Laura Matrajt

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Laura Matrajt is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Matrajt has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 13 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Laura Matrajt's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (16 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers). Laura Matrajt is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (16 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers). Laura Matrajt collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. Laura Matrajt's co-authors include Tiffany Leung, Ira M. Longini, Julia Eaton, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Elizabeth R. Brown, Dennis L. Chao, Eben Kenah, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, Nicole E. Basta and Yang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Laura Matrajt

30 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Vaccine optimization for COVID-19: Who to vaccinate first?

2021 273 citations Laura Matrajt, Julia Eaton et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Matrajt United States	15	940	590	590	326	175	30	1.5k
Lander Willem Belgium	24	800 0.9×	654 1.1×	376 0.6×	291 0.9×	176 1.0×	73	1.7k
Ruian Ke United States	21	815 0.9×	393 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	196 0.6×	204 1.2×	55	2.3k
Giorgio Guzzetta Italy	24	576 0.6×	388 0.7×	726 1.2×	172 0.5×	399 2.3×	68	1.5k
Ethan Romero-Severson United States	18	624 0.7×	376 0.6×	964 1.6×	198 0.6×	167 1.0×	48	1.9k
Eunha Shim South Korea	27	1.0k 1.1×	486 0.8×	732 1.2×	357 1.1×	437 2.5×	63	2.0k
Marc Baguelin United Kingdom	27	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 2.3×	852 1.4×	364 1.1×	223 1.3×	69	2.3k
Su‐Vui Lo Hong Kong	16	1.1k 1.1×	834 1.4×	700 1.2×	136 0.4×	314 1.8×	24	2.1k
Jeanette J. Rainey United States	21	487 0.5×	572 1.0×	727 1.2×	463 1.4×	191 1.1×	60	2.0k
Xiangjun Du China	14	803 0.9×	563 1.0×	405 0.7×	106 0.3×	100 0.6×	54	1.6k
James Wood Australia	25	659 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	973 1.6×	328 1.0×	197 1.1×	108	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Matrajt

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lima, Pedro Nascimento de, Laura Matrajt, Gloria D. Coronado, Anne L. Escaron, & Carolyn M. Rutter. (2025). Cost-Effectiveness of Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Clinics. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2454938–e2454938. 5 indexed citations

Du, Zhanwei, Seyed M. Moghadas, Yuan Bai, et al.. (2025). Impact of RSVpreF vaccination on reducing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in infants and older adults. Nature Medicine. 31(2). 647–652. 6 indexed citations

Moore, Mia, et al.. (2025). Durability of COVID-19 vaccine and infection induced immunity: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Vaccine. 54. 126966–126966. 1 indexed citations

Issaka, Rachel B., Laura Matrajt, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, & Carolyn M. Rutter. (2025). Modeled Cost-Effectiveness of a Rideshare Program to Facilitate Colonoscopy Completion. JAMA Network Open. 8(9). e2530515–e2530515. 1 indexed citations

Stafford, Erin, Dobromir Dimitrov, Susan Brown Trinidad, & Laura Matrajt. (2024). Closing the Gap in Race-based Inequities for Seasonal Influenza Hospitalizations: A Modeling Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 81(3). 478–487. 2 indexed citations

Matrajt, Laura, et al.. (2024). Covid19Vaxplorer: A free, online, user-friendly COVID-19 vaccine allocation comparison tool. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e0002136–e0002136. 2 indexed citations

Dimitrov, Dobromir, Blythe Adamson, & Laura Matrajt. (2023). Evaluation of mpox vaccine dose-sparing strategies. PNAS Nexus. 2(5). pgad095–pgad095. 5 indexed citations

Leung, Tiffany, Julia Eaton, & Laura Matrajt. (2022). Optimizing one-dose and two-dose cholera vaccine allocation in outbreak settings: A modeling study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(4). e0010358–e0010358. 8 indexed citations

Matrajt, Laura, et al.. (2021). Quantifying the Impact of Lifting Community Nonpharmaceutical Interventions for COVID-19 During Vaccination Rollout in the United States. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(7). ofab341–ofab341. 4 indexed citations

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Swan, David A., Chloe Bracis, Holly Janes, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 vaccines that reduce symptoms but do not block infection need higher coverage and faster rollout to achieve population impact. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15531–15531. 69 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura, Julia Eaton, Tiffany Leung, et al.. (2021). Optimizing vaccine allocation for COVID-19 vaccines shows the potential role of single-dose vaccination. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3449–3449. 102 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura, Julia Eaton, Tiffany Leung, & Elizabeth R. Brown. (2021). Vaccine optimization for COVID-19: Who to vaccinate first?. Science Advances. 7(6). 273 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leung, Tiffany & Laura Matrajt. (2021). Protection afforded by previous Vibrio cholerae infection against subsequent disease and infection: A review. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009383–e0009383. 12 indexed citations

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Lee, Elizabeth C., Dennis L. Chao, Joseph C. Lemaitre, et al.. (2020). Achieving coordinated national immunity and cholera elimination in Haiti through vaccination: a modelling study. The Lancet Global Health. 8(8). e1081–e1089. 23 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura, M. Elizabeth Halloran, & Rustom Antia. (2019). Successes and Failures of the Live-attenuated Influenza Vaccine: Can We Do Better?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70(6). 1029–1037. 12 indexed citations

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Mayer, Bryan T., Laura Matrajt, Corey Casper, et al.. (2016). Dynamics of Persistent Oral Cytomegalovirus Shedding During Primary Infection in Ugandan Infants. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 214(11). 1735–1743. 20 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura, Tom Britton, M. Elizabeth Halloran, & Ira M. Longini. (2015). One versus two doses: What is the best use of vaccine in an influenza pandemic?. Epidemics. 13. 17–27. 15 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura, Patrick Younan, Hans‐Peter Kiem, & Joshua T. Schiffer. (2014). The Majority of CD4 ⁺ T-Cell Depletion during Acute Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus SHIV89.6P Infection Occurs in Uninfected Cells. Journal of Virology. 88(6). 3202–3212. 20 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura & Ira M. Longini. (2011). Critical immune and vaccination thresholds for determining multiple influenza epidemic waves. Epidemics. 4(1). 22–32. 15 indexed citations

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Matrajt, Laura & Ira M. Longini. (2010). Optimizing Vaccine Allocation at Different Points in Time during an Epidemic. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13767–e13767. 43 indexed citations

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