Lone Simonsen

27.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
194 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Lone Simonsen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Lone Simonsen has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Epidemiology, 92 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 56 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Lone Simonsen's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (117 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (92 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (49 papers). Lone Simonsen is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (117 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (92 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (49 papers). Lone Simonsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Lone Simonsen's co-authors include Cécile Viboud, Mark A. Miller, Robert J. Taylor, Gerardo Chowell, Karen Goodwin, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Keiji Fukuda, Bryan T. Grenfell, Nancy J. Cox and Thomas A. Reichert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lone Simonsen

191 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Antibody response to infl... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2005 2020 2001 2006 1998 250 500 750
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. Antibody response to influenza vaccination in the elderly: A quantitative review
    2005 815 citations Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen et al. Vaccine profile →
  2. Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics
    2020 814 citations Lone Simonsen et al. profile →
  3. The Japanese Experience with Vaccinating Schoolchildren against Influenza
    2001 639 citations W. Paul Glezen, Lone Simonsen et al. profile →
  4. Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza
    2006 637 citations Cécile Viboud, Ottar N. Bjørnstad et al. Science profile →
  5. Impact of Influenza on Acute Cardiopulmonary Hospitalizations in Pregnant Women
    1998 547 citations Lone Simonsen et al. profile →
  6. Pandemic versus Epidemic Influenza Mortality: A Pattern of Changing Age Distribution
    1998 527 citations Lone Simonsen et al. profile →
  7. Global Trends in Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs
    2001 519 citations Lone Simonsen et al. profile →
  8. Global mortality associated with seasonal influenza epidemics: New burden estimates and predictors from the GLaMOR Project
    2019 439 citations Vivek Charu, Robert J. Taylor et al. profile →
  9. Global Mortality Estimates for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic from the GLaMOR Project: A Modeling Study
    2013 319 citations Lone Simonsen, Roger Lustig et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lone Simonsen 11.5k 5.4k 5.0k 1.6k 1.5k 194 18.1k
Arnold S. Monto 14.6k 1.3× 5.4k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 914 0.6× 328 19.2k
Cécile Viboud 14.1k 1.2× 7.7k 1.4× 10.7k 2.1× 1.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 281 26.8k
Hongjie Yu 4.7k 0.4× 5.7k 1.1× 5.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 436 16.3k
David K. Shay 14.5k 1.3× 5.2k 1.0× 2.0k 0.4× 2.8k 1.7× 838 0.6× 179 19.1k
Ira M. Longini 8.2k 0.7× 6.5k 1.2× 10.0k 2.0× 2.0k 1.2× 3.4k 2.3× 215 19.5k
Benjamin J. Cowling 10.7k 0.9× 10.1k 1.9× 9.1k 1.8× 2.4k 1.5× 1.7k 1.2× 711 29.5k
W. Thompson 11.3k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.3× 2.3k 1.4× 832 0.6× 161 17.1k
Alicia M. Fry 12.6k 1.1× 4.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 782 0.5× 250 16.9k
Nick Andrews 12.0k 1.0× 5.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 3.4k 2.1× 1.1k 0.7× 401 19.5k
Timothy M. Uyeki 12.1k 1.1× 6.8k 1.3× 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 235 17.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lone Simonsen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hansen, C., Cécile Viboud, & Lone Simonsen. (2024). Disentangling the relationship between cancer mortality and COVID-19 in the US. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Newall, Anthony T., David Muscatello, David Boettiger, et al.. (2024). The association between influenza vaccination uptake and influenza and pneumonia-associated deaths in the United States. Vaccine. 42(8). 2044–2050. 5 indexed citations
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Mølbak, Kåre, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Samir Bhatt, et al.. (2024). Severity of respiratory tract infections depends on the infectious dose. Perspectives for the next pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1391719–1391719. 2 indexed citations
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Hansen, C., Cécile Viboud, & Lone Simonsen. (2024). Disentangling the relationship between cancer mortality and COVID-19 in the US. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Park, Sang Woo, Daniel M. Weinberger, Donald R. Olson, et al.. (2023). Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022. eLife. 12. 36 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Bjarke Frost, Kim Sneppen, & Lone Simonsen. (2023). The counterintuitive implications of superspreading diseases. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6954–6954. 2 indexed citations
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Sneppen, Kim, Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Robert J. Taylor, & Lone Simonsen. (2021). Overdispersion in COVID-19 increases the effectiveness of limiting nonrepetitive contacts for transmission control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 64 indexed citations
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Olson, Donald R., Benjamin A. Lopman, Kevin Konty, et al.. (2020). Surveillance data confirm multiyear predictions of rotavirus dynamics in New York City. Science Advances. 6(9). eaax0586–eaax0586. 8 indexed citations
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Shioda, Kayoko, Cynthia Schuck‐Paim, Robert J. Taylor, et al.. (2018). Challenges in Estimating the Impact of Vaccination with Sparse Data. Epidemiology. 30(1). 61–68. 16 indexed citations
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Colón‐Ramos, Uriyoán, et al.. (2016). Transnational Mortality Comparisons Between Archipelago and Mainland Puerto Ricans. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 19(5). 1009–1017. 15 indexed citations
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Cleaton, Julie M., Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, A. Magdalena Hurtado, & Gerardo Chowell. (2015). Characterizing Ebola Transmission Patterns Based on Internet News Reports. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 62(1). 24–31. 28 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Patricia C., Larissa May, Daniel A. Hoffman, Richard K. Riegelman, & Lone Simonsen. (2014). The effect of birth-month on the risk of RSV hospitalization in the first year of life in the United States. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Charu, Vivek, Lone Simonsen, Roger Lustig, Claudia Steiner, & Cécile Viboud. (2013). Mortality burden of the 2009‐10 influenza pandemic in the United States: improving the timeliness of influenza severity estimates using inpatient mortality records. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(5). 863–871. 31 indexed citations
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Chowell, Gerardo, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, et al.. (2012). The 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(1). 48–56. 29 indexed citations
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Chowell, Gerardo, Santiago Echevarría‐Zuno, Cécile Viboud, et al.. (2011). Characterizing the Epidemiology of the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic in Mexico. PLoS Medicine. 8(5). e1000436–e1000436. 193 indexed citations
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Hernández, Jaime E., J. Grainger, Lone Simonsen, et al.. (2011). Impact of the 2009/2010 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on trends in influenza hospitalization, diagnostic testing, and treatment. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 6(5). 305–308. 8 indexed citations
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Miller, Megge, et al.. (2009). Mortality and morbidity burden associated with A/H1N1pdm influenza virus.. PLoS Currents. 1. 14 indexed citations
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Nelson, Martha I., Lone Simonsen, Cécile Viboud, Mark A. Miller, & Edward C. Holmes. (2009). The origin and global emergence of adamantane resistant A/H3N2 influenza viruses. Virology. 388(2). 270–278. 82 indexed citations
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Viboud, Cécile, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, David L. Smith, et al.. (2006). Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza. Science. 312(5772). 447–451. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Glezen, W. Paul & Lone Simonsen. (2005). Commentary: Benefits of influenza vaccine in US elderly—new studies raise questions. International Journal of Epidemiology. 35(2). 352–353. 26 indexed citations

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