Julio Montaner

49.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
755 papers, 35.8k citations indexed

About

Julio Montaner is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julio Montaner has authored 755 papers receiving a total of 35.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 577 papers in Infectious Diseases, 462 papers in Epidemiology and 285 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Julio Montaner's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (502 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (395 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (285 papers). Julio Montaner is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (502 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (395 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (285 papers). Julio Montaner collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Julio Montaner's co-authors include Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Robert S. Hogg, Mark Tyndall, Benita Yip, Michael V. O’Shaughnessy, Viviane D. Lima, P. Richard Harrigan, Martin T. Schechter and Kathy Li and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Julio Montaner

739 papers receiving 34.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Development of a simple noninvasive index to predict significant fibrosis in patients with HIV/HCV coinfection†‡

2006 3.5k citations Julio Montaner et al. profile →
Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in 1998

1998 837 citations Julio Montaner et al. profile →
A Randomized, Double-blind Trial Comparing Combinations of Nevirapine, Didanosine, and Zidovudine for HIV-Infected Patients

1998 611 citations Julio Montaner, Marianne Harris et al. profile →
Association of highly active antiretroviral therapy coverage, population viral load, and yearly new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study

2010 583 citations Julio Montaner, Viviane D. Lima et al. profile →
Antiretroviral Treatment for Adult HIV Infection in 2002

2002 573 citations Julio Montaner et al. profile →
Needle exchange is not enough

1997 519 citations Peter Cornelisse, Julio Montaner et al. AIDS profile →
Validating a Shortened Depression Scale (10 Item CES-D) among HIV-Positive People in British Columbia, Canada

2012 451 citations Wendy Zhang, Kate Salters et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julio Montaner Canada	87	20.9k	20.7k	10.1k	5.7k	5.5k	755	35.8k
Robert S. Hogg Canada	81	20.2k 1.0×	12.1k 0.6×	9.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	5.3k 1.0×	599	27.0k
Evan Wood Canada	85	12.0k 0.6×	20.6k 1.0×	3.4k 0.3×	11.3k 2.0×	6.4k 1.2×	694	28.6k
Steffanie A. Strathdee United States	91	17.0k 0.8×	26.2k 1.3×	2.8k 0.3×	6.4k 1.1×	6.8k 1.2×	773	34.7k
Kenneth H. Mayer United States	102	29.8k 1.4×	21.5k 1.0×	7.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.4×	12.0k 2.2×	1.2k	43.6k
Richard D. Moore United States	93	16.3k 0.8×	12.3k 0.6×	6.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.3×	3.4k 0.6×	635	30.6k
John Kaldor Australia	83	8.6k 0.4×	13.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.3×	3.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.7×	712	28.0k
David R. Bangsberg United States	97	23.5k 1.1×	11.1k 0.5×	7.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	12.3k 2.2×	473	31.9k
Thomas Kerr Canada	84	9.4k 0.5×	21.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.2×	11.8k 2.1×	6.9k 1.2×	725	28.1k
Amy C. Justice United States	81	10.5k 0.5×	8.7k 0.4×	4.0k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	2.9k 0.5×	508	23.5k
Marie‐Louise Newell United Kingdom	72	13.9k 0.7×	8.2k 0.4×	4.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	6.2k 1.1×	427	19.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julio Montaner

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Hannigan, Ailish, Nandini Krishnan, Sofia Bartlett, et al.. (2025). Scaling up hepatitis C testing and linkage-to-care among people who use drugs: lessons learned from a pilot project implemented at a supervised consumption site. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 243–243.

Kooij, Katherine W., Wendy Zhang, Megan E. Marziali, et al.. (2025). Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Public Health. 10(3). e228–e236.

Omondi, F. Harrison, Natalie N. Kinloch, Hope R. Lapointe, et al.. (2024). Effects of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination on HIV viremia and reservoir size. AIDS. 38(8). 1120–1130. 4 indexed citations

Sang, Jordan M., David Moore, Mark Hull, et al.. (2024). Impact of screening and doxycycline prevention on the syphilis epidemic among men who have sex with men in British Columbia: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 33. 100725–100725. 1 indexed citations

Montoya, Vincent, Junine Toy, Sarah Stone, et al.. (2022). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown on expansion of HIV transmission clusters among key populations: A retrospective phylogenetic analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 16. 100369–100369. 7 indexed citations

Kinloch, Natalie N., Aniqa Shahid, Gordon Ritchie, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection Techniques for Nucleic Acid Recovery and Participant Experience: Recommendations for COVID-19 Diagnostics. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(11). ofaa488–ofaa488. 21 indexed citations

Kinloch, Natalie N., Gordon Ritchie, Chanson J. Brumme, et al.. (2020). Suboptimal Biological Sampling as a Probable Cause of False-Negative COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Results. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(6). 899–902. 65 indexed citations

Closson, Kalysha, Thomas L. Patterson, M. Ruth Lavergne, et al.. (2019). The syndemic effect of HIV/HCV co-infection and mental health disorders on acute care hospitalization rate among people living with HIV/AIDS: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 110(6). 779–791. 7 indexed citations

Eyawo, Oghenowede, Charles H. Goldsmith, Mark Hull, et al.. (2019). Risk of myocardial infarction among people living with HIV: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 9(9). e025874–e025874. 54 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, E. D. Adams, Evan Wood, et al.. (2018). Engagement in Maximally-Assisted Therapy and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among a Cohort of Indigenous People Who Use Illicit Drugs. AIDS and Behavior. 23(5). 1258–1266. 8 indexed citations

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Poon, Art F. Y., Réka Gustafson, Patricia Daly, et al.. (2016). Near real-time monitoring of HIV transmission hotspots from routine HIV genotyping: an implementation case study. The Lancet HIV. 3(5). e231–e238. 135 indexed citations

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Montaner, Julio. (2013). Treatment as prevention: toward an AIDS-free generation.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 21(3). 110–114. 26 indexed citations

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Vàsàrhelyi, Krisztina, et al.. (2013). Changing Risk Behaviours and the HIV Epidemic: A Mathematical Analysis in the Context of Treatment as Prevention. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62321–e62321. 7 indexed citations

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Parashar, Surita, Keith Chan, David J. Milan, et al.. (2013). The impact of unstable housing on emergency department use in a cohort of HIV-positive people in a Canadian setting. AIDS Care. 26(1). 53–64. 10 indexed citations

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Hull, Mark, Zunyou Wu, & Julio Montaner. (2012). Optimizing the engagement of care cascade. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS. 7(6). 579–586. 88 indexed citations

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Montaner, Julio. (2003). Challenges of the unmet needs in the treatment-experienced patient.. PubMed. 13(6 Suppl). S5–9. 3 indexed citations

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Wood, Evan, Julio Montaner, Keith Chan, et al.. (2002). Socioeconomic status, access to triple therapy, and survival from HIV-disease since 1996. AIDS. 16(15). 2065–2072. 120 indexed citations

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Cornelisse, Peter, Benita Yip, Kevin J.P. Craib, et al.. (2000). The impact of zidovudine on dementia-free survival in a population of HIV-positive men and women on antiretroviral therapy. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 11(1). 52–56. 4 indexed citations

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Harris, Marianne & Julio Montaner. (2000). Clinical uses of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Reviews in Medical Virology. 10(4). 217–229. 31 indexed citations

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Pakker, Nadine G., Marijke Roos, Sigrid A. Otto, et al.. (1999). Immune restoration does not invariably occur following long-term HIV-1 suppression during antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 13(2). 203–212. 87 indexed citations

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