Peter Barron

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Barron is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Barron has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in General Health Professions, 21 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Peter Barron's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (20 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (12 papers). Peter Barron is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (20 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (12 papers). Peter Barron collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Papua New Guinea. Peter Barron's co-authors include Hoosen Coovadia, David Sanders, Rachel Jewkes, Di McIntyre, Yogan Pillay, Sanjana Bhardwaj, Gayle Sherman, Ameena Goga, Amnesty LeFevre and Tanya Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Barron

67 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

2009 903 citations Hoosen Coovadia, Peter Barron et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Barron South Africa	26	1.3k	766	691	524	402	68	2.7k
Jane Goudge South Africa	29	1.5k 1.2×	414 0.5×	981 1.4×	308 0.6×	545 1.4×	95	3.0k
Debra Jackson South Africa	27	1.1k 0.8×	746 1.0×	949 1.4×	486 0.9×	193 0.5×	111	2.5k
Yogan Pillay South Africa	31	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 2.2×	702 1.0×	1.0k 1.9×	368 0.9×	132	3.0k
Kenneth Sherr United States	29	1.2k 0.9×	759 1.0×	919 1.3×	479 0.9×	485 1.2×	119	2.7k
Damien de Walque United States	32	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	509 0.7×	401 0.8×	601 1.5×	130	3.7k
Kerry Scott United States	28	1.3k 1.0×	294 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	212 0.4×	214 0.5×	84	2.6k
Sylvester Kimaiyo United States	26	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	457 0.7×	670 1.3×	266 0.7×	54	2.8k
Rhoda K. Wanyenze Uganda	27	842 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	416 0.6×	640 1.2×	262 0.7×	119	2.4k
Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch Switzerland	23	1.2k 0.9×	369 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	531 1.0×	359 0.9×	56	2.9k
Tanya Doherty South Africa	36	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	1.5k 2.9×	331 0.8×	152	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Barron

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Barron

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Rodríguez, Daniela, et al.. (2024). HIV programme sustainability in Southern and Eastern Africa and the changing role of external assistance for health. Health Policy and Planning. 39(Supplement_1). i107–i117. 6 indexed citations

Barron, Peter, et al.. (2023). District Health System performance in South Africa: Are current monitoring systems optimal?. South African Medical Journal. 113(12). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Woldesenbet, Selamawit, Carl Lombard, Samuel Manda, et al.. (2021). Recent HIV infection among pregnant women in the 2017 antenatal sentinel cross–sectional survey, South Africa: Assay–based incidence measurement. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0249953–e0249953. 27 indexed citations

LeFevre, Amnesty, Sara Chamberlain, Neha Singh, et al.. (2021). Avoiding the Road to Nowhere: Policy Insights on Scaling up and Sustaining Digital Health. Global Policy. 12(S6). 110–114. 21 indexed citations

Woldesenbet, Selamawit, Tendesayi Kufa, Peter Barron, et al.. (2019). Viral suppression and factors associated with failure to achieve viral suppression among pregnant women in South Africa: a national cross-sectional survey. AIDS. 2019. 2 indexed citations

Loveday, Marian, et al.. (2019). Figures of the dead: A decade of tuberculosis mortality registrations in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 109(10). 728–728. 16 indexed citations

Fischer, Alex Emilio, et al.. (2019). The MomConnect Nurses and Midwives Support Platform (NurseConnect): A Qualitative Process Evaluation. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(2). e11644–e11644. 12 indexed citations

Kauchali, Shuaib, et al.. (2018). Inpatient case fatality rates improvements in children under 5: Diarrhoeal disease pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

Stuart, Robyn M., Nicole Fraser‐Hurt, Cliff C. Kerr, et al.. (2018). The City of Johannesburg can end AIDS by 2030: Modelling the Impact of Achieving the Fast-Track Targets and What it Will Take to Get There. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 2 indexed citations

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Barron, Peter, et al.. (2017). Twenty years of the South African Health Review. South African Health Review. 2017(1). 1–10. 6 indexed citations

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Kripke, Katharine, et al.. (2016). Cost and Impact of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa: Focusing the Program on Specific Age Groups and Provinces. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0157071–e0157071. 25 indexed citations

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Barron, Peter, et al.. (2016). The MomConnect mHealth initiative in South Africa: Early impact on the supply side of MCH services. Journal of Public Health Policy. 37(S2). 201–212. 59 indexed citations

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Charalambous, Salome, Stephanie M. Topp, Michael E. Herce, et al.. (2016). HIV and tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet. 388(10050). 1215–1227. 96 indexed citations

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Barron, Peter, et al.. (2015). Using mobile technology to improve maternal, child and youth health and treatment of HIV patients. South African Medical Journal. 106(1). 3–3. 36 indexed citations

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Coutsoudis, Anna, Ameena Goga, Chris Desmond, et al.. (2013). Is Option B+ the best choice?. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 14(1). 8–10. 8 indexed citations

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English, René, et al.. (2011). Health information systems in South Africa. South African Health Review. 2011(1). 81–89. 20 indexed citations

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Rispel, Laetitia C. & Peter Barron. (2010). Can disease control priorities improve health systems performance in South Africa?. South African Medical Journal. 100(12). 801–801. 8 indexed citations

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Barron, Peter, et al.. (2008). Primary Health Care in South Africa : a review of 30 years since Alma Ata. South African Health Review. 2008(1). 5 indexed citations

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Bailie, Ross, et al.. (1995). Towards a rational cervical cytology screening strategy. Case study of a peri-urban settlement.. PubMed. 85(1). 30–3. 8 indexed citations

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Barron, Peter, Paulo Ferrinho, Éric Buch, et al.. (1991). Community health survey of Oukasie, 1987.. PubMed. 79(1). 32–4. 2 indexed citations

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