Saraladevi Naicker

15.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
168 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Saraladevi Naicker is a scholar working on Nephrology, Infectious Diseases and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Saraladevi Naicker has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Nephrology, 35 papers in Infectious Diseases and 24 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Saraladevi Naicker's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (40 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (28 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (26 papers). Saraladevi Naicker is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (40 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (28 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (26 papers). Saraladevi Naicker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Nigeria. Saraladevi Naicker's co-authors include Vivekanand Jha, Guillermo García-García, Angela Yee‐Moon Wang, Li Zuo, Chih‐Wei Yang, Rajiv Saran, Brett Plattner, Kunitoshi Iseki, June Fabian and Valérie A. Luyckx and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Saraladevi Naicker

162 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2010 2014 2016 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives
    2013 3.2k citations Vivekanand Jha, Saraladevi Naicker et al. profile →
  2. Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: Renal Safety of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in HIV‐Infected Patients
    2010 414 citations Saraladevi Naicker et al. profile →
  3. The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2014 377 citations John W. Stanifer, Bocheng Jing et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  4. Changes in the worldwide epidemiology of peritoneal dialysis
    2016 363 citations Saraladevi Naicker et al. profile →
  5. Executive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: developing a roadmap to improving quality care
    2015 362 citations Vivekanand Jha, Saraladevi Naicker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saraladevi Naicker South Africa 36 4.0k 1.2k 1.1k 941 866 168 8.6k
Dorothea Nitsch United Kingdom 42 2.4k 0.6× 750 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 558 0.6× 572 0.7× 241 7.5k
Elisabeth Burdick United States 27 2.1k 0.5× 821 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 463 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 51 9.2k
Eli A. Friedman United States 43 3.0k 0.7× 683 0.6× 944 0.9× 639 0.7× 1.3k 1.6× 292 8.9k
Natasha Wiebe Canada 53 3.8k 1.0× 696 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 2.1k 2.5× 146 11.5k
Lynda A. Szczech United States 51 4.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.0× 476 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 141 10.7k
David W. Bates United States 38 2.4k 0.6× 340 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 856 0.9× 1.4k 1.6× 98 10.3k
Girish N. Nadkarni United States 44 1.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 950 0.9× 709 0.8× 999 1.2× 348 7.7k
Jérôme Rossert France 44 4.6k 1.1× 542 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 435 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 107 11.4k
Wisit Cheungpasitporn United States 45 2.3k 0.6× 402 0.3× 1.6k 1.5× 713 0.8× 2.0k 2.3× 538 9.4k
Michel Jadoul Belgium 55 4.5k 1.1× 514 0.4× 2.0k 1.8× 401 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 270 11.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saraladevi Naicker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duarte, Raquel, Caroline Dickens, Thérèse Dix‐Peek, et al.. (2025). WCN25-3005 Do Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) Isoforms Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Progression?. Kidney International Reports. 10(2). S168–S169.
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Davies, Simon, Saraladevi Naicker, Adrian Liew, et al.. (2024). The International Society of Nephrology Collaborative Quality Framework to Support Safe and Effective Dialysis Provision in Resource-Challenged Settings. Kidney International Reports. 10(3). 663–672. 1 indexed citations
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Naicker, Saraladevi, Thérèse Dix‐Peek, Roland M. Klar, et al.. (2021). Profiling Biomarkers in HIV Glomerular Disease – Potential for the Non-Invasive Diagnosis of HIVAN?. International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease. Volume 14. 427–440. 4 indexed citations
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Bamgboye, Ebun L., Jesutofunmi A. Omiye, Mogamat Razeen Davids, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Africa Different?. Journal of the National Medical Association. 113(3). 324–335. 57 indexed citations
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Duarte, Raquel, et al.. (2020). Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prediction of Outcomes in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy. International Journal of Nephrology. 2020. 1–11. 14 indexed citations
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Duarte, Raquel, et al.. (2019). Ethnic prevalence of anemia and predictors of anemia among chronic kidney disease patients at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Dickens, Caroline, et al.. (2019). Urinary Uromodulin Levels andUMODVariants in Black South Africans with Hypertension-Attributed Chronic Kidney Disease. International Journal of Nephrology. 2019. 1–7. 8 indexed citations
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Duarte, Raquel, Thérèse Dix‐Peek, Caroline Dickens, et al.. (2018). Transforming Growth Factor-β Protects against Inflammation-Related Atherosclerosis in South African CKD Patients. International Journal of Nephrology. 2018. 1–11. 13 indexed citations
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Duarte, Raquel, et al.. (2017). Racial Variations in the Markers of Mineral Bone Disorders in CKD Patients in South Africa. Kidney International Reports. 3(3). 583–591. 4 indexed citations
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Abdu, Aliyu & Saraladevi Naicker. (2017). Assessment of Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy – Does it Impact on Patient Outcomes?. 6(1). 5–10.
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Martinson, Neil, et al.. (2016). Acute Kidney Injury, Risk Factors, and Prognosis in Hospitalized HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa, Compared by Tenofovir Exposure. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(1). 33–40. 17 indexed citations
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Davies, Malcolm, et al.. (2015). Quality of life in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in an African setting. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 26(3). 631–631. 6 indexed citations
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Stanifer, John W., et al.. (2014). The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 2(3). e174–e181. 377 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fabian, June & Saraladevi Naicker. (2008). HIV infection and the kidney. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 9(1). 12–17. 2 indexed citations
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Fabian, June & Saraladevi Naicker. (2008). HIV infection and the kidney : clinical. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 2008(29). 12–17. 1 indexed citations
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Naicker, Saraladevi, et al.. (2007). Peritoneal Dialysis in South Africa- A Single Centre Experience. 13(2). 18–21. 4 indexed citations
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Naicker, Saraladevi, et al.. (2003). The pathogenesis of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is unrelated to hepatitis C virus infection. Clinical Nephrology. 60(8). 69–73. 5 indexed citations
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Naicker, Saraladevi & Kanti D. Bhoola. (2001). Endothelins: vasoactive modulators of renal function in health and disease. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 90(1). 61–88. 40 indexed citations
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Kahn, D., Jean Botha, Ramon Bonegio, et al.. (2001). HIV infection following transplantation: the South African experience. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(7-8). 3649–3650. 1 indexed citations

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