Jennifer Velloza

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Velloza is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Velloza has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Infectious Diseases, 37 papers in General Health Professions and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Velloza's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (44 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (27 papers). Jennifer Velloza is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (44 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (27 papers). Jennifer Velloza collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Kenya. Jennifer Velloza's co-authors include Ruanne V. Barnabas, R. Scott McClelland, Kathryn Peebles, Jennifer E. Balkus, Christopher G. Kemp, Renee Heffron, Connie Celum, Jane M. Simoni, Sinéad Delany‐Moretlwe and Kathleen J. Sikkema and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Velloza

51 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

High Global Burden and Costs of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2019 292 citations Kathryn Peebles, Jennifer Velloza et al. Sexually Transmitted Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer Velloza United States	21	701	601	580	277	189	61	1.4k
Marjan Javanbakht United States	26	949 1.4×	852 1.4×	604 1.0×	216 0.8×	419 2.2×	118	2.1k
Jozefien Buyze Belgium	22	693 1.0×	723 1.2×	320 0.6×	458 1.7×	165 0.9×	79	1.6k
Igor Toskin Switzerland	19	452 0.6×	422 0.7×	361 0.6×	421 1.5×	264 1.4×	65	1.4k
Jade Bilardi Australia	20	341 0.5×	442 0.7×	386 0.7×	484 1.7×	209 1.1×	61	1.3k
Tiejian Feng China	23	504 0.7×	439 0.7×	250 0.4×	261 0.9×	245 1.3×	80	1.4k
Gayatri Jayaraman Canada	21	320 0.5×	552 0.9×	361 0.6×	119 0.4×	93 0.5×	60	1.5k
J. M. Zenilman United States	14	691 1.0×	600 1.0×	964 1.7×	656 2.4×	154 0.8×	19	1.6k
Maria Gallo United States	23	417 0.6×	353 0.6×	712 1.2×	328 1.2×	309 1.6×	77	1.5k
Shauna Stahlman United States	21	720 1.0×	698 1.2×	355 0.6×	108 0.4×	419 2.2×	143	1.5k
Abigail Norris Turner United States	26	838 1.2×	780 1.3×	606 1.0×	735 2.7×	298 1.6×	128	2.2k

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Hosek, Sybil, et al.. (2025). The Association Between Use of Adherence Support Interventions and Adherence to HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Young South African and Zimbabwean Women in HPTN 082. AIDS and Behavior. 29(8). 2483–2494.

Velloza, Jennifer, Tessa Concepcion, Ruth Verhey, et al.. (2024). Integrating a mental health intervention into PrEP services for South African young women: a human‐centred implementation research approach to intervention development. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 27(S1). e26274–e26274. 3 indexed citations

Gichane, Margaret W., Jennifer Velloza, Sybil Hosek, et al.. (2024). Hoping to Adhere? Examining the Relationship Between Hope and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Willingness, Adherence, and Persistence Among Young Women in South Africa and Zimbabwe (HPTN 082). AIDS and Behavior. 29(2). 527–534.

Velloza, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). An Application of Evidence‐Based Approaches to Engage Young People in the Design of a Global Mental Health Databank. Health Expectations. 27(5). e14172–e14172. 3 indexed citations

Gandhi, Monica, David V. Glidden, Deepalika Chakravarty, et al.. (2024). Impact of a point-of-care urine tenofovir assay on adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among women in Kenya: a randomised pilot trial. The Lancet HIV. 11(8). e522–e530. 8 indexed citations

Fernandes, Blossom, Pamela Y. Collins, Jennifer Velloza, et al.. (2023). Evidencing the Impact of Web-Based Coproduction With Youth on Mental Health Research: Qualitative Findings From the MindKind Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e42963–e42963. 7 indexed citations

Velloza, Jennifer, Stephanie D. Roche, Elizabeth Irungu, et al.. (2023). Provider perspectives on service delivery modifications to maintain access to HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis during the COVID‐19 pandemic: qualitative results from a PrEP implementation project in Kenya. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(2). e26055–e26055. 7 indexed citations

Barnabee, Gena, et al.. (2023). PrEP uptake and early persistence among adolescent girls and young women receiving services via community and hybrid community-clinic models in Namibia. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0289353–e0289353. 3 indexed citations

Velloza, Jennifer, Andrew Mujugira, Timothy R. Muwonge, et al.. (2022). A novel “HIV salience and Perception” scale is associated with PrEP dispensing and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS and Behavior. 27(1). 279–289. 4 indexed citations

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Velloza, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). Disclosure and help-seeking behaviors related to sexual and physical violence in childhood and adolescence: Results from the Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey. Child Abuse & Neglect. 128. 105624–105624. 12 indexed citations

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Collins, Pamela Y., Jennifer Velloza, Tessa Concepcion, et al.. (2021). Intervening for HIV prevention and mental health: a review of global literature. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(S2). e25710–e25710. 31 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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Velloza, Jennifer, Nomhle Khoza, Fiona Scorgie, et al.. (2020). The influence of HIV‐related stigma on PrEP disclosure and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in HPTN 082: a qualitative study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 23(3). e25463–e25463. 148 indexed citations

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Peebles, Kathryn, Jennifer Velloza, Jennifer E. Balkus, R. Scott McClelland, & Ruanne V. Barnabas. (2019). High Global Burden and Costs of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 46(5). 304–311. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kemp, Christopher G., et al.. (2019). Associations Between Anxiety and Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AIDS and Behavior. 23(8). 2059–2071. 46 indexed citations

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Velloza, Jennifer, et al.. (2019). Alcohol Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Non-Adherence Among Adults Living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AIDS and Behavior. 24(6). 1727–1742. 90 indexed citations

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Kemp, Christopher G. & Jennifer Velloza. (2018). Implementation of eHealth Interventions Across the HIV Care Cascade: a Review of Recent Research. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 15(6). 403–413. 32 indexed citations

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Choi, Karmel W., Kathleen J. Sikkema, Jennifer Velloza, et al.. (2015). Maladaptive coping mediates the influence of childhood trauma on depression and PTSD among pregnant women in South Africa. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 18(5). 731–738. 57 indexed citations

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Watt, Melissa H., Lisa A. Eaton, Karmel W. Choi, et al.. (2014). “It's better for me to drink, at least the stress is going away”: Perspectives on alcohol use during pregnancy among South African women attending drinking establishments. Social Science & Medicine. 116. 119–125. 60 indexed citations

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Akpan, Nsikan, Esther Serrano‐Saiz, Brad E. Zacharia, et al.. (2011). Intranasal Delivery of Caspase-9 Inhibitor Reduces Caspase-6-Dependent Axon/Neuron Loss and Improves Neurological Function after Stroke. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(24). 8894–8904. 71 indexed citations

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