| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016 | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 1,260 |
| 2 | The State of US Health, 1990-2016 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 1,042 |
| 3 | Mapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017 | Nature | 2019 | 314 |
| 4 | Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015 | JAMA Pediatrics | 2017 | 306 |
| 5 | Taking connected mobile-health diagnostics of infectious diseases to the field | Nature | 2019 | 250 |
| 6 | The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900 | Nature | 2017 | 180 |
| 7 | COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries | Nature Medicine | 2022 | 164 |
| 8 | COVID-19 Risk Factors Among Health Workers: A Rapid Review | Safety and Health at Work | 2020 | 140 |
| 9 | Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2016 | 138 |
| 10 | Evidence of factors influencing self-medication with antibiotics in low and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review | Public Health | 2019 | 129 |
| 11 | The Hidden Curricula of Medical Education: A Scoping Review | Academic Medicine | 2018 | 127 |
| 12 | Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis | The Lancet Global Health | 2019 | 118 |
| 13 | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2020 | 113 |
| 14 | Suicidal ideation and behaviour among community and health care seeking populations in five low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | 2018 | 87 |
| 15 | Acceptability of HIV Self-Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Study | AIDS and Behavior | 2018 | 86 |
| 16 | The effectiveness of e-Interventions on reducing social isolation in older persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews | Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare | 2017 | 85 |
| 17 | The medical use of cannabis for reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV/AIDS | The Cochrane Library | 2013 | 84 |
| 18 | The worldwide impact of telemedicine during COVID-19: current evidence and recommendations for the future | | 2022 | 84 |
| 19 | COVID-19: Unpacking the low number of cases in Africa | Public Health in Practice | 2020 | 83 |
| 20 | COVID‐19: A perspective on Africa's capacity and response | Journal of Medical Virology | 2020 | 75 |
| 21 | Determinants of Obesity and Associated Population Attributability, South Africa: Empirical Evidence from a National Panel Survey, 2008-2012 | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 75 |
| 22 | Effective engagement and involvement with community stakeholders in the co-production of global health research | BMJ, The | 2021 | 74 |
| 23 | The prevalence of occupational health‐related problems in dentistry: A review of the literature | Journal of Occupational Health | 2018 | 72 |
| 24 | Global infant mortality trends and attributable determinants – an ecological study using data from 192 countries for the period 1990–2011 | Population Health Metrics | 2014 | 70 |
| 25 | Mapping the spatial variability of HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effective information for localized HIV prevention and control | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 68 |
| 26 | Point-of-Care HIV Viral Load Testing: an Essential Tool for a Sustainable Global HIV/AIDS Response | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 2019 | 68 |
| 27 | Knowledge, attitudes and practices on Schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2018 | 65 |
| 28 | The Regulatory Role of MicroRNA in Hepatitis-B Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HBV-HCC) Pathogenesis | Cells | 2019 | 63 |
| 29 | Social support and coping in adults with type 2 diabetes | African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine | 2017 | 62 |
| 30 | COVID-19 Lockdowns: Impact on Facility-Based HIV Testing and the Case for the Scaling Up of Home-Based Testing Services in Sub-Saharan Africa | AIDS and Behavior | 2020 | 62 |
| 31 | Skin lightening practices: an epidemiological study of South African women of African and Indian ancestries | British Journal of Dermatology | 2015 | 60 |
| 32 | Traditional healers, faith healers and medical practitioners: the contribution of medical pluralism to bottlenecks along the cascade of care for HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa | Sexually Transmitted Infections | 2017 | 59 |
| 33 | Men’s perspectives on HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis | BMC Public Health | 2020 | 58 |
| 34 | Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among HIV-positive and HIV-negative populations in sub-Saharan Africa—a systematic review and meta-analysis | Systematic Reviews | 2019 | 57 |
| 35 | Mobile health applications for disease screening and treatment support in low-and middle-income countries: A narrative review | Heliyon | 2021 | 54 |
| 36 | Modelling the spatial and seasonal distribution of suitable habitats of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails using Maxent in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa | Parasites and Vectors | 2016 | 53 |
| 37 | Birth Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Among Infants of HIV-Infected Women on Prenatal Antiretroviral Prophylaxis in South Africa | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 52 |
| 38 | Barriers to HIV testing uptake among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review | African Journal of AIDS Research | 2020 | 52 |
| 39 | HIV Self-Testing Uptake and Intervention Strategies Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review | Frontiers in Public Health | 2021 | 52 |
| 40 | Scaling up integrated primary mental health in six low- and middle-income countries: obstacles, synergies and implications for systems reform | BJPsych Open | 2019 | 51 |
| 41 | An Evaluation of a Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy mHealth-Supported Intervention to Reduce Loneliness in Older People | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2019 | 51 |
| 42 | Trends in Pretreatment HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Antiretroviral Therapy-naive Adults in South Africa, 2000–2016: A Pooled Sequence Analysis | EClinicalMedicine | 2019 | 51 |
| 43 | Acceptability of HIV self-testing among men and women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | 2019 | 50 |
| 44 | Does high-carbohydrate intake lead to increased risk of obesity? A systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ Open | 2018 | 49 |
| 45 | Exploring the perceptions and experiences of community health workers using role identity theory | Global Health Action | 2015 | 48 |
| 46 | Improved pregnancy outcomes with increasing antiretroviral coverage in South Africa | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2016 | 48 |
| 47 | Multiple forms of discrimination and internalized stigma compromise retention in HIV care among adolescents: findings from a South African cohort | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2020 | 48 |
| 48 | Implications of Changing Temperatures on the Growth, Fecundity and Survival of Intermediate Host Snails of Schistosomiasis: A Systematic Review | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2017 | 47 |
| 49 | Knowledge, attitude, perception, and preventative practices towards COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review | PLoS ONE | 2021 | 47 |
| 50 | Improving the Accessibility and Efficiency of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lean and Agile Supply Chain Management | Diagnostics | 2017 | 46 |
