Deborah Donnell

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
213 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Deborah Donnell is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Donnell has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Infectious Diseases, 118 papers in Epidemiology and 90 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Deborah Donnell's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (184 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (109 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (90 papers). Deborah Donnell is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (184 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (109 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (90 papers). Deborah Donnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Deborah Donnell's co-authors include Connie Celum, Jared M. Baeten, Nelly Mugo, James Kiarie, Jairam R. Lingappa, Katherine K. Thomas, Craig R. Cohen, Wendy Stevens, Beryl A. Koblin and James McIntyre and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Donnell

207 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission after initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort analysis

2010 716 citations Deborah Donnell, Jared M. Baeten et al. profile →
Postexposure Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections

2023 202 citations Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Deborah Donnell et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Deborah Donnell	5.9k	3.9k	2.3k	2.2k	1.3k	213	7.6k
Nelly Mugo	4.8k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	267	7.0k
James McIntyre	8.3k 1.4×	4.8k 1.2×	3.3k 1.5×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	278	10.9k
Dawn K. Smith	6.1k 1.0×	4.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	125	7.5k
Eduard J. Sanders	4.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	196	5.9k
Alan E. Greenberg	5.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	139	7.6k
Timothy Flanigan	6.2k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	275	9.7k
Roel A. Coutinho	5.4k 0.9×	5.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	3.3k 1.5×	892 0.7×	240	10.1k
Adaora A. Adimora	5.2k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	4.6k 2.0×	858 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	328	9.3k
Grace John‐Stewart	7.5k 1.3×	4.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.8×	2.8k 1.3×	776 0.6×	516	11.5k
Timothy D. Mastro	4.8k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	3.0k 1.4×	895 0.7×	148	7.1k

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Moore, Mia, Lise Jamieson, Gesine Meyer‐Rath, et al.. (2025). Estimated impact of long‐acting injectable PrEP in South Africa: a model comparison analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 28(S2). e26453–e26453.

Lauro, Francesco Di, William J. M. Probert, Michael Pickles, et al.. (2025). Large connected components in sexual networks and their role in HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa: A model-based analysis of HPTN 071(PopART) data. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 613. 112218–112218.

Dombrowski, Julia C., Deborah Donnell, Cole Grabow, et al.. (2024). Evidence-Informed Provision of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(1). 177–184. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Fei, et al.. (2023). Estimating counterfactual placebo HIV incidence in HIV prevention trials without placebo arms based on markers of HIV exposure. Clinical Trials. 21(1). 114–123. 5 indexed citations

Delany‐Moretlwe, Sinéad, Nyaradzo Mgodi, Linda‐Gail Bekker, et al.. (2023). High prevalence and incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia in young women eligible for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa and Zimbabwe: results from the HPTN 082 trial. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 99(7). 433–439. 10 indexed citations

Donnell, Deborah, Fei Gao, James P. Hughes, et al.. (2023). Counterfactual estimation of efficacy against placebo for novel PrEP agents using external trial data: example of injectable cabotegravir and oral PrEP in women. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(6). e26118–e26118. 7 indexed citations

Skalland, Timothy, Helen Ayles, Peter Bock, et al.. (2023). Community‐ and individual‐level correlates of HIV incidence in HPTN 071 (PopART). Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(8). e26155–e26155. 2 indexed citations

Prudden, H, Roger Tatoud, Holly Janes, et al.. (2023). Perspectives on Design Approaches for HIV Prevention Efficacy Trials. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 40(5). 301–307. 1 indexed citations

Piwowar‐Manning, Estelle, William Clarke, Autumn Breaud, et al.. (2023). Population‐level analysis of natural control of HIV infection in Zambia and South Africa: HPTN 071 (PopART). Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(10). e26179–e26179.

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Celum, Connie, Dominika Seidman, Christine Dehlendorf, et al.. (2023). A decision support tool has similar high PrEP uptake and increases early PrEP persistence in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(8). e26154–e26154. 10 indexed citations

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Fogel, Jessica M., Ethan Wilson, Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, et al.. (2022). HIV drug resistance in a community‐randomized trial of universal testing and treatment: HPTN 071 (PopART). Journal of the International AIDS Society. 25(7). e25941–e25941. 2 indexed citations

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Velloza, Jennifer, Sybil Hosek, Deborah Donnell, et al.. (2021). Assessing longitudinal patterns of depressive symptoms and the influence of symptom trajectories on HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis adherence among adolescent girls in the HPTN 082 randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(S2). e25731–e25731. 25 indexed citations

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Pickles, Michael, Anne Cori, William J. M. Probert, et al.. (2021). PopART-IBM, a highly efficient stochastic individual-based simulation model of generalised HIV epidemics developed in the context of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(9). e1009301–e1009301. 5 indexed citations

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Klock, Ethan, Oliver Laeyendecker, Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of multi-assay algorithms for identifying individuals with recent HIV infection: HPTN 071 (PopART). PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0258644–e0258644. 5 indexed citations

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Klock, Ethan, Ethan Wilson, Reinaldo E. Fernández, et al.. (2021). Validation of population‐level HIV‐1 incidence estimation by cross‐sectional incidence assays in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(12). e25830–e25830. 7 indexed citations

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Eshleman, Susan H., Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, Ethan Wilson, et al.. (2020). Determination of HIV status and identification of incident HIV infections in a large, community‐randomized trial: HPTN 071 (PopART). Journal of the International AIDS Society. 23(2). e25452–e25452. 8 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Kate M., Dobromir Dimitrov, James P. Hughes, et al.. (2020). Assessing the use of surveillance data to estimate the impact of prevention interventions on HIV incidence in cluster-randomized controlled trials. Epidemics. 33. 100423–100423. 1 indexed citations

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Hayes, Richard, Sian Floyd, Ab Schaap, et al.. (2017). A universal testing and treatment intervention to improve HIV control: One-year results from intervention communities in Zambia in the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomised trial. PLoS Medicine. 14(5). e1002292–e1002292. 88 indexed citations

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Lund, Jennifer M., Kristina Broliden, Maria Pyra, et al.. (2016). HIV-1-Neutralizing IgA Detected in Genital Secretions of Highly HIV-1-Exposed Seronegative Women on Oral Preexposure Prophylaxis. Journal of Virology. 90(21). 9855–9861. 7 indexed citations

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Cousins, Matthew M., Oliver Laeyendecker, Geetha Beauchamp, et al.. (2011). Use of a High Resolution Melting (HRM) Assay to Compare Gag, Pol, and Env Diversity in Adults with Different Stages of HIV Infection. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27211–e27211. 31 indexed citations

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