Vicky Jespers

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Vicky Jespers is a scholar working on Microbiology, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Vicky Jespers has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Microbiology, 30 papers in Epidemiology and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Vicky Jespers's work include Reproductive tract infections research (40 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (17 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 papers). Vicky Jespers is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (40 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (17 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 papers). Vicky Jespers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and South Africa. Vicky Jespers's co-authors include Tania Crucitti, Janneke van de Wijgert, Liselotte Hardy, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Suzanna C. Francis, Mario Vaneechoutte, Anne Buvé, Hanneke Borgdorff and Joris Menten and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Vicky Jespers

48 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Vaginal Microbiota: What Have We Learned after a Decade of Molecular Characterization?

2014 347 citations Janneke van de Wijgert, Rita Verhelst et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vicky Jespers Belgium	22	1.5k	1.1k	505	353	330	52	2.0k
Lorna K. Rabe United States	28	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	499 1.0×	309 0.9×	257 0.8×	57	2.6k
Lindi Masson South Africa	23	942 0.6×	584 0.6×	216 0.4×	291 0.8×	157 0.5×	48	1.6k
Jennifer E. Balkus United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	812 0.8×	190 0.4×	672 1.9×	170 0.5×	90	1.9k
Iara M. Linhares Brazil	29	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	763 1.5×	164 0.5×	386 1.2×	96	3.0k
Lenka A. Vodstrcil Australia	31	2.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	268 0.5×	458 1.3×	315 1.0×	120	3.0k
Piet Cools Belgium	22	879 0.6×	741 0.7×	395 0.8×	191 0.5×	224 0.7×	92	1.8k
Antonella Marangoni Italy	25	1.2k 0.8×	794 0.8×	571 1.1×	84 0.2×	217 0.7×	116	2.3k
Adam Burgener Canada	24	957 0.6×	671 0.6×	539 1.1×	264 0.7×	152 0.5×	73	2.3k
Hilary Reno United States	13	1.2k 0.8×	698 0.7×	173 0.3×	277 0.8×	122 0.4×	40	1.9k
Jo‐Ann S. Passmore South Africa	34	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	569 1.1×	506 1.4×	210 0.6×	119	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vicky Jespers

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jespers, Vicky, Cécile Camberlin, Ans Van Ginckel, Justien Cornelis, & Roos Leroy. (2023). Een kwaliteitsstandaard en kwaliteitsindicatoren voor de aanpak van knieartrose.

Jespers, Vicky, Wendy Christiaens, Laurence Kohn, Isabelle Savoye, & Patriek Mistiaen. (2021). Somatic health care in a psychiatric setting.

Jespers, Vicky, Sabine Stordeur, Wim Vanden Berghe, et al.. (2020). Diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea: 2019 Belgian National guideline for primary care. Acta Clinica Belgica. 77(1). 186–194.

Jespers, Vicky, Sabine Stordeur, Anja Desomer, et al.. (2019). Sexually Transmitted Infections in primary care consultations. 1 indexed citations

Thiry, Nancy, Sophie Gerkens, Justien Cornelis, Vicky Jespers, & Germaine Hanquet. (2019). Cost-effectiveness analysis of HPV vaccination of boys in Belgium. 1 indexed citations

Crucitti, Tania, Liselotte Hardy, Janneke van de Wijgert, et al.. (2018). Contraceptive rings promote vaginal lactobacilli in a high bacterial vaginosis prevalence population: A randomised, open-label longitudinal study in Rwandan women. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0201003–e0201003. 34 indexed citations

Kestelyn, Evelyne, Jennifer Ilo Van Nuil, Lambert Mwambarangwe, et al.. (2018). A randomised trial of a contraceptive vaginal ring in women at risk of HIV infection in Rwanda: Safety of intermittent and continuous use. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0197572–e0197572. 15 indexed citations

Wijgert, Janneke van de & Vicky Jespers. (2017). The global health impact of vaginal dysbiosis. Research in Microbiology. 168(9-10). 859–864. 132 indexed citations

Jespers, Vicky, Jordan K. Kyongo, Sarah Joseph, et al.. (2017). A longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microbiota and vaginal immune mediators in women from sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11974–11974. 98 indexed citations

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Hardy, Liselotte, Vicky Jespers, Saïd Abdellati, et al.. (2016). A fruitful alliance: the synergy between Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilm. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 92(7). 487–491. 74 indexed citations

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Loos, Jasna, Christiana Nöstlinger, Thijs Reyniers, et al.. (2016). PrEP for African migrants in Europe? A research agenda. The Lancet HIV. 3(11). e505–e507. 12 indexed citations

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Cools, Piet, Vicky Jespers, Liselotte Hardy, et al.. (2016). A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study of Vaginal Carriage of Group B Streptococci (GBS) and Escherichia coli in Resource-Poor Settings: Prevalences and Risk Factors. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0148052–e0148052. 59 indexed citations

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Hardy, Liselotte, Vicky Jespers, Lambert Mwambarangwe, et al.. (2015). Unravelling the Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Biofilm: A Multiplex Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assay Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0136658–e0136658. 79 indexed citations

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Kyongo, Jordan K., Tania Crucitti, Joris Menten, et al.. (2014). Genital Tract Immunological Markers in Sub-Saharan African Women with Relevance to HIV Risk and Prevention. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A233–A233. 2 indexed citations

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Jespers, Vicky, Tania Crucitti, Joris Menten, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and Correlates of Bacterial Vaginosis in Different Sub-Populations of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e109670–e109670. 82 indexed citations

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Wiggins, Rebecca, Sarah C Woodhall, Martin Bland, et al.. (2014). MABGEL 1: First Phase 1 Trial of the Anti-HIV-1 Monoclonal Antibodies 2F5, 4E10 and 2G12 as a Vaginal Microbicide. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e116153–e116153. 27 indexed citations

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Jespers, Vicky, Iona Y. Millwood, I. Mary Poynten, Lut Van Damme, & John Kaldor. (2013). The Evolving Design and Methods for Trials Evaluating the Safety of Candidate Vaginal Microbicides. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 40(9). 729–736. 4 indexed citations

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Crucitti, Tania, et al.. (2010). Trichomonas vaginalis is Highly Prevalent in Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women, and Commercial Sex Workers in Ndola, Zambia. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 37(4). 223–227. 33 indexed citations

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Jespers, Vicky, et al.. (2006). Dose-Ranging Phase 1 Study of TMC120, a Promising Vaginal Microbicide, in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Female Volunteers. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 44(2). 154–158. 49 indexed citations

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Crucitti, Tania, Vicky Jespers, Lut Van Damme, Eddy Van Dyck, & Anne Buvé. (2006). Vaginal microbicides can interfere with nucleic acid amplification tests used for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 57(1). 97–99. 6 indexed citations

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