David O. Freedman

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

David O. Freedman is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, David O. Freedman has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 49 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in David O. Freedman's work include Travel-related health issues (45 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (20 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (20 papers). David O. Freedman is often cited by papers focused on Travel-related health issues (45 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (20 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (20 papers). David O. Freedman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. David O. Freedman's co-authors include Annelies Wilder‐Smith, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Frank von Sonnenburg, Leisa Weld, Jay S. Keystone, Martín S. Cetron, Prativa Pandey, Tamara L. Fisk, Lin H. Chen and Eric A. Ottesen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David O. Freedman

96 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

2020 1.7k citations Annelies Wilder‐Smith, David O. Freedman Journal of Travel Medicine profile →
Spectrum of Disease and Relation to Place of Exposure among Ill Returned Travelers

2006 708 citations David O. Freedman, Leisa Weld et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

2016 272 citations Dominique Heymann, Abraham Hodgson et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David O. Freedman United States	34	2.6k	2.0k	1.1k	686	612	97	5.8k
Martín S. Cetron United States	44	2.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	628 0.6×	928 1.4×	462 0.8×	116	7.4k
Philippe Gautret France	44	3.5k 1.4×	2.9k 1.4×	400 0.4×	860 1.3×	311 0.5×	299	7.2k
Isaac I. Bogoch Canada	38	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	844 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	347 0.6×	195	5.3k
Beverley‐Ann Biggs Australia	44	1.9k 0.8×	793 0.4×	778 0.7×	97 0.1×	579 0.9×	170	6.4k
T. Déirdre Hollingsworth United Kingdom	37	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	1.8k 2.6×	672 1.1×	149	7.5k
Laura C. Rodrigues United Kingdom	69	3.6k 1.4×	8.6k 4.2×	1.7k 1.6×	501 0.7×	409 0.7×	408	19.0k
Kathryn H. Jacobsen United States	34	996 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	179 0.2×	523 0.8×	573 0.9×	156	4.9k
Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard United States	62	8.2k 3.2×	1.6k 0.8×	955 0.9×	171 0.2×	251 0.4×	236	11.7k
Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales Colombia	50	3.2k 1.2×	5.1k 2.5×	896 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	664 1.1×	663	11.5k
David N Dürrheim Australia	37	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	632 0.6×	600 0.9×	269 0.4×	308	5.8k

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Hao, Xingpei, et al.. (2024). Dermatofibromas on the Foot and Ankle: A Clinicopathologic Characterization of 31 Cases. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 114(3). 1 indexed citations

Freedman, David O., et al.. (2024). First immunogenicity and safety data on live chikungunya vaccine in an endemic area. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 11–13. 3 indexed citations

Freedman, David O.. (2023). A new dengue vaccine (TAK-003) now WHO recommended in endemic areas; what about travellers?. Journal of Travel Medicine. 30(7). 26 indexed citations

Hamer, Davidson H., et al.. (2020). GeoSentinel: past, present and future. Journal of Travel Medicine. 27(8). 26 indexed citations

Boggild, Andrea K., J Geduld, Michael Libman, et al.. (2016). Malaria in travellers returning or migrating to Canada: surveillance report from CanTravNet surveillance data, 2004-2014. CMAJ Open. 4(3). E352–E358. 20 indexed citations

Heymann, Dominique, Abraham Hodgson, Amadou Alpha Sall, et al.. (2016). Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?. The Lancet. 387(10020). 719–721. 272 indexed citations breakdown →

Davis, Xiaohong M., Sandra S. Chaves, Poh Lian Lim, et al.. (2013). International Travelers as Sentinels for Sustained Influenza Transmission During the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Pandemic. Journal of Travel Medicine. 20(3). 177–184. 11 indexed citations

Sonnenburg, Frank von, Jakob P. Cramer, David O. Freedman, et al.. (2012). Notes from the field: acute muscular sarcocystosis among returning travelers - Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 61(2). 37–38. 19 indexed citations

Lim, Poh‐Lian, Pauline Han, Lin H. Chen, et al.. (2012). Expatriates ill after travel: Results from the Geosentinel Surveillance Network. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 386–386. 39 indexed citations

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Arguin, Paul M., Nina Marano, & David O. Freedman. (2009). Globally Mobile Populations and the Spread of Emerging Pathogens. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(11). 1713–1714. 18 indexed citations

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Burchard, Gerd, Éric Caumes, Bradley A. Connor, et al.. (2009). Expert Opinion on Vaccination of Travelers Against Japanese Encephalitis. Journal of Travel Medicine. 16(3). 204–216. 42 indexed citations

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Leder, Karin, Mary Wilson, David O. Freedman, & Joseph Torresi. (2008). A Comparative Analysis of Methodological Approaches Used for Estimating Risk in Travel Medicine: Table 1. Journal of Travel Medicine. 15(4). 263–272. 35 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O.. (2008). Malaria Prevention in Short-Term Travelers. New England Journal of Medicine. 359(6). 603–612. 73 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O., Leisa Weld, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, et al.. (2006). Spectrum of Disease and Relation to Place of Exposure among Ill Returned Travelers. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(2). 119–130. 708 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cabada, Miguel M., Juan Echevarría, Carlos Seas, et al.. (2002). Sexual Behavior of International Travelers Visiting Peru. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 29(9). 510–513. 44 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O., et al.. (2001). Effect of aggressive prolonged diethylcarbamazine therapy on circulating antigen levels in bancroftian filariasis. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 6(1). 37–41. 24 indexed citations

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Larralde, Carlos & David O. Freedman. (1998). Immunopathogenetic Aspects of Disease Induced by Helminth Parasites. Journal of Parasitology. 84(2). 370–370. 1 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O.. (1997). Immunopathogenetic Aspects of Disease Induced by Helminth Parasites. Chemical immunology/Fortschritte der Allergielehre/Progress in allergy/Chemical immunology and allergy. 22 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O., et al.. (1995). Abnormal Lymphatic Function in Presymptomatic Bancroftian Filariasis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 171(4). 997–1001. 30 indexed citations

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Freedman, David O.. (1994). Travel medicine. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 7(5). 570–574. 2 indexed citations

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