Herbert W. Hethcote

15.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Herbert W. Hethcote is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert W. Hethcote has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Herbert W. Hethcote's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (29 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (25 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Herbert W. Hethcote is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (29 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (25 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Herbert W. Hethcote collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Herbert W. Hethcote's co-authors include James A. Yorke, Simon A. Levin, Weimin Liu, P. van den Driessche, Zhien Ma, James W. Van Ark, Wendi Wang, Horst R. Thieme, Litao Han and David Tudor and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, American Journal of Epidemiology and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

Herbert W. Hethcote

55 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Mathematics of Infectious Diseases 1976 2026 1992 2009 2000 1987 1976 1984 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. The Mathematics of Infectious Diseases
    2000 4.4k citations Herbert W. Hethcote SIAM Review profile →
  2. Dynamical behavior of epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence rates
    1987 620 citations Weimin Liu, Herbert W. Hethcote et al. Journal of Mathematical Biology profile →
  3. Qualitative analyses of communicable disease models
    1976 532 citations Herbert W. Hethcote Mathematical Biosciences profile →
  4. Gonorrhea Transmission Dynamics and Control
    1984 512 citations Herbert W. Hethcote, James A. Yorke profile →

Peers

Herbert W. Hethcote
Carlos Castillo‐Chávez United States
Odo Diekmann Netherlands
P. van den Driessche Canada
Hans Heesterbeek Netherlands
Matt J. Keeling United Kingdom
Pejman Rohani United States
James Watmough Canada
Fred Brauer Canada
Lauren Ancel Meyers United States
David J. D. Earn Canada
Carlos Castillo‐Chávez United States
Herbert W. Hethcote
Citations per year, relative to Herbert W. Hethcote Herbert W. Hethcote (= 1×) peers Carlos Castillo‐Chávez

Countries citing papers authored by Herbert W. Hethcote

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Herbert W. Hethcote's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Herbert W. Hethcote with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Herbert W. Hethcote more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Herbert W. Hethcote

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Herbert W. Hethcote. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Herbert W. Hethcote. The network helps show where Herbert W. Hethcote may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herbert W. Hethcote

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Herbert W. Hethcote. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Herbert W. Hethcote based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Herbert W. Hethcote. Herbert W. Hethcote is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Li, Yi, et al.. (2008). Periodic traveling waves in SIRS endemic models. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 49(1-2). 393–401. 11 indexed citations
2.
Saenz, Roberto A., Herbert W. Hethcote, & Gregory C. Gray. (2006). Confined Animal Feeding Operations as Amplifiers of Influenza. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(4). 338–346. 67 indexed citations
3.
Hethcote, Herbert W., et al.. (2006). Simulations of rubella vaccination strategies in China. Mathematical Biosciences. 202(2). 371–385. 24 indexed citations
4.
Hethcote, Herbert W., Wendi Wang, & Yi Li. (2005). Species Coexistence and Periodicity in Host-Host-Pathogen Models. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 51(6). 629–660. 22 indexed citations
5.
Hethcote, Herbert W., Peter Horby, & Peter McIntyre. (2004). Using computer simulations to compare pertussis vaccination strategies in Australia. Vaccine. 22(17-18). 2181–2191. 34 indexed citations
6.
Hethcote, Herbert W.. (2000). The Mathematics of Infectious Diseases. SIAM Review. 42(4). 599–653. 4357 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Hethcote, Herbert W. & P. van den Driessche. (2000). Two SIS epidemiologic models with delays. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 40(1). 3–26. 82 indexed citations
8.
Hethcote, Herbert W.. (1999). Simulations of pertussis epidemiology in the United States: effects of adult booster vaccinations. Mathematical Biosciences. 158(1). 47–73. 64 indexed citations
9.
Hethcote, Herbert W. & P. van den Driessche. (1995). An SIS epidemic model with variable population size and a delay. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 34(2). 177–194. 121 indexed citations
10.
Zhou, Jinshi & Herbert W. Hethcote. (1994). Population size dependent incidence in models for diseases without immunity. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 32(8). 809–834. 104 indexed citations
11.
Becker, Niels G., et al.. (1994). Waning Immunity and its effects on vaccination schedules. Mathematical Biosciences. 124(1). 59–82. 43 indexed citations
12.
Lin, Xiaodong, Herbert W. Hethcote, & P. van den Driessche. (1993). An epidemiological model for HIV/AIDS with proportional recruitment. Mathematical Biosciences. 118(2). 181–195. 46 indexed citations
13.
Hethcote, Herbert W., James W. Van Ark, & John M. Karon. (1991). A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: II. Simulations, therapy, and sensitivity analysis. Mathematical Biosciences. 106(2). 223–247. 22 indexed citations
14.
Hethcote, Herbert W., James W. Van Ark, & Ira M. Longini. (1991). A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: I. model formulation and parameter estimation. Mathematical Biosciences. 106(2). 203–222. 35 indexed citations
15.
Longini, Ira M., W. Scott Clark, Robert H. Byers, et al.. (1989). Statistical analysis of the stages of HIV infection using a Markov model. Statistics in Medicine. 8(7). 831–843. 223 indexed citations
16.
Liu, Weimin, Herbert W. Hethcote, & Simon A. Levin. (1987). Dynamical behavior of epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence rates. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 25(4). 359–380. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Hethcote, Herbert W. & Charles DeLisi. (1982). Non-equilibrium model of liquid column chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 240(2). 269–281. 18 indexed citations
18.
Yorke, James A., et al.. (1978). Dynamics and Control of the Transmission of Gonorrhea. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 5(2). 51–56. 313 indexed citations
19.
Hethcote, Herbert W.. (1970). Bounds for Zeros of Some Special Functions. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 25(1). 72–72. 7 indexed citations
20.
Hethcote, Herbert W.. (1970). Bounds for zeros of some special functions. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 25(1). 72–74. 21 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Carlos Castillo‐Chávez Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Odo Diekmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by P. van den Driessche Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hans Heesterbeek Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matt J. Keeling Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Pejman Rohani Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by James Watmough Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Fred Brauer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lauren Ancel Meyers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David J. D. Earn
Rankless by CCL
2026