Nigel French

19.7k citations

381 papers · 12.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 58

Impact in

Equine top 0.01%
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
Small Animals top 0.02%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Papers in

Equine 38
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research 38
Endocrinology 48
- Escherichia coli research studies 38

Co-authors: C. J. PROUDMAN Kenton L. Morgan Robert Christley G. B. EDWARDS Richard Wall Christine J Nicol Michael G. Baker Jonathan C. Marshall
Journals: Epidemiology and Infection (29 papers)Equine Veterinary Journal (23 papers)Preventive Veterinary Medicine (21 papers)Veterinary Record (20 papers)New Zealand Veterinary Journal (19 papers)
Partner nations: New Zealand United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Nigel French

372 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Foodborne bacterial pathogens: genome-based approaches for enduring and emerging threats in a complex and changing world 2024 · 40 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.

2024 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2018 Veterinary Epidemiology

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nigel French, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Practitioner perspectives on informing decisions in One Health sectors with predictive models Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ·Kim M. Pepin, Keith M. Carlisle, Richard B. Chipman, Dana Cole, Dean P. Anderson, Michael G. Baker, Jackie Benschop, Michael Bunce, Rachelle N. Binny, Nigel French, Suzie Greenhalgh, Dion O’Neale, S McDougall, Fraser Morgan, Petra Muellner, Emil Murphy, Michael J. Plank, Daniel M. Tompkins, David T. S. Hayman	2025	0
2	Temporal reconstruction of a Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 outbreak in New Zealand Microbial Genomics ·Hugo Strydom, Jackie Wright, Collette Bromhead, David Welch, Ernest Williams, Kerry Mulqueen, Joep de Ligt, Patrick J. Biggs, Shevaun Paine, Sarah Jefferies, Nigel French	2025	0
3	Genomic and clinical characteristics of campylobacteriosis in Australia Microbial Genomics ·Danielle M. Cribb, Cameron Moffatt, Rhiannon L. Wallace, Angus McLure, Dieter Bulach, Amy V. Jennison, Nigel French, Mary Valcanis, Kathryn Glass, Martyn Kirk	2024	1
4	Lost in the Forest: Encoding categorical variables and the absent levels problem Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery ·Helen Smith, Patrick J. Biggs, Nigel French, Adam N. H. Smith, Jonathan C. Marshall	2024	3
5	A cross‐sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand's Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand ·Richard J. Siegert, Andrew X. Zhu, Xiaoyun Jia, Guanyu Jason Ran, Nigel French, David Johnston, Jun Lu, Liangni Sally Liu	2023	2
6	Tracing the international arrivals of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants after Aotearoa New Zealand reopened its border Nature Communications ·Jordan Douglas, David J. Winter, Andrea McNeill, Sam Carr, Michael Bunce, Nigel French, James Hadfield, Joep de Ligt, David Welch, Jemma L. Geoghegan	2022	17
7	Genomic epidemiology of Delta SARS-CoV-2 during transition from elimination to suppression in Aotearoa New Zealand Nature Communications ·Lauren Jelley, Jordan Douglas, Xiaoyun Ren, David J. Winter, Andrea McNeill, Q. Sue Huang, Nigel French, David Welch, James Hadfield, Joep de Ligt, Jemma L. Geoghegan	2022	14
8	COVID-19 vaccine strategies for Aotearoa New Zealand: a mathematical modelling study The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific ·Trung B. Nguyen, Mehnaz Adnan, Binh P. Nguyen, Joep de Ligt, Jemma L. Geoghegan, Richard A. Dean, Sarah Jefferies, Michael G. Baker, Winston K.G. Seah, Andrew Sporle, Nigel French, David R. Murdoch, David Welch, Colin R Simpson	2021	14
9	Use of antimicrobials for food animals in New Zealand: updated estimates to identify a baseline to measure targeted reductions New Zealand Veterinary Journal ·J.E. Hillerton, Mark Bryan, BH Beattie, Debbie Scott, Annie Millar, Nigel French	2021	5
