Jantien A. Backer

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jantien A. Backer is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jantien A. Backer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 19 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Jantien A. Backer's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (22 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (19 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers). Jantien A. Backer is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (22 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (19 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers). Jantien A. Backer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Belgium. Jantien A. Backer's co-authors include Jacco Wallinga, Don Klinkenberg, H.J.W. van Roermund, G. Nodelijk, Thomas J. Hagenaars, W.L.A. Loeffen, Eefke Weesendorp, Arjan Stegeman, Susan van den Hof and M.C.M. de Jong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Jantien A. Backer

54 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20–28 January 2020

2020 992 citations Jantien A. Backer, Don Klinkenberg et al. Eurosurveillance profile →
Estimated incubation period for monkeypox cases confirmed in the Netherlands, May 2022

2022 142 citations Fuminari Miura, Catharina E van Ewijk et al. Eurosurveillance profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jantien A. Backer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jantien A. Backer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jantien A. Backer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jantien A. Backer 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 Jantien A. Backer. Jantien A. Backer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estimating social contact rates for the COVID-19 pandemic using Google mobility and pre-pandemic contact surveys 2025 ·Epidemics ·(unknown), Pietro Coletti, Jantien A. Backer, Nicholas G. Davies, W. John Edmunds, Christopher I Jarvis	1
2	Estimation of the infection attack rate of mumps in an outbreak among college students using paired serology 2024 ·Epidemics ·Michiel van Boven, Jantien A. Backer, Irene Veldhuijzen, (unknown), Rob van Binnendijk, Patricia Kaaijk	0
3	Social contact patterns following the COVID-19 pandemic: a snapshot of post-pandemic behaviour from the CoMix study 2024 ·Epidemics ·Christopher I Jarvis, (unknown), Jantien A. Backer, (unknown), Christel Faes, Philippe Beutels, Christian L. Althaus, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	7
4	Inferring the differences in incubation-period and generation-interval distributions of the Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sang Woo Park, Kaiyuan Sun, Sam Abbott, Ron Sender, Yinon M. Bar‐On, Joshua S. Weitz, Sebastian Funk, Bryan T. Grenfell, Jantien A. Backer, Jacco Wallinga, Cécile Viboud, Jonathan Dushoff	22
5	Empirical evidence of transmission over a school-household network for SARS-CoV-2; exploration of transmission pairs stratified by primary and secondary school 2023 ·Epidemics ·(unknown), Jantien A. Backer, Rolina D. van Gaalen, Stijn P. Andeweg, James D Munday, Jacco Wallinga, Albert Jan van Hoek	2
6	Contact patterns of older adults with and without frailty in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 ·BMC Public Health ·Jantien A. Backer, Jan van de Kassteele, (unknown), Niel Hens, Jacco Wallinga	2
7	A scenario modelling analysis to anticipate the impact of COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents and children on disease outcomes in the Netherlands, summer 2021 2022 ·Eurosurveillance ·Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Jantien A. Backer, Pieter T. de Boer, Albert Jan van Hoek, Don Klinkenberg, Hester Korthals Altes, (unknown), Hester E. de Melker, Fuminari Miura, Jacco Wallinga	8
8	Estimated incubation period for monkeypox cases confirmed in the Netherlands, May 2022 breakdown → 2022 ·Eurosurveillance ·Fuminari Miura, Catharina E van Ewijk, Jantien A. Backer, Maria Xiridou, Eelco Franz, Eline Op de Coul, Diederik Brandwagt, (unknown), Gini van Rijckevorsel, Corien Swaan, Susan van den Hof, Jacco Wallinga	142
9	Associations Between Measures of Social Distancing and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seropositivity: A Nationwide Population-based Study in the Netherlands 2021 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Eric R. A. Vos, Michiel van Boven, Gerco den Hartog, Jantien A. Backer, Don Klinkenberg, (unknown), Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Robert S. van Binnendijk, Liesbeth Mollema, Fiona van der Klis, Hester E. de Melker	25
10	Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts during dominance of Delta variant (B.1.617.2), the Netherlands, August to September 2021 2021 ·Eurosurveillance ·Brechje de Gier, Stijn P. Andeweg, Jantien A. Backer, (unknown), Susan Hahné, Susan van den Hof, Hester E. de Melker, Mirjam J. Knol	52
11	SOCRATES-CoMix: a platform for timely and open-source contact mixing data during and in between COVID-19 surges and interventions in over 20 European countries 2021 ·BMC Medicine ·Frederik Verelst, (unknown), Sarah Vercruysse, Amy Gimma, Pietro Coletti, Jantien A. Backer, Kerry LM Wong, James Wambua, Kevin van Zandvoort, Lander Willem, (unknown), Christel Faes, Christopher I Jarvis, Jacco Wallinga, W. John Edmunds, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens	43
12	Impact of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 on contacts and mixing patterns: repeated cross-sectional surveys, the Netherlands, 2016–17, April 2020 and June 2020 2021 ·Eurosurveillance ·Jantien A. Backer, Liesbeth Mollema, Eric R. A. Vos, Don Klinkenberg, Fiona van der Klis, Hester E. de Melker, Susan van den Hof, Jacco Wallinga	56
13	Vaccinating children against influenza: overall cost-effective with potential for undesirable outcomes 2020 ·BMC Medicine ·Pieter T. de Boer, Jantien A. Backer, Albert Jan van Hoek, Jacco Wallinga	10
14	The impact of influenza vaccination on infection, hospitalisation and mortality in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2015 2018 ·Epidemics ·Jantien A. Backer, Jacco Wallinga, Adam Meijer, Gé Donker, Wim van der Hoek, Michiel van Boven	20
15	Simultaneous inference of phylogenetic and transmission trees in infectious disease outbreaks 2017 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Don Klinkenberg, Jantien A. Backer, Xavier Didelot, Caroline Colijn, Jacco Wallinga	76
16	Ensemble modelling and structured decision-making to support Emergency Disease Management 2017 ·Preventive Veterinary Medicine ·Colleen T. Webb, Matthew J. Ferrari, Tom Lindström, Tim E. Carpenter, Salome Dürr, Graeme Garner, Chris Jewell, Mark A. Stevenson, Michael P. Ward, Marleen Werkman, Jantien A. Backer, Michael J. Tildesley	30
17	Controlling highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks: An epidemiological and economic model analysis 2015 ·Preventive Veterinary Medicine ·Jantien A. Backer, H.J.W. van Roermund, Egil A.J. Fischer, M.A.P.M. van Asseldonk, R.H.M. Bergevoet	26
18	Transmission rate of African swine fever virus under experimental conditions 2013 ·Veterinary Microbiology ·Helena Cardoso de Carvalho Ferreira, Jantien A. Backer, Eefke Weesendorp, Don Klinkenberg, Arjan Stegeman, W.L.A. Loeffen	78
19	Using mortality data for early detection of Classical Swine Fever in The Netherlands 2010 ·Preventive Veterinary Medicine ·Jantien A. Backer, (unknown), G. van Schaik, H.J.W. van Roermund	21
20	Vaccination against Foot-and-Mouth Disease : differentiating strategies and their epidemiological and economic consequences 2009 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Jantien A. Backer, R.H.M. Bergevoet, (unknown), N. Bondt, G. Nodelijk, C.P.A. van Wagenberg, H.J.W. van Roermund	14

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