Pius Opendi

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Pius Opendi is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pius Opendi has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Infectious Diseases, 5 papers in Virology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Pius Opendi's work include HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (3 papers). Pius Opendi is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (3 papers). Pius Opendi collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, United States and Hungary. Pius Opendi's co-authors include Steven J. Reynolds, Ronald H. Gray, David Serwadda, Maria J. Wawer, Godfrey Kigozi, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Fred Nalugoda, Oliver Laeyendecker, Noah Kiwanuka and Thomas C. Quinn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and AIDS.

In The Last Decade

Pius Opendi

9 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial

2007 1.6k citations Ronald H. Gray, Godfrey Kigozi et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pius Opendi Uganda	9	1.2k	881	774	614	575	9	2.2k
Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou France	11	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	566 0.7×	459 0.7×	611 1.1×	26	2.2k
David Serwadda United States	25	1.4k 1.2×	906 1.0×	585 0.8×	648 1.1×	690 1.2×	48	2.5k
Dirk Taljaard France	18	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	875 1.1×	710 1.2×	838 1.5×	28	2.8k
Victor Ssempijja United States	20	809 0.7×	478 0.5×	574 0.7×	531 0.9×	363 0.6×	38	1.7k
Frederick Makumbi Uganda	18	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	884 1.1×	874 1.4×	979 1.7×	38	3.2k
Stephen Watya United States	21	2.1k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	640 0.8×	734 1.2×	1.0k 1.8×	41	3.1k
Jason Reed United States	21	647 0.5×	573 0.7×	571 0.7×	394 0.6×	364 0.6×	48	1.3k
Natasha Larke United Kingdom	19	653 0.5×	287 0.3×	601 0.8×	545 0.9×	239 0.4×	33	1.6k
Delivette Castor United States	22	624 0.5×	590 0.7×	646 0.8×	410 0.7×	329 0.6×	80	1.4k
J. Ndinya-Achola Kenya	15	441 0.4×	365 0.4×	474 0.6×	394 0.6×	236 0.4×	20	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Pius Opendi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pius Opendi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pius Opendi

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Opendi, Pius, Paul D. Stamper, Lisa Mills, et al.. (2011). Field evaluation of five rapid diagnostic tests for screening of HIV-1 infections in rural Rakai, Uganda. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 22(6). 308–309. 34 indexed citations

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Laeyendecker, Oliver, Andrew D. Redd, Tom Lutalo, et al.. (2009). Frequency of Long-Term Nonprogressors in HIV-1 Seroconverters From Rakai Uganda. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 52(3). 316–319. 20 indexed citations

3.

Jacob, Shevin T., Christopher C. Moore, Patrick Banura, et al.. (2009). Severe Sepsis in Two Ugandan Hospitals: a Prospective Observational Study of Management and Outcomes in a Predominantly HIV-1 Infected Population. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7782–e7782. 126 indexed citations

4.

Wawer, Maria J., Frederick Makumbi, Godfrey Kigozi, et al.. (2009). Circumcision in HIV-infected men and its effect on HIV transmission to female partners in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 374(9685). 229–237. 206 indexed citations

5.

Hardick, Andrew, Aaron A.R. Tobian, Oliver Laeyendecker, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of multiplex real-time PCR for detection of Haemophilus ducreyi, Treponema pallidum, herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 in the diagnosis of genital ulcer disease in the Rakai District, Uganda. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 85(2). 97–101. 46 indexed citations

6.

Gray, Ronald H., Godfrey Kigozi, David Serwadda, et al.. (2007). Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. The Lancet. 369(9562). 657–666. 1579 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Gray, Ronald H., Fredrick Makumbi, David Serwadda, et al.. (2007). Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: diagnostic test accuracy study. BMJ. 335(7612). 188–188. 105 indexed citations

8.

Stamper, Paul D., Pius Opendi, Jesca Nakavuma, et al.. (2007). Performance of Two Commercial Immunochromatographic Assays for Rapid Detection of Antibodies Specific to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Types 1 and 2 in Serum and Urine Samples in a Rural Community-Based Research Setting (Rakai, Uganda). Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 14(6). 738–740. 8 indexed citations

9.

Lutalo, Tom, Ronald H. Gray, Maria J. Wawer, et al.. (2007). Survival of HIV-infected treatment-naive individuals with documented dates of seroconversion in Rakai, Uganda. AIDS. 21(Suppl 6). S15–S19. 44 indexed citations

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