Heather Whitaker

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Heather Whitaker is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Whitaker has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Epidemiology, 25 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Heather Whitaker's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (17 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (16 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers). Heather Whitaker is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (17 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (16 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers). Heather Whitaker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Heather Whitaker's co-authors include Paddy Farrington, Patrick Musonda, Ian Douglas, Bart Spiessens, Irene Petersen, Mounia N. Hocine, Charlotte Warren‐Gash, Andrew Hayward, Yonas Ghebremichael‐Weldeselassie and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heather Whitaker

83 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Tutorial in biostatistics: the self‐controlled case series method

2005 524 citations Heather Whitaker, Paddy Farrington et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
Self controlled case series methods: an alternative to standard epidemiological study designs

2016 336 citations Irene Petersen, Heather Whitaker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Whitaker United Kingdom	31	957	944	476	403	360	85	3.5k
Sara L. Thomas United Kingdom	40	834 0.9×	3.3k 3.5×	784 1.6×	58 0.1×	63 0.2×	78	6.9k
Malcolm J Price United Kingdom	32	1.2k 1.2×	795 0.8×	431 0.9×	134 0.3×	16 0.0×	125	4.4k
Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen United States	21	411 0.4×	473 0.5×	119 0.3×	576 1.4×	16 0.0×	69	2.4k
Joanne E. Brady United States	30	304 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	301 0.6×	18 0.0×	300 0.8×	90	3.6k
Charlotte Warren‐Gash United Kingdom	24	445 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	148 0.3×	12 0.0×	46 0.1×	88	2.5k
Jennifer K Quint United Kingdom	44	455 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	288 0.6×	19 0.0×	12 0.0×	351	6.9k
Shih‐Han S. Huang Canada	16	159 0.2×	865 0.9×	424 0.9×	41 0.1×	15 0.0×	53	5.5k
Roslyn A. Stone United States	37	221 0.2×	1.7k 1.8×	639 1.3×	57 0.1×	16 0.0×	126	6.0k
Edward F. Mitchel United States	40	676 0.7×	3.6k 3.9×	554 1.2×	18 0.0×	20 0.1×	84	6.0k
Valentín Hernández‐Barrera Spain	40	518 0.5×	1.9k 2.1×	698 1.5×	7 0.0×	51 0.1×	353	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Whitaker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whitaker, Heather, Freja Kirsebom, Catherine Quinot, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines and Duration of Protection Against Hospitalisation in England: 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 Seasons. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 19(12). e70194–e70194.

Whitaker, Heather, Katja Höschler, Julia Stowe, et al.. (2024). Influenza vaccination during the 2021/22 season: A data-linkage test-negative case-control study of effectiveness against influenza requiring emergency care in England and serological analysis of primary care patients. Vaccine. 42(7). 1656–1664. 3 indexed citations

Tsang, Ruby S. M., Mark Joy, Heather Whitaker, et al.. (2023). Development of a modified Cambridge Multimorbidity Score for use with SNOMED CT: an observational English primary care sentinel network study. British Journal of General Practice. 73(731). e435–e442. 6 indexed citations

Stowe, Julia, Elizabeth Miller, Nick Andrews, & Heather Whitaker. (2023). Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine booster and after COVID-19 in those with and without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection: A self-controlled case series analysis in England. PLoS Medicine. 20(6). e1004245–e1004245. 21 indexed citations

Westrop, Samantha J., Heather Whitaker, Annabel Powell, et al.. (2022). Real-world data on immune responses following heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination schedule with Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in England. Journal of Infection. 84(5). 692–700. 13 indexed citations

Amirthalingam, Gayatri, Jamie Lopez Bernal, Nick Andrews, et al.. (2021). Serological responses and vaccine effectiveness for extended COVID-19 vaccine schedules in England. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7217–7217. 66 indexed citations

Harris, Ross, Heather Whitaker, Nick Andrews, et al.. (2021). Serological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: Six-month trends and antibody response in a cohort of public health workers. Journal of Infection. 82(5). 162–169. 28 indexed citations

Müller‐Pebody, Berit, Mary Sinnathamby, Fiona Warburton, et al.. (2021). Impact of the childhood influenza vaccine programme on antibiotic prescribing rates in primary care in England. Vaccine. 39(45). 6622–6627. 3 indexed citations

Steer, Colin, John Macleod, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2019). The impact of opiate substitution treatment on mortality risk in drug addicts: a natural experiment study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 1–92. 4 indexed citations

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Pebody, Richard, Heather Whitaker, Hongxin Zhao, et al.. (2019). Protection provided by influenza vaccine against influenza-related hospitalisation in ≥65 year olds: Early experience of introduction of a newly licensed adjuvanted vaccine in England in 2018/19. Vaccine. 38(2). 173–179. 21 indexed citations

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Smith, Leah, Anne K. Ellis, Heather Whitaker, et al.. (2018). Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in girls and the risk of autoimmune disorders: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 190(21). E648–E655. 28 indexed citations

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Beijnum, Janneke van, Tim Wilkinson, Heather Whitaker, et al.. (2017). Relative risk of hemorrhage during pregnancy in patients with brain arteriovenous malformations. International Journal of Stroke. 12(7). 741–747. 18 indexed citations

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King, Michael, et al.. (2017). Death following partner bereavement: A self-controlled case series analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173870–e0173870. 8 indexed citations

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Hocine, Mounia N., Paddy Farrington, Emmanuel Touzé, et al.. (2007). Hepatitis B vaccination and first central nervous system demyelinating events: Reanalysis of a case–control study using the self-controlled case series method. Vaccine. 25(31). 5938–5943. 31 indexed citations

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Farrington, Paddy & Heather Whitaker. (2006). Semiparametric Analysis of Case Series Data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). 55(5). 553–594. 70 indexed citations

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Tata, Laila J., Paul Fortun, Richard Hubbard, et al.. (2005). Does concurrent prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs substantially increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding?. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 22(3). 175–181. 71 indexed citations

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Toledano, Mireille B., Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Nicky Best, et al.. (2004). Relation of Trihalomethane Concentrations in Public Water Supplies to Stillbirth and Birth Weight in Three Water Regions in England. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(2). 225–232. 95 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Heather & Paddy Farrington. (2004). Estimation of infectious disease parameters from serological survey data: the impact of regular epidemics. Statistics in Medicine. 23(15). 2429–2443. 31 indexed citations

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Toledano, Mireille B., Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Nicky Best, et al.. (2003). CHLORINATION DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES. Epidemiology. 14(Supplement). S39–S39. 2 indexed citations

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Keegan, Thomas, Heather Whitaker, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, et al.. (2001). Use of routinely collected data on trihalomethane in drinking water for epidemiological purposes. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(7). 447–452. 45 indexed citations

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