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Pedro L. Alonso

Pedro L. Alonso

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Medicine
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
44240
World Ranking
7000
National Ranking
102

Pedro L. Alonso 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 Pedro L. Alonso sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 476 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pedro L. Alonso 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 Pedro L. Alonso sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Pedro L. Alonso is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and works primarily within the field of Medicine, focusing on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Parasitology, and General Health Professions. Their research extensively covers topics related to malaria and other infectious diseases, with particular emphasis on disease control and epidemiology.

They have contributed to research addressing malaria intervention strategies and disease control within various contexts. Key topics in their body of work include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli research studies

Pedro L. Alonso has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Quique Bassat (19 collaborations)
  • Inácio Mandomando (19 collaborations)
  • Tacilta Nhampossa (13 collaborations)
  • Marcelino Garrine (12 collaborations)
  • Karen L. Kotloff (11 collaborations)

Their research has been published repeatedly in several prominent scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Malaria Journal (6 publications)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (4 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (4 publications)
  • Gates Open Research (3 publications)
  • The Lancet Global Health (3 publications)

Representative recent papers authored by Pedro L. Alonso include:

  • Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: a geospatial modelling analysis (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Current and emerging strategies to combat antimalarial resistance (2021, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy)
  • A multiphase program for malaria elimination in southern Mozambique (the Magude project): A before-after study (2020, PLoS Medicine)
  • Feasibility, safety, and impact of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine when implemented through national immunisation programmes: evaluation of cluster-randomised introduction of the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (2024, The Lancet)
  • Cohort Profile Update: Manhiça Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) of the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) (2020, International Journal of Epidemiology)

Best Publications

  • Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study.

    Karen L. Kotloff;James P. Nataro;William C. Blackwelder;Dilruba Nasrin

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02A vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum infection and disease in young African children: randomised controlled trial

    Pedro L. Alonso;Jahit Sacarlal;John J. Aponte;Amanda J Leach

  • Malaria: progress, perils, and prospects for eradication

    Brian M. Greenwood;David A. Fidock;Dennis E. Kyle;Stefan H.I. Kappe

  • Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study

    Jie Liu;James A Platts-Mills;Jane Juma;Furqan Kabir

  • Key gaps in the knowledge of Plasmodium vivax, a neglected human malaria parasite

    Ivo Mueller;Mary R Galinski;J Kevin Baird;Jane M Carlton

  • A research agenda to underpin malaria eradication.

    Pedro L. Alonso;Graham Brown;Myriam Arévalo-Herrera;Fred Binka

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Malaria-related anaemia

    C. Menendez;A.F. Fleming;A.F. Fleming;P.L. Alonso

  • The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on mortality of Gambian children

    P.L. Alonso;S.W. Lindsay;J.R.M. Armstrong;A. de Francisco

  • The impact of placental malaria on gestational age and birth weight.

    C. Menendez;J. Ordi;M. R. Ismail;P. J. Ventura

  • Duration of protection with RTS,S/AS02A malaria vaccine in prevention of Plasmodium falciparum disease in Mozambican children: single-blind extended follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

    Pedro L Alonso;Jahit Sacarlal;John J Aponte;Amanda Leach

  • Some lessons for the future from the Global Malaria Eradication Programme (1955-1969).

    José A. Nájera;Matiana González-Silva;Pedro L. Alonso

  • Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chinyere K. Okoro;Robert A. Kingsley;Thomas Richard Connor;Simon R. Harris

  • Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants

    Clara Menendez;Elizeus Kahigwa;Rosmarie Hirt;Penelope Vounatsou

  • Randomised trial of efficacy of SPf66 vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in southern Tanzania.

    P.L Alonso;T Smith;J.R.M Armstrong Schellenberg;H Masanja

  • The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

    Karen L. Kotloff;William C. Blackwelder;Dilruba Nasrin;James P. Nataro

  • New medicines to improve control and contribute to the eradication of malaria

    Timothy N. C. Wells;Pedro L. Alonso;Winston E. Gutteridge

  • Intermittent treatment for malaria and anaemia control at time of routine vaccinations in Tanzanian infants: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

    David Schellenberg;Clara Menendez;Elizeus Kahigwa;John Aponte

  • A research agenda for malaria eradication: drugs.

    PL Alonso;Q Bassat

Frequent Co-Authors

Clara Menéndez
Clara Menéndez University of Barcelona
Quique Bassat
Quique Bassat University of Barcelona
Carlota Dobaño
Carlota Dobaño Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Myron M. Levine
Myron M. Levine University of Maryland, Baltimore
Joaquim Ruiz
Joaquim Ruiz Autonomous University of Barcelona
Peter G. Kremsner
Peter G. Kremsner University of Tübingen
Chetan E. Chitnis
Chetan E. Chitnis Institut Pasteur
Karen L. Kotloff
Karen L. Kotloff University of Maryland, Baltimore

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