Christopher Dye

54.9k total citations · 15 hit papers
238 papers, 32.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher Dye is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Dye has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 32.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Infectious Diseases, 93 papers in Epidemiology and 74 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Christopher Dye's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (99 papers), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (34 papers) and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (34 papers). Christopher Dye is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (99 papers), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (34 papers) and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (34 papers). Christopher Dye collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Christopher Dye's co-authors include Brian Williams, Mario Raviǵlione, Catherine Watt, Vikram Pathania, Paul Dolin, Knut Lönnroth, Reuben Granich, Kevin M. De Cock, Marcos Espinal and Dermot Maher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Dye

237 papers receiving 31.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global Burden of Tuberculosis 1991 2026 2002 2014 1999 2003 2020 2008 1991 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Global Burden of Tuberculosis
    1999 2.4k citations Christopher Dye, Mario Raviǵlione et al. profile →
  2. The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis
    2003 2.0k citations Elizabeth L. Corbett, Catherine Watt et al. profile →
  3. The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
    2020 1.9k citations Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Chia-Hung Yang et al. Science profile →
  4. Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model
    2008 1.4k citations Christopher Dye, Kevin M. De Cock et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Infectious diseases of humans: Dynamics and control
    1991 1.2k citations Christopher Dye Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  6. Heterogeneities in the transmission of infectious agents: Implications for the design of control programs
    1997 884 citations Christopher Dye, Rupert J. Quinnell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Effect of BCG vaccination on childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary tuberculosis worldwide: a meta-analysis and assessment of cost-effectiveness
    2006 771 citations Christopher Dye et al. The Lancet profile →
  8. Drivers of tuberculosis epidemics: The role of risk factors and social determinants
    2009 737 citations Brian Williams, Christopher Dye et al. profile →
  9. Estimates of world-wide distribution of child deaths from acute respiratory infections
    2002 720 citations Brian Williams, Eleanor Gouws et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  10. Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations
    1995 618 citations Christopher Dye et al. profile →
  11. Tuberculosis
    2003 593 citations Catherine Watt, Christopher Dye et al. The Lancet profile →
  12. Global epidemiology of tuberculosis
    2006 571 citations Christopher Dye The Lancet profile →
  13. Global Trends in Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs
    2001 519 citations Marcos Espinal, Christopher Dye et al. profile →
  14. World Malaria Report, 2008.
    2008 511 citations Richard Cibulskis, Christopher Dye et al. profile →
  15. The Population Dynamics and Control of Tuberculosis
    2010 452 citations Christopher Dye, Brian Williams Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Dye Switzerland 84 18.3k 14.8k 7.2k 5.4k 3.2k 238 32.7k
Alimuddin Zumla United Kingdom 93 22.0k 1.2× 13.0k 0.9× 3.1k 0.4× 5.8k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 628 37.2k
Donald S. Burke United States 76 10.9k 0.6× 6.4k 0.4× 8.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.3× 4.7k 1.5× 293 25.4k
Jeremy Farrar Vietnam 101 21.5k 1.2× 9.6k 0.6× 19.5k 2.7× 2.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 453 45.0k
Marc Lipsitch United States 100 12.4k 0.7× 14.3k 1.0× 4.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 8.9k 2.7× 412 37.3k
Kwok‐Yung Yuen Hong Kong 127 51.0k 2.8× 22.4k 1.5× 6.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 4.9k 1.5× 1.1k 81.4k
Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 84 14.4k 0.8× 7.2k 0.5× 7.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.3× 4.2k 1.3× 608 30.5k
Po‐Ren Hsueh Taiwan 86 15.5k 0.8× 12.8k 0.9× 3.5k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 970 38.6k
George F. Gao China 93 28.3k 1.5× 11.7k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.2× 3.4k 1.1× 744 56.2k
Margaret Johnson United Kingdom 108 15.5k 0.8× 11.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 655 0.2× 1.0k 48.9k
Christian Drosten Germany 91 39.8k 2.2× 6.4k 0.4× 4.8k 0.7× 938 0.2× 3.7k 1.1× 419 53.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Dye

