SAMJ South African Medical Journal

Papers
(The H4-Index of SAMJ South African Medical Journal is 18. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Long-COVID: An evolving problem with an extensive impact134
Impact of COVID-19 on routine primary healthcare services in South Africa62
High HIV prevalence in an early cohort of hospital admissions with COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa45
Mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: A rapid scoping review to inform provincial guidelines in South Africa43
Child health services during a COVID-19 outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa35
COVID-19 lockdowns in low- and middle-income countries: Success against COVID-19 at the price of greater costs31
The effect of lockdown on intentional and nonintentional injury during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town, South Africa: A preliminary report30
Qualitative and quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in untreated wastewater in Western Cape Province, South Africa27
Opportunities from a new disease for an old threat: Extending COVID-19 efforts to address tuberculosis in South Africa27
Tracking mortality in near to real time provides essential information about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa in 202025
Trauma patterns during the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa expose vulnerability of women24
Locked down: Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on trauma presentations to the emergency department24
Clinical management of COVID-19: Experiences of the COVID-19 epidemic from Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa23
South Africans’ understanding of and response to the COVID-19 outbreak: An online survey22
Teenage births and pregnancies in South Africa, 2017 - 2021 – a reflection of a troubled country: Analysis of public sector data21
Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment during COVID-1921
COVID deaths in South Africa: 99 days since South Africa’s first death20
National Neonatal Sepsis Task Force launch: Supporting infection prevention and surveillance, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial stewardship in neonatal units in South Africa18
Collateral damage of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exacerbation of Antimicrobial Resistance and Disruptions to Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes?18
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