10	Spread of Nontyphoidal Salmonella in the Beef Supply Chain in Northern Tanzania: Sensitivity in a Probabilistic Model Integrating Microbiological Data and Data from Stakeholder Interviews Risk Analysis ·Ruth N. Zadoks, Gary C. Barker, Jackie Benschop, Kathryn J. Allan, Gemma Chaters, Sarah Cleaveland, John A. Crump, Margaret A. Davis, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Gerard Prinsen, Kate M. Thomas, Linda Waldman, Nigel French	2021	2
11	Microbial diversity in water and animal faeces: a metagenomic analysis to assess public health risk New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Bernard J. Phiri, David T. S. Hayman, Patrick J. Biggs, Nigel French, Juan C. García–R	2020	6
12	Source attributed case-control study of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Robin Lake, Donald M. Campbell, S.C. Hathaway, Ellen Ashmore, Peter Cressey, Beverley Horn, Sarah Pirikahu, Jill Sherwood, Michael G. Baker, Phil Shoemack, Jackie Benschop, Jonathan C. Marshall, Anne C. Midwinter, David A. Wilkinson, Nigel French	2020	22
13	Investigating the Meat Pathway as a Source of Human Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bloodstream Infections and Diarrhea in East Africa Clinical Infectious Diseases ·John A. Crump, Kate M. Thomas, Jackie Benschop, Matthew A. Knox, David A. Wilkinson, Anne C. Midwinter, Peninah Munyua, John B. Ochieng, Godfrey Bigogo, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc‐Alain Widdowson, Gerard Prinsen, Sarah Cleaveland, Esron D. Karimuribo, Rudovick Kazwala, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Emmanuel S. Swai, Nigel French, Ruth N. Zadoks	2020	25
14	Inferring Ancestral Recombination Graphs from Bacterial Genomic Data Genetics ·Timothy G. Vaughan, David Welch, Alexei J. Drummond, Patrick J. Biggs, Tessy George, Nigel French	2016	30
15	Semi-automatic selection of summary statistics for ABC model choice Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology ·Dennis Prangle, Paul Fearnhead, Murray P. Cox, Patrick J. Biggs, Nigel French	2013	37
16	A new linear analytical SIR model for age-depentent susceptibility and occupation-depentent immune status Graham B. McBride, Nigel French	2006	1
17	Horse injuries and racing practices in National Hunt racehorses in the UK: the results of a prospective cohort study The Veterinary Journal ·Gina Pinchbeck, Peter Clegg, C. J. PROUDMAN, A. J. Stirk, Kenton L. Morgan, Nigel French	2003	67
18	Participatory Survey on Zoonotic Diseases Affecting Livestock Keeping Communities in Tanzania Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances ·Shirima, John L. Fitzpatrick, Sarah Cleaveland, D.M. Kambarage, R. R. Kazwala, J. Kunda, Nigel French	2003	21
19	Long‐term survival of equine surgical colic cases. Part 2: Modelling postoperative survival Equine Veterinary Journal ·C. J. PROUDMAN, J. E. Smith, G. B. EDWARDS, Nigel French	2002	82
20	Copper supplementation and bovine pregnancy rates: three types of supplementation compared in commercial dairy herds. D. H. Black, Nigel French	2000	4

About Nigel French

Nigel French is a scholar working on Equine, Endocrinology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Food Science and Parasitology, having authored 381 papers that have together received 12.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (126 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (80 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (60 papers), Veterinary Equine Medical Research (38 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (38 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (25 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Equine (2.2k citations), Small Animals (2.5k citations), Parasitology (1.7k citations), Endocrinology (1.2k citations) and Infectious Diseases (3.8k citations). Nigel French has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include C. J. PROUDMAN, Kenton L. Morgan, Robert Christley, G. B. EDWARDS, Richard Wall, Christine J Nicol, Michael G. Baker, Jonathan C. Marshall, Roger Bowers and Joanne Turner. Their work appears in journals such as Epidemiology and Infection, Equine Veterinary Journal, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Record and New Zealand Veterinary Journal.

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