Carlos del Rı́o

31.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
414 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Carlos del Rı́o is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos del Rı́o has authored 414 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 278 papers in Infectious Diseases, 215 papers in Epidemiology and 92 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Carlos del Rı́o's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (205 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (159 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (63 papers). Carlos del Rı́o is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (205 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (159 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (63 papers). Carlos del Rı́o collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Georgia. Carlos del Rı́o's co-authors include Preeti Malani, Rajesh T. Gandhi, John B. Lynch, Edward M. Gardner, John F. Steiner, W. J. Burman, Margaret Mclees, Saad B. Omer, Susan Buchbinder and Patrick S. Sullivan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Carlos del Rı́o

404 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Spectrum of Engagemen... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2011 2008 2020 2020 2016 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The Spectrum of Engagement in HIV Care and its Relevance to Test-and-Treat Strategies for Prevention of HIV Infection
    2011 1.5k citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Efficacy assessment of a cell-mediated immunity HIV-1 vaccine (the Step Study): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, test-of-concept trial
    2008 1.2k citations Susan Buchbinder, Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  3. Mild or Moderate Covid-19
    2020 912 citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  4. COVID-19—New Insights on a Rapidly Changing Epidemic
    2020 507 citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  5. Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults
    2016 478 citations Constance A. Benson, Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  6. Long-term Health Consequences of COVID-19
    2020 437 citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  7. Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults
    2018 401 citations Constance A. Benson, Susan Buchbinder et al. profile →
  8. Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults
    2022 320 citations Constance A. Benson, Susan Buchbinder et al. profile →
  9. 2019 Novel Coronavirus—Important Information for Clinicians
    2020 247 citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →
  10. Monkeypox in 2022—What Clinicians Need to Know
    2022 163 citations Carlos del Rı́o et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlos del Rı́o United States 62 11.5k 8.0k 3.6k 3.4k 2.1k 414 18.9k
Sten H. Vermund United States 63 9.7k 0.8× 9.1k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 4.2k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 587 18.2k
John Kaldor Australia 83 8.6k 0.7× 13.7k 1.7× 2.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 712 28.0k
Linda‐Gail Bekker South Africa 83 18.1k 1.6× 12.4k 1.6× 3.3k 0.9× 6.1k 1.8× 3.1k 1.4× 615 22.8k
Connie Celum United States 71 12.7k 1.1× 10.2k 1.3× 4.1k 1.2× 6.1k 1.8× 3.0k 1.4× 440 18.7k
Salim S. Abdool Karim South Africa 67 10.3k 0.9× 5.9k 0.7× 6.3k 1.8× 4.6k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 394 18.6k
Maria J. Wawer United States 68 10.6k 0.9× 7.1k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 6.6k 1.9× 3.0k 1.4× 331 19.9k
Robert Colebunders Belgium 65 11.8k 1.0× 6.0k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 799 0.4× 643 18.0k
Ronald H. Gray United States 70 9.4k 0.8× 6.6k 0.8× 4.3k 1.2× 5.7k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 388 20.6k
Glenda Gray South Africa 54 6.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 3.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 386 11.8k
Jared M. Baeten United States 62 11.9k 1.0× 7.9k 1.0× 3.5k 1.0× 6.0k 1.8× 2.8k 1.3× 485 16.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlos del Rı́o

