| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Determinants of woody cover in African savannas | Nature | 2005 | 1,543 |
| 2 | Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study | Lancet, The | 2015 | 1,295 |
| 3 | Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women | New England Journal of Medicine | 2015 | 1,094 |
| 4 | Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study | Lancet, The | 2020 | 935 |
| 5 | Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study | Lancet, The | 2017 | 841 |
| 6 | Validation of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) | Addiction | 2008 | 825 |
| 7 | Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of human melanoma that functions by induction of apoptosis | Nature Medicine | 1995 | 748 |
| 8 | Cardiovascular Risk and Events in 17 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries | New England Journal of Medicine | 2014 | 679 |
| 9 | Heavy metal content of vegetables irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Zimbabwe: Implications for human health | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 566 |
| 10 | Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2016 | 564 |
| 11 | Sources, behaviour, and environmental and human health risks of high-technology rare earth elements as emerging contaminants | Science of the Total Environment | 2018 | 440 |
| 12 | Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals | Science | 2011 | 431 |
| 13 | Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study | Lancet, The | 2020 | 428 |
| 14 | Effects of early versus delayed initiation of antiretroviral treatment on clinical outcomes of HIV-1 infection: results from the phase 3 HPTN 052 randomised controlled trial | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2014 | 423 |
| 15 | Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies | Lancet, The | 2016 | 381 |
| 16 | Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2014 | 379 |
| 17 | The discrimination of mean directions drawn from Fisher distributions | Geophysical Journal International | 1981 | 375 |
| 18 | Part I: Cancer in Indigenous Africans—burden, distribution, and trends | Lancet Oncology, The | 2008 | 356 |
| 19 | Will African Agriculture Survive Climate Change? | World Bank Economic Review | 2006 | 352 |
| 20 | The fold test in palaeomagnetism | Geophysical Journal International | 1981 | 346 |
| 21 | Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms | Science | 2016 | 342 |
| 22 | Antibiotic resistance in drinking water systems: Occurrence, removal, and human health risks | Science of the Total Environment | 2019 | 340 |
| 23 | Long-term impact of reduced tillage and residue management on soil carbon stabilization: Implications for conservation agriculture on contrasting soils | Soil and Tillage Research | 2007 | 312 |
| 24 | A search for ancient detrital zircons in Zimbabwean sediments | Journal of the Geological Society | 1988 | 310 |
| 25 | Interactions Between Woody Plants and Browsing Mammals Mediated by Secondary Metabolites | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 1991 | 304 |
| 26 | Diaphragm and lubricant gel for prevention of HIV acquisition in southern African women: a randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2007 | 302 |
| 27 | Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study | Lancet, The | 2018 | 295 |
| 28 | Analysis of palaeomagnetic inclination data | Geophysical Journal International | 1982 | 281 |
| 29 | Vigilance Behaviour in Grazing African Antelopes | Behaviour | 1982 | 279 |
| 30 | Child Mortality According to Maternal and Infant HIV Status in Zimbabwe | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 2007 | 277 |
| 31 | Availability and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines and their effect on use in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data | Lancet, The | 2016 | 272 |
| 32 | Biochar-based water treatment systems as a potential low-cost and sustainable technology for clean water provision | Journal of Environmental Management | 2017 | 272 |
| 33 | Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | 2004 | 252 |
| 34 | Assessing the effect of land use change on catchment runoff by combined use of statistical tests and hydrological modelling: Case studies from Zimbabwe | Journal of Hydrology | 1998 | 249 |
| 35 | An Investigation of the Contact Hypothesis of the Own-race Bias in Face Recognition | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology | 1995 | 248 |
| 36 | A comparison of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in four countries: Negative attitudes and perceived acts of discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS | Social Science and Medicine | 2009 | 247 |
| 37 | Drug-resistant tuberculosis: time for visionary political leadership | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 243 |
| 38 | Urinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a community-level prospective epidemiological cohort study | Lancet, The | 2018 | 243 |
| 39 | Crustal structure beneath southern Africa and its implications for the formation and evolution of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons | Geophysical Research Letters | 2001 | 237 |
| 40 | Decolorization of textile dyes by laccases from a newly isolated strain of Trametes modesta | Water Research | 2002 | 236 |
| 41 | Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV | BMC Public Health | 2011 | 219 |
| 42 | Differential exhumation in response to episodic thrusting along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau | Tectonophysics | 1997 | 217 |
| 43 | Water quality of the odzi river in the eastern highlands of zimbabwe | Water Research | 2001 | 217 |
| 44 | Safety and effectiveness of BufferGel and 0.5% PRO2000 gel for the prevention of HIV infection in women | Aids | 2011 | 215 |
| 45 | Anaerobic batch digestion of solid potato waste alone and in combination with sugar beet leaves | Renewable Energy | 2004 | 213 |
| 46 | Early versus Delayed Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for Concurrent HIV Infection and Cryptococcal Meningitis in Sub‐Saharan Africa | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 209 |
| 47 | Community-based intervention to increase HIV testing and case detection in people aged 16–32 years in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043): a randomised study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2011 | 204 |
| 48 | Hierarchical Targeting of Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proteins by CD8 + T Cells: Correlation with Viral Load | Journal of Virology | 2004 | 202 |
| 49 | Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study | Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,the | 2017 | 198 |
| 50 | Human cytochromes P450 | Molecular Aspects of Medicine | 1999 | 196 |
