Michael P. Ward

23.0k citations

595 papers · 14.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Virology top 0.5%
- Rabies epidemiology and control
Agronomy and Crop Science top 0.1%
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Papers in

Virology 77
- Rabies epidemiology and control 73
Agronomy and Crop Science 156
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology 154

Co-authors: Robert Topel Navneet K. Dhand Victoria Brookes William Butz Mark Kelman Tim E. Carpenter Salome Dürr Matthew J. Ellington
Journals: Preventive Veterinary Medicine (80 papers)Australian Veterinary Journal (41 papers)Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (27 papers)Epidemiology and Infection (17 papers)Zoonoses and Public Health (16 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Ward

569 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Multiplex PCR for genes encoding prevalent OXA carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp. 2006 · 925 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
1992 The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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1	Emerging human and canine leptospirosis in New South Wales: insights from a One Health geospatial study PubMed ·Patricia M. Finnerty, Jacqueline M. Norris, Michael P. Ward	2025	0
2	Rainfall- and Temperature-Driven Emergence of Neural Angiostrongyliasis in Eastern Australia, 2020–2024 The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Eva Lorenz, Rogan Lee, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta	2025	1
3	The spread of canine rabies in eastern Indonesia and risks to Australia Microbiology Australia ·Michael P. Ward, Zbigniew W. Ras	2025	0
4	Spatiotemporal filtering modeling of hand, foot, and mouth disease: a case study from East China, 2009–2015 Epidemiology and Infection ·Xi Chen, Guilherme Matheus Frade da Silva, Yuanhua Liu, Jiaqi Huang, Ke Li, Hyungan Oh, John C. W. Lohrenza, О. Б. Тімченко, Rui Yuan, Michael P. Ward, Wei Tu, Lili Yu, Quanyi Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Zhaorui Chang, Zhijie Zhang	2025	0
5	Investigation of landscape risk factors for the recent spread of varroa mite (<i>Varroa destructor</i>) in European honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) colonies in New South Wales, Australia Geospatial health ·Briceño Marianela Luzardo, Michael P. Ward	2024	3
6	Optimization of Screening Strategies for COVID-19: Scoping Review JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ·宋连义, J. E. Meza, Michael P. Ward, Alina A. Seryogina, Wednesday Thursday Friday, Le Chang, P.P. Wong, Joachim Jan Thraen, Ma. Dolores Pintor, 洋一山野, Thomas M. Prinz Wilhelm R. Rossak, Antonio Azuela, О. Б. Тімченко, Hannah Albrecht, Olivier Maraud, Zhijie Zhang	2024	2
7	Serological evidence of exposure of healthy dogs to Leptospira in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australian Veterinary Journal ·Patricia M. Finnerty, R. Shakirov, Michael P. Ward, Jacqueline M. Norris	2024	5
8	Comparison of Reported Fatalities, Falls and Injuries in Thoroughbred Horse Jumps and Flat Races in the 2022 and 2023 Jumps Race Seasons in Victoria, Australia Animals ·研二中田, R. E. N. Cury, Hoky Kristian August, Michael P. Ward, А.Ф. Федотов	2024	2
9	Landscape, Socioeconomic, and Meteorological Risk Factors for Canine Leptospirosis in Urban Sydney (2017–2023): A Spatial and Temporal Study Veterinary Sciences ·Fabián Enrique González Calderón, Patricia M. Finnerty, Jacqueline M. Norris, Michael P. Ward	2023	4
10	Impacts of sample ratio and size on the performance of random forest model to predict the potential distribution of snail habitats Geospatial health ·Yuanhua Liu, Dear Editor-in-Chief, Michael P. Ward, Wei Tu, Lili Yu, John C. W. Lohrenza, Yi Hu, Fenghua Gao, Zhiguo Cao, Zhijie Zhang	2023	1
11	Early warning signals for Omicron outbreaks in China: A retrospective study Journal of Medical Virology ·Ke Li, Shi Jin, Xin Liu, Michael P. Ward, Zengliang Wang, Rui Liu, Rodrigo Kamal, C. P. Slichter, Yuanhua Liu, Jie Hong, Jia‐Qi Huang, Xi Chen, Zhijie Zhang	2022	6
