders and/or socioeconomic disadvantage. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 61(2). 304–309. 4 indexed citations

2.

Dunlop, Adrian, Buddhima Lokuge, Peter Saul, et al.. (2020). Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harm Reduction Journal. 17(1). 26–26. 202 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Lokuge, Buddhima, et al.. (2014). Crusted scabies in remote Australia, a new way forward: lessons and outcomes from the East Arnhem Scabies Control Program. The Medical Journal of Australia. 200(11). 644–648. 25 indexed citations

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Healy, Judith, et al.. (2007). Australia health system review. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8(5). 1–158. 55 indexed citations

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Lokuge, Buddhima, et al.. (2006). Wrongful life claims: dignity, disability and “a line in the sand”. The Medical Journal of Australia. 185(10). 558–560. 2 indexed citations

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Lokuge, Buddhima, et al.. (2006). Pandemics, antiviral stockpiles and biosecurity in Australia: what about the generic option?. The Medical Journal of Australia. 184(1). 16–20. 15 indexed citations

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Lokuge, Buddhima, Thomas Faunce, & Richard Denniss. (2005). Private health insurance and regional Australia. The Medical Journal of Australia. 182(6). 290–293. 15 indexed citations

8.

Drahos, Peter, et al.. (2004). Pharmaceuticals, intellectual property and free trade: the case of the US–Australia free trade agreement. Prometheus. 22(3). 20 indexed citations

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Harvey, Ken, Thomas Faunce, Buddhima Lokuge, & Peter Drahos. (2004). Will the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?. The Medical Journal of Australia. 181(5). 256–259. 21 indexed citations

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Lokuge, Buddhima, Thomas Faunce, & Richard Denniss. (2003). A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8 indexed citations

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