Abdisalan M. Noor

18.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
147 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Abdisalan M. Noor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdisalan M. Noor has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 63 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 24 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Abdisalan M. Noor's work include Malaria Research and Control (89 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (63 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (62 papers). Abdisalan M. Noor is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (89 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (63 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (62 papers). Abdisalan M. Noor collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Abdisalan M. Noor's co-authors include Robert W. Snow, Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra, Andrew J. Tatem, H. Myint, David L. Smith, Victor A. Alegana, Caroline O. Buckee, Peter W. Gething and Amy Wesolowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Abdisalan M. Noor

146 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodiu... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2005 2004 2012 2012 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
    2005 2.1k citations Robert W. Snow, Carlos A. Guerra et al. Nature profile →
  2. The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future
    2004 691 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
  3. Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria
    2012 634 citations Andrew J. Tatem, David L. Smith et al. profile →
  4. Population Distribution, Settlement Patterns and Accessibility across Africa in 2010
    2012 453 citations Catherine Linard, Marius Gilbert et al. profile →
  5. A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007
    2009 407 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Abdisalan M. Noor Kenya 58 7.5k 2.6k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 147 12.3k
Márcia C. Castro United States 50 3.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 988 0.8× 536 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 245 9.1k
David L. Smith United States 76 12.8k 1.7× 1.4k 0.5× 3.4k 2.7× 1.8k 1.5× 3.9k 3.2× 291 20.6k
Peter W. Gething United Kingdom 67 17.6k 2.3× 2.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 2.0k 1.6× 7.3k 6.0× 177 23.6k
Andrew J. Tatem United Kingdom 85 9.8k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 4.8k 3.8× 1.5k 1.2× 4.3k 3.5× 350 28.9k
Martin Kulldorff United States 63 3.1k 0.4× 662 0.3× 1.7k 1.4× 448 0.4× 2.2k 1.8× 230 16.8k
Robert W. Snow Kenya 107 27.7k 3.7× 9.0k 3.4× 2.3k 1.8× 5.3k 4.3× 4.0k 3.3× 486 39.8k
Mark L. Wilson United States 55 4.0k 0.5× 475 0.2× 337 0.3× 3.3k 2.7× 3.8k 3.1× 195 9.9k
Carlos A. Guerra United States 33 7.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 610 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 62 9.3k
Archie C. A. Clements Australia 56 3.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 863 0.7× 2.7k 2.2× 3.3k 2.7× 296 9.7k
T. Déirdre Hollingsworth United Kingdom 37 1.8k 0.2× 693 0.3× 1.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 2.5k 2.1× 149 7.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Muvunyi, Claude Mambo, Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, et al.. (2025). Strategies for mitigating emerging artemisinin-based antimalarial drug resistance in Rwanda: a promising approach for managing therapies in malaria-endemic countries. BMJ Global Health. 10(10). e020884–e020884.
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Alegana, Victor A., Peter M. Macharia, Elvis Oyugi, et al.. (2021). Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence in East Africa: Updating data for malaria stratification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(12). e0000014–e0000014. 34 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Emanuele, et al.. (2018). Using non-exceedance probabilities of policy-relevant malaria prevalence thresholds to identify areas of low transmission in Somalia. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 88–88. 20 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Emanuele, Peter J. Diggle, Robert W. Snow, & Abdisalan M. Noor. (2018). Geostatistical Methods for Disease Mapping and Visualisation Using Data from Spatio‐temporally Referenced Prevalence Surveys. International Statistical Review. 86(3). 571–597. 23 indexed citations
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Drakeley, Christopher J., Abdisalan M. Noor, Nicole L. Achee, et al.. (2017). MalERA : an updated research agenda for characterising the reservoir and measuring transmission in malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine. 14(11). 7 indexed citations
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Kabaria, Caroline, Marius Gilbert, Abdisalan M. Noor, Robert W. Snow, & Catherine Linard. (2017). The impact of urbanization and population density on childhood Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence rates in Africa. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 49–49. 63 indexed citations
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Kangoye, David Tiga, Abdisalan M. Noor, Janet Midega, et al.. (2016). Malaria hotspots defined by clinical malaria, asymptomatic carriage, PCR and vector numbers in a low transmission area on the Kenyan Coast. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 213–213. 38 indexed citations
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Kinyoki, Damaris K., Ngianga‐Bakwin Kandala, Samuel Manda, et al.. (2016). Assessing comorbidity and correlates of wasting and stunting among children in Somalia using cross-sectional household surveys: 2007 to 2010. BMJ Open. 6(3). e009854–e009854. 44 indexed citations
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Snow, Robert W., Punam Amratia, Ghasem Zamani, et al.. (2013). The Malaria Transition on the Arabian Peninsula: Progress toward a Malaria-Free Region between 1960–2010. Advances in Parasitology. 82. 205–251. 48 indexed citations
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Noor, Abdisalan M., et al.. (2012). Mapping the receptivity of malaria risk to plan the future of control in Somalia. BMJ Open. 2(4). e001160–e001160. 21 indexed citations
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Bousema, Teun, Randa M. Youssef, Jackie Cook, et al.. (2010). Serologic Markers for Detecting Malaria in Areas of Low Endemicity, Somalia, 2008. Emerging infectious diseases. 16(3). 392–399. 105 indexed citations
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Snow, Robert W., Victor A. Alegana, Emelda A. Okiro, et al.. (2010). Estimating the Plasmodium falciparum morbidity and mortality burden 2005 and 2009 in Somalia: Combining models of population distribution, time-space changes in malaria infection risk and the epidemiology of malaria disease burden. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 40(1-2). 3–18. 2 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, et al.. (2009). Correction: A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007. PLoS Medicine. 6(10). 245 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, et al.. (2009). A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007. PLoS Medicine. 6(3). e1000048–e1000048. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noor, Abdisalan M., Archie C. A. Clements, Peter W. Gething, et al.. (2008). Spatial prediction of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in Somalia. Malaria Journal. 7(1). 159–159. 66 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Priscilla W., et al.. (2008). Access and barriers to measures targeted to prevent malaria in pregnancy in rural Kenya*. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(2). 208–217. 45 indexed citations
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Snow, Robert W., et al.. (2005). Malaria risk: Snow et al. reply. Nature. 437. 1 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, Abdisalan M. Noor, Andy Nelson, & Andrew J. Tatem. (2005). The accuracy of human population maps for public health application. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 10(10). 1073–1086. 139 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, et al.. (2003). Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: a case study. The Lancet. 361(9370). 1705–1706. 98 indexed citations

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