Sonia Menon

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 529 citations indexed

About

Sonia Menon is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Menon has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 529 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sonia Menon's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (5 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (4 papers). Sonia Menon is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (5 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (4 papers). Sonia Menon collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and United Kingdom. Sonia Menon's co-authors include José L. Peñalvo, Samit Bhattacharyya, Léon Nshimyumukiza, Robert Colebunders, Richard Lako, Jane Y. Carter, Makoy Yibi Logora, Neha Agarwal, Gasim Abd‐Elfarag and Elizabeth Begier and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Nutrients and BMC Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Menon

28 papers receiving 519 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.

  1. Underascertainment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults Due to Diagnostic Testing Limitations: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis
    2023 99 citations Chukwuemeka Onwuchekwa, Sonia Menon et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonia Menon Belgium 13 263 207 104 60 58 30 529
Sonia Menon Belgium 12 180 0.7× 183 0.9× 132 1.3× 23 0.4× 8 0.1× 21 417
William R. Mower United States 10 54 0.2× 149 0.7× 32 0.3× 63 1.1× 55 0.9× 13 436
Anna M. Checkley United Kingdom 15 287 1.1× 120 0.6× 26 0.3× 34 0.6× 13 0.2× 32 683
Annalan M D Navaratnam United Kingdom 13 129 0.5× 158 0.8× 88 0.8× 176 2.9× 40 0.7× 31 607
Michael Kalnoky United States 13 141 0.5× 45 0.2× 52 0.5× 180 3.0× 95 1.6× 21 447
Jessica K. Fairley United States 13 203 0.8× 103 0.5× 24 0.2× 68 1.1× 19 0.3× 51 489
Khaled M. Abd Elaziz Egypt 13 297 1.1× 96 0.5× 146 1.4× 58 1.0× 22 0.4× 36 615
María Luisa Aznar Spain 10 152 0.6× 122 0.6× 33 0.3× 25 0.4× 14 0.2× 44 310
Frank Mubiru Uganda 13 330 1.3× 159 0.8× 74 0.7× 26 0.4× 3 0.1× 27 442
Charlotte Boullé France 10 290 1.1× 43 0.2× 126 1.2× 60 1.0× 5 0.1× 20 462

Countries citing papers authored by Sonia Menon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonia Menon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Menon

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

All Works

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Menon, Sonia & Kobto G. Koura. (2025). Artificial intelligence for tuberculosis control: a scoping review of applications in public health. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4192–4192.
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Dunne, Eileen M., Germaine Hanquet, Marc Baay, et al.. (2024). Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Viral Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Literature Review. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(3). e657–e667. 4 indexed citations
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Hanquet, Germaine, Christian Theilacker, Jeffrey Vietri, et al.. (2024). Best Practices for Identifying Hospitalized Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Using Administrative Data: A Systematic Literature Review of Validation Studies. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 13(4). 921–940. 11 indexed citations
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Gessner, Bradford D., Sonia Menon, Hilde Vroling, et al.. (2024). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Sequelae Among Adults in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 13(7). 1399–1417. 9 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia, Neha Agarwal, Jorne Lionel Biccler, et al.. (2023). Geographic and Population Distributions of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)–1 and HIV-2 Circulating Subtypes: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis (2010–2021). The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(11). 1583–1591. 38 indexed citations
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Onwuchekwa, Chukwuemeka, Sonia Menon, Daniel Curcio, et al.. (2023). Underascertainment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults Due to Diagnostic Testing Limitations: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(2). 173–184. 99 indexed citations breakdown →
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Menon, Sonia & Josemir W. Sander. (2021). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on medication adherence: In the case of antiseizure medications, A scoping review. Seizure. 93. 81–87. 16 indexed citations
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Fodjo, Joseph Nelson Siewe, Déby Mukendi, Sonia Menon, et al.. (2020). Ivermectin as an adjuvant to anti-epileptic treatment in persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: A randomized proof-of-concept clinical trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(1). e0007966–e0007966. 21 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia & José L. Peñalvo. (2019). Actions Targeting the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Scoping Review. Nutrients. 12(1). 81–81. 35 indexed citations
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Colebunders, Robert, Jane Y. Carter, Samit Bhattacharyya, et al.. (2018). High prevalence of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in villages in Maridi County, Republic of South Sudan: A community-based survey. Seizure. 63. 93–101. 73 indexed citations
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Colebunders, Robert, Gasim Abd‐Elfarag, Jane Y. Carter, et al.. (2018). Clinical characteristics of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in villages in Maridi County, Republic of South Sudan. Seizure. 62. 108–115. 45 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia, et al.. (2016). Distribution of human papillomaviruses and bacterial vaginosis in HIV positive women with abnormal cytology in Mombasa, Kenya. Infectious Agents and Cancer. 11(1). 17–17. 17 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia, Rodolfo Rossi, Léon Nshimyumukiza, & Kate Zinszer. (2016). Decentralized control of human visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban areas of Brazil: a literature review. Tropical Medicine and Health. 44(1). 9–9. 14 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia. (2013). Preventing Nosocomial MDR TB Transmission in sub Saharan Africa: Where Are We at?. Global Journal of Health Science. 5(4). 200–10. 7 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia. (2006). Decentralization and health care in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 21(1). 3–21. 8 indexed citations

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