Ken Eames

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ken Eames is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Eames has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Ken Eames's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (29 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (17 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (10 papers). Ken Eames is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (29 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (17 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (10 papers). Ken Eames collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Ken Eames's co-authors include Matt J. Keeling, DL Heymann, P E Fine, W. John Edmunds, Jonathan M. Read, Natasha L. Tilston‐Lunel, Ellen Brooks‐Pollock, Shweta Bansal, Dominic Thorrington and Sebastian Funk and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ken Eames

43 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Networks and epidemic models

2005 1.2k citations Matt J. Keeling, Ken Eames Journal of The Royal Society Interface profile →
"Herd Immunity": A Rough Guide

2011 804 citations P E Fine, Ken Eames et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Eames United Kingdom	28	2.2k	1.4k	1.2k	997	824	44	4.6k
Sebastian Funk United Kingdom	35	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	981 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	117	5.3k
Marcel Salathé Switzerland	33	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	984 0.9×	920 0.9×	385 0.5×	85	7.8k
Shweta Bansal United States	30	1.5k 0.7×	763 0.6×	570 0.5×	942 0.9×	733 0.9×	118	3.9k
Chris T. Bauch Canada	44	3.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	169	7.1k
David J. D. Earn Canada	40	3.4k 1.6×	2.0k 1.5×	483 0.4×	2.2k 2.2×	1.4k 1.7×	104	7.7k
Lin Wang China	39	2.0k 0.9×	888 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	238	6.5k
Lauren Ancel Meyers United States	48	3.8k 1.8×	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	2.1k 2.6×	162	9.7k
Jonathan M. Read United Kingdom	28	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	336 0.3×	485 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	93	3.4k
Thomas House United Kingdom	30	1.3k 0.6×	625 0.5×	534 0.5×	522 0.5×	980 1.2×	98	2.9k
Erik Volz United States	31	834 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	832 0.7×	745 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	71	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Eames

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Eames, Ken, Maria Tang, Edward M. Hill, et al.. (2022). Coughs, colds and “freshers’ flu” survey in the University of Cambridge, 2007–2008. Epidemics. 42. 100659–100659. 1 indexed citations

Kucharski, Adam J., et al.. (2018). Structure and consistency of self-reported social contact networks in British secondary schools. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200090–e0200090. 7 indexed citations

Thorrington, Dominic, Mark Jit, & Ken Eames. (2015). Targeted vaccination in healthy school children – Can primary school vaccination alone control influenza?. Vaccine. 33(41). 5415–5424. 11 indexed citations

Kucharski, Adam J., Andrew J. K. Conlan, & Ken Eames. (2015). School’s Out: Seasonal Variation in the Movement Patterns of School Children. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128070–e0128070. 12 indexed citations

Thorrington, Dominic, Mary Ramsay, Albert Jan van Hoek, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Measles on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Patient-Based Survey. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e105153–e105153. 22 indexed citations

Bajardi, Paolo, Daniela Paolotti, Alessandro Vespignani, et al.. (2014). Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114925–e114925. 34 indexed citations

Adler, Alma J, Ken Eames, Sebastian Funk, & W. John Edmunds. (2014). Incidence and risk factors for influenza-like-illness in the UK: online surveillance using Flusurvey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 14(1). 232–232. 56 indexed citations

Riley, Steven, Ken Eames, Valerie Isham, Denis Mollison, & Pieter Trapman. (2014). Five challenges for spatial epidemic models. Epidemics. 10. 68–71. 113 indexed citations

Paolotti, Daniela, AnnaSara Carnahan, Vittoria Colizza, et al.. (2013). Web-based participatory surveillance of infectious diseases: the Influenzanet participatory surveillance experience. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(1). 17–21. 120 indexed citations

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House, Thomas, Marc Baguelin, Albert Jan van Hoek, et al.. (2011). Modelling the impact of local reactive school closures on critical care provision during an influenza pandemic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1719). 2753–2760. 47 indexed citations

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Drewe, Julian Ashley, Ken Eames, Joah R. Madden, & GR Pearce. (2011). Integrating contact network structure into tuberculosis epidemiology in meerkats in South Africa: Implications for control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 101(1-2). 113–120. 42 indexed citations

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Brooks‐Pollock, Ellen, Natasha L. Tilston‐Lunel, W. John Edmunds, & Ken Eames. (2011). Using an online survey of healthcare-seeking behaviour to estimate the magnitude and severity of the 2009 H1N1v influenza epidemic in England. BMC Infectious Diseases. 11(1). 68–68. 76 indexed citations

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Fine, P E, Ken Eames, & DL Heymann. (2011). "Herd Immunity": A Rough Guide. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(7). 911–916. 804 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eames, Ken, Ellen Brooks‐Pollock, Daniela Paolotti, et al.. (2011). Rapid assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness: analysis of an internet-based cohort. Epidemiology and Infection. 140(7). 1309–1315. 26 indexed citations

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Tilston‐Lunel, Natasha L., et al.. (2010). Internet-based surveillance of Influenza-like-illness in the UK during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 650–650. 60 indexed citations

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Eames, Ken, et al.. (2010). Assessing the role of contact tracing in a suspected H7N2 influenza A outbreak in humans in Wales. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10(1). 141–141. 34 indexed citations

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Eames, Ken, Jonathan M. Read, & W. John Edmunds. (2008). Epidemic prediction and control in weighted networks. Epidemics. 1(1). 70–76. 51 indexed citations

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Eames, Ken. (2006). Contact tracing strategies in heterogeneous populations. Epidemiology and Infection. 135(3). 443–454. 33 indexed citations

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Eames, Ken & Matt J. Keeling. (2006). Coexistence and Specialization of Pathogen Strains on Contact Networks. The American Naturalist. 168(2). 230–241. 15 indexed citations

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Keeling, Matt J. & Ken Eames. (2005). Networks and epidemic models. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 2(4). 295–307. 1215 indexed citations breakdown →

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