Philippe Yaba

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Philippe Yaba is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Yaba has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Yaba's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (7 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (2 papers). Philippe Yaba is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (7 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (2 papers). Philippe Yaba collaborates with scholars based in Gabon, France and Thailand. Philippe Yaba's co-authors include Eric M. Leroy, Brice Kumulungui, André Delicat, Jean‐Paul Gonzalez, Pierre Rouquet, Xavier Pourrut, Alexandre Hassanin, Janusz T. Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel and Patricia Reed and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Yaba

9 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

2005 1.1k citations Eric M. Leroy, Brice Kumulungui et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philippe Yaba Gabon	8	1.6k	427	379	310	252	9	1.8k
André Delicat Gabon	7	1.5k 0.9×	390 0.9×	329 0.9×	271 0.9×	234 0.9×	7	1.7k
T. G. Ksiazek United States	17	1.5k 1.0×	328 0.8×	766 2.0×	165 0.5×	94 0.4×	20	1.9k
Tara K. Sealy United States	18	1.6k 1.0×	249 0.6×	408 1.1×	254 0.8×	174 0.7×	37	1.7k
Pierre Rouquet Gabon	18	1.9k 1.2×	679 1.6×	703 1.9×	284 0.9×	274 1.1×	28	2.8k
Lamine Koivogui Guinea	22	1.4k 0.9×	530 1.2×	292 0.8×	239 0.8×	203 0.8×	37	1.7k
C. J. Peters United States	29	2.4k 1.5×	494 1.2×	313 0.8×	348 1.1×	120 0.5×	44	2.8k
Brian R. Amman United States	20	1.2k 0.7×	264 0.6×	293 0.8×	82 0.3×	116 0.5×	56	1.4k
Dieudonné Nkoghe Gabon	30	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 4.3×	495 1.3×	154 0.5×	174 0.7×	68	3.1k
M C Georges-Courbot Central African Republic	19	1.6k 1.0×	251 0.6×	724 1.9×	181 0.6×	77 0.3×	44	2.0k
E. T. W. Bowen United Kingdom	25	1.6k 1.0×	726 1.7×	420 1.1×	283 0.9×	107 0.4×	52	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Philippe Yaba

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philippe Yaba

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Yaba

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Biek, Roman, Alexandre Hassanin, Pierre Rouquet, et al.. (2007). Isolates of Zaire ebolavirus from wild apes reveal genetic lineage and recombinants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(43). 17123–17127. 83 indexed citations

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Formenty, Pierre, Eric M. Leroy, Alain Epelboïn, et al.. (2006). Detection of Ebola Virus in Oral Fluid Specimens during Outbreaks of Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever in the Republic of Congo. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 42(11). 1521–1526. 109 indexed citations

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Pourrut, Xavier, Brice Kumulungui, Ghislain Moussavou, et al.. (2005). The natural history of Ebola virus in Africa. Microbes and Infection. 7(7-8). 1005–1014. 208 indexed citations

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Leroy, Eric M., Brice Kumulungui, Xavier Pourrut, et al.. (2005). Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus. Nature. 438(7068). 575–576. 1051 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bourry, Olivier, Régis Pouillot, André Delicat, et al.. (2005). Ebola Virus Antibody Prevalence in Dogs and Human Risk. Emerging infectious diseases. 11(3). 385–390. 59 indexed citations

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Rouquet, Pierre, Magdalena Bermejo, Annelisa M. Kilbourn, et al.. (2005). Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring and Human Ebola Outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001–2003. Emerging infectious diseases. 11(2). 283–290. 213 indexed citations

7.

Leroy, Eric M., Paul Telfer, Brice Kumulungui, et al.. (2004). A Serological Survey of Ebola Virus Infection in Central African Nonhuman Primates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 190(11). 1895–1899. 71 indexed citations

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Mavoungou, Elie, Virginie Poaty‐Mavoungou, Fousseyni S. Touré, et al.. (1999). Impairment of natural killer cell activity in Chlamydia trachomatis infected individuals. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 4(11). 719–727. 14 indexed citations

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Mavoungou, Elie, M C Georges-Courbot, Virginie Poaty‐Mavoungou, et al.. (1997). HIV and SIV Envelope Glycoproteins Induce Phospholipase A2 Activation in Human and Macaque Lymphocytes. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology. 16(1). 1–9. 7 indexed citations

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