Linda‐Gail Bekker

50.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
615 papers, 22.8k citations indexed

About

Linda‐Gail Bekker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Linda‐Gail Bekker has authored 615 papers receiving a total of 22.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 486 papers in Infectious Diseases, 282 papers in Epidemiology and 248 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Linda‐Gail Bekker's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (403 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (225 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (177 papers). Linda‐Gail Bekker is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (403 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (225 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (177 papers). Linda‐Gail Bekker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Linda‐Gail Bekker's co-authors include Robin Wood, Stephen D Lawn, Landon Myer, Keren Middelkoop, Catherine Orrell, Gilla Kaplan, Katharina Kranzer, Richard Kaplan, Connie Celum and Chris Beyrer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Linda‐Gail Bekker

584 papers receiving 22.4k 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.

Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Concentrations and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Efficacy in Men Who Have Sex with Men

2012 760 citations David V. Glidden, Albert Liu et al. profile →
HIV infection

2023 98 citations Linda‐Gail Bekker, Chris Beyrer et al. profile →
Potential Clinical and Economic Impacts of Cutbacks in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Program in South Africa

2025 18 citations Linda‐Gail Bekker, Andrea Ciaranello et al. profile →
PEPFAR under review: what's at stake for PEPFAR's future

2025 15 citations Linda‐Gail Bekker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linda‐Gail Bekker South Africa	83	18.1k	12.4k	6.1k	3.3k	3.1k	615	22.8k
Sten H. Vermund United States	63	9.7k 0.5×	9.1k 0.7×	4.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	587	18.2k
Maria J. Wawer United States	68	10.6k 0.6×	7.1k 0.6×	6.6k 1.1×	4.5k 1.4×	3.0k 1.0×	331	19.9k
Connie Celum United States	71	12.7k 0.7×	10.2k 0.8×	6.1k 1.0×	4.1k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	440	18.7k
John Kaldor Australia	83	8.6k 0.5×	13.7k 1.1×	3.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	712	28.0k
David Serwadda Uganda	63	10.6k 0.6×	6.8k 0.6×	8.2k 1.4×	4.7k 1.5×	3.2k 1.0×	302	22.0k
Nelson K. Sewankambo Uganda	63	9.3k 0.5×	5.7k 0.5×	6.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	366	18.9k
Landon Myer South Africa	68	10.9k 0.6×	6.3k 0.5×	6.5k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	505	18.7k
Jared M. Baeten United States	62	11.9k 0.7×	7.9k 0.6×	6.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	485	16.1k
Patrick S. Sullivan United States	70	14.4k 0.8×	11.4k 0.9×	6.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	657	21.9k
Salim S. Abdool Karim South Africa	67	10.3k 0.6×	5.9k 0.5×	4.6k 0.8×	6.3k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	394	18.6k

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Rodriguez, Violeta J., et al.. (2025). Psychometric properties of mental health screening tools in South African adolescent girls and young women. Journal of Affective Disorders. 377. 148–156.

Phanga, Twambilile, Caroline McKay, Nivedita L. Bhushan, et al.. (2025). Comparing youth-friendly clinics to the standard of care for adolescent girls and young women in Malawi: A qualitative analysis. Global Public Health. 20(1). 2481466–2481466.

Earnshaw, Valerie A., et al.. (2024). Disclosure Events and Psychosocial Well-Being Among Young South African Adults Living with HIV. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 32(1). 124–134. 2 indexed citations

Jacobson, Barry, Elise Schapkaitz, Azwidihwi Takalani, et al.. (2023). Vascular thrombosis after single dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in healthcare workers in South Africa: open label, single arm, phase 3B study (Sisonke study). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000302–e000302. 4 indexed citations

Delany‐Moretlwe, Sinéad, Nyaradzo Mgodi, Linda‐Gail Bekker, et al.. (2023). High prevalence and incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia in young women eligible for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa and Zimbabwe: results from the HPTN 082 trial. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 99(7). 433–439. 10 indexed citations

Jarolimova, Jana, Laura Platt, Lisa Philpotts, et al.. (2022). Curable sexually transmitted infections among women with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. UCL Discovery (University College London). 20 indexed citations

Smith, Philip, Dvora Joseph Davey, Linda‐Gail Bekker, et al.. (2021). Participatory Prototyping of a Tailored Undetectable Equals Untransmittable Message to Increase HIV Testing Among Men in Western Cape, South Africa. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 35(11). 428–434. 10 indexed citations

Davey, Dvora Joseph, Kathryn Dovel, Dorothy C. Nyemba, et al.. (2021). Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Recent Adherence With Real-Time Adherence Feedback and Partner Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing: A Pilot Trial Among Postpartum Women. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(2). ofab609–ofab609. 14 indexed citations

Donenberg, Geri R., Katherine G. Merrill, Millicent Atujuna, et al.. (2021). Mental health outcomes of a pilot 2-arm randomized controlled trial of a HIV-prevention program for South African adolescent girls and young women and their female caregivers. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 2189–2189. 9 indexed citations

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Balle, Christina, Katherine Gill, Shameem Z. Jaumdally, et al.. (2020). Hormonal contraception and risk of STIs and bacterial vaginosis in South African adolescents: secondary analysis of a randomised trial. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 97(2). 112–117. 6 indexed citations

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Haberer, Jessica E., Victor Omollo, Josephine Odoyo, et al.. (2019). PrEP re-initiation after interruption by adolescent girls and young women in Kenya and South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 22. 32–32. 1 indexed citations

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Farley, Elise, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with knowledge of pre-exposure prophylaxis in pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 30(11). 1063–1070. 4 indexed citations

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Hermans, Sabine, et al.. (2019). HIV prevalence and determinants of loss-to-follow-up in adolescents and young adults with tuberculosis in Cape Town. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0210937–e0210937. 26 indexed citations

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Todd, Catherine S., et al.. (2018). A systematic review of contraceptive continuation among women living with HIV. Contraception. 98(1). 8–24. 7 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Monica, David V. Glidden, Kenneth H. Mayer, et al.. (2016). Association of age, baseline kidney function, and medication exposure with declines in creatinine clearance on pre-exposure prophylaxis: an observational cohort study. The Lancet HIV. 3(11). e521–e528. 60 indexed citations

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Nglazi, Mweete D, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Robin Wood, et al.. (2014). The impact of mass media interventions on tuberculosis awareness, health-seeking behaviour and health service utilisation: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 4(1). e004302–e004302. 11 indexed citations

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Baral, Stefan, et al.. (2011). HIV Risk and Associations of HIV Infection among men who have sex with men in Peri-Urban Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 766–766. 118 indexed citations

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Middelkoop, Keren, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Landon Myer, et al.. (2010). Antiretroviral Program Associated with Reduction in Untreated Prevalent Tuberculosis in a South African Township. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(8). 1080–1085. 50 indexed citations

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Wood, Robin, Keren Middelkoop, Landon Myer, et al.. (2006). Undiagnosed Tuberculosis in a Community with High HIV Prevalence. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 175(1). 87–93. 196 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Gilla, Frank A. Post, André L. Moreira, et al.. (2003). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth at theCavity Surface: a Microenvironment with FailedImmunity. Infection and Immunity. 71(12). 7099–7108. 277 indexed citations

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