Rahana Dwarka

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 914 citations indexed

About

Rahana Dwarka is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahana Dwarka has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 914 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rahana Dwarka's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (16 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers). Rahana Dwarka is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (16 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers). Rahana Dwarka collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Tanzania. Rahana Dwarka's co-authors include Wilna Vosloo, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Baratang A. Lubisi, Livio Heath, Chris Oura, G. Hutchings, Linda K. Dixon, Vincent Michaud, Emmanuel Albina and Mesfin Sahle and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Microbiology and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Rahana Dwarka

16 papers receiving 869 citations

Hit Papers

African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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. African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007
    2008 440 citations Vincent Michaud, Livio Heath et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rahana Dwarka South Africa 13 895 798 535 226 85 16 914
Claudia Gabriel Germany 9 624 0.7× 505 0.6× 329 0.6× 181 0.8× 67 0.8× 11 659
S. Quak Netherlands 13 518 0.6× 470 0.6× 183 0.3× 259 1.1× 54 0.6× 14 612
Ethan J. Hartwig United States 17 703 0.8× 575 0.7× 598 1.1× 83 0.4× 31 0.4× 41 756
Ann Sofie Olesen Denmark 11 425 0.5× 386 0.5× 212 0.4× 215 1.0× 45 0.5× 27 585
Paul V. Barnett United Kingdom 14 525 0.6× 395 0.5× 449 0.8× 75 0.3× 41 0.5× 22 638
P. Hamblin United Kingdom 19 716 0.8× 629 0.8× 640 1.2× 84 0.4× 25 0.3× 23 778
William de Glanville United Kingdom 3 397 0.4× 331 0.4× 195 0.4× 133 0.6× 37 0.4× 4 433
Yves Leforban Italy 12 540 0.6× 454 0.6× 422 0.8× 116 0.5× 15 0.2× 25 644
A. D. Shannon Australia 7 560 0.6× 365 0.5× 316 0.6× 232 1.0× 41 0.5× 7 605
I.T.R. Barnett United Kingdom 13 826 0.9× 654 0.8× 747 1.4× 111 0.5× 38 0.4× 23 928

Countries citing papers authored by Rahana Dwarka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rahana Dwarka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahana Dwarka

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Brito, Bárbara, Ferran Jori, Rahana Dwarka, et al.. (2016). Transmission of Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Viruses at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface of Two Major Transfrontier Conservation Areas in Southern Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 528–528. 20 indexed citations
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Kasanga, Christopher J., Rahana Dwarka, Jemma Wadsworth, et al.. (2014). Molecular biological characteristics of foot-and-mouth disease virus in the African buffalo in southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 81(2). 728–728. 1 indexed citations
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Kasanga, Christopher J., Yona Sinkala, Martin Simuunza, et al.. (2014). Typing and serological surveillance of FMDV in the African buffaloes in Zambia. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 81(2). 742–742. 1 indexed citations
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Jori, Ferrán, Alexandre Caron, Peter N. Thompson, et al.. (2014). Characteristics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viral Strains Circulating at the Wildlife/livestock Interface of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 63(1). e58–e70. 25 indexed citations
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Everett, Helen, Helen Crooke, Rahana Dwarka, et al.. (2011). Experimental Infection of Common Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) with Classical Swine Fever Virus. I: Susceptibility and Transmission. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 58(2). 128–134. 14 indexed citations
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Lubisi, Baratang A., et al.. (2009). An Investigation into the First Outbreak of African Swine Fever in the Republic of Mauritius. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 56(5). 178–188. 43 indexed citations
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Dwarka, Rahana, et al.. (2008). Molecular characterization of SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates obtained from cattle during a four-month period in 2001 in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 75(4). 267–77. 8 indexed citations
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Michaud, Vincent, Livio Heath, G. Hutchings, et al.. (2008). African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007. Emerging infectious diseases. 14(12). 1870–1874. 440 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lubisi, Baratang A., Armanda D. S. Bastos, Rahana Dwarka, & Wilna Vosloo. (2007). Intra-genotypic resolution of African swine fever viruses from an East African domestic pig cycle: a combined p72-CVR approach. Virus Genes. 35(3). 729–735. 61 indexed citations
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Sahle, Mesfin, Rahana Dwarka, Estelle H. Venter, & Wilna Vosloo. (2007). Study of the genetic heterogeneity of SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus in sub-Saharan Africa with specific focus on East Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 74(4). 289–99. 12 indexed citations
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Sahle, Mesfin, Rahana Dwarka, Estelle H. Venter, & Wilna Vosloo. (2006). Comparison of SAT-1 foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates obtained from East Africa between 1971 and 2000 with viruses from the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Archives of Virology. 152(4). 797–804. 24 indexed citations
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Lubisi, Baratang A., Armanda D. S. Bastos, Rahana Dwarka, & Wilna Vosloo. (2005). Molecular epidemiology of African swine fever in East Africa. Archives of Virology. 150(12). 2439–2452. 135 indexed citations
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Vosloo, Wilna, et al.. (2005). Virus topotypes and the role of wildlife in foot and mouth disease in Africa. 20 indexed citations
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Sahle, Mesfin, Estelle H. Venter, Rahana Dwarka, & Wilna Vosloo. (2004). Molecular epidemiology of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus isolated from cattle in Ethiopia between 1979-2001. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 71(2). 129–38. 32 indexed citations
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Vosloo, Wilna, et al.. (2002). The Possible Role That Buffalo Played in the Recent Outbreaks of Foot‐and‐Mouth Disease in South Africa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 969(1). 187–190. 51 indexed citations

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