Lucas Wiessing

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Lucas Wiessing is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucas Wiessing has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Epidemiology, 35 papers in Hepatology and 33 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Lucas Wiessing's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (54 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (35 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (31 papers). Lucas Wiessing is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (54 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (35 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (31 papers). Lucas Wiessing collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Lucas Wiessing's co-authors include Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman, Bradley Mathers, Marica Ferri, Steffanie A. Strathdee, María J. Bravo, Luis Sordo, Blanca Iciar Indave, Roberto Pastor‐Barriuso and Gregorio Barrio and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Lucas Wiessing

81 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Mortality risk during and after opioid substitution treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

2017 1.3k citations Louisa Degenhardt, Lucas Wiessing et al. profile →
Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

2008 1.0k citations Bradley Mathers, Louisa Degenhardt et al. The Lancet profile →
HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage

2010 535 citations Bradley Mathers, Louisa Degenhardt et al. The Lancet profile →
Mortality among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2013 347 citations Bradley Mathers, Louisa Degenhardt et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lucas Wiessing	4.5k	2.2k	1.9k	1.3k	662	82	5.6k
Bradley Mathers	4.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	390 0.6×	38	5.1k
Julie Bruneau	4.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	457 0.7×	211	8.1k
Kate Dolan	4.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	405 0.6×	168	5.8k
Alex H. Kral	6.0k 1.3×	4.0k 1.8×	2.3k 1.2×	735 0.6×	605 0.9×	246	8.0k
M‐J Milloy	4.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	378 0.3×	688 1.0×	308	6.5k
Judith A. Hahn	5.3k 1.2×	872 0.4×	3.4k 1.7×	2.0k 1.6×	298 0.5×	196	7.3k
Vivian Hope	3.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	117 0.2×	147	5.0k
Bruce R. Schackman	3.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	3.3k 1.7×	669 0.5×	642 1.0×	199	6.9k
Gerry V. Stimson	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	445 0.3×	219 0.3×	140	5.4k
Ricky N. Bluthenthal	4.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	342 0.3×	299 0.5×	238	6.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nordt, Carlos, Lucas Wiessing, Albert Espelt, et al.. (2018). Long-Term Opioid Agonist Treatment Participation after First Treatment Entry is Similar across 4 European Regions but Lower in Non-Nationals. European Addiction Research. 24(4). 173–183. 4 indexed citations

Wiessing, Lucas. (2017). Epidemiology of HIV and Viral Hepatitis among People Who Inject Drugs in Europe. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 2 indexed citations

Hughes, Brendan, Lucas Wiessing, Don C. Des Jarlais, & Paul Griffiths. (2017). Could cannabis liberalisation lead to wider changes in drug policies and outcomes?. International Journal of Drug Policy. 51. 156–159. 13 indexed citations

Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Stewart E. Reid, Amee Schwitters, et al.. (2016). Prevention of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in prisoners. The Lancet. 388(10049). 1115–1126. 148 indexed citations

Cruciani, Mario, et al.. (2015). Increasing prevalence of HIV infection among first time clients in Italian drug treatment services – is it sexual transmission?. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 201–201. 5 indexed citations

Wiessing, Lucas, Marica Ferri, Bart Grady, et al.. (2014). Hepatitis C Virus Infection Epidemiology among People Who Inject Drugs in Europe: A Systematic Review of Data for Scaling Up Treatment and Prevention. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e103345–e103345. 173 indexed citations

Mikolajczyk, Rafael, Johannes Horn, Maria Prins, Lucas Wiessing, & Mirjam Kretzschmar. (2014). Trajectories of injecting behavior in the Amsterdam Cohort Study among drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 144. 141–147. 17 indexed citations

Fava, Emanuele Del, Ziv Shkedy, Niel Hens, et al.. (2011). Joint Modeling of HCV and HIV Co-Infection among Injecting Drug Users in Italy and Spain Using Individual Cross-Sectional Data. 3(1). 14 indexed citations

Degenhardt, Louisa, Bianca Calabria, Paul K Nelson, et al.. (2011). What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 117(2-3). 85–101. 89 indexed citations

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Wiessing, Lucas & Isabelle Giraudon. (2009). HIV in Portugal - the epidemic among injecting drug users. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 23(2). 61–62.

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Vickerman, Peter, Matthew Hickman, Margaret May, Mirjam Kretzschmar, & Lucas Wiessing. (2009). Can hepatitis C virus prevalence be used as a measure of injection‐related human immunodeficiency virus risk in populations of injecting drug users? An ecological analysis. Addiction. 105(2). 311–318. 73 indexed citations

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Mathers, Bradley, Louisa Degenhardt, Benjamin Phillips, et al.. (2008). Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. The Lancet. 372(9651). 1733–1745. 1015 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reintjes, Ralf & Lucas Wiessing. (2007). 2nd-generation HIV surveillance and injecting drug use: uncovering the epidemiological ice-berg. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 52(3). 166–172. 13 indexed citations

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Wiessing, Lucas, Fortune Ncube, Dagmar Hedrich, et al.. (2004). Surveillance of infectious diseases in IDUs across the EU: information from the EU expert network. Weekly releases (1997–2007). 8(4). 2 indexed citations

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Hickman, Matthew, Christopher G. Taylor, Avik Chatterjee, et al.. (2002). Estimating the prevalence of problematic drug use: a review of methods and their application. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 54(1). 15–32. 36 indexed citations

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Wiessing, Lucas, Richard Hartnoll, & Carla Rossi. (2001). The epidemiology of drug use at the macro level: Indicators, models and policy-making. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 53(1). 119–133. 4 indexed citations

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Hartnoll, Richard, Martin Frischer, Lucas Wiessing, et al.. (1999). Methodological guidelines to estimate the prevalence of problem drug use on the local level.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 56(6). 409–409. 29 indexed citations

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Wiessing, Lucas, et al.. (1999). Reaching homosexual men for HIV surveillance through a gay magazine. European Journal of Epidemiology. 15(5). 429–437. 2 indexed citations

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Kretzschmar, Mirjam & Lucas Wiessing. (1998). Modelling the spread of HIV in social networks of injecting drug users. AIDS. 12(7). 801–811. 62 indexed citations

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Lumey, L. H., Anita C.J. Ravelli, Lucas Wiessing, et al.. (1993). The Dutch famine birth cohort study: design, validation of exposure, and selected characteristics of subjects after 43 years follow‐up. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 7(4). 354–367. 94 indexed citations

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