Johan van Griensven

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Johan van Griensven is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan van Griensven has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 76 papers in Infectious Diseases and 74 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Johan van Griensven's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (80 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (42 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (25 papers). Johan van Griensven is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (80 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (42 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (25 papers). Johan van Griensven collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Ethiopia and Netherlands. Johan van Griensven's co-authors include Ermias Diro, Lutgarde Lynen, Marleen Boelaert, Asrat Hailu, Rony Zachariah, Javier Moreno, Sopheak Thai, Denis Malvy, Hilde De Clerck and Anita K. McElroy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Johan van Griensven

192 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. Ebola virus disease
    2019 271 citations Johan van Griensven 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
Johan van Griensven Belgium 33 2.3k 1.8k 1.6k 519 404 198 4.4k
Lutgarde Lynen Belgium 33 1.1k 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 249 0.5× 628 1.6× 177 4.2k
Joris Menten Belgium 39 1.5k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 503 1.0× 247 0.6× 103 4.8k
Francine Ntoumi Republic of the Congo 33 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 635 1.2× 418 1.0× 189 4.8k
Carlos Franco‐Paredes United States 37 1.1k 0.5× 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.2× 697 1.3× 131 0.3× 236 4.8k
Alberto Matteelli Italy 38 1.0k 0.4× 2.6k 1.4× 3.3k 2.1× 330 0.6× 117 0.3× 209 5.2k
Warren D. Johnson United States 43 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 2.4k 1.5× 1.3k 2.6× 585 1.4× 141 6.8k
Quique Bassat Spain 45 3.5k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 760 1.5× 128 0.3× 352 7.0k
Christoph Hatz Switzerland 44 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 2.1k 4.1× 159 0.4× 200 6.1k
Eduardo Gotuzzo Peru 41 802 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 3.1k 2.0× 1.1k 2.1× 614 1.5× 203 6.7k
Leo G. Visser Netherlands 39 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 561 1.1× 156 0.4× 210 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Johan van Griensven

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Fields of papers citing papers by Johan van Griensven

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan van Griensven

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Johan van Griensven. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Johan van Griensven 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 Johan van Griensven. Johan van Griensven 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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Merdekios, Behailu, Misgun Shewangizaw, Johan van Griensven, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the hidden burden: Exploring the psychosocial impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions and scars in southern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0317576–e0317576. 3 indexed citations
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Sime, Heven, Myrthe Pareyn, Saskia van Henten, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of Leishmania infection in refugee camps: A serological and molecular study in Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(7). e0013280–e0013280. 1 indexed citations
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Griensven, Johan van, Saskia van Henten, Saïd Abdellati, et al.. (2024). Chronic High-Level Parasitemia in HIV–Infected Individuals With or Without Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area in Northwest Ethiopia: Potential Superspreaders?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(1). 240–246. 1 indexed citations
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Henten, Saskia van, Helina Fikre, Lieselotte Cnops, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Less Invasive Sampling Tools for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(4). ofae113–ofae113. 2 indexed citations
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Animut, Abebe, Sisay Dugassa, Araya Gebresilassie, et al.. (2024). Ecology and Infection Status of Sand Flies in Rural and Urban Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Endemic Areas in Northwest Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(3). 52–52.
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Merdekios, Behailu, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a newly identified endemic site in South-Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0311917–e0311917. 1 indexed citations
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, et al.. (2023). Subcutaneous mycoses: Endemic but neglected among the Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(9). e0011363–e0011363. 13 indexed citations
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Boodman, Carl, Noah Fongwen, Adane Mihret, et al.. (2023). Hidden Burden of Bartonella quintana on the African Continent: Should the Bacterial Infection Be Considered a Neglected Tropical Disease?. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(2). ofad672–ofad672. 3 indexed citations
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Berhane, Nega, Bart K. M. Jacobs, Rezika Mohammed, et al.. (2023). PCR for detection of Leishmania donovani from microscopically negative tissue smears of suspected patients in Gondar, Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(2). e0011128–e0011128. 2 indexed citations
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Castro, Maria Carolina Accioly Brelaz de, Ana Victoria Ibarra‐Meneses, Achilleas Tsoumanis, et al.. (2022). Comparison of serum cytokine levels in symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-Leishmania coinfected individuals from a Brazilian visceral leishmaniasis endemic area. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(6). e0010542–e0010542. 9 indexed citations
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, Almut Böer‐Auer, Kristien Verdonck, et al.. (2022). Podoconiosis: Clinical spectrum and microscopic presentations. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(5). e0010057–e0010057. 2 indexed citations
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Kourouma, Karifa, Alexandre Délamou, Mahamoud Sama Chérif, et al.. (2022). Management of febrile illness in rural Guinea over a seven-year period: A retrospective study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(10). e0001133–e0001133. 3 indexed citations
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, et al.. (2022). Ivermectin mass drug administration for onchocerciasis elimination: can it reduce the prevalence of scabies in Ethiopia?. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 16(08.1). 35S–40S.
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, et al.. (2021). Surgical debulking of podoconiosis nodules and its impact on quality of life in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(1). e0009053–e0009053. 3 indexed citations
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, Muluken Azage, Rony Zachariah, et al.. (2020). Does mass drug administration for community-based scabies control works? The experience in Ethiopia. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 14(06.1). 78S–85S. 9 indexed citations
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Henten, Saskia van, et al.. (2020). Sexual Transmission of Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Neglected Story. Trends in Parasitology. 36(12). 950–952. 3 indexed citations
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Diro, Ermias, Tansy Edwards, Koert Ritmeijer, et al.. (2019). Long term outcomes and prognostics of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV infected patients with use of pentamidine as secondary prophylaxis based on CD4 level: a prospective cohort study in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(2). e0007132–e0007132. 22 indexed citations
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Henten, Saskia van, Wim Adriaensen, Helina Fikre, et al.. (2018). Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania aethiopica. EClinicalMedicine. 6. 69–81. 55 indexed citations
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Sáez, Almudena Marí, Charlotte Gryseels, Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell, et al.. (2018). What motivates Ebola survivors to donate plasma during an emergency clinical trial? The case of Ebola-Tx in Guinea. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(10). e0006885–e0006885. 9 indexed citations
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Thai, Sopheak, et al.. (2017). Ten year experience with antiretroviral treatment in Cambodia: Trends in patient characteristics and treatment outcomes. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0185348–e0185348. 4 indexed citations

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