Laura Mkumba

741 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 329 citations indexed

About

Laura Mkumba is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Mkumba has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 329 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Laura Mkumba's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (2 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 papers). Laura Mkumba is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (2 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 papers). Laura Mkumba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and United Kingdom. Laura Mkumba's co-authors include Yadurshini Raveendran, Andrea Koris, Mary B. Wagner, Talib Saafir, Hyo‐Jung Choo, Shawn M. Jobe, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Nwora Lance Okeke, Dorothy E. Dow and Joseph J. Eron and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology and JAMA Network Open.

In The Last Decade

Laura Mkumba

8 papers receiving 322 citations

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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.

Decolonising global health: if not now, when?

2020 198 citations Andrea Koris, Laura Mkumba et al. BMJ Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Mkumba United States	5	95	87	66	47	44	9	329
Carla Saénz United States	12	144 1.5×	106 1.2×	126 1.9×	45 1.0×	32 0.7×	33	574
Mari Nagai Japan	14	112 1.2×	186 2.1×	38 0.6×	43 0.9×	38 0.9×	29	492
Nathaniel Lee United Kingdom	13	119 1.3×	101 1.2×	54 0.8×	17 0.4×	22 0.5×	42	661
Linh Cu Le Vietnam	13	129 1.4×	182 2.1×	72 1.1×	14 0.3×	82 1.9×	25	564
Colm Kelleher Ireland	13	103 1.1×	167 1.9×	15 0.2×	114 2.4×	29 0.7×	43	656
Anna Louise Barr Australia	9	34 0.4×	117 1.3×	24 0.4×	41 0.9×	57 1.3×	16	346
Nicole Doria Canada	10	212 2.2×	118 1.4×	32 0.5×	24 0.5×	40 0.9×	23	440
John Ruffin United States	6	57 0.6×	134 1.5×	14 0.2×	53 1.1×	35 0.8×	15	318
Juan Nicolás Peña-Sánchez Canada	15	79 0.8×	152 1.7×	16 0.2×	11 0.2×	20 0.5×	67	534
Hillary M. Topazian United States	13	136 1.4×	25 0.3×	43 0.7×	33 0.7×	11 0.3×	40	403

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Mkumba

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Mkumba. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Mkumba 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 Laura Mkumba. Laura Mkumba is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Mkumba, Laura, et al.. (2025). Mental health challenges and perceptions of stigma among youth living with HIV in Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0318035–e0318035. 2 indexed citations

2.

Bhavsar, Nrupen A., Vivian Chen, Laura J. Fish, et al.. (2025). Role of Social Determinants of Health in COVID-19 Recovery. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2453261–e2453261. 1 indexed citations

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Swaminathan, Aparna, Molly McFatrich, Laura Mkumba, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of a questionnaire to capture environmental and occupational inhalational exposures in adults with fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Respiratory Research. 25(1). 372–372.

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Dow, Dorothy E., Laura Mkumba, John A. Gallis, et al.. (2022). Sauti ya Vijana (SYV; The Voice of Youth): Longitudinal Outcomes of an Individually Randomized Group Treatment Pilot Trial for Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania. AIDS and Behavior. 26(6). 2015–2025. 6 indexed citations

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Mkumba, Laura, et al.. (2021). Sexual and reproductive health needs of young people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Reproductive Health. 18(1). 219–219. 12 indexed citations

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Mkumba, Laura, et al.. (2021). Perspectives of Chronic Disease Management Among Persons with HIV: A Qualitative Study. Patient Preference and Adherence. Volume 15. 49–55. 3 indexed citations

7.

Koris, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Decolonising global health: if not now, when?. BMJ Global Health. 5(8). e003394–e003394. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okeke, Nwora Lance, Stéphane Hué, Laura Mkumba, et al.. (2018). Prevalence and Transmission Dynamics of HIV-1 Transmitted Drug Resistance in a Southeastern Cohort. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5(8). ofy178–ofy178. 13 indexed citations

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Choo, Hyo‐Jung, Talib Saafir, Laura Mkumba, Mary B. Wagner, & Shawn M. Jobe. (2012). Mitochondrial Calcium and Reactive Oxygen Species Regulate Agonist-Initiated Platelet Phosphatidylserine Exposure. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 32(12). 2946–2955. 94 indexed citations

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