Anthony Burton

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Anthony Burton is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Burton has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Anthony Burton's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (9 papers). Anthony Burton is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (9 papers). Anthony Burton collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Pakistan. Anthony Burton's co-authors include Umesh D. Parashar, Jacqueline E. Tate, A. Duncan Steele, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Jazmin Duque, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Umesh D. Parashar, Kenji Shibuya, Claudio F. Lanata and Roger I. Glass and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Burton

41 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2011 2016 2009 250 500 750 1000
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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. 2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2011 1.0k citations Jacqueline E. Tate, Anthony Burton et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Global, Regional, and National Estimates of Rotavirus Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age, 2000–2013
    2016 814 citations Jacqueline E. Tate, Anthony Burton et al. profile →
  3. Global Mortality Associated with Rotavirus Disease among Children in 2004
    2009 465 citations Umesh D. Parashar, Anthony Burton et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anthony Burton Switzerland 22 2.9k 1.8k 1.1k 904 799 42 4.4k
Thea Kølsen Fischer Denmark 39 3.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 996 1.1× 748 0.9× 153 4.9k
Mark A. Miller United States 25 2.2k 0.8× 851 0.5× 792 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 400 0.5× 41 3.6k
Paul E. Kilgore United States 35 2.3k 0.8× 756 0.4× 938 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 353 0.4× 133 4.2k
Benjamin A. Lopman United States 48 7.0k 2.4× 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 1.8k 2.3× 181 8.1k
Mary Allen Staat United States 40 3.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 874 0.8× 4.9k 5.5× 695 0.9× 150 8.1k
Tasnim Azim Bangladesh 32 2.1k 0.7× 910 0.5× 607 0.5× 850 0.9× 583 0.7× 95 3.1k
Charles W. LeBaron United States 29 1.8k 0.6× 473 0.3× 462 0.4× 1.6k 1.8× 325 0.4× 44 3.6k
Jim Buttery Australia 36 1.8k 0.6× 558 0.3× 453 0.4× 2.0k 2.2× 357 0.4× 210 4.6k
Đặng Đức Anh Vietnam 35 1.5k 0.5× 378 0.2× 343 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 219 0.3× 126 3.4k
Juan J. Calva Mexico 28 1.6k 0.6× 598 0.3× 539 0.5× 790 0.9× 352 0.4× 83 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burton, Anthony, et al.. (2025). Antibodies and Inflammation: Fecal Biomarkers of Gut Health in Domestic Ruminants. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 343(4). 468–479. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, Peter F., Wendy Wieland‐Alter, Natalia A. Ilyushina, et al.. (2014). Intestinal Immunity Is a Determinant of Clearance of Poliovirus After Oral Vaccination. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(10). 1628–1634. 38 indexed citations
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Wijesinghe, Pushpa Ranjan, Mary Agócs, Anthony Burton, et al.. (2013). Estimating Meningitis Hospitalization Rates for Sentinel Hospitals Conducting Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 62(39). 810–812. 7 indexed citations
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Resik, Sonia, Alina Tejeda, Roland W. Sutter, et al.. (2013). Priming after a Fractional Dose of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine. New England Journal of Medicine. 368(5). 416–424. 105 indexed citations
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Burton, Anthony, et al.. (2012). A Formal Representation of the WHO and UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage: A Computational Logic Approach. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47806–e47806. 39 indexed citations
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Simons, Emily, Matthew J. Ferrari, John Fricks, et al.. (2012). Assessment of the 2010 global measles mortality reduction goal: results from a model of surveillance data. The Lancet. 379(9832). 2173–2178. 224 indexed citations
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Estívariz, Concepción F., Hamid Jafari, Roland W. Sutter, et al.. (2011). Immunogenicity of supplemental doses of poliovirus vaccine for children aged 6–9 months in Moradabad, India: a community-based, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 12(2). 128–135. 75 indexed citations
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Tate, Jacqueline E., Anthony Burton, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, et al.. (2011). 2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 12(2). 136–141. 1019 indexed citations breakdown →
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Waggie, Zainab, Hennie Geldenhuys, Roland W. Sutter, et al.. (2011). Randomized Trial of Type 1 and Type 3 Oral Monovalent Poliovirus Vaccines in Newborns in Africa. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205(2). 228–236. 11 indexed citations
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Brown, David W., et al.. (2011). Avoiding complacency and maintaining progress in routine immunization. International Health. 3(1). 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Vock, David M., et al.. (2011). Accounting for model uncertainty in estimating global burden of disease. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 89(2). 112–120. 10 indexed citations
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Resik, Sonia, Alina Tejeda, Pedro Más Lago, et al.. (2010). Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Fractional Doses of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Administered Intradermally by Needle‐Free Device in Cuba. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(9). 1344–1352. 110 indexed citations
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Sutter, Roland W., T. Jacob John, Hemant Jain, et al.. (2010). Immunogenicity of bivalent types 1 and 3 oral poliovirus vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. The Lancet. 376(9753). 1682–1688. 106 indexed citations
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Parashar, Umesh D., Anthony Burton, Claudio F. Lanata, et al.. (2009). Global Mortality Associated with Rotavirus Disease among Children in 2004. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 200(s1). S9–S15. 465 indexed citations breakdown →
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El-Sayed, Nasr, Yehia El‐Gamal, Iman Seoud, et al.. (2008). Monovalent Type 1 Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Newborns. New England Journal of Medicine. 359(16). 1655–1665. 54 indexed citations
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Burton, Anthony & T. Mertens. (1998). Provisional country estimates of prevalent adult human immunodeficiency virus infections as of end 1994: a description of the methods. International Journal of Epidemiology. 27(1). 101–107. 16 indexed citations
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Mertens, T. & Anthony Burton. (1996). Estimates and trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. AIDS. 10(Supplement). i–i. 19 indexed citations
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Stoneburner, Rand, et al.. (1994). The global HIV pandemic. Acta Paediatrica. 83(s400). 1–4. 10 indexed citations
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Franks, Adele L., et al.. (1989). Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Children Born in the United States to Southeast Asian Refugees. New England Journal of Medicine. 321(19). 1301–1305. 122 indexed citations
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Spitz, Alison M., et al.. (1983). The impact of publicly funded perinatal care programs on neonatal outcome, Georgia, 1976–1978. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 147(3). 295–300. 4 indexed citations

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