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlos del Rı́o

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos del Rı́o

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlos del Rı́o. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlos del Rı́o 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 Carlos del Rı́o. Carlos del Rı́o 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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Feaster, Daniel J., Lauren Gooden, Yue Pan, et al.. (2025). Project RETAIN: Providing Integrated Care for People With HIV Who Use Cocaine. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(4). ofaf104–ofaf104. 1 indexed citations
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Nogueira, Raul G., Katherine Etter, Thanh N. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Changes in the care of acute cerebrovascular and cardiovascular conditions during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic in 746 hospitals in the USA: retrospective analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000207–e000207. 6 indexed citations
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Marcelin, Jasmine R, Carlos del Rı́o, Andrej Spec, & Talia H. Swartz. (2022). Digital Strategy and Social Media for Infectious Diseases. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74(Supplement_3). S219–S221. 3 indexed citations
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Marcelin, Jasmine R, Nicolás Cortés-Penfield, Carlos del Rı́o, et al.. (2021). How the Field of Infectious Diseases Can Leverage Digital Strategy and Social Media Use During a Pandemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(2). ofab027–ofab027. 13 indexed citations
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Flores, Laura, Walter R. Frontera, Michele P. Andrasik, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the Inclusion of Racial/Ethnic Minority, Female, and Older Individuals in Vaccine Clinical Trials. JAMA Network Open. 4(2). e2037640–e2037640. 147 indexed citations
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Fang, Ferric C., Constance A. Benson, Carlos del Rı́o, et al.. (2020). COVID-19—Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(12). 2225–2240. 48 indexed citations
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Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, Carla J. Berg, Lorien C. Abroms, et al.. (2020). Smoking and cessation-related attitudes among men who have sex with men in the country of Georgia. AIDS Care. 33(10). 1373–1377. 1 indexed citations
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Rı́o, Carlos del. (2020). COVID-19 in Persons Living with HIV — What Do We Know Today?. Journal watch. 2020. 2 indexed citations
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Levy, Matthew E., Gregory Phillips, Manya Magnus, et al.. (2017). A Longitudinal Analysis of Treatment Optimism and HIV Acquisition and Transmission Risk Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in HPTN 061. AIDS and Behavior. 21(10). 2958–2972. 18 indexed citations
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Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, et al.. (2017). Progress Toward Achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Goals in HIV Care From Diagnosis to Durable Viral Suppression in the Country of Georgia. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(10). 999–1003. 3 indexed citations
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Colasanti, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). The Perilous Road from HIV Diagnosis in the Hospital to Viral Suppression in the Outpatient Clinic. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(8). 729–736. 6 indexed citations
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Colasanti, Jonathan, Jane Kelly, Yi‐Juan Hu, et al.. (2015). Continuous Retention and Viral Suppression Provide Further Insights Into the HIV Care Continuum Compared to the Cross-sectional HIV Care Cascade. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 62(5). 648–654. 100 indexed citations
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Kelley, Colleen F., Adam S. Vaughan, Nicole Luisi, et al.. (2015). The Effect of High Rates of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections on HIV Incidence in a Cohort of Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, Georgia. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(6). 587–592. 81 indexed citations
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Frew, Paula M., Matthew E. Archibald, Diane S. Saint-Victor, et al.. (2015). An Integrated Service Delivery Model to Identify Persons Living with HIV and to Provide Linkage to HIV Treatment and Care in Prioritized Neighborhoods: A Geotargeted, Program Outcome Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 1(2). e16–e16. 13 indexed citations
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Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, Lali Sharvadze, N Bolokadze, et al.. (2014). Mortality and Causes of Death Among HIV-Infected Individuals in the Country of Georgia: 1989–2012. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(6). 560–566. 23 indexed citations
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Marzinke, Mark A., William Clarke, Lei Wang, et al.. (2013). Nondisclosure of HIV Status in a Clinical Trial Setting: Antiretroviral Drug Screening Can Help Distinguish Between Newly Diagnosed and Previously Diagnosed HIV Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 58(1). 117–120. 45 indexed citations
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Kelley, Colleen F., Eli S. Rosenberg, Brandon O’Hara, et al.. (2012). Measuring Population Transmission Potential for HIV: An Alternative Metric of Transmission Risk in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in the US. PLoS ONE. 7(12). 1. 4 indexed citations
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Doshi, Rupali, Nicholas Vogenthaler, Sarah Lewis, et al.. (2012). Correlates of Antiretroviral Utilization Among Hospitalized HIV-Infected Crack Cocaine Users. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(9). 1007–1014. 11 indexed citations
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Zaragoza‐Macias, Elisa, Dominique Cosco, Minh Ly Nguyen, Carlos del Rı́o, & Jeffrey L. Lennox. (2010). Predictors of Success with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in an Antiretroviral-Naive Urban Population. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 26(2). 133–138. 33 indexed citations
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Rı́o, Carlos del. (1998). Is Ethical Research Feasible in Developed and Developing Countries?. Bioethics. 12(4). 328–330. 20 indexed citations

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