Olaf Horstick

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Olaf Horstick is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Horstick has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Olaf Horstick's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (41 papers), Malaria Research and Control (23 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Olaf Horstick is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (41 papers), Malaria Research and Control (23 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Olaf Horstick collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Olaf Horstick's co-authors include Annelies Wilder‐Smith, Silvia Runge‐Ranzinger, Axel Kroeger, Bridget Wills, Eng Eong Ooi, Audrey Lenhart, Volker Winkler, Raman Velayudhan, Ekpereonne Esu and Lucy Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Horstick

69 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Dengue 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Dengue
    2019 449 citations Annelies Wilder‐Smith, Eng Eong Ooi et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit—A systematic review
    2021 159 citations Antonios Kolimenakis, Volker Winkler et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olaf Horstick Germany 29 2.0k 1.0k 421 322 311 72 2.6k
Freya M. Shearer Australia 18 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 194 0.5× 244 0.8× 483 1.6× 52 2.7k
Kacey C. Ernst United States 26 1.5k 0.7× 773 0.8× 294 0.7× 154 0.5× 279 0.9× 123 2.6k
Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto Brazil 35 2.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 195 0.5× 195 0.6× 280 0.9× 184 3.1k
Giovanini Evelim Coelho Brazil 25 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 195 0.5× 267 0.8× 329 1.1× 47 2.2k
Peter Winskill United Kingdom 22 796 0.4× 892 0.9× 114 0.3× 163 0.5× 401 1.3× 53 2.1k
Seydou Doumbia Mali 28 1.7k 0.8× 560 0.6× 99 0.2× 341 1.1× 134 0.4× 188 3.1k
Iqbal Elyazar Indonesia 28 3.1k 1.5× 659 0.6× 165 0.4× 179 0.6× 209 0.7× 63 3.9k
Lin H. Chen United States 29 2.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 182 0.4× 94 0.3× 256 0.8× 130 3.0k
Jeffrey Hii Australia 25 1.9k 0.9× 539 0.5× 119 0.3× 289 0.9× 231 0.7× 82 2.7k
Guilherme S. Ribeiro Brazil 29 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.5× 157 0.4× 235 0.7× 168 0.5× 89 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Olaf Horstick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olaf Horstick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Horstick

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Winkler, Volker, Stephan Brenner, Andreas Deckert, et al.. (2025). The economic burden of lung cancer in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review. Archives of Public Health. 83(1). 243–243.
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Louis, Valérie R., et al.. (2023). Interventions against Aedes/dengue at the household level: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EBioMedicine. 93. 104660–104660. 11 indexed citations
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Horstick, Olaf, et al.. (2023). The global economic burden of health anxiety/hypochondriasis- a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2237–2237. 7 indexed citations
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Dambach, Peter, Andreas Deckert, Olaf Horstick, et al.. (2023). Secondary vectors of Zika Virus, a systematic review of laboratory vector competence studies. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(8). e0011591–e0011591. 6 indexed citations
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Brenner, Stephan, Andreas Deckert, Peter Dambach, et al.. (2023). The economic impact of treating hypertension in sub–Saharan Africa - A systematic review. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations
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Deckert, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Strengthening national public health institutes: a systematic review on institution building in the public sector. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1146655–1146655.
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Deckert, Andreas, K Antia, Peter Dambach, et al.. (2022). The Impact of School-Based Nutrition Interventions on Parents and Other Family Members: A Systematic Literature Review. Nutrients. 14(12). 2399–2399. 11 indexed citations
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Horstick, Olaf, et al.. (2022). Indoor residual spraying for the control of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(5). e0010391–e0010391. 6 indexed citations
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Wendt, Amanda S., Andreas Deckert, K Antia, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Outcomes of in Utero Ramadan Exposure: A Systematic Literature Review. Nutrients. 13(12). 4511–4511. 12 indexed citations
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Movsisyan, Ani, Jacob Burns, Michaela Coenen, et al.. (2021). Travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: an evidence map. BMJ Open. 11(4). e041619–e041619. 10 indexed citations
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Ünal, Edibe, Volker Winkler, Peter Dambach, et al.. (2021). Performance of alternative COPD case-finding tools: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pneumologie. 1 indexed citations
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Wilder‐Smith, Annelies, Eng Eong Ooi, Olaf Horstick, & Bridget Wills. (2019). Dengue. The Lancet. 393(10169). 350–363. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saadatian‐Elahi, Mitra, Olaf Horstick, Robert F. Breiman, et al.. (2016). Beyond efficacy: The full public health impact of vaccines. Vaccine. 34(9). 1139–1147. 24 indexed citations
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Horstick, Olaf, Yesim Tozan, & Annelies Wilder‐Smith. (2015). Reviewing Dengue: Still a Neglected Tropical Disease?. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(4). e0003632–e0003632. 66 indexed citations
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Horstick, Olaf, et al.. (2014). Orphans of the Mexican drug war: insights on a public health challenge.. PubMed. 36(2). 94–100. 3 indexed citations
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Louis, Valérie R., Revati Phalkey, Olaf Horstick, et al.. (2014). Modeling tools for dengue risk mapping - a systematic review. International Journal of Health Geographics. 13(1). 50–50. 116 indexed citations
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Horstick, Olaf, Jeremy Farrar, Lucy Chai See Lum, et al.. (2012). Reviewing the development, evidence base, and application of the revised dengue case classification. Pathogens and Global Health. 106(2). 94–101. 36 indexed citations
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Santamaría, Ruth M., Eric Martínez, Andrea C. Nunez, et al.. (2009). Comparison and critical appraisal of dengue clinical guidelines and their use in Asia and Latin America. International Health. 1(2). 133–140. 20 indexed citations
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Runge‐Ranzinger, Silvia, Olaf Horstick, Michael Marx, & Axel Kroeger. (2008). What does dengue disease surveillance contribute to predicting and detecting outbreaks and describing trends?. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(8). 1022–1041. 81 indexed citations

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