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2026

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D-Index
80
Citations
20478
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
8

Kathleen Kahn publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen Kahn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 417 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Kathleen Kahn D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen Kahn sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Kathleen Kahn is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their work spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Health Professions. The main subfields of their research include General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, and Health.

Key topics in Kathleen Kahn's research involve:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission, and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020-21" (2022) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Asymptomatic transmission and high community burden of seasonal influenza in an urban and a rural community in South Africa, 2017-18 (PHIRST): a population cohort study" (2021) in The Lancet Global Health
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in a Rural and Urban Household Cohort during First and Second Waves of Infections, South Africa, July 2020-March 2021" (2021) in Emerging infectious diseases
  • "HIV self-testing among young women in rural South Africa: A randomized controlled trial comparing clinic-based HIV testing to the choice of either clinic testing or HIV self-testing with secondary distribution to peers and partners" (2020) in EClinicalMedicine
  • "Measurement of kidney function in Malawi, South Africa, and Uganda: a multicentre cohort study" (2022) in The Lancet Global Health

Kathleen Kahn frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé
  • Audrey Pettifor
  • Stephen Tollman
  • Rhian Twine
  • Sheri A. Lippman

The scholar's work is often published in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Profile: Agincourt Health and Socio-demographic Surveillance System

    Kathleen Kahn;Mark A Collinson;F Xavier Gómez-Olivé;Obed Mokoena

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

    Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage;Kathleen Kahn;Kathleen Kahn;John M Pettifor;Stephen M Tollman;Stephen M Tollman

  • Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study

    Stephen M Tollman;Stephen M Tollman;Kathleen Kahn;Kathleen Kahn;Benn Sartorius;Mark A Collinson

  • Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa.

    Kathleen Kahn;Stephen M. Tollman;Michel Garenne;John S. S. Gear

  • Predicting Bacteremia in Patients with Sepsis Syndrome

    Bates Dw;Sands K;Miller E;Lanken Pn

  • Returning home to die: circular labour migration and mortality in South Africa.

    Samuel J. Clark;Mark A. Collinson;Kathleen Kahn;Kyle Drullinger

  • The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial

    Audrey Pettifor;Catherine MacPhail;Catherine MacPhail;James P Hughes;James P Hughes;Amanda Selin

  • Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool

    Peter Byass;Daniel Chandramohan;Samuel J. Clark;Lucia D'Ambruoso

  • Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

    Paul Kowal;Kathleen Kahn;Nawi Ng;Nirmala Naidoo

  • Research into health, population and social transitions in rural South Africa: data and methods of the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System.

    Kathleen Kahn;Stephen M. Tollman;Mark A. Collinson;Samuel J. Clark

  • Highly prevalent circular migration: Households, mobility and economic status in rural South Africa

    Mark Collinson;Stephen Tollman;Kathleen Kahn;Samuel Clark

  • High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density, Increased by Viral Coinfection, Is Associated With Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    Nicole Wolter;Stefano Tempia;Cheryl Cohen;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Migration, settlement change and health in post-apartheid South Africa: triangulating health and demographic surveillance with national census data.

    Mark A. Collinson;Stephen M. Tollman;Kathleen Kahn

  • Respiratory Viral Coinfections Identified by a 10-Plex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2010

    Marthi A Pretorius;Shabir A. Madhi;Shabir A. Madhi;Cheryl Cohen;Dhamari Naidoo

  • Cohort Profile: Health and Ageing in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)

    F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé;F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé;Livia Montana;Ryan G. Wagner;Ryan G. Wagner;Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula;Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula

  • H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries.

    M Ramsay;N Crowther;E Tambo;G Agongo

  • Who dies from what? : determining cause of death in South Africa's rural north-east

    Kathleen Kahn;Stephen M. Tollman;Michel Garenne;John S. S. Gear

  • SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission, and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020–21

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  • Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011

    Cheryl Cohen;Jocelyn Moyes;Stefano Tempia;Michelle Groom

  • Setting international standards for verbal autopsy

    Frank Baiden;Ayaga Bawah;Sidu Biai;Fred Binka

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Tollman
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand
Audrey Pettifor
Audrey Pettifor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine MacPhail
Catherine MacPhail University of Wollongong
Mark A. Collinson
Mark A. Collinson University of the Witwatersrand
Peter Byass
Peter Byass Umeå University
Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
James P. Hughes
James P. Hughes University of Washington
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University
Cheryl Cohen
Cheryl Cohen University of the Witwatersrand
Sibongile Walaza
Sibongile Walaza Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

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