Peter Horby

66.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Horby is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Horby has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Infectious Diseases, 76 papers in Epidemiology and 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Peter Horby's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (46 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (41 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (34 papers). Peter Horby is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (46 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (41 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (34 papers). Peter Horby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Vietnam and United States. Peter Horby's co-authors include Heiman Wertheim, Alex P. Salam, Jeremy Farrar, Nguyễn Trần Hiển, Frederick G. Hayden, Nguyễn Văn Kính, Phạm Quang Thái, Annette Fox, Keiji Fukuda and Arnold S. Monto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Peter Horby

177 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Long Neglected World Malaria Map: Plasmodium vivax Endemicity in 2010

2012 428 citations Peter Horby, Heiman Wertheim et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Horby United Kingdom	40	2.6k	2.5k	1.6k	826	663	184	6.3k
Graham F. Medley United Kingdom	57	3.2k 1.2×	3.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 2.2×	278	10.9k
Archie C. A. Clements Australia	56	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	3.3k 2.1×	863 1.0×	499 0.8×	296	9.7k
Sonja J. Olsen United States	47	2.9k 1.1×	4.7k 1.9×	520 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	353 0.5×	157	8.3k
Rebecca F. Grais United States	43	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	977 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	216 0.3×	193	6.9k
Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh Châu Vietnam	46	4.2k 1.6×	3.6k 1.5×	3.2k 2.1×	268 0.3×	613 0.9×	202	9.3k
Gérard Krause Germany	42	1.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	811 0.5×	592 0.7×	169 0.3×	225	7.4k
Daniel B. Jernigan United States	49	4.7k 1.8×	5.8k 2.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	288 0.4×	109	11.0k
Richard Pebody United Kingdom	54	3.0k 1.2×	6.9k 2.8×	736 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	363 0.5×	297	10.0k
Farzad Mostashari United States	44	3.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	3.2k 2.1×	862 1.0×	293 0.4×	87	8.5k
Anthony E. Fiore United States	44	2.5k 1.0×	7.5k 3.0×	790 0.5×	463 0.6×	215 0.3×	91	10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Horby

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Waite, Alicia, Leon Peto, Anthony Gordon, & Peter Horby. (2025). Platform Trials to Assess Therapeutics in Patients Hospitalized With Influenza. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(Supplement_3). S254–S261. 9 indexed citations

Laidlaw, Stephen M., David Ulaeto, Graeme C. Clark, et al.. (2025). Detection of mpox and other orthopoxviruses using a lateral flow device as a point-of-care diagnostic. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(4). e0245624–e0245624. 2 indexed citations

Chan, Xin Hui S, Md Zakiul Hassan, Tara Hurst, et al.. (2024). Nipah Virus Therapeutics: A Systematic Review to Support Prioritisation for Clinical Trials. medRxiv. 2 indexed citations

Lipworth, Samuel, Ishmeala Rigby, Hung‐Yuan Cheng, et al.. (2021). From severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review of the quality and responsiveness of clinical management guidelines in outbreak settings. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 6. 170–170. 2 indexed citations

Salam, Alex P., Hung‐Yuan Cheng, Tansy Edwards, et al.. (2021). Time to reconsider the role of ribavirin in Lassa fever. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(7). e0009522–e0009522. 29 indexed citations

Patone, Martina, Karen Thomas, Robert Alan Hatch, et al.. (2021). Mortality and critical care unit admission associated with the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21(11). 1518–1528. 63 indexed citations

Horby, Peter, et al.. (2020). A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern (vol 395, pg 470, 2020). The Lancet. 395. 496–496. 29 indexed citations

Dagens, Andrew, Louise Sigfrid, Samuel Lipworth, et al.. (2020). Scope, quality, and inclusivity of clinical guidelines produced early in the covid-19 pandemic: rapid review. BMJ. 369. m1936–m1936. 104 indexed citations

Sigfrid, Louise, Chantal Reusken, Isabella Eckerle, et al.. (2017). Preparing clinicians for (re-)emerging arbovirus infectious diseases in Europe. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(3). 229–239. 27 indexed citations

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Bogich, Tiffany L., et al.. (2016). The Epidemiology of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Asia. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 35. 6 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, Karen Laurie, Benjamin J. Cowling, et al.. (2016). CONSISE statement on the reporting of Seroepidemiologic Studies for influenza (ROSES‐I statement): an extension of the STROBE statement. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 11(1). 2–14. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Kejian Qian, Zuke Xiao, et al.. (2014). Clinical characteristics of human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A(H10N8) virus. Chinese Medical Journal. 127(18). 3238–3242. 26 indexed citations

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Nhung, Nguyen Viet, et al.. (2014). A household survey on screening practices of household contacts of smear positive tuberculosis patients in Vietnam. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 713–713. 20 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, et al.. (2013). An updated systematic review of the role of host genetics in susceptibility to influenza. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(s2). 37–41. 29 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, & Hitoshi Oshitani. (2013). Prospects for Emerging Infections in East and Southeast Asia 10 Years after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(6). 853–60. 41 indexed citations

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Wertheim, Heiman, Peter Horby, & John P. Woodall. (2012). Atlas of human infectious diseases. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 31 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, Heiman Wertheim, Nguyen Hong Ha, et al.. (2010). Stimulating the development of national Streptococcus suis guidelines in Viet Nam through a strategic research partnership. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88(6). 458–461. 4 indexed citations

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Taylor, Walter, Erlina Burhan, Heiman Wertheim, et al.. (2009). Avian influenza – A review for doctors in travel medicine. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8(1). 1–12. 5 indexed citations

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Chow, J. Yimmy, Valérie Delpech, Jenny Leese, et al.. (2003). SARS: UK public health response--past, present and future.. PubMed. 6(3). 209–15. 2 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, et al.. (2001). PHLS overview of communicable diseases 1999.. PubMed. 4(1). 8–17. 20 indexed citations

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