Chris Desmond

2.6k total citations
91 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chris Desmond is a scholar working on Safety Research, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Desmond has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Safety Research, 42 papers in General Health Professions and 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Chris Desmond's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (49 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (25 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (23 papers). Chris Desmond is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (49 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (25 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (23 papers). Chris Desmond collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Chris Desmond's co-authors include Linda Richter, Daniela Casale, Lorraine Sherr, Jeff Gow, Lucie Cluver, Chunling Lu, Anna Coutsoudis, Theresa S. Betancourt, Kathryn Watt and Tony Barnett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chris Desmond

82 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Desmond South Africa 23 651 627 531 395 390 91 1.7k
Leyla Ismayilova United States 21 469 0.7× 538 0.9× 288 0.5× 151 0.4× 138 0.4× 40 1.2k
David Ayuku Kenya 25 1.1k 1.6× 410 0.7× 346 0.7× 113 0.3× 245 0.6× 99 1.7k
Astrid Blystad Norway 28 769 1.2× 335 0.5× 466 0.9× 149 0.4× 581 1.5× 72 1.9k
Anastasia J. Gage United States 26 1.1k 1.8× 479 0.8× 248 0.5× 270 0.7× 1.1k 2.8× 53 2.5k
Karen Marie Moland Norway 30 973 1.5× 286 0.5× 675 1.3× 329 0.8× 967 2.5× 80 2.3k
Mark Orkin South Africa 16 729 1.1× 573 0.9× 475 0.9× 131 0.3× 102 0.3× 55 1.4k
Sebastian Linnemayr United States 22 799 1.2× 182 0.3× 791 1.5× 210 0.5× 188 0.5× 98 1.5k
Isolde Birdthistle United Kingdom 27 1.7k 2.5× 483 0.8× 1.3k 2.4× 124 0.3× 382 1.0× 71 2.8k
Mark Urassa Tanzania 19 749 1.2× 269 0.4× 532 1.0× 95 0.2× 338 0.9× 45 1.3k
Abigail M. Hatcher United States 30 2.0k 3.1× 383 0.6× 1.3k 2.5× 196 0.5× 342 0.9× 94 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Desmond

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Desmond

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Desmond

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Desmond. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Desmond 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 Chris Desmond. Chris Desmond 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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Desmond, Chris, et al.. (2025). Determinants of school dropout in the Asenze cohort study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 21(1). 1–21.
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Rudgard, William E., Chris Desmond, Rachel Yates, et al.. (2024). The Case for Rights-Based Investments in Adolescent Girls in Kenya: An Economic Modelling Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Desmond, Chris, et al.. (2023). Whole of government approaches to accelerate adolescent success: efficiency and financing considerations. Health Policy and Planning. 39(2). 168–177.
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Norwitz, Gabriella A., Chris Desmond, Rachel S. Gruver, et al.. (2023). The impact of caregiver mental health on child prosocial behavior: A longitudinal analysis of children and caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0290788–e0290788.
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Erzse, Agnes, Chris Desmond, Karen Hofman, Mary Barker, & Nicola Christofides. (2023). Qualitative exploration of the constraints on mothers’ and pregnant women’s ability to turn available services into nutrition benefits in a low-resource urban setting, South Africa. BMJ Open. 13(11). e073716–e073716. 3 indexed citations
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Mosha, Neema, Gerry Mshana, Elona Toska, et al.. (2022). Intergenerational education and violence effects on adolescent education, early employment and adolescent parenting. Psychology Health & Medicine. 27(sup1). 167–180. 1 indexed citations
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Desmond, Chris, et al.. (2022). The Asenze Cohort Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: protocol and cohort profile. Epidemiology and Health. 44. e2022037–e2022037. 3 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Andrew, Chris Desmond, Tony Barnett, Maryam Shahmanesh, & Janet Seeley. (2022). Is hope associated with HIV-acquisition risk and intimate partner violence amongst young women and men? A cross-sectional study in urban informal settlements in South Africa. AIDS Care. 35(6). 833–840. 4 indexed citations
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Silva, Marine Azevedo Da, Emma Alexander, Sílvia S. Martins, et al.. (2022). Association between caregiver and household alcohol use and child behavior problems in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 54(5). 1438–1445. 2 indexed citations
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Desmond, Chris, et al.. (2021). Realising the potential human development returns to investing in early and maternal nutrition: The importance of identifying and addressing constraints over the life course. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(10). e0000021–e0000021. 6 indexed citations
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Cluver, Lucie, William E. Rudgard, Elona Toska, et al.. (2020). Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. PLoS Medicine. 17(11). e1003383–e1003383. 33 indexed citations
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Gruver, Rachel S., Sumaya Mall, Jane Kvalsvig, et al.. (2020). Cognitive and Language Development at Age 4–6 Years in Children HIV‐Exposed But Uninfected Compared to Those HIV‐Unexposed and to Children Living With HIV. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2020(171). 39–54. 7 indexed citations
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Coutsoudis, Anna, Ameena Goga, Chris Desmond, et al.. (2013). Is Option B+ the best choice?. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 14(1). 8–10. 8 indexed citations
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Tolle, Michael A., B. Ryan Phelps, Chris Desmond, et al.. (2013). Delivering pediatric HIV care in resource-limited settings. AIDS. 27(Supplement 2). S179–S186. 5 indexed citations
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Hosegood, Victoria & Chris Desmond. (2011). Moral readings of men, families and HIV in sub-Saharan African demographic and health. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Richter, Linda & Chris Desmond. (2008). Targeting AIDS orphans and child-headed households? A perspective from national surveys in South Africa, 1995–2005. AIDS Care. 20(9). 1019–1028. 71 indexed citations
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Gow, Jeff & Chris Desmond. (2007). The impact of the AIDS epidemic on South Africa's children. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 76(9). 550–554. 2 indexed citations
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Gow, Jeff & Chris Desmond. (2002). Impacts and Interventions: the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the children of South Africa. RUNE (Research UNE). 36 indexed citations
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Desmond, Chris. (2000). AIDS prevention: how much does it cost?. 161–201.

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