Lígia Peralta

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Lígia Peralta is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Lígia Peralta has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Lígia Peralta's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (13 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (10 papers). Lígia Peralta is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (13 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (10 papers). Lígia Peralta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Pakistan. Lígia Peralta's co-authors include Pawel Gajer, Gudrun Schneider, Zaid Abdo, Catherine Davis, Larry J. Forney, Jacques Ravel, Carol O. Tacket, Rebecca M. Brotman, Stacey L. McCulle and Kevin A. Ault and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Lígia Peralta

47 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

2010 2.9k citations Jacques Ravel, Pawel Gajer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Rita Verhelst Belgium

Sara S. K. Koenig United States

Caroline M. Mitchell United States

Xia Zhou United States

Iara M. Linhares Brazil

Werner Mendling Germany

Heather B. Jaspan South Africa

Jo‐Ann S. Passmore South Africa

Daniel B. DiGiulio United States

Vicky Jespers Belgium

Rita Verhelst Belgium

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lígia Peralta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lígia Peralta

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Boyer, Cherrie B., Robin Lin Miller, James Korelitz, et al.. (2014). A Comparison of Network-Based Strategies for Screening At-Risk Hispanic/Latino Adolescents and Young Adults for Undiagnosed Asymptomatic HIV Infection. Journal of Adolescent Health. 55(6). 765–773. 10 indexed citations

Lally, Michelle, Richard C. Goldsworthy, Moussa Sarr, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of an Intervention Among Adolescents to Reduce Preventive Misconception in HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials. Journal of Adolescent Health. 55(2). 254–259. 19 indexed citations

Peralta, Lígia & Paulo Morais. (2012). The Friar Tuck sign in trichotillomania. Journal of Dermatological Case Reports. 6(2). 63–4. 11 indexed citations

Peralta, Lígia & Paulo Morais. (2011). Perioral dermatitis – the role of nasal steroids. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology. 31(2). 160–163. 4 indexed citations

Ravel, Jacques, Pawel Gajer, Zaid Abdo, et al.. (2010). Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(supplement_1). 4680–4687. 2923 indexed citations breakdown →

Morais, Paulo, et al.. (2008). Phytophotodermatitis due to homemade ointment for Pediculosis capitis. Contact Dermatitis. 59(6). 373–374. 5 indexed citations

Peralta, Lígia, et al.. (2007). Barriers and Facilitators to Adolescent HIV Testing. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 21(6). 400–408. 112 indexed citations

Sill, Anne, Kristen Kreisel, Bethany Griffin Deeds, et al.. (2007). Calibration and validation of an oral fluid‐based sensitive/less‐sensitive assay to distinguish recent from established HIV‐1 infections. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 21(1). 40–45. 9 indexed citations

Straub, Diane M., Bethany Griffin Deeds, Nancy Willard, et al.. (2007). Partnership Selection and Formation: A Case Study of Developing Adolescent Health Community-Researcher Partnerships in Fifteen U.S. Communities. Journal of Adolescent Health. 40(6). 489–498. 34 indexed citations

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Viani, Rolando M., Lígia Peralta, Grace M. Aldrovandi, et al.. (2006). Prevalence of Primary HIV‐1 Drug Resistance among Recently Infected Adolescents: A Multicenter Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 194(11). 1505–1509. 45 indexed citations

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Peralta, Lígia, et al.. (2002). Promoting identification of HIV-infected youths: borrowing concepts from the media to reduce the HIV epidemic?. PubMed. 13(2). 41–7. 2 indexed citations

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Cade, W. Todd, Lígia Peralta, & Randall E. Keyser. (2002). Aerobic capacity in late adolescents infected with HIV and controls. Pediatric Rehabilitation. 5(3). 161–169. 27 indexed citations

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Levin, Linda, Lisa Henry-Reid, Debra A. Murphy, et al.. (2001). Incident pregnancy rates in HIV infected and HIV uninfected at-risk adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 29(3). 101–108. 18 indexed citations

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Futterman, Donna, Lígia Peralta, Bret J. Rudy, et al.. (2001). The ACCESS (adolescents connected to care, evaluation, and special services) project: social marketing to promote HIV testing to adolescents, methods and first year results from a six city campaign. Journal of Adolescent Health. 29(3). 19–29. 47 indexed citations

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Belzer, Marvin, et al.. (2001). Contraceptive choices in HIV infected and HIV at-risk adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Health. 29(3). 93–100. 26 indexed citations

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Peralta, Lígia, Niel T. Constantine, Bethany Griffin Deeds, Lee Martin, & Kareem Ghalib. (2001). Evaluation of Youth Preferences for Rapid and Innovative Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Tests. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 155(7). 838–838. 37 indexed citations

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Peralta, Lígia, Stephen Durako, & Yong Ma. (2001). Correlation between urine and cervical specimens for the detection of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae using ligase chain reaction in a cohort of HIV infected and uninfected adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 29(3). 87–92. 15 indexed citations

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Rogers, Audrey Smith, Jonas H. Ellenberg, Steven D. Douglas, et al.. (2001). Performance of Antigens Used in Detecting Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity in Adolescents Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 8(2). 273–278. 8 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Denise L., Lígia Peralta, Mychelle Farmer, et al.. (2000). Relationship of Hormonal Contraception and Cervical Ectopy as Measured by Computerized Planimetry to Chlamydial Infection in Adolescents. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 27(6). 313–319. 42 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Denise L., Lígia Peralta, Neil M.H. Graham, & Jonathan M. Zenilman. (2000). Histologic Development of Cervical Ectopy. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 27(5). 252–258. 41 indexed citations

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