Philippe Calain

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Philippe Calain is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Calain has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Philippe Calain's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (12 papers), Disaster Response and Management (9 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (6 papers). Philippe Calain is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (12 papers), Disaster Response and Management (9 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (6 papers). Philippe Calain collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Philippe Calain's co-authors include L. Roux, Laurent Roux, Joseph Curran, Dominique Garcin, Thierry Pelet, Marc Poncin, C. J. Peters, Pierre E. Rollin, Martha C. Monroe and Stuart T. Nichol and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Journal of Virology and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Calain

31 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

The rule of six, a basic feature for efficient replication of Sendai virus defective interfering RNA

1993 432 citations Philippe Calain, L. Roux profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philippe Calain Switzerland	20	1.2k	974	331	260	209	31	2.0k
Allen Grolla Canada	30	2.9k 2.4×	1.3k 1.4×	601 1.8×	130 0.5×	226 1.1×	48	3.6k
Oyewale Tomori Nigeria	28	2.4k 1.9×	547 0.6×	514 1.6×	61 0.2×	132 0.6×	112	3.2k
Dilys Morgan United Kingdom	33	2.6k 2.2×	1.2k 1.3×	149 0.5×	52 0.2×	192 0.9×	85	4.6k
Robin Gopal United Kingdom	21	2.4k 2.0×	757 0.8×	57 0.2×	457 1.8×	82 0.4×	44	3.1k
Jean-Jacques Muyembe Democratic Republic of the Congo	19	548 0.5×	721 0.7×	121 0.4×	59 0.2×	97 0.5×	38	1.7k
Malla Rao United States	41	1.8k 1.4×	950 1.0×	54 0.2×	148 0.6×	140 0.7×	77	3.9k
Klaus Stöhr Switzerland	15	1.5k 1.2×	753 0.8×	37 0.1×	401 1.5×	110 0.5×	30	2.6k
Maria E. Taylor United States	11	1.9k 1.6×	821 0.8×	175 0.5×	37 0.1×	235 1.1×	14	3.8k
Yuki Furuse Japan	22	655 0.5×	768 0.8×	74 0.2×	77 0.3×	93 0.4×	71	1.7k
D. A. Henderson United States	26	659 0.5×	801 0.8×	176 0.5×	18 0.1×	284 1.4×	73	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lamb, Sarah E, Jonathan Jennings, & Philippe Calain. (2017). The evolving role of CSR in international development: Evidence from Canadian extractive companies’ involvement in community health initiatives in low-income countries. The Extractive Industries and Society. 4(3). 614–621. 16 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe. (2016). The Ebola clinical trials: a precedent for research ethics in disasters. Journal of Medical Ethics. 44(1). 3–8. 40 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe & Marc Poncin. (2015). Reaching out to Ebola victims: Coercion, persuasion or an appeal for self-sacrifice?. Social Science & Medicine. 147. 126–133. 44 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe, et al.. (2015). Coincident polio and Ebola crises expose similar fault lines in the current global health regime. Conflict and Health. 9(1). 29–29. 10 indexed citations

Sánchez-Padilla, Elisabeth, et al.. (2012). High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Swaziland, 2009–2010. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(1). 29–37. 61 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe. (2012). What Is the Relationship of Medical Humanitarian Organisations with Mining and Other Extractive Industries?. PLoS Medicine. 9(8). e1001302–e1001302. 5 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe. (2011). In Search of the 'New Informal Legitimacy' of Medecins Sans Frontieres. Public Health Ethics. 5(1). 56–66. 13 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe. (2006). Exploring the international arena of global public health surveillance. Health Policy and Planning. 22(1). 2–12. 63 indexed citations

Calain, Philippe. (2006). From the field side of the binoculars: a different view on global public health surveillance. Health Policy and Planning. 22(1). 13–20. 68 indexed citations

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Zaki, Sherif R., Wun‐Ju Shieh, Patricia W. Greer, et al.. (1999). A Novel Immunohistochemical Assay for the Detection of Ebola Virus in Skin: Implications for Diagnosis, Spread, and Surveillance of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(s1). S36–S47. 134 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe, Robert Colebunders, Ann De Roo, et al.. (1999). Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clinical Observations in 103 Patients. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(s1). S1–S7. 310 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Ethleen S., Sherif R. Zaki, Pierre E. Rollin, et al.. (1999). Long‐Term Disease Surveillance in Bandundu Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Model for Early Detection and Prevention of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(s1). S274–S280. 27 indexed citations

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Guimard, Y., Robert Colebunders, Philippe Calain, et al.. (1999). Organization of Patient Care during the Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(s1). S268–S273. 76 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe, Martha C. Monroe, & Stuart T. Nichol. (1999). Ebola Virus Defective Interfering Particles and Persistent Infection. Virology. 262(1). 114–128. 70 indexed citations

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Garcin, Dominique, et al.. (1995). A highly recombinogenic system for the recovery of infectious Sendai paramyxovirus from cDNA: generation of a novel copy-back nondefective interfering virus.. The EMBO Journal. 14(24). 6087–6094. 182 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe & Laurent Roux. (1995). Functional Characterisation of the Genomic and Antigenomic Promoters of Sendai Virus. Virology. 212(1). 163–173. 59 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe, et al.. (1992). Molecular cloning of natural paramyxovirus copy-back defective interfering RNAs and their expression from DNA. Virology. 191(1). 62–71. 85 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe, et al.. (1992). Severe acute myocardial infarction during a staphylococcal septicemia with meningoencephalitis. Intensive Care Medicine. 18(4). 247–249. 3 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe & F. A. Waldvogel. (1990). Clinical efficacy of teicoplanin. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 9(2). 127–129. 15 indexed citations

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Calain, Philippe, Jan Poolman, W D Zollinger, et al.. (1988). Serological study of meningococcal isolates in Switzerland and France 1980–1986. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 7(6). 788–791. 7 indexed citations

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