Philippe De Wals

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Philippe De Wals is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe De Wals has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Epidemiology, 65 papers in Microbiology and 26 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Philippe De Wals's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (81 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (64 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (35 papers). Philippe De Wals is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (81 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (64 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (35 papers). Philippe De Wals collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Belgium. Philippe De Wals's co-authors include Lonny J. Erickson, Geneviève Deceuninck, Gaston De Serres, Theo Niyonsenga, Nicole Boulianne, Brigitte Lefebvre, Marc Brisson, Fassiatou Tairou, Moussa Ouakki and Michiel C. Van den Hof and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Philippe De Wals

178 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortifi... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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. Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada
    2007 584 citations Philippe De Wals, Fassiatou Tairou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philippe De Wals Canada 44 3.1k 1.7k 725 721 585 182 5.3k
Deborah Money Canada 42 3.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 538 0.7× 392 0.5× 817 1.4× 214 5.7k
Maya Sternberg United States 42 4.3k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 466 0.6× 769 1.1× 1.0k 1.8× 114 8.3k
Jeanne S. Sheffield United States 38 2.6k 0.8× 727 0.4× 346 0.5× 286 0.4× 1.8k 3.1× 175 5.1k
Fiona van der Klis Netherlands 39 2.8k 0.9× 891 0.5× 706 1.0× 151 0.2× 337 0.6× 175 5.4k
George D. Wendel United States 37 1.4k 0.5× 940 0.5× 169 0.2× 196 0.3× 877 1.5× 142 4.2k
A. Eugene Washington United States 42 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 339 0.5× 555 0.8× 1.2k 2.0× 122 5.7k
Mark H. Yudin Canada 32 1.5k 0.5× 543 0.3× 290 0.4× 185 0.3× 807 1.4× 179 3.3k
Fujie Xu United States 32 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 266 0.4× 247 0.3× 448 0.8× 82 5.1k
Leslie A. Meyn United States 41 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 121 0.2× 2.0k 2.7× 1.3k 2.2× 155 5.5k
Anders Hviid Denmark 40 2.4k 0.8× 410 0.2× 1.2k 1.6× 158 0.2× 975 1.7× 159 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philippe De Wals

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe De Wals

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

All Works

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Pépin, Jacques, et al.. (2024). 9-4 - Concordance du statut vaccinal antituberculeux selon la source d'information, Québec, Canada. 72. 202596–202596. 1 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De & Michaël Desjardins. (2023). Influenza vaccines may protect against cardiovascular diseases: The evidence is mounting and should be known by the Canadian public health community. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 49(10). 433–438.
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Bélanger‐Gravel, Ariane, et al.. (2022). The influence of social norms in the context of reducing sugar-sweetened beverages consumption. Public Health. 213. 28–33. 4 indexed citations
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Pépin, Jacques, Annie‐Claude Labbé, Alex Carignan, et al.. (2021). Does BCG provide long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection? A case–control study in Quebec, Canada. Vaccine. 39(50). 7300–7307. 10 indexed citations
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Martinón‐Torres, Federico, Angelika Banzhoff, Chiara Azzari, et al.. (2021). Avances recientes en la prevención de la enfermedad meningocócica B: evidencia real de la vacunación con 4CMenB. Vacunas. 22(3). 189–202. 2 indexed citations
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Dubé, Ève, Anne Farrands, Thomas Lemaître, et al.. (2018). Overview of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, vaccine hesitancy and vaccine acceptance among mothers of infants in Quebec, Canada. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 15(1). 113–120. 67 indexed citations
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Proulx, Jean‐François, et al.. (2014). Uptake of pneumococcal vaccines in the Nordic region of Nunavik, province of Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 105(4). e268–e272. 8 indexed citations
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Madhi, Shabir A., Philippe De Wals, Carlos G. Grijalva, et al.. (2013). The Burden of Childhood Pneumonia in the Developed World: A Review of the Literature. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 7 indexed citations
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Madhi, Shabir A., Philippe De Wals, Carlos G. Grijalva, et al.. (2012). The Burden of Childhood Pneumonia in the Developed World. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(3). e119–e127. 60 indexed citations
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Dubé, Ève, Philippe De Wals, Vladimir Gîlca, et al.. (2011). Burden of acute otitis media on Canadian families.. PubMed. 57(1). 60–5. 25 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De. (2008). Changes in the Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (ipd) Following Implementation of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (pcv7) Program in Quebec, Canada. 46th Annual Meeting. 4 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De, et al.. (2008). Risk of Guillain‐Barré Syndrome following Serogroup C Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Quebec, Canada. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46(8). e75–e77. 13 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De. (2007). Effectiveness of serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine (C-MCV) : a 5-year follow-up in Quebec, Canada. 2 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De, Margot I. Van Allen, R. Brian Lowry, et al.. (2007). Impact of folic acid food fortification on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 82(2). 106–109. 19 indexed citations
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Baron, Geneviève, Philippe De Wals, & François Milord. (2001). Vaccination practices of Quebec family physicians. Influenza vaccination status and professional practices for influenza vaccination.. PubMed. 47. 2261–6. 24 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De, et al.. (1988). La surveillance épidémiologique des anomalies congénitales par le registre EUROCAT.. Revue d Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 36(4). 273–282. 7 indexed citations
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Wals, Philippe De, et al.. (1986). [Definition and classification of perinatal mortality].. PubMed. 34(3). 161–7. 2 indexed citations

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