Lucy Platt

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Lucy Platt is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy Platt has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Epidemiology, 48 papers in Infectious Diseases and 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lucy Platt's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (74 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (45 papers) and Sex work and related issues (45 papers). Lucy Platt is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (74 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (45 papers) and Sex work and related issues (45 papers). Lucy Platt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Lucy Platt's co-authors include Tim Rhodes, Peter Vickerman, Matthew Hickman, Vivian Hope, Anya Sarang, Catherine R. McGowan, Pippa Grenfell, E. Gower, Keith Sabin and Philippa Easterbrook and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lucy Platt

85 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Prevalence and burden of HCV co-infection in people living with HIV: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

2016 485 citations Lucy Platt, Catherine R. McGowan et al. profile →
Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies

2018 288 citations Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucy Platt

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Use of routinely collected blood donation data for expanded HIV and Syphilis surveillance in Blantyre district, Malawi 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Thomas Hartney, (unknown), Maganizo Chagomerana, (unknown), (unknown), Bridon M’baya, (unknown), Lucy Platt, Brian Rice, James Hargreaves, Sharon S. Weir, Mina C. Hosseinipour	0
2	Characterizing HIV Acquisition Risk, Treatment Gaps, and Populations Reached Through Venue-Based Outreach and Clinical Services in Blantyre, Malawi: Findings From a District-wide CLOVE Study 2024 ·JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ·(unknown), Sharon S. Weir, (unknown), Maganizo Chagomerana, (unknown), Jessie K. Edwards, (unknown), Gift Kawalazira, (unknown), Andreas Jahn, (unknown), Thomas Hartney, Lucy Platt, Brian Rice, James Hargreaves, Mina C. Hosseinipour, (unknown)	0
3	From conceptualising to modelling structural determinants and interventions in HIV transmission dynamics models: a scoping review and methodological framework for evidence-based analyses 2024 ·BMC Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Pickles, Joseph Larmarange, Kate M. Mitchell, Andreea Adelina Artenie, Kostyantyn Dumchev, (unknown), Lucy Platt, Fern Terris‐Prestholt, (unknown), Jack Stone, Peter Vickerman, Andrew Phillips, (unknown), Mathieu Maheu‐Giroux, Marie‐Claude Boily	2
4	Adverse health outcomes among people who inject drugs who engaged in recent sex work: findings from a national survey 2023 ·Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Sara Croxford, Claire Edmundson, (unknown), (unknown), Samreen Ijaz, Vivian Hope, Lucy Platt, (unknown), Monica Desai	3
5	HIV incidence among women engaging in sex work in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2023 ·medRxiv ·(unknown), Rebecca L. Anderson, (unknown), R. Scott McClelland, Barbra A. Richardson, Harsha Thirumurthy, (unknown), Bernadette Hensen, Lucy Platt, Brian Rice, Frances M. Cowan, Jeffrey W. Eaton, James Hargreaves, (unknown)	2
6	Estimation of HIV incidence from analysis of HIV prevalence patterns by age and years since starting sex work among female sex workers in Zimbabwe 2022 ·LSTM Online Archive (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) ·M. Sanni Ali, (unknown), Sungai T. Chabata, (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey Dirawo, Brian Rice, Lucy Platt, Loveleen Bansi‐Matharu, (unknown), (unknown), Tarisai Chiyaka, Phillis Mushati, Owen Mugurungi, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Phillips, Frances M. Cowan, James Hargreaves	12
7	Interventions to improve health and the determinants of health among sex workers in high-income countries: a systematic review 2022 ·The Lancet Public Health ·Luke Johnson, Lucy Potter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert W Aldridge, Gene Feder, Andrew Hayward, Neha Pathak, Lucy Platt, (unknown), Binta Sultan, Serena Luchenski	15
8	Effect of police enforcement and extreme social inequalities on violence and mental health among women who sell sex: findings from a cohort study in London, UK 2021 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Jocelyn Elmes, (unknown), Pippa Grenfell, Josephine G. Walker, Kathleen Hill, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah Creighton, (unknown), Marie‐Claude Boily, Peter Vickerman, Lucy Platt	10
9	Evaluating the cost‐effectiveness of existing needle and syringe programmes in preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs 2019 ·Addiction ·Sedona Sweeney, Zoë Ward, Lucy Platt, Lorna Guinness, Matthew Hickman, Vivian Hope, Lisa Maher, Jenny Iversen, Sharon Hutchinson, Josie Smith, Rachel Ayres, (unknown), Peter Vickerman	22
10	Impact of current and scaled‐up levels of hepatitis C prevention and treatment interventions for people who inject drugs in three UK settings—what is required to achieve the WHO's HCV elimination targets? 2018 ·Addiction ·Zoë Ward, Lucy Platt, Sedona Sweeney, Vivian Hope, Lisa Maher, Sharon Hutchinson, Norah Palmateer, Josie Smith, Noel Craine, Avril Taylor, Natasha K. Martin, Rachel Ayres, John Dillon, Matthew Hickman, Peter Vickerman	23
11	Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies breakdown → 2018 ·PLoS Medicine ·Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell, Rebecca Meiksin, Jocelyn Elmes, Susan G. Sherman, Teela Sanders, Peninah Mwangi, (unknown)	288
12	Violence experience by perpetrator and associations with HIV/STI risk and infection: a cross-sectional study among female sex workers in Karnataka, south India 2018 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Ravi Prakash, Shajy Isac, H L Mohan, Lucy Platt, James Blanchard, Stephen Moses, Tara Beattie	17
13	Fentanyl self-testing outside supervised injection settings to prevent opioid overdose: Do we know enough to promote it? 2018 ·International Journal of Drug Policy ·Catherine R. McGowan, Magdalena Harris, Lucy Platt, Vivian Hope, Tim Rhodes	56
14	Is the promise of methadone Kenya’s solution to managing HIV and addiction? A mixed-method mathematical modelling and qualitative study 2015 ·BMJ Open ·Tim Rhodes, Andy Guise, James Ndimbii, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Elizabeth Ngugi, Lucy Platt, Ann Kurth, Charles M. Cleland, Peter Vickerman	42
15	Large-scale implementation of alcohol brief interventions in new settings in Scotland: a qualitative interview study of a national programme 2015 ·BMC Public Health ·Niamh Fitzgerald, Lucy Platt, (unknown), Jim McCambridge	18
16	HIV among people who inject drugs in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: a systematic review with implications for policy 2012 ·BMJ Open ·Emma Jolley, Tim Rhodes, Lucy Platt, Vivian Hope, Alisher Latypov, Martin C. Donoghoe, David J. Wilson	98
17	Systematic review examining differences in HIV, sexually transmitted infections and health-related harms between migrant and non-migrant female sex workers 2012 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell, Adam Fletcher, Annik Sorhaindo, Emma Jolley, Tim Rhodes, Chris Bonell	70
18	Modelling the transmission of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in Rawalpindi, a low HCV prevalence setting in Pakistan 2009 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Peter Vickerman, Lucy Platt, Sarah Hawkes	40
19	Protecting the unprotected: mixed-method research on drug use, sex work and rights in Pakistan's fight against HIV/AIDS 2009 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Susannah Mayhew, Martine Collumbien, (unknown), Lucy Platt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah Hawkes	49
20	Improving survey methods in sero-epidemiological studies of injecting drug users: a case example of two cross sectional surveys in Serbia and Montenegro 2009 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Ali Judd, Tim Rhodes, Lisa G. Johnston, Lucy Platt, Violeta Andjelković, (unknown), Boban Mugoša, Milena Simić, S Žerjav, (unknown), John V. Parry	18

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