Ruanne V. Barnabas

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
198 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Ruanne V. Barnabas is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruanne V. Barnabas has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Infectious Diseases, 124 papers in Epidemiology and 67 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ruanne V. Barnabas's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (114 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (63 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (60 papers). Ruanne V. Barnabas is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (114 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (63 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (60 papers). Ruanne V. Barnabas collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Ruanne V. Barnabas's co-authors include Monisha Sharma, Connie Celum, Roger Ying, Jared M. Baeten, Gillian A.M. Tarr, Nicholas Sheng Loong Tan, Heidi van Rooyen, Liu Gui, R. Scott McClelland and Kathryn Peebles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Ruanne V. Barnabas

184 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of community and facility-based HIV testing to address linkage to care gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

2015 375 citations Monisha Sharma, Ruanne V. Barnabas et al. profile →
High Global Burden and Costs of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2019 292 citations Kathryn Peebles, Jennifer Velloza et al. Sexually Transmitted Diseases profile →
HIV-positive women have higher risk of human papilloma virus infection, precancerous lesions, and cervical cancer

2018 275 citations Monisha Sharma, Ruanne V. Barnabas et al. AIDS profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruanne V. Barnabas United States	35	3.0k	2.7k	1.5k	586	530	198	4.8k
Leigh F. Johnson South Africa	38	2.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	902 1.5×	534 1.0×	149	5.5k
Handan Wand Australia	40	3.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 2.1×	1.1k 2.2×	302	7.8k
Sinéad Delany‐Moretlwe South Africa	36	2.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	481 0.8×	890 1.7×	175	5.0k
Tanuja N. Gengiah South Africa	17	1.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	948 1.6×	643 1.2×	52	4.4k
Saidi Kapiga Tanzania	45	2.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	697 1.2×	847 1.6×	222	7.0k
Tedd V. Ellerbrock United States	32	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	583 0.4×	879 1.5×	501 0.9×	63	3.9k
Jason J. Ong Australia	34	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	896 0.6×	302 0.5×	820 1.5×	381	4.2k
Philippe Mayaud United Kingdom	48	4.0k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	541 0.9×	1.8k 3.4×	241	7.1k
Nelly Mugo Kenya	42	3.9k 1.3×	4.8k 1.8×	2.6k 1.7×	1.0k 1.7×	980 1.8×	267	7.0k
Catherine Hankins Canada	41	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	461 0.8×	357 0.7×	156	6.0k

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Brown, Elizabeth R., Stephen Cherne, Ailton Sepulveda, et al.. (2025). Association of human papillomavirus on risk of HIV acquisition in African women: analyses from MTN-020/ASPIRE. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 118(3). 485–491.

Harrington, Elizabeth K., et al.. (2025). Exploring Adolescents’ Contraceptive Preferences and Trade‐Offs: Findings From a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kenya. Studies in Family Planning. 56(1). 41–64. 1 indexed citations

Sahu, Maitreyi, Torin Schaafsma, Adam A. Szpiro, et al.. (2024). Performance of patient-collected dried blood specimens for HIV-1 viral load testing in South Africa. AIDS. 38(15). 2050–2055. 1 indexed citations

Henry, Nathaniel J, Stella Zawedde‐Muyanja, Stavia Turyahabwe, et al.. (2024). Mapping TB incidence across districts in Uganda to inform health program activities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(5). 223–229. 3 indexed citations

Umutesi, Grace, Bryan J. Weiner, Lynda Oluoch, et al.. (2024). Acceptability of single-dose HPV vaccination schedule among health-care professionals in Kenya: a mixed-methods study. JNCI Monographs. 2024(67). 358–370. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Meixin, Ruanne V. Barnabas, J. Lucian Davis, et al.. (2024). Modeled estimates of HIV-serodifferent couples in tuberculosis-affected households in four sub-Saharan African countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). e0002609–e0002609.

Alarid‐Escudero, Fernando, Marina E. Wolf, Ran Zhao, et al.. (2024). State-level disparities in cervical cancer prevention and outcomes in the United States: a modeling study. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(4). 737–746.

Brown, Elizabeth R., Meagan P. O’Brien, Flonza Isa, et al.. (2023). A Prospective Study of Key Correlates for Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(7). ofad271–ofad271.

Lee, Tristan, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Adrienne E. Shapiro, et al.. (2022). Assessment of a viral load result-triggered automated differentiated service delivery model for people taking ART in Lesotho (the VITAL study): Study protocol of a cluster-randomized trial. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0268100–e0268100. 3 indexed citations

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Mugo, Nelly, Linda O. Eckert, Kenneth Ngure, et al.. (2021). Antibody responses to prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine at 48 months among HIV-infected girls and boys ages 9–14 in Kenya, Africa. Vaccine. 39(33). 4751–4758. 7 indexed citations

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Dettinger, Julia C., John Kinuthia, Jillian Pintye, et al.. (2019). PrEP Implementation for Mothers in Antenatal Care (PrIMA): study protocol of a cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 9(3). e025122–e025122. 34 indexed citations

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Peebles, Kathryn, Jennifer Velloza, Jennifer E. Balkus, R. Scott McClelland, & Ruanne V. Barnabas. (2019). High Global Burden and Costs of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 46(5). 304–311. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharma, Monisha, Jienchi Dorward, Pravi Moodley, et al.. (2019). Comparative cost analysis of point-of-care versus laboratory-based testing to initiate and monitor HIV treatment in South Africa. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223669–e0223669. 34 indexed citations

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Irungu, Elizabeth, Monisha Sharma, Nelly Mugo, et al.. (2019). The Incremental Cost of Delivering PrEP as a Bridge to ART for HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Public HIV Care Clinics in Kenya. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2019. 1–8. 18 indexed citations

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Eastment, McKenna C., George Wanje, Barbra A. Richardson, et al.. (2019). Performance of family planning clinics in conducting recommended HIV counseling and testing in Mombasa County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 52–58. 9 indexed citations

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Humphries, Hilton, Heidi van Rooyen, Lucia Knight, Ruanne V. Barnabas, & Connie Celum. (2015). ‘If you are circumcised, you are the best’: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Culture Health & Sexuality. 17(7). 920–931. 26 indexed citations

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Sharma, Monisha, Heidi van Rooyen, Connie Celum, et al.. (2014). The Cost of Community Based HIV Counseling and Testing and Linkage to Care in Rural South Africa: Estimates from the Linkages Randomized Control Trial. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A116–A116. 1 indexed citations

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Barnabas, Ruanne V., et al.. (2014). “Polio Eradication” Game May Increase Public Interest in Global Health. Games for Health Journal. 4(3). 195–201. 6 indexed citations

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Hallett, Timothy B., Jared M. Baeten, Renee Heffron, et al.. (2011). Optimal Uses of Antiretrovirals for Prevention in HIV-1 Serodiscordant Heterosexual Couples in South Africa: A Modelling Study. PLoS Medicine. 8(11). e1001123–e1001123. 122 indexed citations

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Kulasingam, Shalini, Stève Bénard, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Nathalie Largeron, & Evan R. Myers. (2008). Adding a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine to the UK cervical cancer screening programme: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 6(1). 4–4. 73 indexed citations

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