OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine is 3. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Human immunodeficiency virus and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
The updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019)	30
Evaluation of a mobile application to support HIV self-testing in Johannesburg, South Africa	21
Adolescent human immunodeficiency virus self-management: Associations with treatment adherence, viral suppression, sexual risk behaviours and health-related quality of life	21
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in adults: 2020 update	20
Southern African guidelines on the safe, easy and effective use of pre-exposure prophylaxis: 2020	17
HIV infection in Eastern and Southern Africa: Highest burden, largest challenges, greatest potential	16
World AIDS Day 2020: Reflections on global and South African progress and continuing challenges	11
Ten years of nurse-initiated antiretroviral treatment in South Africa: A narrative review of enablers and barriers	11
Feasibility of implementing same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation during routine care in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa: Retention and viral load suppression	9
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors among people living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa region	9
Case report: Emergence of dolutegravir resistance in a patient on second-line antiretroviral therapy	9
Retention in care for adolescents who were newly initiated on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole in South Africa	8
Profile of presentation of HIV-positive patients to an emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	8
Establishing targets for advanced HIV disease: A call to action	8
Effects of HIV and non-communicable disease comorbidity on healthcare costs and health experiences in people living with HIV in Zimbabwe	7
Uptake of the Ithaka mobile application in Johannesburg, South Africa, for human immunodeficiency virus self-testing result reporting	7
Impact of routine birth early infant diagnosis on neonatal HIV treatment cascade in eThekwini district, South Africa	7
Feasibility of implementing a novel behavioural smoking cessation intervention amongst human immunodeficiency virus-infected smokers in a resource-limited setting: A single-arm pilot trial	6
Undisclosed exposure to antiretrovirals prior to treatment initiation: An exploratory analysis	6
Implementation of a PMTCT programme in a high HIV prevalence setting in Johannesburg, South Africa: 2002–2015	6
Understanding adherence in virally suppressed and unsuppressed human immunodeficiency virus-positive urban patients on second-line antiretroviral treatment	6
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for harm reduction	5
A trio of infectious diseases and pulmonary embolism: A developing world’s reality	5
Be legally wise: When is parental consent required for adolescents’ access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?	5

Geographical variation in HIV testing in South Africa: Evidence from the 2017 national household HIV survey	5
Patient acceptance of HIV testing services in rural emergency departments in South Africa	5
Ocular manifestations of people living with HIV in Tunisia	5
Breaking the unbreakable: A paediatric case of dolutegravir resistance from KwaZulu-Natal	4
Healthcare worker compliance with cervical cancer screening guidelines. An audit at district and regional level of care in the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan area of KwaZulu-Natal	4
Access to HIV services and viral load suppression among children during the 90-90-90 strategy implementation in South Africa: A time series analysis	4
Derangement of protein S and C4b-binding protein levels as acquired thrombophilia in HIV-infected adult Nigerians	4
Five years after Treat All implementation: Botswana’s HIV response and future directions in the era of COVID-19	4
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society gender-affirming healthcare guideline for South Africa	4
Looking back at paediatric HIV treatment in South Africa. My, how we have grown!	3
Factors associated with viral suppression among adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Free State province, South Africa	3
Tobacco smoking and associated factors in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults attending human immunodeficiency virus clinics in the Western Cape province, South Africa	3
Dolutegravir for second-line treatment: Programmatic implications of new evidence	3
Adolescent healthcare: I’m Lovin’ it	3
COVID-19 and HIV viral load suppression in children and adolescents in Durban, South Africa	3
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards people with HIV and AIDS among private higher education students in Johannesburg, South Africa	3
Effect of obesity on dolutegravir exposure in Black Southern African adults living with HIV	3
Antiretroviral therapy optimisation in the time of COVID-19: Is it really different in North and South Africa?	3
Low CD4 count and educational status predict abnormal cervical smears amongst HIV-positive women initiating antiretroviral therapy in South Africa	3
Group counselling for adherence support among young people failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe	3
Understanding patients reinitiating antiretroviral therapy in two South African districts	3
Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women	3
The prevalence and spectrum of mucocutaneous disease in South African people living with HIV and accessing care at a district-level hospital	3
Human immunodeficiency virus, diabetes mellitus and thyroid abnormalities: Should we be screening?	3
Late-onset efavirenz toxicity: A descriptive study from Pretoria, South Africa	3
Predictors of low antiretroviral adherence at an urban South African clinic: A mixed-methods study	3
Emergent dolutegravir resistance in integrase-naïve, treatment experienced patients from Zimbabwe	3
Earlier antiretroviral initiation is independently associated with better arterial stiffness in children living with perinatally acquired HIV with sustained viral suppression in Mozambique	3
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice	3