Wim Delva

1.7k total citations
61 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wim Delva is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Delva has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Infectious Diseases, 30 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Wim Delva's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (41 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (27 papers). Wim Delva is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (41 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (27 papers). Wim Delva collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Mozambique. Wim Delva's co-authors include Marleen Temmerman, Roxanne Beauclair, Alex Welte, Matthew Chersich, Niel Hens, Yves Lafort, Patricia Claeys, Stanley Lüchters, Stéphane Helleringer and Fei Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Wim Delva

60 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wim Delva Belgium 23 643 548 440 377 120 61 1.2k
María Roura Ireland 18 762 1.2× 607 1.1× 522 1.2× 214 0.6× 142 1.2× 37 1.3k
David Ross United Kingdom 18 610 0.9× 554 1.0× 539 1.2× 217 0.6× 152 1.3× 21 1.5k
Bernadette Hensen United Kingdom 20 1000 1.6× 726 1.3× 660 1.5× 327 0.9× 109 0.9× 62 1.3k
Christina Schumacher United States 18 541 0.8× 416 0.8× 425 1.0× 205 0.5× 133 1.1× 84 1.2k
Alex Opio Uganda 15 670 1.0× 411 0.8× 395 0.9× 233 0.6× 159 1.3× 18 925
Jane Chege United Kingdom 14 854 1.3× 435 0.8× 859 2.0× 406 1.1× 110 0.9× 19 1.4k
Fareed Abdullah South Africa 14 933 1.5× 526 1.0× 564 1.3× 172 0.5× 125 1.0× 44 1.3k
Eddy R. Segura Peru 21 908 1.4× 513 0.9× 409 0.9× 397 1.1× 92 0.8× 92 1.6k
Greg Szekeres United States 11 1.2k 1.9× 885 1.6× 771 1.8× 413 1.1× 85 0.7× 19 1.6k
Kristin Beima‐Sofie United States 19 804 1.3× 350 0.6× 553 1.3× 122 0.3× 135 1.1× 81 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wim Delva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wim Delva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Delva

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

All Works

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Hendrickx, Diana M., Wim Delva, & Niel Hens. (2021). Influence of sexual risk behaviour and STI co-infection dynamics on the evolution of HIV set point viral load in MSM. Epidemics. 36. 100474–100474. 2 indexed citations
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Nyasulu, Peter S., et al.. (2021). Assessing the uncertainty around age-mixing patterns in HIV transmission inferred from phylogenetic trees. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0249013–e0249013. 3 indexed citations
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Hendrickx, Diana M., João Sousa, Pieter Libin, et al.. (2021). Comparison of two simulators for individual based models in HIV epidemiology in a population with HSV 2 in Yaoundé (Cameroon). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14696–14696. 4 indexed citations
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Dushoff, Jonathan, et al.. (2020). Calibration of individual-based models to epidemiological data: A systematic review. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(5). e1007893–e1007893. 25 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Roselinde Kessels, Wim Delva, Philippe Beutels, & Lander Willem. (2019). Drivers of vaccine decision-making in South Africa: A discrete choice experiment. Vaccine. 37(15). 2079–2089. 31 indexed citations
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Khan, Salman, D Spiegelman, Sikhathele Mazibuko, et al.. (2018). Universal test and treat (UTT) versus standard of care for access to antiretroviral therapy in HIV clients : The MaxART stepped-wedge randomized controlled health systems trial in Swaziland. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 21. 161–162. 7 indexed citations
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Lafort, Yves, Ross Greener, Anuradha Roy, et al.. (2016). Where Do Female Sex Workers Seek HIV and Reproductive Health Care and What Motivates These Choices? A Survey in 4 Cities in India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160730–e0160730. 28 indexed citations
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Delva, Wim, Gabriel E. Leventhal, & Stéphane Helleringer. (2016). Connecting the dots. AIDS. 30(13). 2009–2020. 22 indexed citations
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Champredon, David, et al.. (2015). The effect of sexually transmitted co-infections on HIV viral load amongst individuals on antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 249–249. 23 indexed citations
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Beauclair, Roxanne, Fei Meng, Marleen Temmerman, et al.. (2013). Evaluating audio computer assisted self-interviews in urban south African communities: evidence for good suitability and reduced social desirability bias of a cross-sectional survey on sexual behaviour. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 13(1). 11–11. 53 indexed citations
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Beauclair, Roxanne, Reshma Kassanjee, Marleen Temmerman, Alex Welte, & Wim Delva. (2012). Age-disparate relationships and implications for STI transmission among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 17(1). 30–39. 29 indexed citations
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Delva, Wim, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Fei Meng, et al.. (2012). HIV Treatment as Prevention: Optimising the Impact of Expanded HIV Treatment Programmes. PLoS Medicine. 9(7). e1001258–e1001258. 48 indexed citations
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Delva, Wim, David P. Wilson, Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, et al.. (2012). HIV Treatment as Prevention: Principles of Good HIV Epidemiology Modelling for Public Health Decision-Making in All Modes of Prevention and Evaluation. PLoS Medicine. 9(7). e1001239–e1001239. 58 indexed citations
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Koker, Petra De, Pierre Lefèvre, Francine Matthys, Patrick Van der Stuyft, & Wim Delva. (2010). Barriers to VCT despite 13 years of community-based awareness campaigns in a peri-urban township in northern Limpopo : scientific letters. South African Medical Journal. 100(6). 364–365. 2 indexed citations
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Verstraelen, Hans, Rita Verhelst, Lieve Nuytinck, et al.. (2009). Gene polymorphisms of Toll-like and related recognition receptors in relation to the vaginal carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 79(2). 163–173. 34 indexed citations
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Delva, Wim, Stijn Vansteelandt, Patricia Claeys, et al.. (2008). HIV Testing and Sexually Transmitted Infection Care among Sexually Active Youth in the Balkans. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 22(10). 817–821. 18 indexed citations
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Delva, Wim, et al.. (2007). Sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among youth in the Balkans. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 12(4). 309–316. 26 indexed citations

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