Cara Kosack

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 787 citations indexed

About

Cara Kosack is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara Kosack has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 787 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Cara Kosack's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (4 papers). Cara Kosack is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (4 papers). Cara Kosack collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, France and United Kingdom. Cara Kosack's co-authors include Anne‐Laure Page, Paul Klatser, Leslie Shanks, Sigrid Nick, Savvas Andronikou, Erwan Piriou, Martina Casenghi, Elisa Ardizzoni, Sina Nhem and Qin Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Cara Kosack

24 papers receiving 769 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.

A guide to aid the selection of diagnostic tests

2017 314 citations Cara Kosack, Anne‐Laure Page et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cara Kosack Netherlands	14	236	221	182	172	167	24	787
Stefano Ongarello Switzerland	18	545 2.3×	105 0.5×	163 0.9×	215 1.3×	516 3.1×	45	1.4k
Ian Buchanan United Kingdom	15	117 0.5×	106 0.5×	61 0.3×	108 0.6×	157 0.9×	39	703
Damien Ming United Kingdom	15	220 0.9×	242 1.1×	108 0.6×	79 0.5×	204 1.2×	51	985
Rafidah Hanim Shueb Malaysia	15	228 1.0×	210 1.0×	174 1.0×	228 1.3×	132 0.8×	48	818
Miriam Stegemann Germany	19	691 2.9×	186 0.8×	41 0.2×	204 1.2×	279 1.7×	61	1.4k
Jane Cunningham Switzerland	8	754 3.2×	344 1.6×	371 2.0×	161 0.9×	116 0.7×	9	1.2k
Jayanthi Shastri India	18	763 3.2×	218 1.0×	59 0.3×	179 1.0×	385 2.3×	80	1.2k
Muhammad Karyana Indonesia	15	296 1.3×	732 3.3×	57 0.3×	101 0.6×	132 0.8×	42	1.2k
Frances Sanderson United Kingdom	16	277 1.2×	340 1.5×	27 0.1×	170 1.0×	293 1.8×	29	1.4k
Akihiko Kawana Japan	18	364 1.5×	126 0.6×	53 0.3×	180 1.0×	428 2.6×	137	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cara Kosack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cara Kosack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cara Kosack 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 Cara Kosack. Cara Kosack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Greig, Jane, et al.. (2020). The impact of computed radiography and teleradiology on patients’ diagnosis and treatment in Mweso, the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227773–e0227773. 9 indexed citations

Cunningham, Jane, Sophie Jones, Michelle L. Gatton, et al.. (2019). A review of the WHO malaria rapid diagnostic test product testing programme (2008–2018): performance, procurement and policy. Malaria Journal. 18(1). 387–387. 104 indexed citations

Casenghi, Martina, et al.. (2018). NS1 antigen detecting assays for diagnosing acute dengue infection in people living in or returning from endemic countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 10 indexed citations

Kosack, Cara, Anne‐Laure Page, Greet Beelaert, et al.. (2017). Towards more accurate HIV testing in sub‐Saharan Africa: a multi‐site evaluation of HIV RDTs and risk factors for false positives. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 20(1). 21345–21345. 25 indexed citations

Kosack, Cara, Maryline Bonnet, Susanne B. Nicholas, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of a chest radiograph reading and recording system for tuberculosis in a HIV-positive cohort. Clinical Radiology. 72(6). 519.e1–519.e9. 10 indexed citations

Andronikou, Savvas, et al.. (2017). Guidelines for the use of chest radiographs in community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents. Pediatric Radiology. 47(11). 1405–1411. 29 indexed citations

Kosack, Cara, Leslie Shanks, Greet Beelaert, et al.. (2017). HIV misdiagnosis in sub‐Saharan Africa: performance of diagnostic algorithms at six testing sites. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 20(1). 21419–21419. 16 indexed citations

Kosack, Cara, Anne‐Laure Page, & Paul Klatser. (2017). A guide to aid the selection of diagnostic tests. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 95(9). 639–645. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

Kosack, Cara, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of the Nova StatSensor® XpressTM Creatinine Point-Of-Care Handheld Analyzer. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122433–e0122433. 38 indexed citations

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Ardizzoni, Elisa, Emmanuel Fajardo, Peter Saranchuk, et al.. (2015). Implementing the Xpert® MTB/RIF Diagnostic Test for Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance: Outcomes and Lessons Learned in 18 Countries. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144656–e0144656. 43 indexed citations

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Kosack, Cara, et al.. (2015). Research Protocol - Evaluation of the Nova StatSensor Xpress Creatinine Point-Of-Care Handheld Analyzer. Medecins Sans Frontieres Field Research (Medecins Sans Frontieres). 5 indexed citations

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Fajardo, Emmanuel, Carol Metcalf, Erwan Piriou, et al.. (2015). Errors generated by a point-of-care CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser: a retrospective observational study in nine countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 93(9). 623–630. 15 indexed citations

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Kosack, Cara, Elizabeth Joekes, Savvas Andronikou, et al.. (2014). Teleradiology Usage and User Satisfaction with the Telemedicine System Operated by MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res. Frontiers in Public Health. 2. 202–202. 12 indexed citations

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Casenghi, Martina, et al.. (2014). NS1 antigen detecting assays for diagnosing acute dengue infection in people living in or returning from endemic countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 4 indexed citations

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Andronikou, Savvas, et al.. (2014). Quality assessment of X-rays interpreted via teleradiology for Médecins Sans Frontières. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 20(2). 82–88. 12 indexed citations

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Kosack, Cara, Sigrid Nick, & Leslie Shanks. (2014). Diagnostic accuracy evaluation of the ImmunoFlow HCV rapid immunochromatographic test for the detection of hepatitis C antibodies. Journal of Virological Methods. 204. 6–10. 13 indexed citations

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Kosack, Cara. (2012). Experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in laboratory medicine in resource-limited settings. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 50(7). 1221–1227. 4 indexed citations

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Kosack, Cara, Anne‐Laure Page, Leonie T. van Hulsteijn, & Eef G.W.M. Lentjes. (2012). TSH-CHECK-1 Test: Diagnostic Accuracy and Potential Application to Initiating Treatment for Hypothyroidism in Patients on Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33704–e33704. 8 indexed citations

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Coulborn, Rebecca M., et al.. (2012). Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 90(9). 705–711. 28 indexed citations

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Checchi, Francesco, Patrice Piola, Cara Kosack, et al.. (2004). Antimalarial efficacy of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine, amodiaquine and a combination of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in Bundi Bugyo, western Uganda. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 9(4). 445–450. 28 indexed citations

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