Eric Chokunonga

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Eric Chokunonga is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Chokunonga has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Oncology, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Eric Chokunonga's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (20 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (11 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (9 papers). Eric Chokunonga is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (20 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (11 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (9 papers). Eric Chokunonga collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Uganda. Eric Chokunonga's co-authors include Donald Maxwell Parkin, Margaret Borok, Mary T. Bassett, Zvavahera M. Chirenje, Anna Mary Nyakabau, L. Lévy, Freddie Bray, Shyam Manraj, D. Maxwell Parkin and Anne Korir and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet Oncology, British Journal of Cancer and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Eric Chokunonga

32 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Global variations in lung cancer incidence by histological subtype in 2020: a population-based study

2023 137 citations Salvatore Vaccarella, Eileen Morgan et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Chokunonga France	17	726	324	186	175	132	33	1.1k
Anne‐Sophie Woronoff France	21	578 0.8×	298 0.9×	206 1.1×	156 0.9×	174 1.3×	60	1.2k
Silvia Dehler Switzerland	19	472 0.7×	320 1.0×	107 0.6×	200 1.1×	213 1.6×	43	1.4k
Andrea Tavilla Italy	10	584 0.8×	269 0.8×	289 1.6×	144 0.8×	216 1.6×	16	1.2k
M Kalaycio United States	24	626 0.9×	224 0.7×	151 0.8×	277 1.6×	81 0.6×	76	1.8k
Niels Lyhne Christensen Denmark	10	547 0.8×	175 0.5×	242 1.3×	81 0.5×	219 1.7×	30	1.0k
Beodeul Kang South Korea	21	756 1.0×	198 0.6×	373 2.0×	192 1.1×	322 2.4×	99	1.4k
Nestory Masalu Tanzania	17	400 0.6×	214 0.7×	72 0.4×	140 0.8×	127 1.0×	55	770
Isabella Corazziari Italy	12	512 0.7×	187 0.6×	282 1.5×	154 0.9×	156 1.2×	16	1.0k
Angela Musella Italy	23	376 0.5×	198 0.6×	163 0.9×	81 0.5×	327 2.5×	75	1.5k
Janine Bell United Kingdom	10	423 0.6×	146 0.5×	113 0.6×	118 0.7×	182 1.4×	11	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Chokunonga

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Koenig, Thomas, Eric Chokunonga, Bakarou Kamaté, et al.. (2025). Self-Perceived Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study. JCO Global Oncology. 11(11). e2400137–e2400137.

Joko-Fru, Yvonne Walburga, Aude Bardot, Guy N’Da, et al.. (2024). Cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa (SURVCAN-3): a population-based study. The Lancet Global Health. 12(6). e947–e959. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Biying, Tatenda Chingonzoh, Eric Chokunonga, et al.. (2024). Trends in the incidence of colorectal cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa: A population‐based registry study. International Journal of Cancer. 155(4). 675–682. 4 indexed citations

Vaccarella, Salvatore, Eileen Morgan, Mengmeng Li, et al.. (2023). Global variations in lung cancer incidence by histological subtype in 2020: a population-based study. The Lancet Oncology. 24(11). 1206–1218. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Gizaw, Muluken, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Anne Korir, et al.. (2022). Trends in the incidence of ovarian cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa. International Journal of Cancer. 152(7). 1328–1336. 7 indexed citations

Seraphin, Tobias Paul, Inam Chitsike, Eric Chokunonga, et al.. (2021). Trends in childhood cancer incidence in sub‐Saharan Africa: Results from 25 years of cancer registration in Harare (Zimbabwe) and Kyadondo (Uganda). International Journal of Cancer. 149(5). 1002–1012. 11 indexed citations

Seraphin, Tobias Paul, Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru, Shyam Manraj, et al.. (2021). Prostate cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis, and human development index: a population-based registry study. Cancer Causes & Control. 32(9). 1001–1019. 18 indexed citations

Parkin, Donald Maxwell, Tatenda Chingonzoh, Biying Liu, et al.. (2021). Changes in the Incidence of Cancer in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe over a 50-Year Period. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(5). 867–873. 9 indexed citations

Goodman, Michael, Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru, Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon, et al.. (2021). Colorectal cancer survival in sub‐Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and Human Development Index: A population‐based registry study. International Journal of Cancer. 149(8). 1553–1563. 28 indexed citations

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Joko-Fru, Yvonne Walburga, Elima Jedy‐Agba, Anne Korir, et al.. (2020). The evolving epidemic of breast cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa: Results from the African Cancer Registry Network. International Journal of Cancer. 147(8). 2131–2141. 80 indexed citations

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Seraphin, Tobias Paul, Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru, Bakarou Kamaté, et al.. (2020). Rising Prostate Cancer Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Trend Analysis of Data from the African Cancer Registry Network. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(1). 158–165. 43 indexed citations

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Piñeros, Marion, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Kevin C. Ward, et al.. (2019). Essential TNM: a registry tool to reduce gaps in cancer staging information. The Lancet Oncology. 20(2). e103–e111. 64 indexed citations

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Katsidzira, Leolin, Eric Chokunonga, Innocent T. Gangaidzo, et al.. (2016). The incidence and histo-pathological characteristics of colorectal cancer in a population based cancer registry in Zimbabwe. Cancer Epidemiology. 44. 96–100. 16 indexed citations

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Cheng, Michael L., Li Zhang, Margaret Borok, et al.. (2015). The incidence of oesophageal cancer in Eastern Africa: Identification of a new geographic hot spot?. Cancer Epidemiology. 39(2). 143–149. 48 indexed citations

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Chaabna, Karima, Freddie Bray, Henry R. Wabinga, et al.. (2013). Kaposi sarcoma trends in Uganda and Zimbabwe: A sustained decline in incidence?. International Journal of Cancer. 133(5). 1197–1203. 17 indexed citations

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Gondos, Ádám, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Eric Chokunonga, & Hermann Brenner. (2006). Calculating age-adjusted cancer survival estimates when age-specific data are sparse: an empirical evaluation of various methods. British Journal of Cancer. 94(3). 450–454. 6 indexed citations

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Chokunonga, Eric, Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar, Anna Mary Nyakabau, et al.. (2003). Survival of cervix cancer patients in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1995–1997. International Journal of Cancer. 109(2). 274–277. 22 indexed citations

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Chokunonga, Eric, et al.. (2000). Cancer incidence in the African population of Harare, Zimbabwe: Second results from the cancer registry 1993–1995. International Journal of Cancer. 85(1). 54–59. 118 indexed citations

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Chokunonga, Eric, et al.. (1999). Aids and cancer in Africa: the evolving epidemic in Zimbabwe. AIDS. 13(18). 2583–2588. 82 indexed citations

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Bassett, Mary T., et al.. (1995). Cancer in the african population of harare, Zimbabwe, 1990–1992. International Journal of Cancer. 63(1). 29–36. 68 indexed citations

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