Sylvester C. Chima

972 total citations
34 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Sylvester C. Chima is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvester C. Chima has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Sylvester C. Chima's work include Polyomavirus and related diseases (7 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (7 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (7 papers). Sylvester C. Chima is often cited by papers focused on Polyomavirus and related diseases (7 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (7 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (7 papers). Sylvester C. Chima collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Germany. Sylvester C. Chima's co-authors include Caroline F. Ryschkewitsch, David V. Jobes, G. L. Stoner, Gerald L. Stoner, Hansjürgen Agostini, Richard Yanagihara, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Charles S. Mgone, George Koki and Kaili Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of General Virology.

In The Last Decade

Sylvester C. Chima

34 papers receiving 613 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvester C. Chima South Africa 14 246 209 174 157 106 34 649
Giulio Tarro Italy 11 165 0.7× 36 0.2× 41 0.2× 6 0.0× 62 0.6× 56 741
Joyce J. Neal United States 8 50 0.2× 104 0.5× 25 0.1× 7 0.0× 332 3.1× 9 600
Adrian Miller Australia 16 20 0.1× 204 1.0× 102 0.6× 7 0.0× 92 0.9× 53 874
David Scales United States 14 31 0.1× 97 0.5× 94 0.5× 3 0.0× 113 1.1× 47 746
Saranya Srinivasan United States 12 69 0.3× 108 0.5× 103 0.6× 2 0.0× 28 0.3× 34 650
Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zúñiga Mexico 12 55 0.2× 68 0.3× 25 0.1× 4 0.0× 51 0.5× 91 592
Eva H. Clark United States 15 49 0.2× 103 0.5× 346 2.0× 2 0.0× 126 1.2× 46 950
Peter Cooper South Africa 13 4 0.0× 57 0.3× 66 0.4× 8 0.1× 55 0.5× 42 661
Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki Iran 11 17 0.1× 100 0.5× 119 0.7× 4 0.0× 104 1.0× 58 445
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues Brazil 17 36 0.1× 167 0.8× 230 1.3× 113 1.1× 75 719

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvester C. Chima

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2024). Impact of Infections During Pregnancy on Transplacental Antibody Transfer. Vaccines. 12(10). 1199–1199. 2 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2023). Traditional Health Care Practitioners' Perspectives on Applying Informed Consent During African Traditional Medical Practice in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 29(6-7). 361–371. 1 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C.. (2022). Evaluating Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers to Informed Consent Among Professional and Staff Nurses in South Africa: An Empirical Study. Canadian Journal of Bioethics. 5(2). 44–44. 1 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2021). Correlates of Knowledge and Practice of Medical Waste Management Among Healthcare Workers in Ethekwini District Public Hospitals, Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa. African Journal of Biomedical Research. 24(1). 33–40. 1 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C.. (2020). Doctor and healthcare workers strike: are they ethical or morally justifiable: another view. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 33(2). 203–210. 26 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2019). Knowledge and practice of informed consent by physiotherapists and therapy assistants in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 75(1). 1330–1330. 10 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2018). Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Workers Regarding Medical Waste Management at a Tertiary Hospital in Botswana: A Cross‑Sectional Quantitative Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2018). Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers regarding medical waste management at a tertiary hospital in Botswana: A cross-sectional quantitative study. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. 21(12). 1627–1627. 40 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C.. (2015). Religion Politics and Ethics: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas Facing Faith-Based Organizations and Africa in the 21st Century-Implications for Nigeria in a Season of Anomie. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2015). Impact of a short biostatistics course on knowledge and performance of postgraduate scholars: Implications for training of African doctors and biomedical researchers. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. 18(7). 62–62. 4 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (2011). Ethical and regulatory issues surrounding umbilical cord blood banking in South Africa. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. 4(2). 79–84. 5 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C.. (2009). Respect for Autonomy as a Prima Facie Right: Overriding Patients' Autonomy in Medical Practice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Stoner, Gerald L., et al.. (2000). JC virus as a marker of human migrationto the Americas. Microbes and Infection. 2(15). 1905–1911. 60 indexed citations
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Ryschkewitsch, Caroline F., Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Charles S. Mgone, et al.. (2000). Human polyomavirus JC variants in Papua New Guinea and Guam reflect ancient population settlement and viral evolution. Microbes and Infection. 2(9). 987–996. 29 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eugene H., Sylvester C. Chima, & David Muirhead. (1999). A cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). Journal of Medical Primatology. 28(2). 91–96. 9 indexed citations
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Jobes, David V., Sylvester C. Chima, G. L. Stoner, & Caroline F. Ryschkewitsch. (1998). Phylogenetic analysis of 22 complete genomes of the human polyomavirus JC virus.. Journal of General Virology. 79(10). 2491–2498. 68 indexed citations
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Chima, Sylvester C., et al.. (1984). The mobile dental clinic for the disabled--Faculty of Dentistry--University of Toronto. A five-year retrospective.. PubMed. 50(2). 139–42. 1 indexed citations

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