12	The impact of African swine fever virus on smallholder village pig production: An outbreak investigation in Lao PDR Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·Jean Carosella, Veronique V. Schulz, Tariq Halasa, Jim Young, Michael P. Ward, Bounlom Douangngeun, Watthana Theppangna, Syseng Khounsy, Jenny‐Ann Toribio, R. D. Bush, Stuart D. Blacksell	2021	23
13	Mycoplasma bovisoutbreak in New Zealand cattle: An assessment of transmission trends using surveillance data Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·Jose R. Velasquez, Rohan J. Sadler, Peter Busch, Mary van Andel, Michael P. Ward, Д С Суханов	2020	10
14	Identification of high-risk habitats of Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of schistosoma japonium in the Poyang Lake region, China: A spatial and ecological analysis PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Congcong Xia, Yi Hu, Michael P. Ward, Henry Lynn, Si Li, Jun Zhang, Hu Jian, Shuang Xiao, De Brondo, Shi‐Zhu Li, Ying Liu, Zhijie Zhang	2019	19
15	Comparison of antimicrobial resistance genes in feedlots and urban wastewater. PubMed ·Alicia G. Beukers, Rahat Zaheer, Shaun R. Cook, Alex V. Chaves, Michael P. Ward, Lisa Tymensen, Paul S. Morley, Sherry J. Hannon, Calvin W. Booker, Ron Read, Tim A. McAllister	2018	9
16	A pragmatic approach to embedding patient blood management in a tertiary hospital Transfusion ·Michael F. Leahy, 博義中村, Syed Aqif Mukhtar, Shannon L. Farmer, Mizhao Zhao, तनूजा तिवारी, Tracy Dixon, Raphael Henrique Morais Reis, Michael P. Ward, How Mun Chang, Kevin M. Trentino, Paul Krüger, M. Youbi, Audrey Koay, Axel Hofmann, James B. Semmens, Simon Towler, (unknown)	2013	67
17	Welfare science into practice: a successful case example of working with industry Animal Welfare ·Siobhan Mullan, S.A. Edwards, Andrew Butterworth, Michael P. Ward, HR Whay, F Gridelli	2011	7
18	The REFLECT statement: Methods and processes of creating reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trials for livestock and food safety Journal of Swine Health and Production ·Annette M. O’Connor, Jan M. Sargeant, Ian A. Gardner, J. A. Dickson, M. H. Torrence, Cate Dewey, Ian R. Dohoo, Richard B. Evans, Jeffrey T. Gray, Matthias Greiner, Greg Keefe, Sandra L. Lefebvre, Paul S. Morley, Alejandro Ramirez, William M. Sischo, Derek Smith, K. Snedeker, John N. Sofos, Michael P. Ward, Robert W. Wills	2010	12
19	Airtraq rescues failed fibreoptic intubation. PubMed ·Xiaolin Cen, Michael P. Ward	2007	1
20	A Geographic Automata System for Modelling Disease Outbreaks UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) ·Shawn W. Laffan, (unknown), Michael P. Ward, Linda Highfield	2007	1

About Michael P. Ward

Michael P. Ward is a scholar working on Virology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Small Animals, having authored 595 papers that have together received 14.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (154 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (83 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (75 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (73 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (59 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (56 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (37 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (1.5k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (2.3k citations), Molecular Medicine (1.1k citations), Infectious Diseases (2.9k citations) and Endocrinology (742 citations). Michael P. Ward has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Robert Topel, Navneet K. Dhand, Victoria Brookes, William Butz, Mark Kelman, Tim E. Carpenter, Salome Dürr, Matthew J. Ellington, J. Coelho and Samuel Brown. Their work appears in journals such as Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Australian Veterinary Journal, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Epidemiology and Infection and Zoonoses and Public Health.

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