Amy Gimma

21.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 799 citations indexed

About

Amy Gimma is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Clinical Psychology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Gimma has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 799 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 11 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Amy Gimma's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (15 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (10 papers) and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (4 papers). Amy Gimma is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (15 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (10 papers) and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (4 papers). Amy Gimma collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Australia. Amy Gimma's co-authors include Christopher I Jarvis, Kevin van Zandvoort, W. John Edmunds, Kiesha Prem, Petra Klepac, G. James Rubin, Kerry LM Wong, Pietro Coletti, Philippe Beutels and Niel Hens and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, PLoS Medicine and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Amy Gimma

21 papers receiving 783 citations

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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.

Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK

2020 415 citations Christopher I Jarvis, Kevin van Zandvoort et al. BMC Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy Gimma United Kingdom	10	550	239	209	196	154	21	799
Yinxiaohe Sun Singapore	7	545 1.0×	196 0.8×	257 1.2×	398 2.0×	135 0.9×	12	1.1k
Liangcai Zhou China	5	618 1.1×	123 0.5×	274 1.3×	220 1.1×	186 1.2×	12	906
Minah Park Singapore	11	626 1.1×	225 0.9×	297 1.4×	495 2.5×	161 1.0×	18	1.2k
Joel Ruihan Koo Singapore	9	459 0.8×	141 0.6×	204 1.0×	260 1.3×	91 0.6×	20	852
Huwen Wang China	12	305 0.6×	169 0.7×	158 0.8×	225 1.1×	97 0.6×	40	773
Frederik Verelst Belgium	13	394 0.7×	86 0.4×	120 0.6×	202 1.0×	192 1.2×	26	797
Wongyeong Choi South Korea	7	410 0.7×	91 0.4×	169 0.8×	272 1.4×	85 0.6×	11	672
Cécile Tran Kiem France	11	491 0.9×	94 0.4×	143 0.7×	488 2.5×	138 0.9×	20	889
Lhakpa Tsamlag China	9	289 0.5×	123 0.5×	145 0.7×	189 1.0×	79 0.5×	12	596
Itai Chitungo Zimbabwe	17	193 0.4×	171 0.7×	131 0.6×	340 1.7×	83 0.5×	37	868

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Gimma

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Brown, Jeremy, Piers Mook, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2025). Case-only analysis of routine surveillance data: detection of increased vaccine breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2 variants in Europe. Epidemiology and Infection. 153. e16–e16. 1 indexed citations

Veneti, Lamprini, Bjarne Robberstad, Anneke Steens, et al.. (2024). Social contact patterns during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: insights from a panel study, April to September 2020. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1438–1438. 3 indexed citations

Tizzani, Michele, Christopher I Jarvis, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2023). Impact of tiered measures on social contact and mixing patterns of in Italy during the second wave of COVID-19. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 906–906. 8 indexed citations

Quaife, Matthew, Sergio Torres‐Rueda, Kevin van Zandvoort, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and social contact patterns in Pakistan: results from a national cross-sectional survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 321–321. 2 indexed citations

Coletti, Pietro, James Wambua, Lander Willem, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal social contact data analysis: insights from 2 years of data collection in Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1298–1298. 8 indexed citations

Backer, Jantien A., Philippe Beutels, Pietro Coletti, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of non-household contacts during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 in the Netherlands. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 5166–5166. 12 indexed citations

Gimma, Amy, James D Munday, Kerry LM Wong, et al.. (2022). Changes in social contacts in England during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 as measured by the CoMix survey: A repeated cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine. 19(3). e1003907–e1003907. 74 indexed citations

Jarvis, Christopher I, Amy Gimma, Flavio Finger, et al.. (2022). Measuring the unknown: An estimator and simulation study for assessing case reporting during epidemics. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(5). e1008800–e1008800. 3 indexed citations

Wambua, James, Pietro Coletti, Frederik Verelst, et al.. (2022). The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5192–5192. 23 indexed citations

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Checchi, Francesco, et al.. (2022). A method for small-area estimation of population mortality in settings affected by crises. Population Health Metrics. 20(1). 4–4. 8 indexed citations

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Gimma, Amy, et al.. (2022). Characterising social contacts under COVID-19 control measures in Africa. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 344–344. 3 indexed citations

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Verelst, Frederik, Sarah Vercruysse, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2021). SOCRATES-CoMix: a platform for timely and open-source contact mixing data during and in between COVID-19 surges and interventions in over 20 European countries. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 254–254. 43 indexed citations

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O’Reilly, Kathleen, David J. Allen, Christopher I Jarvis, et al.. (2021). Predicted norovirus resurgence in 2021–2022 due to the relaxation of nonpharmaceutical interventions associated with COVID-19 restrictions in England: a mathematical modeling study. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 299–299. 24 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Christopher I, et al.. (2021). The impact of local and national restrictions in response to COVID-19 on social contacts in England: a longitudinal natural experiment. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 52–52. 52 indexed citations

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Gimma, Amy & Sham Lal. (2021). Considerations for mitigating COVID-19 related risks in schools. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 2. 100077–100077. 1 indexed citations

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Abbott, Sam, Rosanna C. Barnard, Christopher I Jarvis, et al.. (2021). On a comprehensive model of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) under Mittag-Leffler derivative. 3 indexed citations

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Warsame, Abdihamid, Jillian Murray, Amy Gimma, & Francesco Checchi. (2020). The practice of evaluating epidemic response in humanitarian and low-income settings: a systematic review. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 315–315. 11 indexed citations

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Davies, Nicholas, Adam J. Kucharski, Rosalind M. Eggo, Amy Gimma, & W. John Edmunds. (2020). Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 cases, deaths, and demand for hospital services in the UK: a modelling study. 1 indexed citations

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Coletti, Pietro, James Wambua, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2020). CoMix: comparing mixing patterns in the Belgian population during and after lockdown. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21885–21885. 73 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Christopher I, Kevin van Zandvoort, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 124–124. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

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