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Penelope Vounatsou

Penelope Vounatsou

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
19089
World Ranking
16819
National Ranking
252

Penelope Vounatsou 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 Penelope Vounatsou sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 267 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Penelope Vounatsou 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 Penelope Vounatsou sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Penelope Vounatsou is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

The main themes of their work include Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

The research output includes a significant number of publications in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Parasite Epidemiology and Control

The following are some recent papers authored or co-authored by Penelope Vounatsou:

  • "Malaria, climate variability, and interventions: modelling transmission dynamics," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings," 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Defining elimination as a public health problem for schistosomiasis control programmes: beyond prevalence of heavy-intensity infections," 2022, The Lancet Global Health
  • "The economic impact of schistosomiasis," 2021, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • "Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania," 2020, Malaria Journal

Penelope frequently collaborates with certain researchers. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Jürg Utzinger
  • Anton Beloconi
  • Fiona Fleming
  • Bryan O. Nyawanda
  • Godfrey Bigogo

Best Publications

  • Strongyloides stercoralis: Global Distribution and Risk Factors.

    Fabian Schär;Ulf Trostdorf;Ulf Trostdorf;Federica Giardina;Federica Giardina;Virak Khieu;Virak Khieu;Virak Khieu

  • Proper multivariate conditional autoregressive models for spatial data analysis.

    Alan E. Gelfand;Penelope Vounatsou

  • 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

  • The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm co-infections in rural Côte d'Ivoire.

    M. Booth;P. Vounatsou;E. K. N'goran;M. Tanner

  • The reliability of diagnostic techniques in the diagnosis and management of malaria in the absence of a gold standard.

    L. B. Ochola;P. Vounatsou;T. Smith;M. L. H. Mabaso

  • Multiple parasite infections and their relationship to self-reported morbidity in a community of rural Cote d'Ivoire

    Giovanna Raso;Anne Luginbühl;Cinthia A Adjoua;Norbert T Tian-Bi

  • Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis

    Ying-Si Lai;Patricia Biedermann;Uwem F Ekpo;Amadou Garba

  • Spatial risk prediction and mapping of Schistosoma mansoni infections among schoolchildren living in western Côte d'Ivoire.

    G. Raso;B. Matthys;E. K. N'goran;M. Tanner

  • A model of animal-human brucellosis transmission in Mongolia.

    J. Zinsstag;F. Roth;D. Orkhon;G. Chimed-Ochir

  • Psychiatric stigma across cultures: Local validation in Bangalore and London

    Mitchell Gralnick Weiss;Sushrut Jadhav;R. Raguram;Penelope Vounatsou

  • Efficacy and Safety of Mefloquine, Artesunate, Mefloquine-Artesunate, and Praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium: Randomized, Exploratory Open-Label Trial

    Jennifer Keiser;Nicaise A. N'Guessan;Koffi D. Adoubryn;Kigbafori D. Silué

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis

    Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules;Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules;Patricia Biedermann;Patricia Biedermann;Uwem F Ekpo;Amadou Garba

  • Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter?

    Anna-Sofie Stensgaard;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger;Penelope Vounatsou;Penelope Vounatsou;Eveline Hürlimann;Eveline Hürlimann

  • Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte d'Ivoire

    Giovanna Raso;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger;Kigbafori D Silué;Mamadou Ouattara

  • Relationship between the entomologic inoculation rate and the force of infection for Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    Thomas Smith;Nicolas Maire;Klaus Dietz;Gerry F. Killeen

  • An integrated approach for risk profiling and spatial prediction of Schistosoma mansoni–hookworm coinfection

    Giovanna Raso;Penelope Vounatsou;Burton H Singer;Eliézer K N'Goran

  • Low Efficacy of Single-Dose Albendazole and Mebendazole against Hookworm and Effect on Concomitant Helminth Infection in Lao PDR

    Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong;Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong;Somphou Sayasone;Khampheng Phongluxa;Khampheng Phongluxa;Vilavanh Xayaseng

  • Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis

    Frédérique Chammartin;Frédérique Chammartin;Ronaldo G C Scholte;Ronaldo G C Scholte;Ronaldo G C Scholte;Luiz H Guimarães;Marcel Tanner;Marcel Tanner

  • Spatial Patterns of Infant Mortality in Mali: The Effect of Malaria Endemicity

    A. Gemperli;P. Vounatsou;I. Kleinschmidt;M. Bagayoko

  • Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for Schistosoma mansoni diagnosis in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire

    Jean T. Coulibaly;Stefanie Knopp;Stefanie Knopp;Nicaise A. N'Guessan;Kigbafori D. Silué

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Eliézer K. N’Goran
Eliézer K. N’Goran Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Xiao-Nong Zhou
Xiao-Nong Zhou Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Jennifer Keiser
Jennifer Keiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Mark A. Collinson
Mark A. Collinson University of the Witwatersrand

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