Malika Sharma

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 771 citations indexed

About

Malika Sharma is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malika Sharma has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 771 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Malika Sharma's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers), Diversity and Career in Medicine (9 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 papers). Malika Sharma is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers), Diversity and Career in Medicine (9 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 papers). Malika Sharma collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Malika Sharma's co-authors include Andrew D. Pinto, Arno K. Kumagai, James Wilton, Darrell H. S. Tan, Heather Senn, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Wiplove Lamba, Ayelet Kuper, Sharon Walmsley and Julia E. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Malika Sharma

29 papers receiving 742 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.

Teaching the Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Equity or a Road to Nowhere?

2017 213 citations Malika Sharma, Andrew D. Pinto et al. Academic Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malika Sharma Canada	16	310	284	229	213	173	33	771
Faith E. Fletcher United States	22	515 1.7×	161 0.6×	348 1.5×	541 2.5×	185 1.1×	56	1.1k
Wilson Winstons Muhwezi Uganda	18	309 1.0×	127 0.4×	107 0.5×	113 0.5×	114 0.7×	38	666
Ndidiamaka Amutah‐Onukagha United States	14	191 0.6×	134 0.5×	101 0.4×	94 0.4×	134 0.8×	58	546
Titilayo C. Abiona United States	14	294 0.9×	97 0.3×	183 0.8×	178 0.8×	110 0.6×	28	676
Kimberly L. Sue United States	11	289 0.9×	249 0.9×	191 0.8×	64 0.3×	169 1.0×	28	725
Sarah Denford United Kingdom	15	351 1.1×	85 0.3×	84 0.4×	166 0.8×	127 0.7×	61	901
Alyssa L. Bogetz United States	14	288 0.9×	264 0.9×	98 0.4×	59 0.3×	58 0.3×	28	649
Cristiane Cardoso de Paula Brazil	14	567 1.8×	193 0.7×	171 0.7×	275 1.3×	92 0.5×	198	976
R. Kevin Mallinson United States	13	257 0.8×	91 0.3×	169 0.7×	247 1.2×	156 0.9×	30	708
Judy Hollingshead United States	12	178 0.6×	318 1.1×	73 0.3×	100 0.5×	93 0.5×	18	659

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malika Sharma

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

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Mishra, Sharmistha, Kevin Gough, Charlie Tan, et al.. (2025). Early clinical experience using tecovirimat during the 2022 mpox epidemic in Toronto underscores ongoing clinical equipoise and the need for randomized trials. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80(4). 935–940. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2025). Botulism. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 197(1). E13–E13. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2024). Beyond inclusion politics: A critical discourse analysis of sex and gender in medical education. Medical Education. 59(3). 302–308.

Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2023). Safe and equitable inpatient care for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 195(44). E1511–E1511. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika. (2021). The possible impact of biggest tax reform (GST) in India. International journal of applied research. 7(2). 31–34.

Sharma, Malika & Shail Rawal. (2021). Women in Medicine: The Limits of Individualism in Academic Medicine. Academic Medicine. 97(3). 346–350. 5 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2021). Critical race theory in medicine. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193(20). E739–E741. 12 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika, James Wilton, Arlene Chan, et al.. (2021). Decentralizing PrEP delivery: Implementation and dissemination strategies to increase PrEP uptake among MSM in Toronto, Canada. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248626–e0248626. 20 indexed citations

Sharma, Malika. (2019). Applying feminist theory to medical education. The Lancet. 393(10171). 570–578. 87 indexed citations

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Pinto, Andrew D., et al.. (2018). An interprofessional urban health elective focused on the social determinants of health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(4). e127–134. 3 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika, Arlene Chan, James Wilton, et al.. (2018). Decentralizing the delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through family physicians and sexual health clinic nurses: a dissemination and implementation study protocol. BMC Health Services Research. 18(1). 513–513. 25 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika, Andrew D. Pinto, & Arno K. Kumagai. (2017). Teaching the Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Equity or a Road to Nowhere?. Academic Medicine. 93(1). 25–30. 213 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2017). Harm reduction in hospitals. Harm Reduction Journal. 14(1). 32–32. 65 indexed citations

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Jaworsky, Denise, Sandra Gardner, Malika Sharma, et al.. (2016). The role of people living with HIV as patient instructors – reducing stigma and improving interest around HIV care among medical students. AIDS Care. 29(4). 524–531. 24 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2014). Preparing for PrEP: Perceptions and Readiness of Canadian Physicians for the Implementation of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105283–e105283. 58 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika & Darrell H. S. Tan. (2014). HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 186(15). E588–E588.

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Senn, Heather, et al.. (2013). Knowledge of and Opinions on HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Front-Line Service Providers at Canadian AIDS Service Organizations. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 29(9). 1183–1189. 24 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika & Sharon Walmsley. (2013). Raltegravir as antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 15(3). 395–405. 15 indexed citations

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Pinto, Andrew D., Malika Sharma, & Robert Muggah. (2011). An agent–vector–host–environment model for controlling small arms and light weapons. Medicine Conflict & Survival. 27(2). 111–127. 6 indexed citations

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Sharma, Malika, et al.. (2009). Endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis in a Vietnamese immigrant. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 181(8). 495–497. 9 indexed citations

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