Kara Durski

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 792 citations indexed

About

Kara Durski is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kara Durski has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 792 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kara Durski's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (6 papers), Leptospirosis research and findings (3 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers). Kara Durski is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (6 papers), Leptospirosis research and findings (3 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers). Kara Durski collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Pakistan. Kara Durski's co-authors include Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Inger K. Damon, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Asheena Khalakdina, Andrea M. McCollum, Sylvie Briand, Brett W. Petersen, Mary G. Reynolds, Victoria A. Olson and Eric Bertherat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Kara Durski

14 papers receiving 761 citations

Hit Papers

Emergence of Monkeypox — West and Central Africa, 1970–2017 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Emergence of Monkeypox — West and Central Africa, 1970–2017
    2018 353 citations Kara Durski, Andrea M. McCollum et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kara Durski Switzerland 9 339 333 281 273 146 14 792
Jean‐Jacques Muyembe Tamfum Democratic Republic of the Congo 15 401 1.2× 528 1.6× 373 1.3× 261 1.0× 29 0.2× 29 1.0k
Nicole A. Hoff United States 17 217 0.6× 323 1.0× 168 0.6× 269 1.0× 19 0.1× 66 788
Aurora Fernández-García Spain 20 298 0.9× 458 1.4× 108 0.4× 415 1.5× 726 5.0× 65 1.3k
Irina Maljkovic Berry United States 18 191 0.6× 178 0.5× 167 0.6× 555 2.0× 34 0.2× 44 978
Placide Mbala Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 293 0.9× 305 0.9× 410 1.5× 246 0.9× 9 0.1× 28 838
Alexandra Newman United States 11 186 0.5× 290 0.9× 140 0.5× 295 1.1× 25 0.2× 23 602
Nina Marano United States 17 89 0.3× 206 0.6× 244 0.9× 601 2.2× 198 1.4× 32 1.0k
Shoukat H. Qari United States 19 440 1.3× 264 0.8× 148 0.5× 447 1.6× 192 1.3× 29 1.3k
Jane Greatorex United Kingdom 16 201 0.6× 147 0.4× 287 1.0× 279 1.0× 18 0.1× 28 707
Maherisoa Ratsitorahina Madagascar 14 82 0.2× 206 0.6× 70 0.2× 198 0.7× 114 0.8× 34 718

Countries citing papers authored by Kara Durski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kara Durski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kara Durski

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Durski, Kara, Dhamari Naidoo, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, et al.. (2020). Design thinking during a health emergency: building a national data collection and reporting system. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1896–1896. 8 indexed citations
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Durski, Kara, Michael T. Osterholm, Suman Majumdar, et al.. (2020). Shifting the paradigm: using disease outbreaks to build resilient health systems. BMJ Global Health. 5(5). e002499–e002499. 20 indexed citations
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Polonsky, Jonathan A., Amrish Baidjoe, Zhian N. Kamvar, et al.. (2019). Outbreak analytics: a developing data science for informing the response to emerging pathogens. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1776). 20180276–20180276. 105 indexed citations
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Durski, Kara, Andrea M. McCollum, Yoshinori Nakazawa, et al.. (2018). Emergence of Monkeypox — West and Central Africa, 1970–2017. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 67(10). 306–310. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dobigny, Gauthier, Philippe Gauthier, Armelle Choplin, et al.. (2018). Leptospirosis and Extensive Urbanization in West Africa: A Neglected and Underestimated Threat?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 29–29. 9 indexed citations
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Boon, Saskia den, Barbara J. Marston, Tolbert Nyenswah, et al.. (2018). Ebola Virus Infection Associated with Transmission from Survivors. Emerging infectious diseases. 25(2). 249–255. 36 indexed citations
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Abad, Neetu, Archchun Ariyarajah, Matthew Hogben, et al.. (2017). Development of risk reduction behavioral counseling for Ebola virus disease survivors enrolled in the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study, 2015-2016. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(9). e0005827–e0005827. 6 indexed citations
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Durski, Kara, et al.. (2016). An outbreak investigation of congenital rubella syndrome in Solomon Islands, 2013. Western Pacific surveillance response journal. 7(1). 10–13. 7 indexed citations
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Brosseau, Lisa M., et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Minnesota and Illinois Hospital Respiratory Protection Programs and Health Care Worker Respirator Use. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 12(1). 1–15. 16 indexed citations
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Durski, Kara, et al.. (2014). A Global, Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Sectorial Initiative to Combat Leptospirosis: Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11(6). 6000–6008. 24 indexed citations
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Nogareda, Francisco, et al.. (2014). Establishing an early warning alert and response network following the Solomon Islands tsunami in 2013. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 92(11). 844–848. 3 indexed citations
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Picardeau, Mathieu, Eric Bertherat, Michel Jancloes, et al.. (2013). Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: Current tools and emerging technologies. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 78(1). 1–8. 127 indexed citations
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Durski, Kara, Karen M. Kuntz, Kosuke Yasukawa, et al.. (2013). Cost-Effective Diagnostic Checklists for Meningitis in Resource-Limited Settings. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 63(3). e101–e108. 75 indexed citations
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Nogareda, Francisco, Kara Durski, John Aaskov, et al.. (2013). Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013. Western Pacific surveillance response journal. 4(3). 28–32. 3 indexed citations

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