Donald S. Burke

36.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
293 papers, 25.4k citations indexed

About

Donald S. Burke is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald S. Burke has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 25.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Infectious Diseases, 99 papers in Epidemiology and 90 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Donald S. Burke's work include HIV Research and Treatment (86 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (45 papers). Donald S. Burke is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (86 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (45 papers). Donald S. Burke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and United Kingdom. Donald S. Burke's co-authors include Derek A. T. Cummings, Ananda Nisalak, Neil M. Ferguson, Christophe Fraser, Philip C. Cooley, Jean K. Carr, James Cajka, F. E. McCutchan, Mika Salminen and Nathan Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Donald S. Burke

283 papers receiving 24.1k citations

Hit Papers

Multifactorial Index of C... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 2006 2005 1995 1988 500 1000 1.5k
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. Multifactorial Index of Cardiac Risk in Noncardiac Surgical Procedures
    1977 1.7k citations Donald S. Burke et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic
    2006 1.6k citations Derek A. T. Cummings, Philip C. Cooley et al. profile →
  3. Strategies for containing an emerging influenza pandemic in Southeast Asia
    2005 1.4k citations Derek A. T. Cummings, Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  4. Identification of Breakpoints in Intergenotypic Recombinants of HIV Type 1 by Bootscanning
    1995 745 citations Jean K. Carr, Donald S. Burke et al. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses profile →
  5. A Prospective Study of Dengue Infections in Bangkok
    1988 703 citations Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  6. Cross-Species Virus Transmission and the Emergence of New Epidemic Diseases
    2008 588 citations Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  7. Effect of Temperature on the Vector Efficiency of Aedes aegypti for Dengue 2 Virus
    1987 580 citations Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  8. A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: kinetics, correlates of protection, and association with severity
    2020 578 citations Donald S. Burke, Derek A. T. Cummings et al. profile →
  9. Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States
    2008 473 citations Derek A. T. Cummings, Diane K. Wagener et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Evidence That Maternal Dengue Antibodies Are Important in the Development of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Infants
    1988 473 citations Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  11. Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016
    2018 435 citations Hawre Jalal, Mark S. Roberts et al. profile →
  12. Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Dengue Virus Growth in Human Monocytes as a Risk Factor for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
    1989 426 citations Donald S. Burke et al. profile →
  13. A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health
    2014 337 citations John J. Grefenstette, Donald S. Burke 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
Donald S. Burke United States 76 10.9k 8.1k 6.4k 5.0k 4.7k 293 25.4k
Roy M. Anderson United Kingdom 109 12.9k 1.2× 14.7k 1.8× 8.7k 1.4× 3.0k 0.6× 11.6k 2.5× 539 53.9k
Oliver G. Pybus United Kingdom 79 10.7k 1.0× 3.2k 0.4× 10.4k 1.6× 3.8k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 303 27.7k
Jeremy Farrar Vietnam 101 21.5k 2.0× 19.5k 2.4× 9.6k 1.5× 962 0.2× 2.0k 0.4× 453 45.0k
Marion Koopmans Netherlands 97 27.9k 2.6× 3.5k 0.4× 8.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.2× 2.6k 0.6× 711 39.6k
Lin‐Fa Wang Australia 78 18.6k 1.7× 3.4k 0.4× 9.3k 1.5× 2.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 456 26.4k
Christian Drosten Germany 91 39.8k 3.7× 4.8k 0.6× 6.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.2× 3.7k 0.8× 419 53.2k
Edward C. Holmes Australia 126 30.6k 2.8× 13.0k 1.6× 16.9k 2.6× 5.5k 1.1× 3.0k 0.6× 736 66.1k
Bryan T. Grenfell United States 94 8.4k 0.8× 8.2k 1.0× 9.8k 1.5× 658 0.1× 10.0k 2.1× 407 38.2k
George F. Gao China 93 28.3k 2.6× 5.7k 0.7× 11.7k 1.8× 1.1k 0.2× 3.4k 0.7× 744 56.2k
Christophe Fraser United Kingdom 68 8.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.4× 7.7k 1.2× 2.1k 0.4× 8.7k 1.8× 196 20.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burke, Donald S., et al.. (2024). A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Pandemic: The 1977 “Russian flu”. Perspectives in biology and medicine.