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Jingyuan, José Lourenço, Bingying Li, et al.. (2022). Assessing the asymptomatic proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infection with age in China before mass vaccination. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 19(195). 7 indexed citations
2.
Tian, Huaiyu, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Youngjoon Hong, et al.. (2022). Malaria elimination on Hainan Island despite climate change. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 12–12. 6 indexed citations
3.
Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Chia-Hung Yang, Bernardo Gutiérrez, et al.. (2020). The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China. Science. 368(6490). 493–497. 1934 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Dye, Christopher, et al.. (2018). Sustaining a national tuberculosis control programme during civil crisis: 6 years of experience in Syria. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 6(4). 255–256. 6 indexed citations
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Grant, Alison D., Richard G. White, Christopher Dye, et al.. (2014). Accelerating progress towards tuberculosis elimination: the need for combination treatment and prevention. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 19(1). 5–9. 11 indexed citations
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Dye, Christopher, T. Mertens, Gottfried Hirnschall, et al.. (2013). WHO and the future of disease control programmes. The Lancet. 381(9864). 413–418. 40 indexed citations
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Halloran, M. Elizabeth, et al.. (2009). Reply to Vani et al.: Tuberculosis models and complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(46). 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Brian, P G Gopi, Martien W. Borgdorff, Norio Yamada, & Christopher Dye. (2008). The design effect and cluster samples: optimising tuberculosis prevalence surveys.. PubMed. 12(10). 1110–5. 8 indexed citations
9.
Dye, Christopher, et al.. (2007). The decline of tuberculosis epidemics under chemotherapy: a case study in Morocco.. PubMed. 11(11). 1225–31. 17 indexed citations
10.
Williams, Brian, Eline L. Korenromp, Eleanor Gouws, et al.. (2006). HIV Infection, Antiretroviral Therapy, and CD4+Cell Count Distributions in African Populations. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 194(10). 1450–1458. 65 indexed citations
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Corbett, Elizabeth L., Salome Charalambous, Katherine Fielding, et al.. (2004). Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Prevalence of Undiagnosed Tuberculosis in African Gold Miners. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 170(6). 673–679. 139 indexed citations
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Korenromp, Eline L., John M. Miller, Richard Cibulskis, et al.. (2003). Monitoring mosquito net coverage for malaria control in Africa: possession vs. use by children under 5 years. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 8(8). 693–703. 136 indexed citations
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Kitala, P M, John J. McDermott, P. G. Coleman, & Christopher Dye. (2002). Comparison of vaccination strategies for the control of dog rabies in Machakos District, Kenya. Epidemiology and Infection. 129(1). 215–222. 79 indexed citations
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Williams, Brian, Eleanor Gouws, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Jennifer Bryce, & Christopher Dye. (2002). Estimates of world-wide distribution of child deaths from acute respiratory infections. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2(1). 25–32. 720 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suarez, Pedro, et al.. (2001). The Dynamics of Tuberculosis in Response to 10 Years of Intensive Control Effort in Peru. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184(4). 473–478. 109 indexed citations
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Dye, Christopher. (2001). Fit but rare? The pros and cons of being a virulent pathogen. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 16(8). 417–418.
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Dye, Christopher. (2000). Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China. International Journal of Epidemiology. 29(3). 558–564. 46 indexed citations
18.
Quinnell, Rupert J., Orin Courtenay, Lourdes Maria Garcez, & Christopher Dye. (1997). The epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis: transmission rates estimated from a cohort study in Amazonian Brazil. Parasitology. 115(2). 143–156. 90 indexed citations
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Courtenay, Orin, David W. Macdonald, R. Lainson, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, & Christopher Dye. (1994). Epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis: a comparative serological study of dogs and foxes in Amazon Brazil. Parasitology. 109(3). 273–279. 65 indexed citations
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Dye, Christopher. (1990). Epidemiological significance of vector–parasite interactions. Parasitology. 101(3). 409–415. 39 indexed citations

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