Jane P. Messina

25.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
46 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Jane P. Messina is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane P. Messina has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jane P. Messina's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (12 papers). Jane P. Messina is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (12 papers). Jane P. Messina collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Jane P. Messina's co-authors include Simon I Hay, Oliver J. Brady, Thomas W. Scott, Peter W. Gething, Catherine L. Moyes, Samir Bhatt, John S. Brownstein, Andrew Farlow, William Wint and Cameron P. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Jane P. Messina

45 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

The global distribution a... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2012 2014 2019 2016 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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 global distribution and burden of dengue
    2013 7.0k citations Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething et al. profile →
  2. Refining the Global Spatial Limits of Dengue Virus Transmission by Evidence-Based Consensus
    2012 1.3k citations Oliver J. Brady, Peter W. Gething et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →
  3. Global distribution and prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes
    2014 1.1k citations Jane P. Messina, Oliver G. Pybus et al. profile →
  4. The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue
    2019 753 citations Jane P. Messina, Oliver J. Brady et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
  5. Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis
    2016 693 citations Nick Golding, Jane P. Messina et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
  6. Global spread of dengue virus types: mapping the 70 year history
    2014 483 citations Jane P. Messina, Oliver J. Brady et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →
  7. Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus
    2016 268 citations Jane P. Messina, Moritz U. G. Kraemer et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jane P. Messina United Kingdom 25 10.6k 6.9k 2.4k 1.5k 1.1k 46 13.8k
Xavier de Lamballerie France 78 10.8k 1.0× 14.9k 2.2× 3.4k 1.4× 2.0k 1.3× 447 0.4× 502 22.3k
María G. Guzmán Cuba 49 10.1k 1.0× 7.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 771 0.5× 711 0.6× 221 11.8k
David W. Vaughn United States 66 11.6k 1.1× 11.2k 1.6× 1.8k 0.8× 673 0.4× 525 0.5× 166 14.7k
Alan L. Rothman United States 66 12.1k 1.1× 10.7k 1.6× 1.4k 0.6× 570 0.4× 560 0.5× 208 15.1k
Eva Harris United States 83 18.0k 1.7× 14.6k 2.1× 2.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 975 0.9× 329 22.2k
Thomas P. Monath United States 75 10.9k 1.0× 11.5k 1.7× 3.0k 1.3× 979 0.6× 419 0.4× 330 17.9k
Robert S. Lanciotti United States 57 14.7k 1.4× 13.0k 1.9× 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 620 0.5× 115 16.5k
Ernest A. Gould United Kingdom 64 9.5k 0.9× 9.1k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 330 0.3× 202 13.4k
Ananda Nisalak Thailand 68 14.4k 1.4× 12.1k 1.8× 1.3k 0.6× 771 0.5× 840 0.7× 181 16.2k
Scott B. Halstead United States 73 17.4k 1.6× 14.3k 2.1× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 223 20.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Messina, Jane P., et al.. (2025). GeoDEN: A Visual Exploration Tool for Analyzing the Geographic Spread of Dengue Serotypes. Computer Graphics Forum. 44(6).
2.
Pezzı, Laura, Daniel G. Olson, Jane P. Messina, et al.. (2024). Assessing vulnerability for future Zika virus outbreaks using seroprevalence data and environmental suitability maps. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(3). e0012017–e0012017. 2 indexed citations
3.
Prete, Carlos A., Alexander E. Zarebski, Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos, et al.. (2024). The Brazilian COVID-19 vaccination campaign: a modelling analysis of sociodemographic factors on uptake. BMJ Open. 14(1). e076354–e076354. 7 indexed citations
4.
Chrisinger, Benjamin W., et al.. (2024). Mental wellbeing among higher education students in England during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of COVID‐19 experiences, social connectedness and greenspace use. British Educational Research Journal. 50(3). 1281–1307. 2 indexed citations
5.
Acosta, André Luís, Sarah C. Hill, Oliver J. Brady, et al.. (2022). Mapping environmental suitability of Haemagogus and Sabethes spp. mosquitoes to understand sylvatic transmission risk of yellow fever virus in Brazil. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(1). e0010019–e0010019. 23 indexed citations
6.
Juárez, José G., et al.. (2021). Global patterns of aegyptism without arbovirus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009397–e0009397. 15 indexed citations
7.
Messina, Jane P., et al.. (2021). A review of models applied to the geographic spread of Zika virus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115(9). 956–964. 5 indexed citations
8.
Messina, Jane P., Oliver J. Brady, Nick Golding, et al.. (2019). The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue. Nature Microbiology. 4(9). 1508–1515. 753 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sigfrid, Louise, Chantal Reusken, Isabella Eckerle, et al.. (2017). Preparing clinicians for (re-)emerging arbovirus infectious diseases in Europe. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(3). 229–239. 27 indexed citations
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Messina, Jane P., Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Oliver J. Brady, et al.. (2016). Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus. eLife. 5. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Messina, Jane P., Oliver J. Brady, David M. Pigott, et al.. (2015). The many projected futures of dengue. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 13(4). 230–239. 141 indexed citations
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Messina, Jane P., David M. Pigott, Kirsten A. Duda, et al.. (2015). A global compendium of human Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus occurrence. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150016–150016. 31 indexed citations
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Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Marianne Sinka, Kirsten A. Duda, et al.. (2015). The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150035–150035. 274 indexed citations
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Brady, Oliver J., Nick Golding, David M. Pigott, et al.. (2014). Global temperature constraints on Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus persistence and competence for dengue virus transmission. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 338–338. 275 indexed citations
15.
Battle, Katherine E., Markku Karhunen, Samir Bhatt, et al.. (2014). Geographical variation in Plasmodium vivax relapse. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 144–144. 186 indexed citations
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Messina, Jane P., Oliver J. Brady, Thomas W. Scott, et al.. (2014). Global spread of dengue virus types: mapping the 70 year history. Trends in Microbiology. 22(3). 138–146. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Messina, Jane P., Oliver J. Brady, David M. Pigott, et al.. (2014). Global dengue occurrence database: 1960-2012. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Steve M., Jane P. Messina, Jonathan J. Juliano, et al.. (2011). Molecular Malaria Epidemiology: Mapping and Burden Estimates for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16420–e16420. 61 indexed citations
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Carrel, Margaret, Verónica Escamilla, Jane P. Messina, et al.. (2011). Diarrheal disease risk in rural Bangladesh decreases as tubewell density increases: a zero-inflated and geographically weighted analysis. International Journal of Health Geographics. 10(1). 41–41. 24 indexed citations
20.
Messina, Jane P., et al.. (2010). Spatial and socio-behavioral patterns of HIV prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Social Science & Medicine. 71(8). 1428–1435. 34 indexed citations

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