Rob Dorrington

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rob Dorrington is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Dorrington has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in General Health Professions, 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 20 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Rob Dorrington's work include HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (26 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (24 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers). Rob Dorrington is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (26 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (24 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers). Rob Dorrington collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Rob Dorrington's co-authors include Leigh F. Johnson, Debbie Bradshaw, Ria Laubscher, David Bourne, Ian M. Timæus, Pam Groenewald, Nadine Nannan, Beatrice Nojilana, Victoria Pillay‐van Wyk and Andrew Boulle and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rob Dorrington

72 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Life Expectancies of South African Adults Starting Antiretroviral Treatment: Collaborative Analysis of Cohort Studies

2013 312 citations Leigh F. Johnson, Rob Dorrington et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

2016 276 citations Victoria Pillay‐van Wyk, William Msemburi et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob Dorrington South Africa	28	1.2k	1.2k	789	522	396	75	2.9k
Lara Fairall South Africa	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	814 1.0×	501 1.0×	554 1.4×	97	3.0k
Jan Ostermann United States	33	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	992 1.3×	406 0.8×	351 0.9×	115	3.3k
Brian van Wyk South Africa	25	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	667 0.8×	372 0.7×	807 2.0×	114	3.0k
Guy Harling United Kingdom	32	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	897 1.1×	384 0.7×	311 0.8×	132	3.0k
Yogan Pillay South Africa	31	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	368 0.7×	702 1.8×	132	3.0k
Joel Negin Australia	35	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	826 1.0×	477 0.9×	925 2.3×	134	3.9k
Sibhatu Biadgilign Ethiopia	35	1.4k 1.2×	873 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	198 0.4×	595 1.5×	109	3.1k
Elliot Marseille United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	685 0.6×	825 1.0×	633 1.2×	637 1.6×	80	3.1k
Omar Galárraga United States	25	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	637 0.8×	555 1.1×	501 1.3×	150	2.4k
Wynne E. Norton United States	27	874 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	673 0.9×	414 0.8×	245 0.6×	55	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rob Dorrington

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Dorrington

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

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Rao, Chalapati, Don de Savigny, Samantha Dolan, et al.. (2025). The role of mortality surveillance in pandemic preparedness and response. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(3). 213–222. 2 indexed citations

Moultrie, Tom A. & Rob Dorrington. (2024). Problems and concerns with the 2022 South African census. South African Journal of Science. 120(7/8). 2 indexed citations

Moultrie, Tom A. & Rob Dorrington. (2024). Rejoinder to Mkhatha et al. (2024): Problems and concerns with the 2022 South African census. South African Journal of Science. 120(11/12).

Johnson, Leigh F., et al.. (2023). The impact of child mortality on fertility in South Africa: Do child support grants and antiretroviral treatment matter?. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284032–e0284032. 1 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Debbie, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 and all-cause mortality in South Africa – the hidden deaths in the first four waves. South African Journal of Science. 118(5/6). 16 indexed citations

Nannan, Nadine, Pam Groenewald, Victoria Pillay‐van Wyk, et al.. (2019). Child mortality trends and causes of death in South Africa, 1997 - 2012, and the importance of a national burden of disease study. South African Medical Journal. 109(7). 480–480. 24 indexed citations

Johnson, Leigh F., Margaret May, Rob Dorrington, et al.. (2017). Estimating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on adult mortality trends in South Africa: A mathematical modelling study. PLoS Medicine. 14(12). e1002468–e1002468. 102 indexed citations

Johnson, Leigh F., et al.. (2017). HIV epidemic drivers in South Africa: A model-based evaluation of factors accounting for inter-provincial differences in HIV prevalence and incidence trends. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 18(1). 695–695. 27 indexed citations

Nojilana, Beatrice, Debbie Bradshaw, Victoria Pillay‐van Wyk, et al.. (2016). Emerging trends in non-communicable disease mortality in South Africa, 1997 - 2010. South African Medical Journal. 106(5). 477–477. 60 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leigh F., Rob Dorrington, Ria Laubscher, et al.. (2015). A comparison of death recording by health centres and civil registration in South Africans receiving antiretroviral treatment. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 18(1). 20628–20628. 31 indexed citations

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Eaton, Jeffrey W., Nicolas Bacaër, Anna Bershteyn, et al.. (2015). Assessment of epidemic projections using recent HIV survey data in South Africa: a validation analysis of ten mathematical models of HIV epidemiology in the antiretroviral therapy era. The Lancet Global Health. 3(10). e598–e608. 40 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leigh F., Timothy B. Hallett, T. Rehle, & Rob Dorrington. (2012). The effect of changes in condom usage and antiretroviral treatment coverage on human immunodeficiency virus incidence in South Africa: a model-based analysis. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(72). 1544–1554. 54 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, Debbie & Rob Dorrington. (2012). Maternal mortality ratio - trends in the vital registration data. South African Medical Journal. 18(2). 38–42. 13 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leigh F., Mary‐Ann Davies, Harry Moultrie, et al.. (2011). The Effect of Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment in Infants on Pediatric AIDS Mortality in South Africa. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31(5). 474–480. 41 indexed citations

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Dorrington, Rob. (2009). Does the 2008 HSRC survey indicate a turning tide of HIV prevalence in children, teenagers and the youth?. PubMed. 99(9). 631–3. 4 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leigh F., et al.. (2009). The effect of educational attainment and other factors on HIV risk in South African women: results from antenatal surveillance, 2000–2005. AIDS. 23(12). 1583–1588. 27 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leigh F., Rob Dorrington, & A. P. Matthews. (2007). An investigation into the extent of uncertainty surrounding estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 103. 135–140. 8 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, Debbie, Pam Groenewald, Ria Laubscher, et al.. (2003). Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 306 indexed citations

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Getz, Wayne M., et al.. (2003). Mathematical models and the fight against diseases in Africa. South African Journal of Science. 99. 305–306.

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Katzenellenbogen, Judith, Derek Yach, & Rob Dorrington. (1993). Mortality in a Rural South African Mission, 1837–1909: An Historical Cohort Study Using Church Records. International Journal of Epidemiology. 22(6). 965–975. 8 indexed citations

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