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Castanha, Priscila M. S., Patrick J. McEnaney, Yongseok Park, et al.. (2024). Identification and characterization of a nonbiological small-molecular mimic of a Zika virus conformational neutralizing epitope. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2312755121–e2312755121. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyueun, Hawre Jalal, Jonathan M. Raviotta, et al.. (2021). Estimating the Impact of Low Influenza Activity in 2020 on Population Immunity and Future Influenza Seasons in the United States. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(1). ofab607–ofab607. 21 indexed citations
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Burke, Donald S., et al.. (2015). Megaesophagus and Pneumonia Associated with Mycobacterium chelonei. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1 indexed citations
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Rajgopal, Jayant, Diana L. Connor, Tina-Marie Assi, et al.. (2011). The optimal number of routine vaccines to order at health clinics in low or middle income countries. Vaccine. 29(33). 5512–5518. 19 indexed citations
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Lee, Bruce Y., Shawn T. Brown, Philip C. Cooley, et al.. (2010). Simulating School Closure Strategies to Mitigate an Influenza Epidemic. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 16(3). 252–261. 136 indexed citations
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LeBreton, Matthew, Otto O. Yang, Ubald Tamoufé, et al.. (2007). Exposure to Wild Primates among HIV-infected Persons. Emerging infectious diseases. 13(10). 1579–1582. 1 indexed citations
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Oh, SangKon, Liyanage P. Perera, Donald S. Burke, Thomas A. Waldmann, & Jay A. Berzofsky. (2004). IL-15/IL-15Rα-mediated avidity maturation of memory CD8 + T cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(42). 15154–15159. 110 indexed citations
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Kijak, Gustavo H., Eric Sanders‐Buell, Nathan Wolfe, et al.. (2004). Development and Application of a High-Throughput HIV Type 1 Genotyping Assay to Identify CRF02_AG in West/West Central Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(5). 521–530. 26 indexed citations
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Epstein, Joshua M., et al.. (2004). Toward a Containment Strategy for Smallpox Bioterror: An Individual-Based Computational Approach. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 277–306. 61 indexed citations
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Louwagie, Joost, Eric Delwart, James I. Mullins, et al.. (1994). Genetic Analysis of HIV-1 Isolates from Brazil Reveals Presence of Two Distinct Genetic Subtypes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(5). 561–567. 93 indexed citations
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Birx, Deborah L., Mark G. Lewis, Peter B. Jahrling, et al.. (1993). Association of Interleukin-6 in the Pathogenesis of Acutely Fatal SIV smm/PBj-14 in Pigtailed Macaques*. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(11). 1123–1129. 25 indexed citations
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Kim, Jérôme H., J D Mosca, Maryanne Vahey, et al.. (1993). Consequences of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Superinfection of Chronically Infected Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(9). 875–882. 21 indexed citations
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Burke, Donald S.. (1992). International Vaccine Efficacy Trials: Special Considerations. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(8). 1531–1531. 2 indexed citations
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Louwagie, Joost, F. E. McCutchan, Guido van der Groen, et al.. (1992). Genetic Comparison of HIV-1 Isolates from Africa, Europe, and North America. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(8). 1467–1469. 12 indexed citations
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Shafferman, Avigdor, Mark G. Lewis, Francine E. McCutchan, et al.. (1992). Vaccination of Macaques with SIV Conserved Envelope Peptides Suppressed Infection and Prevented Disease Progression and Transmission. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(8). 1483–1487. 6 indexed citations
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Waxdal, Myron J., et al.. (1989). Department of army lymphocyte immunophenotyping quality assurance program. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 52(1). 85–95. 30 indexed citations
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Shafferman, Avigdor, Jeffrey L. Lennox, Haim Grosfeld, et al.. (1989). Patterns of Antibody Recognition of Selected Conserved Amino Acid Sequences from the HIV Envelope in Sera from Different Stages of HIV Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 5(1). 33–39. 35 indexed citations

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