David L. Smith

88.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
291 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

David L. Smith is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Smith has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 37 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 31 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in David L. Smith's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (135 papers), Malaria Research and Control (134 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (37 papers). David L. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (135 papers), Malaria Research and Control (134 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (37 papers). David L. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. David L. Smith's co-authors include Simon I Hay, Andrew J. Tatem, Robert W. Snow, F. Ellis McKenzie, Peter W. Gething, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Eili Klein, Carlos A. Guerra, Anand P. Patil and Abdisalan M. Noor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David L. Smith

279 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

A new world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2007 2006 2012 2012 250 500 750
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. A new world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2010
    2011 796 citations Peter W. Gething, Anand P. Patil et al. profile →
  2. Hospitalizations and Deaths Caused by Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, United States, 1999–2005
    2007 712 citations David L. Smith, Ramanan Laxminarayan et al. profile →
  3. Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza
    2006 637 citations Cécile Viboud, Ottar N. Bjørnstad et al. Science profile →
  4. Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria
    2012 634 citations Andrew J. Tatem, David L. Smith et al. Science profile →
  5. A Long Neglected World Malaria Map: Plasmodium vivax Endemicity in 2010
    2012 428 citations Peter W. Gething, Iqbal Elyazar et al. profile →
  6. Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination
    2012 416 citations Jamie T. Griffin, David L. Smith et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  7. A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007
    2009 407 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  8. Ross, Macdonald, and a Theory for the Dynamics and Control of Mosquito-Transmitted Pathogens
    2012 364 citations David L. Smith, Katherine E. Battle et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
  9. Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes
    2012 352 citations Justin M Cohen, David L. Smith et al. profile →
  10. Modelling adult Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus survival at different temperatures in laboratory and field settings
    2013 349 citations Oliver J. Brady, Carlos A. Guerra et al. Parasites & Vectors profile →
  11. Global Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax
    2016 270 citations Katherine E. Battle, David L. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David L. Smith United States 76 12.8k 3.9k 3.4k 2.3k 1.8k 291 20.6k
Andrew J. Tatem United Kingdom 85 9.8k 0.8× 4.3k 1.1× 4.8k 1.4× 3.7k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 350 28.9k
Peter W. Gething United Kingdom 67 17.6k 1.4× 7.3k 1.9× 1.8k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 177 23.6k
Mark Woolhouse United Kingdom 68 5.9k 0.5× 6.1k 1.6× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 3.2k 1.8× 330 20.6k
Thomas A. Smith Switzerland 74 12.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 866 0.3× 1.8k 0.8× 3.2k 1.8× 482 18.8k
Azra C. Ghani United Kingdom 66 7.5k 0.6× 4.6k 1.2× 3.2k 0.9× 2.9k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 240 15.9k
John S. Brownstein United States 76 12.5k 1.0× 9.4k 2.4× 5.9k 1.8× 7.2k 3.1× 1.4k 0.8× 345 30.1k
Robert W. Snow Kenya 107 27.7k 2.2× 4.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 5.3k 3.0× 486 39.8k
Simon I Hay United Kingdom 108 31.0k 2.4× 13.3k 3.4× 4.2k 1.3× 4.2k 1.8× 4.2k 2.3× 377 47.9k
Christl A. Donnelly United Kingdom 74 5.1k 0.4× 6.7k 1.7× 4.5k 1.3× 3.9k 1.7× 1.5k 0.8× 354 20.1k
Thomas W. Scott United States 76 23.4k 1.8× 12.7k 3.2× 3.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 219 27.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Citron, Daniel, Carlos A. Guerra, Andrew J. Dolgert, et al.. (2021). Comparing metapopulation dynamics of infectious diseases under different models of human movement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 23 indexed citations
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Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Adam Sadilek, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Mapping global variation in human mobility. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(8). 800–810. 83 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Barraquer, Isabel, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Prasanna Jagannathan, et al.. (2018). Quantification of anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity to malaria as a function of age and exposure. eLife. 7. 84 indexed citations
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Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Donal Bisanzio, Robert C. Reiner, et al.. (2018). Inferences about spatiotemporal variation in dengue virus transmission are sensitive to assumptions about human mobility: a case study using geolocated tweets from Lahore, Pakistan. EPJ Data Science. 7(1). 16–16. 35 indexed citations
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Helb, Danica, Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Philip L. Felgner, et al.. (2015). Novel serologic biomarkers provide accurate estimates of recent Plasmodium falciparum exposure for individuals and communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(32). E4438–47. 127 indexed citations
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Cameron, Ewan, Katherine E. Battle, Samir Bhatt, et al.. (2015). Defining the relationship between infection prevalence and clinical incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8170–8170. 49 indexed citations
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Messina, Jane P., Oliver J. Brady, David M. Pigott, et al.. (2015). The many projected futures of dengue. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 13(4). 230–239. 141 indexed citations
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Johnston, Geoffrey L., Peter W. Gething, Simon I Hay, David L. Smith, & David A. Fidock. (2014). Modeling Within-Host Effects of Drugs on Plasmodium falciparum Transmission and Prospects for Malaria Elimination. PLoS Computational Biology. 10(1). e1003434–e1003434. 33 indexed citations
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Brady, Oliver J., Nick Golding, David M. Pigott, et al.. (2014). Global temperature constraints on Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus persistence and competence for dengue virus transmission. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 338–338. 275 indexed citations
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Smith, David L., Katherine E. Battle, Simon I Hay, et al.. (2012). Ross, Macdonald, and a Theory for the Dynamics and Control of Mosquito-Transmitted Pathogens. PLoS Pathogens. 8(4). e1002588–e1002588. 364 indexed citations breakdown →
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Menach, Arnaud Le, Andrew J. Tatem, Justin M Cohen, et al.. (2011). Travel risk, malaria importation and malaria transmission in Zanzibar. Scientific Reports. 1(1). 93–93. 131 indexed citations
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Chitnis, Nakul, et al.. (2010). Mathematical modelling to support malaria control and elimination. World Health Organization eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, et al.. (2009). Correction: A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007. PLoS Medicine. 6(10). 245 indexed citations
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Hay, Simon I, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, et al.. (2009). A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007. PLoS Medicine. 6(3). e1000048–e1000048. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boni, Maciej F., David L. Smith, & Ramanan Laxminarayan. (2008). Benefits of using multiple first-line therapies against malaria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(37). 14216–14221. 104 indexed citations
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Takala, Shannon L., Drissa Coulibaly, Mahamadou A. Théra, et al.. (2007). Dynamics of Polymorphism in a Malaria Vaccine Antigen at a Vaccine-Testing Site in Mali. PLoS Medicine. 4(3). e93–e93. 76 indexed citations
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Viboud, Cécile, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, David L. Smith, et al.. (2006). Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza. Science. 312(5772). 447–451. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, David L., Simon A. Levin, & Ramanan Laxminarayan. (2005). Strategic interactions in multi-institutional epidemics of antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 3153–3158. 88 indexed citations
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Smith, David L.. (2003). Cromwell and the interregnum : the essential readings. Blackwell eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, David L.. (1998). A handbook of contemporary theology : tracing trends and discerning directions in today's theological landscape. 5 indexed citations

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