Fernando Simón

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Fernando Simón is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando Simón has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Infectious Diseases, 69 papers in Parasitology and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Fernando Simón's work include Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (111 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (61 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (37 papers). Fernando Simón is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (111 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (61 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (37 papers). Fernando Simón collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Russia. Fernando Simón's co-authors include Rodrigo Morchón, Javier González‐Miguel, Elena Carretón, José Alberto Montoya-Alonso, Mar Siles‐Lucas, Antonio Muro, Isabel Mellado, C. Marcos‐Atxutegi, C. Genchi and Laura Kramer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fernando Simón

151 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Human and Animal Dirofilariasis: the Emergence of a Zoonotic Mosaic

2012 619 citations Fernando Simón, Mar Siles‐Lucas et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fernando Simón Spain	32	3.0k	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	713	153	3.9k
Norbert W. Brattig Germany	34	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	658 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	146	4.2k
Dietrich W. Büttner Germany	32	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	328 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	110	3.7k
N Weiss Switzerland	25	1.3k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	651 0.5×	852 0.8×	358 0.5×	75	2.4k
S Pampiglione Italy	23	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	506 0.4×	802 0.7×	361 0.5×	123	2.4k
Stephen C. Barr United States	33	871 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	435 0.3×	668 0.6×	312 0.4×	88	3.2k
Siddhartha Mahanty United States	37	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	717 0.6×	745 0.7×	107 0.2×	85	4.2k
Bruce M. Greene United States	29	1.5k 0.5×	668 0.3×	581 0.5×	239 0.2×	235 0.3×	59	2.5k
Ronald H. Guderian Ecuador	25	978 0.3×	894 0.5×	583 0.5×	466 0.4×	230 0.3×	100	2.1k
Edoardo Pozio Italy	38	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	769 0.6×	253 0.2×	100 0.1×	120	3.5k
Michel Boussinesq France	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	325 0.3×	200 0.3×	93	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernando Simón

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando Simón

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Simón, Fernando, Alicia Diosdado, Mar Siles‐Lucas, Vladimir Kartashev, & Javier González‐Miguel. (2021). Response to the Letter to the Editor regarding ‘Human dirofilariosis in the 21st century: A scoping review of clinical cases reported in the literature’ by Simón et al. (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases; 2021: http://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14210). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(4). 1668–1669. 1 indexed citations

Simón, Fernando, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of canine and human dirofilariosis in Puebla, Mexico. Veterinary Parasitology. 282. 109098–109098. 9 indexed citations

León‐Quinto, Trinidad, et al.. (2019). Dirofilaria immitis: a new potential pathogen for the endangered Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus).. 17(1). 17–21. 2 indexed citations

Silvestre‐Ferreira, Ana C., Elena Carretón, Pedro Oliveira, et al.. (2019). Exposure of humans to the zoonotic nematode Dirofilaria immitis in Northern Portugal. Epidemiology and Infection. 147. e282–e282. 18 indexed citations

Carretón, Elena, et al.. (2018). The Canary Islands as a model of risk of pulmonary dirofilariasis in a hyperendemic area. Parasitology Research. 117(3). 933–936. 20 indexed citations

Montoya-Alonso, José Alberto, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of heartworm in dogs and cats of Madrid, Spain. Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 354–354. 27 indexed citations

Samri, Assia, Véronique Avettand-Fènoël, Sylvain Cardinaud, et al.. (2017). What Is the most Important for Elite Control: Genetic Background of Patient, Genetic Background of Partner, both or neither? Description of Complete Natural History within a Couple of MSM. EBioMedicine. 27. 51–60. 10 indexed citations

González‐Miguel, Javier, Mar Siles‐Lucas, Vladimir Kartashev, Rodrigo Morchón, & Fernando Simón. (2016). Plasmin in Parasitic Chronic Infections: Friend or Foe?. Trends in Parasitology. 32(4). 325–335. 28 indexed citations

Montoya-Alonso, José Alberto, et al.. (2015). Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs from Barcelona: Validation of a geospatial prediction model. Veterinary Parasitology. 212(3-4). 456–459. 31 indexed citations

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Montoya-Alonso, José Alberto, et al.. (2015). The impact of the climate on the epidemiology of Dirofilaria immitis in the pet population of the Canary Islands. Veterinary Parasitology. 216. 66–71. 38 indexed citations

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González‐Miguel, Javier, Rodrigo Morchón, Mar Siles‐Lucas, & Fernando Simón. (2015). Fibrinolysis and Proliferative Endarteritis: Two Related Processes in Chronic Infections? The Model of the Blood-Borne Pathogen Dirofilaria immitis. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124445–e0124445. 20 indexed citations

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Carretón, Elena, Rodrigo Morchón, Fernando Simón, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of cardiopulmonary biomarkers during classic adulticide treatment versus the American Heartworm Society recommended treatment protocol in dogs infected by Dirofilaria immitis. Veterinary Parasitology. 206(1-2). 55–59. 14 indexed citations

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Carretón, Elena, et al.. (2014). Cardiopulmonary and inflammatory biomarkers in the assessment of the severity of canine dirofilariosis. Veterinary Parasitology. 206(1-2). 43–47. 28 indexed citations

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Alcaine, Alejandro, Fernando Simón, Ángel Arenal, Pablo Laguna, & Juan Pablo Martínez. (2012). A wavelet-based activation detector for bipolar electrogram analysis during atrial fibrillation. Computing in Cardiology. 717–720. 4 indexed citations

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Morchón, Rodrigo, et al.. (2011). Prevalencia de la dirofilariosis cardiopulmonar canina. 30–30. 4 indexed citations

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Morchón, Rodrigo, Elena Carretón, Giulio Grandi, et al.. (2011). Anti-Wolbachia Surface Protein Antibodies Are Present in the Urine of Dogs Naturally Infected with Dirofilaria immitis with Circulating Microfilariae But Not in Dogs with Occult Infections. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 12(1). 17–20. 18 indexed citations

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Simón, Fernando. (2009). Dirofilariosis canina en la Coruña.. 10–15. 3 indexed citations

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Morchón, Rodrigo, et al.. (2007). Haplotype H1 of Culex pipiens Implicated as Natural Vector of Dirofilaria immitis in an Endemic Area of Western Spain. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 7(4). 653–658. 34 indexed citations

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Simón, Fernando, et al.. (1977). A simple method for obtaining blood from the common vole (Microtus arvalis Pallas).. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 19(4). 193–4. 1 indexed citations

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Diébold, J, R Zittoun, G Tricot, et al.. (1971). [Lymphoproliferative syndrome with production of purely intracellular IgM macroglobulin].. PubMed. 11(3). 429–33. 2 indexed citations

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