Nancy Padian

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
240 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Nancy Padian is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Padian has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in General Health Professions, 151 papers in Infectious Diseases and 65 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Nancy Padian's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (150 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (138 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (57 papers). Nancy Padian is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (150 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (138 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (57 papers). Nancy Padian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Zimbabwe and United Kingdom. Nancy Padian's co-authors include Myrna M. Weissman, Helen Orvaschel, Ariane van der Straten, Audrey Pettifor, Tsungai Chipato, Sandra I. McCoy, Stephen Shiboski, Alexandra M. Minnis, Helen Rees and Megan S. Dunbar and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Padian

238 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Children??s Symptom and Social Functioning Self-Report Scales Comparison of Mothers?? and Children??s Reports

1980 730 citations Nancy Padian et al. profile →
Relative resistance to HIV–1 infection of CD4 lymphocytes from persons who remain uninfected despite multiple high–risk sexual exposures

1996 518 citations Nancy Padian et al. profile →
Young people's sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey

2005 470 citations Nancy Padian et al. AIDS profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nancy Padian	6.1k	6.0k	3.5k	2.3k	1.9k	240	12.0k
Helen Rees	4.8k 0.8×	4.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	242	9.2k
Andrew Copas	4.4k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	347	14.1k
Helen A. Weiss	5.0k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	6.8k 1.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	456	21.3k
Elizabeth A. Bukusi	7.0k 1.1×	5.3k 0.9×	4.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	510	11.3k
Heiner Grosskurth	5.3k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	231	9.5k
Fred Nalugoda	4.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	869 0.5×	233	10.1k
Sten H. Vermund	9.7k 1.6×	4.2k 0.7×	9.1k 2.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	587	18.2k
Glenda Gray	6.7k 1.1×	3.9k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	595 0.3×	386	11.8k
Landon Myer	10.9k 1.8×	6.5k 1.1×	6.3k 1.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	505	18.7k
Graham Hart	4.7k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	4.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	783 0.4×	303	11.0k

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Pike, Carey, Nadia Ahmed, David Lee, et al.. (2023). Goals for girls: a cluster-randomized trial to investigate a school-based sexual health programme amongst female learners in South Africa. Health Education Research. 38(5). 375–391. 5 indexed citations

Sikazwe, Izukanji, Ingrid Eshun‐Wilson, Kombatende Sikombe, et al.. (2020). Patient-reported Reasons for Stopping Care or Switching Clinics in Zambia: A Multisite, Regionally Representative Estimate Using a Multistage Sampling-based Approach in Zambia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73(7). e2294–e2302. 26 indexed citations

Mody, Aaloke, David V. Glidden, Ingrid Eshun‐Wilson, et al.. (2020). Longitudinal Care Cascade Outcomes Among People Eligible for Antiretroviral Therapy Who Are Newly Linking to Care in Zambia: A Multistate Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 71(10). e561–e570. 11 indexed citations

Sikazwe, Izukanji, Ingrid Eshun‐Wilson, Kombatende Sikombe, et al.. (2019). Retention and viral suppression in a cohort of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: Regionally representative estimates using a multistage-sampling-based approach. PLoS Medicine. 16(5). e1002811–e1002811. 43 indexed citations

Mody, Aaloke, Ingrid Eshun‐Wilson, Kombatende Sikombe, et al.. (2019). Longitudinal engagement trajectories and risk of death among new ART starters in Zambia: A group-based multi-trajectory analysis. PLoS Medicine. 16(10). e1002959–e1002959. 33 indexed citations

Mody, Aaloke, Izukanji Sikazwe, Nancy L. Czaicki, et al.. (2018). Estimating the real-world effects of expanding antiretroviral treatment eligibility: Evidence from a regression discontinuity analysis in Zambia. PLoS Medicine. 15(6). e1002574–e1002574. 21 indexed citations

Mufuka, Juliet, Sergio Bautista‐Arredondo, Harsha Thirumurthy, et al.. (2016). Results of a cluster-randomized trial of non-financial incentives to increase uptake of couples counselling and testing among clients attending PSI mobile HIV services in rural Zimbabwe. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

Odeny, Thomas, Nancy Padian, Meg Doherty, et al.. (2015). Definitions of implementation science in HIV/AIDS. The Lancet HIV. 2(5). e178–e180. 43 indexed citations

Cohen, Myron S., Charles B. Holmes, Nancy Padian, et al.. (2012). HIV Treatment As Prevention: How Scientific Discovery Occurred And Translated Rapidly Into Policy For The Global Response. Health Affairs. 31(7). 1439–1449. 36 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Kelly, Kelsey Holt, Alan Bostrom, et al.. (2011). Impact of learning HIV status on contraceptive use in the MIRA trial. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 37(4). 204–208. 8 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Megan S., et al.. (2010). Findings from SHAZ!: A Feasibility Study of a Microcredit and Life-Skills HIV Prevention Intervention to Reduce Risk Among Adolescent Female Orphans in Zimbabwe. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 38(2). 147–161. 83 indexed citations

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Napierala, Sue, Mi-Suk Kang, Tsungai Chipato, Nancy Padian, & Ariane van der Straten. (2008). Female Condom Uptake and Acceptability in Zimbabwe. AIDS Education and Prevention. 20(2). 121–134. 29 indexed citations

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Bertozzi, Stefano, et al.. (2006). Effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies in resource-poor countries: tailoring the intervention to the context. AIDS. 20(9). 1217–1235. 51 indexed citations

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Raine, Tina, Cynthia C. Harper, Corinne H. Rocca, et al.. (2005). Direct Access to Emergency Contraception Through Pharmacies and Effect on Unintended Pregnancy and STIs. JAMA. 293(1). 54–54. 239 indexed citations

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Hobbs, Marcia M., M. Steiner, Paul J. Feldblum, & Nancy Padian. (2005). HOBBS ET AL. REPLY. American Journal of Epidemiology. 162(7). 706–706. 2 indexed citations

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Auerswald, Colette, Karen Shalev Greene, Alexandra M. Minnis, et al.. (2003). Qualitative assessment of venues for purposive sampling of hard-to-reach youth. Pediatric Research. 53. 6 indexed citations

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Buchacz, Kate, Bharat Parekh, Nancy Padian, et al.. (2001). HIV-Specific IgG in Cervicovaginal Secretions of Exposed HIV-Uninfected Female Sexual Partners of HIV-Infected Men. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 17(18). 1689–1693. 32 indexed citations

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Moench, Thomas R., Tsungai Chipato, & Nancy Padian. (2001). Preventing disease by protecting the cervix: the unexplored promise of internal vaginal barrier devices. AIDS. 15(13). 1595–1602. 122 indexed citations

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Minnis, Alexandra M. & Nancy Padian. (2001). Choice of Female-Controlled Barrier Methods among Young Women and Their Male Sexual Partners. Family Planning Perspectives. 33(1). 28–28. 19 indexed citations

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Pickering, John, et al.. (1986). Modeling the incidence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Mathematical Modelling. 7(5-8). 661–688. 31 indexed citations

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