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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

Salim S. Abdool Karim

Salim S. Abdool Karim publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology, on topics such as HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Reproductive tract infections research.

ORCID 0000-0002-4986-2133 OpenAlex
World rank
#144,412
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#343
of 5,570
Works
79
Citations
293
Citations per work
3.7

What does Salim S. Abdool Karim research?

Infectious Diseases: 20.8%Epidemiology: 17.8%Virology: 11.9%General Health Professions: 9.9%other fields: 39.6%21%top field
Infectious Diseases20.8%Epidemiology17.8%Virology11.9%General Health Professions9.9%other fields39.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Infectious Diseases21% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology18% of their works
  3. 3Virology12% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions10% of their works
  5. 5Microbiology7% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Salim S. Abdool Karim's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV, HIV Transmission, AIDS, Vaccine, Epidemiology, Preexposure Prophylaxis and Stigma and Discrimination.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy324 topics
  2. HIV203 topics
  3. HIV Transmission182 topics
  4. AIDS121 topic
  5. Vaccine121 topic
  6. Epidemiology113 topics
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis111 topic
  8. Stigma and Discrimination111 topic
  9. Adolescent Health71 topic
  10. Sexual Behavior71 topic
  11. Sexually Transmitted Infections71 topic
  12. Vaginal Microbiome71 topic
  13. Drug Resistance61 topic
  14. HIV Infection61 topic
  15. drug use51 topic
  16. harm reduction51 topic
  17. Cervical Cancer31 topic
  18. Human Papillomavirus31 topic
  19. Pneumocystis31 topic
  20. Pneumonia31 topic

Where does Salim S. Abdool Karim work?

Salim S. Abdool Karim's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Salim S. Abdool Karim have?

Science Explorer counts 79 works and 293 citations for Salim S. Abdool Karim, ranking #144,412 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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