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Luisa L. Villa

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
39268
World Ranking
11142
National Ranking
27

Luisa L. Villa publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luisa L. Villa sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 460 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Luisa L. Villa D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luisa L. Villa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luisa L. Villa is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has extensive research contributions in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on epidemiology, surgery, otorhinolaryngology, oncology, and immunology. Their work spans various topics, with a significant emphasis on cervical cancer and HPV research, head and neck cancer studies, and genital health and disease.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment

Luisa L. Villa has contributed publications to various prominent journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Their recent papers highlight research on viral infections and cancer epidemiology:

  • Global incidence trends in head and neck cancer for HPV-related and -unrelated subsites: A systematic review of population-based studies (2021, Oral Oncology)
  • Prevalence of HPV infection among sexually active adolescents and young adults in Brazil: The POP-Brazil Study (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Antiviral activity of curcumin-nanoemulsion associated with photodynamic therapy in vulvar cell lines transducing different variants of HPV-16 (2020, Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology)
  • Targeted phage display-based pulmonary vaccination in mice and non-human primates (2020, Med)
  • Factors Associated With Persistence and Clearance of High-Risk Oral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Among Participants in the HPV Infection in Men (HIM) Study (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, working frequently with co-authors such as Laura Sichero, Anna R. Giuliano, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Bradley Sirak, and Eliana Wendland.

The combination of their focus areas, publication venues, and co-authors demonstrates a research profile centered on infectious diseases, cancer epidemiology, and viral oncology, with a regional focus that includes Brazil.

Best Publications

  • Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions

    Luisa L. Villa;Gonzalo Perez;Susanne K. Kjaer;Jorma Paavonen

  • Prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 virus-like particle vaccine in young women: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre phase II efficacy trial

    Luisa L. Villa;Ronaldo L.R. Costa;Carlos A. Petta;Rosires P. Andrade

  • Epidemiology of Acquisition and Clearance of Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women from a High-Risk Area for Cervical Cancer

    Eduardo L. Franco;Luisa L. Villa;Joao P. Sobrinho;José M. Prado

  • Persistent human papillomavirus infection as a predictor of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

    Nicolas F. Schlecht;Sophie Kulaga;Juliette Robitaille;Silvaneide Ferreira

  • HPV type-distribution in women with and without cervical neoplastic diseases

    Gary Clifford;Silvia Franceschi;Mireia Diaz;Nubia Munoz

  • Updating the natural history of HPV and anogenital cancer

    Anna-Barbara Moscicki;Mark Schiffman;Susanne Kjaer;Luisa L. Villa

  • Chapter 3: HPV type-distribution in women with and without cervical neoplastic diseases.

    Gary Clifford;Silvia Franceschi;Mireia Diaz;Nubia Muñoz

  • High sustained efficacy of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus types 6/11/16/18 L1 virus-like particle vaccine through 5 years of follow-up

    L. L. Villa;R. L. R. Costa;C. A. Petta;R. P. Andrade

  • Immunologic responses following administration of a vaccine targeting human papillomavirus Types 6, 11, 16, and 18

    Luisa L. Villa;Kevin A. Ault;Anna R. Giuliano;Ronaldo L.R. Costa

  • Planning cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Paul E. Goss;Brittany L. Lee;Brittany L. Lee;Tanja Badovinac-Crnjevic;Kathrin Strasser-Weippl

  • Chapter 5: Updating the natural history of HPV and anogenital cancer.

    Anna-Barbara Moscicki;Mark Schiffman;Susanne Kjaer;Luisa L. Villa

  • The Impact of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV; Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine on Infection and Disease Due to Oncogenic Nonvaccine HPV Types in Generally HPV-Naive Women Aged 16–26 Years

    Darron R. Brown;Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole-Erik Iversen

  • Incidence and clearance of genital human papillomavirus infection in men (HIM): a cohort study.

    Anna R Giuliano;Ji-Hyun Lee;William Fulp;Luisa L Villa

  • Identification and Assessment Of Known And Novel Human Papillomaviruses by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, Nucleotide Sequence, and Phylogenetic Algorithms

    Hans-Ulrich Bernard;Shih-Yen Chan;M. Michele Manos;Chi-Keong Ong

  • Impact of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-6/11/16/18 Vaccine on All HPV-Associated Genital Diseases in Young Women

    Nubia Munoz;Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole Erik Iversen

  • Human Papillomavirus Infection and Time to Progression and Regression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Nicolas F. Schlecht;Robert W. Platt;Eliane Duarte-Franco;Maria C. Costa

  • Human Papillomavirus Infections With Multiple Types and Risk of Cervical Neoplasia

    Helen Trottier;Salaheddin Mahmud;Maria Cecelia Costa;Jo o P. Sobrinho

  • An update of prophylactic human papillomavirus L1 virus-like particle vaccine clinical trial results.

    John T. Schiller;Xavier Castellsagué;Luisa L. Villa;Allan Hildesheim

  • The human papillomavirus infection in men study: human papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution among men residing in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.

    Anna R. Giuliano;Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce;Luisa L. Villa;Roberto Flores

  • Induction of immune memory following administration of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6/11/16/18 L1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine

    Sven-Eric Olsson;Luisa L. Villa;Ronaldo L.R. Costa;Carlos A. Petta

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna R. Giuliano
Anna R. Giuliano University of South Florida
Eduardo L. Franco
Eduardo L. Franco McGill University
Hui-Yi Lin
Hui-Yi Lin Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Thomas E. Rohan
Thomas E. Rohan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Joakim Dillner
Joakim Dillner Karolinska University Hospital
Nubia Muñoz
Nubia Muñoz International Agency For Research On Cancer
Laura A. Koutsky
Laura A. Koutsky University of Washington
F. Xavier Bosch
F. Xavier Bosch Open University of Catalonia
Jorma Paavonen
Jorma Paavonen University of Helsinki
Susanne K. Kjaer
Susanne K. Kjaer University of Copenhagen

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