Sarah Cobey

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sarah Cobey is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Cobey has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Epidemiology, 21 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sarah Cobey's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (35 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (15 papers). Sarah Cobey is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (35 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (15 papers). Sarah Cobey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Sarah Cobey's co-authors include Marc Lipsitch, Mercedes Pascual, Scott E. Hensley, Katia Koelle, Bryan T. Grenfell, Yonatan H. Grad, Daniel B. Larremore, Joseph A. Lewnard, Stephen M. Kissler and Kate M. Bubar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Cobey

56 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Model-informed COVID-19 vaccine prioritization strategies by age and serostatus

2021 491 citations Marc Lipsitch, Sarah Cobey et al. Science profile →
Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains

2017 399 citations Seth J. Zost, Kaela Parkhouse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Sarah Cobey

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Kevin Fonseca Canada

Brunhilde Schweiger Germany

Jonathan M. Read United Kingdom

Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera Hong Kong

Julia R. Gog United Kingdom

Katia Koelle United States

Katja Höschler United Kingdom

Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada

Shingo Iwami Japan

Colin A. Russell United States

Kevin Fonseca Canada

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Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Cobey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Cobey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Cobey

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Bingyi, Katelyn M. Gostic, Dillon C. Adam, et al.. (2025). Breadth of influenza A antibody cross-reactivity varies by virus isolation interval and subtype. Nature Microbiology. 10(7). 1711–1722.

Kim, Kangchon, Marcos C. Vieira, Sigrid Gouma, et al.. (2024). Measures of Population Immunity Can Predict the Dominant Clade of Influenza A (H3N2) in the 2017–2018 Season and Reveal Age‐Associated Differences in Susceptibility and Antibody‐Binding Specificity. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(11). e70033–e70033. 4 indexed citations

Cowling, Benjamin J., Sook‐San Wong, Jefferson Santos, et al.. (2024). Preliminary Findings From the Dynamics of the Immune Responses to Repeat Influenza Vaccination Exposures (DRIVE I) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(4). 901–909. 3 indexed citations

Vieira, Marcos C., Anna-Karin E. Palm, Christopher T. Stamper, et al.. (2023). Germline-encoded specificities and the predictability of the B cell response. PLoS Pathogens. 19(8). e1011603–e1011603. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Yun, Bingyi Yang, Sarah Cobey, et al.. (2022). Incorporating temporal distribution of population-level viral load enables real-time estimation of COVID-19 transmission. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1155–1155. 18 indexed citations

Arevalo, Philip, Katelyn M. Gostic, Massimo Pacilli, et al.. (2022). Tracking changes in SARS-CoV-2 transmission with a novel outpatient sentinel surveillance system in Chicago, USA. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5547–5547. 4 indexed citations

Guthmiller, Jenna J., Henry A. Utset, Carole Henry, et al.. (2021). An Egg-Derived Sulfated N -Acetyllactosamine Glycan Is an Antigenic Decoy of Influenza Virus Vaccines. mBio. 12(3). e0083821–e0083821. 9 indexed citations

Arevalo, Philip, Wayne A. Duffus, Manuela Runge, et al.. (2021). Geographic and demographic heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Illinois, USA, March to December 2020. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1105–1105. 17 indexed citations

Dugan, Haley L., Jenna J. Guthmiller, Philip Arevalo, et al.. (2020). Preexisting immunity shapes distinct antibody landscapes after influenza virus infection and vaccination in humans. Science Translational Medicine. 12(573). 72 indexed citations

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Gouma, Sigrid, Kangchon Kim, Madison E. Weirick, et al.. (2020). Middle-aged individuals may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 influenza virus susceptibility. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4566–4566. 45 indexed citations

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Neu, Karlynn E., Jenna J. Guthmiller, Min Huang, et al.. (2018). Spec-seq unveils transcriptional subpopulations of antibody-secreting cells following influenza vaccination. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(1). 93–105. 26 indexed citations

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Cobey, Sarah, et al.. (2018). Use of an individual-based model of pneumococcal carriage for planning a randomized trial of a whole-cell vaccine. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(10). e1006333–e1006333. 6 indexed citations

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Zost, Seth J., Kaela Parkhouse, Megan E. Gumina, et al.. (2017). Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(47). 12578–12583. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ranjeva, Sylvia, Edward B. Baskerville, Vanja Dukić, et al.. (2017). Recurring infection with ecologically distinct HPV types can explain high prevalence and diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(51). 13573–13578. 49 indexed citations

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Cobey, Sarah, Edward B. Baskerville, Caroline Colijn, et al.. (2017). Host population structure and treatment frequency maintain balancing selection on drug resistance. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 14(133). 20170295–20170295. 22 indexed citations

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Lipsitch, Marc, William Barclay, Rahul Raman, et al.. (2016). Viral factors in influenza pandemic risk assessment. eLife. 5. 66 indexed citations

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Cobey, Sarah & Marc Lipsitch. (2012). Niche and Neutral Effects of Acquired Immunity Permit Coexistence of Pneumococcal Serotypes. Science. 335(6074). 1376–1380. 121 indexed citations

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Bedford, Trevor, Sarah Cobey, & Mercedes Pascual. (2011). Strength and tempo of selection revealed in viral gene genealogies. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 220–220. 51 indexed citations

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Bedford, Trevor, Sarah Cobey, Peter Beerli, & Mercedes Pascual. (2010). Global Migration Dynamics Underlie Evolution and Persistence of Human Influenza A (H3N2). PLoS Pathogens. 6(5). e1000918–e1000918. 127 indexed citations

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Cobey, Sarah & Katia Koelle. (2008). Capturing escape in infectious disease dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 23(10). 572–577. 20 indexed citations

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