Paul Fine

19.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
195 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Paul Fine is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Fine has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Infectious Diseases, 77 papers in Epidemiology and 40 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Paul Fine's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (76 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (36 papers) and Leprosy Research and Treatment (35 papers). Paul Fine is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (76 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (36 papers) and Leprosy Research and Treatment (35 papers). Paul Fine collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malawi and United States. Paul Fine's co-authors include JACQUELINE A CLARKSON, Emilia Vynnycky, Amelia C. Crampin, Sian Floyd, Judith R. Glynn, Peter G. Smith, Laura C. Rodrigues, J. M. Pönnighaus, Jonathan A C Sterne and Z Jeźek and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Fine

195 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

Variation in protection by BCG: implications of and for heterologous immunity

1995 1.0k citations Paul Fine The Lancet profile →
Protection by BCG Vaccine Against Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

2013 656 citations Paul Fine et al. profile →
Herd Immunity: History, Theory, Practice

1993 619 citations Paul Fine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Paul Fine	7.6k	5.9k	3.4k	1.7k	1.4k	195	12.6k
Peter F. Wright	7.5k 1.0×	13.2k 2.2×	3.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	849 0.6×	339	19.0k
Janet A. Englund	6.3k 0.8×	12.4k 2.1×	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	405	16.9k
Pierre Van Damme	5.4k 0.7×	9.9k 1.7×	1.8k 0.5×	681 0.4×	3.2k 2.3×	563	16.7k
Gregory A. Poland	4.7k 0.6×	7.7k 1.3×	3.9k 1.1×	646 0.4×	3.3k 2.4×	411	16.2k
Helen McShane	7.8k 1.0×	4.3k 0.7×	5.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	212	10.7k
Robert Colebunders	11.8k 1.6×	6.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	2.1k 1.2×	799 0.6×	643	18.0k
Stanley A. Plotkin	7.4k 1.0×	10.6k 1.8×	3.6k 1.1×	517 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	461	20.2k
Laurent Kaiser	7.2k 1.0×	6.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	819 0.5×	264 0.2×	371	14.4k
Arnaud Fontanet	6.2k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	427 0.3×	603 0.4×	272	12.2k
Hilton Whittle	4.4k 0.6×	5.1k 0.9×	5.6k 1.6×	422 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	246	13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Fine

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Fine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Fine

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fine, Paul. (2024). Population Immunity and Polio Eradication. Pathogens. 13(3). 183–183. 2 indexed citations

Fine, Paul. (2023). Elimination of leprosy redefined as “interruption of transmission” – still many challenges. Leprosy Review. 94(4). 258–261. 2 indexed citations

Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, et al.. (2023). Leprosy in Sri Lanka: Epidemiological trends between 1985–2021. Leprosy Review. 94(4). 286–298. 2 indexed citations

Kitamura, Noriko, Mei Hung, Thao T. Le, et al.. (2023). Seroepidemiology and Carriage of Diphtheria in Epidemic-Prone Area and Implications for Vaccination Policy, Vietnam. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(1). 70–80. 5 indexed citations

Kitamura, Noriko, Thao T. Le, Tansy Edwards, et al.. (2022). The seroprevalence, waning rate, and protective duration of anti-diphtheria toxoid IgG antibody in Nha Trang, Vietnam. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 116. 273–280. 6 indexed citations

Suárez‐García, Inés, Diana Gómez‐Barroso, & Paul Fine. (2020). Autochthonous leprosy in Spain: Has the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae stopped?. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(9). e0008611–e0008611. 6 indexed citations

Lyons, Nicholas A., Neâl Alexander, Katharina D.C. Stärk, et al.. (2015). Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on milk production on a large-scale dairy farm in Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 120(2). 177–186. 33 indexed citations

Lanini, Simone, Aoife Molloy, Paul Fine, et al.. (2011). Risk of infection in patients with lymphoma receiving rituximab: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 9(1). 36–36. 74 indexed citations

Jahn, Andreas, Sian Floyd, Nuala McGrath, et al.. (2010). Child Mortality in Rural Malawi: HIV Closes the Survival Gap between the Socio-Economic Strata. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e11320–e11320. 13 indexed citations

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Jahn, Andreas, Sian Floyd, Venance Mwinuka, et al.. (2008). Ascertainment of childhood vaccination histories in northern Malawi. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(1). 129–138. 35 indexed citations

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Cooke, Graham, Sarah J. Campbell, Steve Bennett, et al.. (2008). Mapping of a Novel Susceptibility Locus Suggests a Role for MC3R and CTSZ in Human Tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(2). 203–207. 61 indexed citations

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McCormack, Grace P., Judith R. Glynn, Jonathan P. Clewley, et al.. (2006). Emergence of a Three Codon Deletion in gag p17 in HIV Type 1 Subtype C Long-Term Survivors, and General Population Spread. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 22(2). 195–201. 5 indexed citations

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Chirwa, Tobias, Sian Floyd, J. M. Pönnighaus, et al.. (2004). Household Dynamics in Northern Malawi During the 1980s. 9(2). 1–23. 6 indexed citations

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McCormack, Grace P., et al.. (2003). Highly Divergent HIV Type 1 Group M Sequences Evident in Karonga District, Malawi in the Early 1980s. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 19(5). 441–445. 3 indexed citations

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Black, Gillian F., Rosemary E. Weir, Sian Floyd, et al.. (2002). BCG-induced increase in interferon-gamma response to mycobacterial antigens and efficacy of BCG vaccination in Malawi and the UK: two randomised controlled studies. The Lancet. 359(9315). 1393–1401. 235 indexed citations

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Glynn, Judith R., Jeanett Bauer, Annette S. de Boer, et al.. (1999). Interpreting DNA fingerprint clusters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. European Concerted Action on Molecular Epidemiology and Control of Tuberculosis.. PubMed. 3(12). 1055–60. 92 indexed citations

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Fine, Paul. (1998). Vaccines, Genes and Trials. Novartis Foundation symposium. 217. 57–72. 19 indexed citations

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Glynn, Judith R., et al.. (1997). The impact of HIV on morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a study of rural Malawi and review of the literature. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8 indexed citations

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Fine, Paul. (1988). Implications of genetics for the epidemiology and control of leprosy. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 321(1207). 365–376. 15 indexed citations

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Haile, Robert W., Lennart Iselius, Paul Fine, & Newton E. Morton. (1985). Segregation and Linkage Analyses of 72 Leprosy Pedigrees. Human Heredity. 35(1). 43–52. 32 indexed citations

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