Simukai Shamu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simukai Shamu is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simukai Shamu has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Health and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simukai Shamu's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (19 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (18 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers). Simukai Shamu is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (19 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (18 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers). Simukai Shamu collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Belgium and United Kingdom. Simukai Shamu's co-authors include Naeemah Abrahams, Christina Zarowsky, Marleen Temmerman, Alfred Musekiwa, Tamara Shefer, Max Petzold, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno, Charlotte Watts, Christina Pallitto and Karen Devries and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Simukai Shamu

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

2011 333 citations Simukai Shamu, Naeemah Abrahams et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simukai Shamu South Africa	17	742	670	496	356	240	33	1.3k
Nambusi Kyegombe United Kingdom	23	820 1.1×	997 1.5×	637 1.3×	506 1.4×	289 1.2×	55	1.7k
Jennifer A. Wagman United States	21	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.8×	862 1.7×	291 0.8×	438 1.8×	83	2.0k
Nelisiwe Khuzwayo South Africa	13	488 0.7×	692 1.0×	409 0.8×	170 0.5×	342 1.4×	41	1.1k
Janet Nakuti United Kingdom	12	661 0.9×	625 0.9×	346 0.7×	349 1.0×	112 0.5×	21	1.1k
Kamila A. Alexander United States	18	385 0.5×	463 0.7×	536 1.1×	210 0.6×	341 1.4×	83	1.2k
Nwabisa Jama South Africa	8	790 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	817 1.6×	289 0.8×	587 2.4×	8	1.9k
Sherry Lipsky United States	21	931 1.3×	492 0.7×	460 0.9×	589 1.7×	56 0.2×	32	1.3k
Diddy Antai Sweden	22	851 1.1×	592 0.9×	348 0.7×	177 0.5×	74 0.3×	28	1.4k
Jennifer Vargas Carmona United States	20	436 0.6×	721 1.1×	391 0.8×	692 1.9×	335 1.4×	27	1.4k
Tiara C. Willie United States	23	512 0.7×	714 1.1×	618 1.2×	297 0.8×	670 2.8×	74	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simukai Shamu

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Min, Zhao, Huijun Liu, Olena Ivanova, et al.. (2023). Associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and women’s fertility intentions: a multi-country, cross-sectional (I-SHARE) study. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. 50(2). 83–91. 2 indexed citations

Machisa, Mercilene & Simukai Shamu. (2022). Associations between depressive symptoms, socio-economic factors, traumatic exposure and recent intimate partner violence experiences among women in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Women s Health. 22(1). 248–248. 5 indexed citations

Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2020). Knowledge, attitudes and practices of young adults towards HIV prevention: an analysis of baseline data from a community-based HIV prevention intervention study in two high HIV burden districts, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1249–1249. 30 indexed citations

Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2020). Social franchising of community-based HIV counselling and testing services to increase HIV testing and linkage to care in Tshwane, South Africa: study protocol for a non-randomised implementation trial. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 118–118. 2 indexed citations

Jewkes, Rachel, Aník Gevers, Esnat Chirwa, et al.. (2019). RCT evaluation of Skhokho: A holistic school intervention to prevent gender-based violence among South African Grade 8s. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223562–e0223562. 24 indexed citations

Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2019). Relationship power and HIV sero-status: an analysis of their relationship among low-income urban Zimbabwean postpartum women. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 11 indexed citations

Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2019). Comparison of community-based HIV counselling and testing (CBCT) through index client tracing and other modalities: Outcomes in 13 South African high HIV prevalence districts by gender and age. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221215–e0221215. 16 indexed citations

Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2019). Study on knowledge about associated factors of Tuberculosis (TB) and TB/HIV co-infection among young adults in two districts of South Africa. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0217836–e0217836. 15 indexed citations

Daniels, Joseph, et al.. (2019). Factors influencing sexually transmissible infection disclosure to male partners by HIV-positive pregnant women in Pretoria townships, South Africa: a qualitative study. Sexual Health. 16(3). 274–281. 9 indexed citations

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Leye, Els, et al.. (2019). Debating medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): learning from (policy) experiences across countries. Reproductive Health. 16(1). 158–158. 40 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2019). Linkage to care of HIV positive clients in a community based HIV counselling and testing programme: A success story of non-governmental organisations in a South African district. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210826–e0210826. 34 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2018). Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 595–595. 29 indexed citations

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Machisa, Mercilene & Simukai Shamu. (2018). Mental ill health and factors associated with men’s use of intimate partner violence in Zimbabwe. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 376–376. 22 indexed citations

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Bandason, Tsitsi, Simukai Shamu, Melanie Wellington, et al.. (2017). Hearing impairment and deafness among HIV infected children and adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe.. PubMed. 61(9-12). 56–61. 6 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, Christina Zarowsky, Kristien Roelens, Marleen Temmerman, & Naeemah Abrahams. (2015). High-frequency intimate partner violence during pregnancy, postnatal depression and suicidal tendencies in Harare, Zimbabwe. General Hospital Psychiatry. 38. 109–114. 69 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, et al.. (2015). Prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence among Grade 8 learners in urban South Africa: baseline analysis from the Skhokho Supporting Success cluster randomised controlled trial. International Health. 8(1). ihv068–ihv068. 56 indexed citations

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Abrahams, Naeemah, Karen Devries, Charlotte Watts, et al.. (2014). Worldwide prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a systematic review. The Lancet. 383(9929). 1648–1654. 272 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman, & Christina Zarowsky. (2013). Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe. Culture Health & Sexuality. 15(5). 511–524. 20 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman, Tamara Shefer, & Christina Zarowsky. (2012). “That Pregnancy Can Bring Noise into the Family”: Exploring Intimate Partner Sexual Violence during Pregnancy in the Context of HIV in Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43148–e43148. 24 indexed citations

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Shamu, Simukai, Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman, Alfred Musekiwa, & Christina Zarowsky. (2011). A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17591–e17591. 333 indexed citations breakdown →

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