Charles Beck

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Charles Beck is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medical Services and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Beck has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Charles Beck's work include Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers), Disaster Response and Management (9 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Charles Beck is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers), Disaster Response and Management (9 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Charles Beck collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Charles Beck's co-authors include Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, John Mair-Jenkins, María Saavedra-Campos, Paul Cleary, Fu-Meng Khaw, J. Kenneth Baillie, Kevin Rooney, Wei Shen Lim, G. James Rubin and Isabel Oliver and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Charles Beck

61 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma and Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections of Viral Etiology: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-analysis

2014 656 citations John Mair-Jenkins, María Saavedra-Campos et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, measured by laboratory, clinical, and syndromic surveillance: a retrospective observational study

2022 152 citations Megan Bardsley, Roger Morbey et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles Beck United Kingdom	25	901	610	279	256	227	65	2.7k
Isabel Oliver United Kingdom	27	613 0.7×	432 0.7×	317 1.1×	284 1.1×	372 1.6×	126	2.4k
Brian T. Garibaldi United States	25	1.3k 1.4×	320 0.5×	187 0.7×	218 0.9×	224 1.0×	105	3.2k
Oliver Morgan United States	28	1.4k 1.5×	781 1.3×	452 1.6×	230 0.9×	225 1.0×	70	3.4k
Rebecca Katz United States	22	1.1k 1.2×	267 0.4×	259 0.9×	351 1.4×	354 1.6×	111	2.5k
Virginia B. Bowen United States	13	974 1.1×	311 0.5×	488 1.7×	179 0.7×	345 1.5×	27	2.7k
Bao‐Ping Zhu United States	31	729 0.8×	686 1.1×	120 0.4×	101 0.4×	275 1.2×	124	3.7k
Jacqui Wise	21	1.1k 1.2×	253 0.4×	264 0.9×	144 0.6×	444 2.0×	580	2.9k
Carlo Signorelli Italy	34	878 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	671 2.4×	457 1.8×	546 2.4×	224	4.2k
Yik Ying Teo Singapore	24	687 0.8×	285 0.5×	305 1.1×	165 0.6×	238 1.0×	62	2.9k
Isaac Ghinai United States	16	609 0.7×	266 0.4×	221 0.8×	223 0.9×	149 0.7×	29	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Beck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Beck

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Root, Robert A., et al.. (2025). Using the pollution load index to evaluate rooftop harvested rainwater metal(loid) contamination in environmental justice communities. Environmental Research. 284. 122187–122187.

Root, Robert A., et al.. (2023). Patterns of contamination and burden of lead and arsenic in rooftop harvested rainwater collected in Arizona environmental justice communities. Journal of Environmental Management. 337. 117747–117747. 14 indexed citations

Jenkins, Claire, Joanna Garner, Megan Bardsley, et al.. (2023). Foodborne Outbreak of Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase Producing Shigella sonnei Associated with Contaminated Spring Onions in the United Kingdom. Journal of Food Protection. 86(6). 100074–100074. 6 indexed citations

Bardsley, Megan, Roger Morbey, Helen E. Hughes, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, measured by laboratory, clinical, and syndromic surveillance: a retrospective observational study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 56–66. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

Mulchandani, Ranya, Ben Armstrong, Charles Beck, et al.. (2020). The English National Cohort Study of Flooding & Health: psychological morbidity at three years of follow up. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 321–321. 36 indexed citations

French, Clare E., Thomas D. Waite, Ben Armstrong, et al.. (2019). Impact of repeat flooding on mental health and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional analysis of the English National Study of Flooding and Health. BMJ Open. 9(11). e031562–e031562. 42 indexed citations

Waite, Thomas D., Charles Beck, Angie Bone, et al.. (2018). The English National Cohort Study of Flooding and Health: the change in the prevalence of psychological morbidity at year two. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 330–330. 50 indexed citations

Lansbury, Louise, Sherie Smith, W.E.P. Beyer, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 35(16). 1996–2006. 43 indexed citations

Waite, Thomas D., Charles Beck, Angie Bone, et al.. (2017). The English national cohort study of flooding and health: cross-sectional analysis of mental health outcomes at year one. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 129–129. 95 indexed citations

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Behbod, Behrooz, Giovanni Leonardi, Yvon Motreff, et al.. (2016). An International Comparison of the Instigation and Design of Health Registers in the Epidemiological Response to Major Environmental Health Incidents. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 23(1). 20–28. 4 indexed citations

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Anderson, Emma, Suzanne M Ingle, Peter Muir, et al.. (2016). Community paediatric respiratory infection surveillance study protocol: a feasibility, prospective inception cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(8). e013017–e013017. 5 indexed citations

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Waite, Thomas D., et al.. (2016). Pseudo-outbreaks of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia on an intensive care unit in England. Journal of Hospital Infection. 92(4). 392–396. 22 indexed citations

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McNulty, Cliodna, et al.. (2016). Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in urinary tract infections in primary care: Table 1.. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 71(10). 2723–2728. 24 indexed citations

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Mair-Jenkins, John, María Saavedra-Campos, J. Kenneth Baillie, et al.. (2014). The Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma and Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections of Viral Etiology: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-analysis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211(1). 80–90. 656 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beck, Charles, Rachel Sokal, Richard Puleston, et al.. (2012). Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza: a review and public health perspective in the aftermath of the 2009 pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(s1). 14–24. 9 indexed citations

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Beck, Charles, et al.. (2012). Hepatitis B vaccination coverage and uptake in prisons across England and Wales 2003–2010: A retrospective ecological study. Vaccine. 30(11). 1965–1971. 16 indexed citations

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Beck, Charles. (2008). Juggling Makes Physics Fun.. Science and Children. 45(7). 28–32. 1 indexed citations

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Beck, Charles, et al.. (2006). The effect of chronic tobacco smoking on arterial stiffness. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 61(6). 767–773. 85 indexed citations

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Beck, Charles. (2003). Sensitizing Students to Famous Operatic Arias and Voices. Music Educators Journal. 90(1). 31–36.

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Beck, Charles. (1991). Strategies for cueing visual information: research findings and instructional design implications. Educational Technology archive. 31(3). 16–20. 15 indexed citations

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