Oumar Faye

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Oumar Faye is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oumar Faye has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 94 papers in Infectious Diseases and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Oumar Faye's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (93 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (80 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (57 papers). Oumar Faye is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (93 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (80 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (57 papers). Oumar Faye collaborates with scholars based in Senegal, France and Germany. Oumar Faye's co-authors include Amadou Alpha Sall, Mawlouth Diallo, Ousmane Faye, Manfred Weidmann, Ousmane Faye, Diawo Diallo, Amadou A. Sall, Paolo M. A. Zanotto, Scott C. Weaver and Caio C. M. Freire and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Oumar Faye

175 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

2014 582 citations Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →
Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes

2013 308 citations Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oumar Faye Senegal	33	3.5k	2.6k	795	577	430	194	4.9k
Amadou A. Sall Senegal	39	3.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.2×	528 0.7×	385 0.7×	428 1.0×	114	4.7k
Sutee Yoksan Thailand	41	6.4k 1.8×	5.1k 2.0×	575 0.7×	506 0.9×	538 1.3×	152	7.2k
Jorge L. Muñoz‐Jordán United States	38	4.2k 1.2×	3.5k 1.3×	837 1.1×	482 0.8×	386 0.9×	117	5.3k
Ousmane Faye Senegal	28	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	578 0.7×	391 0.7×	319 0.7×	141	3.6k
Isabelle Leparc-Goffart France	41	4.4k 1.3×	4.3k 1.6×	759 1.0×	321 0.6×	473 1.1×	122	5.5k
Richard G. Jarman United States	43	4.8k 1.4×	4.1k 1.6×	937 1.2×	442 0.8×	549 1.3×	173	6.5k
Lark L. Coffey United States	30	2.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	425 0.5×	506 0.9×	597 1.4×	69	3.7k
Tadeusz J. Kochel United States	42	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	980 1.2×	374 0.6×	261 0.6×	121	5.2k
Chantal Reusken Netherlands	45	1.8k 0.5×	6.1k 2.3×	672 0.8×	675 1.2×	299 0.7×	194	7.9k
Amy J. Lambert United States	27	5.7k 1.6×	5.3k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	244 0.4×	610 1.4×	62	6.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sankhe, Safiétou, Idrissa Dieng, Amadou Diallo, et al.. (2025). Genomic Insights into Neglected Orthobunyaviruses: Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis. Viruses. 17(3). 406–406. 1 indexed citations

Faye, Martin, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Sheila Makiala‐Mandanda, et al.. (2024). Rapid detection of Ebolavirus using isothermal recombinase‐aided amplification. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(6). e29744–e29744. 1 indexed citations

Dieng, Idrissa, Cheikh Talla, Mamadou Aliou Barry, et al.. (2024). The Spatiotemporal Distribution and Molecular Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus Serotypes/Genotypes in Senegal from 2019 to 2023. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(2). 32–32. 1 indexed citations

Ndiaye, Oumar, Cheikh Loucoubar, Cheikh Fall, et al.. (2023). Laboratory Evaluation and Field Testing of Dengue NS1 and IgM/IgG Rapid Diagnostic Tests in an Epidemic Context in Senegal. Viruses. 15(4). 904–904. 6 indexed citations

Dieng, Idrissa, Mignane Ndiaye, Moussa Moïse Diagne, et al.. (2023). Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis of African Orthobunyavirus Isolates Reveals Naturally Interspecies Segments Recombinations between Bunyamwera and Ngari Viruses. Viruses. 15(2). 550–550. 1 indexed citations

Faye, Oumar, et al.. (2023). Useful public health countermeasures to control the current multicountry outbreak of Monkeypox disease. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 1060678–1060678. 6 indexed citations

Ndiaye, Oumar, Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, et al.. (2023). Use of Envelope Domain III Protein for the Detection of IgG Type Antibodies Specific to Zika Virus by Indirect ELISA. Diagnostics. 13(3). 462–462. 6 indexed citations

Faye, Martin, Marco Kaiser, Maryam Diarra, et al.. (2022). First hepatitis E outbreak in Southeastern Senegal. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 17878–17878. 8 indexed citations

Ndione, Marie Henriette Dior, Roberto Rosà, Giovanni Marini, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Africa: An underestimated threat. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(1). e0010075–e0010075. 50 indexed citations

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Dieng, Idrissa, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Moussa Moïse Diagne, et al.. (2021). Origin and Spread of the Dengue Virus Type 1, Genotype V in Senegal, 2015–2019. Viruses. 13(1). 57–57. 28 indexed citations

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Fall, Gamou, Diawo Diallo, El Hadji Ndiaye, et al.. (2021). First Detection of the West Nile Virus Koutango Lineage in Sandflies in Niger. Pathogens. 10(3). 257–257. 6 indexed citations

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Faye, Martin, Cheikh Loucoubar, Manfred Weidmann, et al.. (2020). Biological Characteristics and Patterns of Codon Usage Evolution for the African Genotype Zika Virus. Viruses. 12(11). 1306–1306. 4 indexed citations

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Faye, Oumar, et al.. (2020). Association of the TP53 Arg72Pro Polymorphism with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis. 14(3). 2 indexed citations

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Diallo, Diawo, Mawlouth Diallo, Amadou A. Sall, et al.. (2018). Ecological niche modeling of Aedes mosquito vectors of chikungunya virus in southeastern Senegal. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 255–255. 39 indexed citations

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Niang, Makhtar, Cheikh Loucoubar, Abdourahmane Sow, et al.. (2016). Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from concurrent malaria and arbovirus co-infections in Kedougou, southeastern Senegal. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 155–155. 17 indexed citations

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Sy, Ousmane, Fassiatou Tairou, Abdoulaye Diallo, et al.. (2015). Étude de l’acceptabilité de l’aspersion intradomiciliaire d’insecticide à effet rémanent dans le centre-ouest du Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique. 108(3). 213–217. 4 indexed citations

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Diallo, Abdoulaye, et al.. (2015). Semen Abnormality Patterns and Parameters in Male Partners of Infertile Couples in Dakar (Senegal). Open Journal of Urology. 5(9). 155–160. 7 indexed citations

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Faye, Oumar, Oumar Faye, Caio César de Melo Freire, et al.. (2014). Molecular evolution of Zika virus during its emergence in the 20th century. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 21. 2–3. 27 indexed citations

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Géner, G., Florence Canouï‐Poitrine, J. Revuz, et al.. (2009). Combination Therapy with Clindamycin and Rifampicin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Series of 116 Consecutive Patients. Dermatology. 219(2). 148–154. 186 indexed citations

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Faye, Oumar, et al.. (2000). Prévention de l’infection en milieu chirurgical dans les hôpitaux régionaux du Sénégal. Cahiers d'études et de recherches francophones / Santé. 10(3). 189–194. 1 indexed citations

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