Kiesha Prem

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kiesha Prem is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiesha Prem has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Epidemiology, 20 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Kiesha Prem's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (12 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 papers). Kiesha Prem is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (12 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 papers). Kiesha Prem collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and United States. Kiesha Prem's co-authors include Mark Jit, Alex R. Cook, Petra Klepac, Kevin van Zandvoort, Amy Gimma, Christopher I Jarvis, W. John Edmunds, G. James Rubin, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo and Siyan Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kiesha Prem

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Projecting social contact... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data
    2017 502 citations Kiesha Prem, Alex R. Cook et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →
  2. Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK
    2020 415 citations Christopher I Jarvis, Kevin van Zandvoort et al. BMC Medicine profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kiesha Prem 939 570 526 320 264 48 1.6k
Kevin van Zandvoort 946 1.0× 634 1.1× 310 0.6× 364 1.1× 253 1.0× 34 1.6k
Affan Shoukat 885 0.9× 832 1.5× 336 0.6× 302 0.9× 282 1.1× 31 1.8k
Sheikh Taslim Ali 1.3k 1.4× 890 1.6× 633 1.2× 381 1.2× 181 0.7× 46 2.1k
Chad R. Wells 865 0.9× 751 1.3× 254 0.5× 288 0.9× 253 1.0× 36 1.7k
Qianhui Wu 906 1.0× 1.0k 1.8× 286 0.5× 285 0.9× 443 1.7× 29 1.9k
Xiangjun Du 803 0.9× 405 0.7× 563 1.1× 294 0.9× 106 0.4× 54 1.6k
Jessica Floyd 848 0.9× 310 0.5× 294 0.6× 367 1.1× 129 0.5× 10 1.4k
Juliette Paireau 853 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 485 0.9× 242 0.8× 230 0.9× 46 2.1k
Xingjie Hao 833 0.9× 587 1.0× 252 0.5× 319 1.0× 118 0.4× 55 1.8k
Lincoln Lau 554 0.6× 419 0.7× 811 1.5× 150 0.5× 138 0.5× 43 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kiesha Prem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kiesha Prem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kiesha Prem. 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 Kiesha Prem. The network helps show where Kiesha Prem may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kiesha Prem

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

All Works

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Endo, Akira, et al.. (2025). Is Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific ready for potential monkeypox virus outbreaks?. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 57. 101526–101526.
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Tuot, Sovannary, Michiko Hayashi, Pheak Chhoun, et al.. (2023). What are the determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence among stable people living with HIV? A cross-sectional study in Cambodia. AIDS Research and Therapy. 20(1). 47–47. 9 indexed citations
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Prem, Kiesha, Yoon Hong Choi, Élodie Bénard, et al.. (2023). Global impact and cost-effectiveness of one-dose versus two-dose human papillomavirus vaccination schedules: a comparative modelling analysis. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 313–313. 30 indexed citations
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Teo, Alvin Kuo Jing, Fukushi Morishita, Tauhid Islam, et al.. (2023). Tuberculosis in older adults: challenges and best practices in the Western Pacific Region. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 36. 100770–100770. 20 indexed citations
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Gimma, Amy, James D Munday, Kerry LM Wong, et al.. (2022). Changes in social contacts in England during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 as measured by the CoMix survey: A repeated cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine. 19(3). e1003907–e1003907. 74 indexed citations
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Pham, Quang Duy, Kiesha Prem, Lê Anh Tuấn, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and risk factors for human papillomavirus infection among female sex workers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: a cross-sectional study. Western Pacific surveillance response journal. 13(4). 1–11. 3 indexed citations
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Prem, Kiesha, Kevin van Zandvoort, Petra Klepac, et al.. (2021). Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions: An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(7). e1009098–e1009098. 122 indexed citations
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Wu, Joseph T., Shujiang Mei, Sihui Luo, et al.. (2021). A global assessment of the impact of school closure in reducing COVID-19 spread. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 380(2214). 20210124–20210124. 18 indexed citations
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Crellen, Thomas, Li Pi, Emma L. Davis, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 with waning immunity in the UK population. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1829). 20200274–20200274. 26 indexed citations
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Teo, Alvin Kuo Jing, Shweta Singh, Kiesha Prem, Li Yang Hsu, & Siyan Yi. (2021). Duration and determinants of delayed tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in high-burden countries: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory Research. 22(1). 251–251. 51 indexed citations
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Prem, Kiesha, Yang Liu, Timothy Russell, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Control Strategies that Reduce Social Mixing on Outcomes of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Wuhan, China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Jarvis, Christopher I, Kevin van Zandvoort, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 124–124. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prem, Kiesha, et al.. (2019). Inferring who-infected-whom-where in the 2016 Zika outbreak in Singapore—a spatio-temporal model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(155). 20180604–20180604. 11 indexed citations
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Prem, Kiesha, Alex R. Cook, & Mark Jit. (2017). Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(9). e1005697–e1005697. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yu, Jin Su, Rob M. van Dam, et al.. (2016). Dietary predictors and plasma concentrations of perfluorinated alkyl acids in a Singapore population. Chemosphere. 171. 617–624. 33 indexed citations

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