Alex R. Cook

15.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
229 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Alex R. Cook is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex R. Cook has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Infectious Diseases, 80 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 69 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Alex R. Cook's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (80 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (42 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (37 papers). Alex R. Cook is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (80 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (42 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (37 papers). Alex R. Cook collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and United States. Alex R. Cook's co-authors include Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Jue Tao Lim, Mark Jit, Kiesha Prem, Minah Park, Yinxiaohe Sun, Xiahong Zhao, Mark Chen, Li Yang Hsu and Yik Ying Teo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alex R. Cook

216 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The State of Vaccine Confidence 2016: Global Insights Through a 67-Country Survey

2016 801 citations Heidi J. Larson, Alex R. Cook et al. profile →
Interventions to mitigate early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore: a modelling study

2020 519 citations Joel Ruihan Koo, Alex R. Cook et al. profile →
Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe

2020 502 citations Alex R. Cook, Li Yang Hsu et al. profile →
Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data

2017 502 citations Kiesha Prem, Alex R. Cook et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →
Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?

2020 354 citations Yik Ying Teo, Alex R. Cook et al. profile →
Efficacy of Wolbachia-mediated sterility to reduce the incidence of dengue: a synthetic control study in Singapore

2024 38 citations Jue Tao Lim, Chee‐Seng Chong et al. The Lancet Microbe profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex R. Cook

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex R. Cook. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex R. Cook based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex R. Cook. Alex R. Cook is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Efficacy of Wolbachia-mediated sterility to reduce the incidence of dengue: a synthetic control study in Singapore breakdown → 2024 ·The Lancet Microbe ·Jue Tao Lim, (unknown), Chee‐Seng Chong, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, (unknown), (unknown), Caleb Lee, (unknown), (unknown), Pei Ma, Shuzhen Sim, Cheong Huat Tan, Alex R. Cook, Lee Ching Ng	38
2	Comparing role of religion in perception of the COVID-19 vaccines in Africa and Asia Pacific 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Alex R. Cook, (unknown), Heidi J. Larson, Leesa Lin	3
3	Mapping environmental suitability changes for arbovirus mosquitoes in Southeast Asia: 1960–2020 2024 ·iScience ·(unknown), (unknown), Wei Luo, Lin Wang, (unknown), Alex R. Cook	5
4	Performance of the 1 h oral glucose tolerance test in predicting type 2 diabetes and association with impaired β-cell function in Asians: a national prospective cohort study 2024 ·The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific ·Michelle H. Lee, (unknown), (unknown), Sonia Baig, Liang Shen, Mayank Dalakoti, Nicholas Chew, Tze Ping Loh, Mark Y. Chan, Kee Seng Chia, (unknown), Alex R. Cook, (unknown), Faidon Magkos, Sue‐Anne Toh	1
5	Effectiveness of chatbots on COVID vaccine confidence and acceptance in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore 2023 ·npj Digital Medicine ·(unknown), Saudamini Vishwanath Dabak, (unknown), Minah Park, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alex R. Cook, (unknown), Ed Pertwee, Zhendong Wu, (unknown), Heidi J. Larson, Eric H. Y. Lau, Kathy Leung, Joseph T. Wu, Leesa Lin	16
6	Short-term and long-term epidemiological impacts of sustained vector control in various dengue endemic settings: A modelling study 2022 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Haoyang Sun, Joel Ruihan Koo, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Hannah Clapham, Alex R. Cook	5
7	Urban-Rural Disparities for COVID-19: Evidence from 10 Countries and Areas in the Western Pacific 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Minah Park, Jue Tao Lim, Lin Wang, Alex R. Cook, Borame Sue Lee Dickens	13
8	Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions: An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era 2021 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Kiesha Prem, Kevin van Zandvoort, Petra Klepac, Rosalind M. Eggo, Nicholas G. Davies, Alex R. Cook, Mark Jit	122
9	Economic impact of dengue in Singapore from 2010 to 2020 and the cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia interventions 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Janet Ong, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Ken Wei Tan, Joel Ruihan Koo, Alex R. Cook, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Shuzhen Sim, Lee Ching Ng, Jue Tao Lim	30
10	Age‐related risk of household transmission of COVID‐19 in Singapore 2020 ·Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses ·Rachael Pung, Minah Park, Alex R. Cook, Vernon J. Lee	7
11	Impact of sars-cov-2 interventions on dengue transmission 2020 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Jue Tao Lim, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, (unknown), (unknown), Joel Ruihan Koo, Joel Aik, Lee Ching Ng, Alex R. Cook	45
12	Potential Rapid Diagnostics, Vaccine and Therapeutics for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): A Systematic Review 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Junxiong Pang, Min Xian Wang, Ian Yi Han Ang, Sharon Hui Xuan Tan, (unknown), Jacinta I‐Pei Chen, Ramona Alikiiteaga Gutiérrez, Sylvia Xiao Wei Gwee, Pearleen Ee Yong Chua, Qian Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Hao Yi Tan, Yik Ying Teo, Chorh Chuan Tan, Alex R. Cook, (unknown), Li Yang Hsu	353
13	SARS-CoV-2 in migrant worker dormitories: Geospatial epidemiology supporting outbreak management 2020 ·International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Alexander Wilhelm Gorny, Natasha Bagdasarian, (unknown), (unknown), Jacqueline Soo May Ong, Bryan Su Wei Ng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hock Luen Teoh, Alex R. Cook, (unknown), Dan Yock Young, (unknown), Aymeric Lim, (unknown), Kenneth Mak, Dale Fisher	13
14	Systematic assessment of the sex ratio at birth for all countries and estimation of national imbalances and regional reference levels 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Fengqing Chao, Patrick Gerland, Alex R. Cook, Leontine Alkema	112
15	Evaluating smoking control policies in the e-cigarette era: a modelling study 2019 ·Tobacco Control ·(unknown), Ken Wei Tan, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, (unknown), (unknown), Alex R. Cook	22
16	Inferring who-infected-whom-where in the 2016 Zika outbreak in Singapore—a spatio-temporal model 2019 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Kiesha Prem, Max S. Y. Lau, Clarence C. Tam, (unknown), Lee Ching Ng, Alex R. Cook	11
17	The Epidemiology of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Asia 2016 ·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·(unknown), Tiffany L. Bogich, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Horby, Alex R. Cook	6
18	Clinical-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of elosulfase alfa for treating mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (Morquio A syndrome) 2015 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Keith Cooper, (unknown), Pamela Jo Harris, Alex R. Cook, J. Shepherd, (unknown), Emma Loveman	0
19	Host–pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Sandra Telfer, Eva R. Kallio, Sarah J. Burthe, Alex R. Cook, Xavier Lambin, Michael Begon	112
20	Low response rates among controls in case-control studies: possible causes and potential remedies 2003 ·(unknown), Alex R. Cook	1

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