Rick Varma

958 total citations
41 papers, 375 citations indexed

About

Rick Varma is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Varma has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 375 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Rick Varma's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (17 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (8 papers). Rick Varma is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (17 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (8 papers). Rick Varma collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and United Kingdom. Rick Varma's co-authors include M.U.R. Naidu, Timothy Collyns, Pradeep Singh, J Watson, Ravi Mani Tripathi, Anna McNulty, George Thomas, Andrew E. Grulich, Jeffrey J. Post and Parvesh Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Thorax and Pharmacological Research.

In The Last Decade

Rick Varma

34 papers receiving 363 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rick Varma Australia 12 179 149 56 42 38 41 375
David Rubin United States 10 99 0.6× 141 0.9× 49 0.9× 25 0.6× 35 0.9× 15 334
Mónica Gordón Spain 16 164 0.9× 184 1.2× 29 0.5× 24 0.6× 10 0.3× 44 580
Adnan Bashir Bhatti Pakistan 10 74 0.4× 66 0.4× 34 0.6× 7 0.2× 30 0.8× 22 444
Pasquale Spataro Italy 11 77 0.4× 111 0.7× 12 0.2× 16 0.4× 7 0.2× 21 367
Sara H. Browne United States 14 174 1.0× 59 0.4× 20 0.4× 9 0.2× 22 0.6× 31 561
Ligang Yang China 9 68 0.4× 82 0.6× 12 0.2× 17 0.4× 45 1.2× 19 180
A. Khachatryan United States 9 296 1.7× 122 0.8× 28 0.5× 7 0.2× 11 0.3× 22 458
Helen H. Kang United States 9 84 0.5× 112 0.8× 26 0.5× 6 0.1× 33 0.9× 23 414
Michalina A. Montaño United States 9 179 1.0× 105 0.7× 9 0.2× 31 0.7× 35 0.9× 19 266
Francisco Jover Spain 11 91 0.5× 170 1.1× 36 0.6× 10 0.2× 51 1.3× 43 442

Countries citing papers authored by Rick Varma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rick Varma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rick Varma

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

All Works

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Poynten, I. Mary, Richard Turner, Rick Varma, et al.. (2025). Australian guidelines for anal cancer screening using anal human papillomavirus testing with cytology triage in people living with HIV. HIV Medicine. 26(12). 1930–1938.
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Keen, Phillip, Steven J. Nigro, Curtis Chan, et al.. (2025). Progress towards the UNAIDS 2030 HIV prevention target in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 57. 101535–101535.
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Xiao, Bo, Krista J. Siefried, Nadine Ezard, et al.. (2025). Exploring experiences of talk therapies among gay and bisexual men seeking to reduce or abstain from using crystal methamphetamine in the context of chemsex. Drug and Alcohol Review. 44(3). 711–722. 3 indexed citations
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Phillips, Tiffany R., Christopher K. Fairley, Kate Maddaford, et al.. (2024). Understanding Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea Among Sex Workers Attending Sexual Health Clinics in 2 Australian Cities: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 10. e46845–e46845. 1 indexed citations
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Applegate, Tanya, et al.. (2024). Unnecessary antibiotic use in men who have sex with men (MSM) with anogenital symptoms attending a sexual health clinic: a retrospective analysis. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 100(7). 435–441. 2 indexed citations
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Heron, Jack E., Hamish McManus, Tobias Vickers, et al.. (2023). Renal impairment associated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for antiretroviral therapy and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: An observational cohort study. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0280339–e0280339. 2 indexed citations
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Bourne, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Syphilis, HIV and other STI positivity in clients presenting as contacts of syphilis at Sydney Sexual Health Centre. Sexual Health. 18(4). 344–345. 1 indexed citations
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Nugent, Colleen A., et al.. (2020). Proctitis in gay and bisexual men. Are microscopy and proctoscopy worthwhile?. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 96(7). 475–477. 6 indexed citations
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McManus, Hamish, Denton Callander, Basil Donovan, et al.. (2019). Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people newly diagnosed with HIV infection in Australia: trends and predictors, 2004–2015. The Medical Journal of Australia. 210(6). 269–275. 6 indexed citations
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Chow, Eric P. F., Rick Varma, David J. Templeton, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of recently arrived Asian men who have sex with men diagnosed with HIV through sexual health services in Melbourne and Sydney. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 43(5). 424–428. 31 indexed citations
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Castley, Alison, Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, Rick Varma, et al.. (2017). A national study of the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Australia 2005–2012. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0170601–e0170601. 21 indexed citations
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Varma, Rick, et al.. (2017). Comparison of Interferon-γ Release Assays and the Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Systematic Review. Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases. 81(1). 59–59. 17 indexed citations
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Gale, Marianne, Andrew Hayen, George Truman, et al.. (2017). Demographic and geographical risk factors for gonorrhoea and chlamydia in greater Western Sydney, 2003–2013. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 41(2). 134–141. 3 indexed citations
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Varma, Rick. (2012). P97 Women requiring emergency contraception are a high risk group for sexually transmitted infections in future. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 88(Suppl 1). A42.2–A42. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, G. Neil & Rick Varma. (1993). Effect of Flutonidine on Ouabain-Induced Arrhythmias and Lethality in Guinea-Pig. Pharmacological Research. 27(4). 365–365. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Parvesh, et al.. (1983). Acetic acid and phenylquinone writhing test: a critical study in mice.. PubMed. 5(9). 601–6. 27 indexed citations

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