Seth Blumberg

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Seth Blumberg is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth Blumberg has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Seth Blumberg's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (8 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (6 papers). Seth Blumberg is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (8 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (6 papers). Seth Blumberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Seth Blumberg's co-authors include James O. Lloyd‐Smith, Gerardo Chowell, Neville K. Kisalu, Lisa E. Hensley, Sara C. Johnston, Anne W. Rimoin, Linda L. Wright, Joseph N. Fair, Brian L. Pike and Helmut E. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Seth Blumberg

31 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2010 564 citations Anne W. Rimoin, Prime Mulembakani et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seth Blumberg United States	15	596	550	453	383	294	34	1.3k
Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey Switzerland	20	937 1.6×	343 0.6×	324 0.7×	164 0.4×	318 1.1×	54	1.6k
Emma B. Hodcroft Switzerland	20	512 0.9×	325 0.6×	527 1.2×	454 1.2×	1.8k 6.0×	35	2.5k
Ethan Romero-Severson United States	18	376 0.6×	273 0.5×	181 0.4×	624 1.6×	964 3.3×	48	1.9k
Antoine Chaillon United States	23	755 1.3×	905 1.6×	199 0.4×	138 0.4×	1.5k 5.2×	119	2.3k
Corien Swaan Netherlands	19	544 0.9×	164 0.3×	146 0.3×	174 0.5×	440 1.5×	61	1.0k
Edward A. Wenger United States	19	279 0.5×	104 0.2×	149 0.3×	247 0.6×	430 1.5×	33	1.4k
Nicole A. Hoff United States	17	323 0.5×	217 0.4×	168 0.4×	124 0.3×	269 0.9×	66	788
Giorgio Guzzetta Italy	24	388 0.7×	101 0.2×	114 0.3×	576 1.5×	726 2.5×	68	1.5k
Mamunur Rahman Malik Egypt	18	274 0.5×	146 0.3×	159 0.4×	152 0.4×	576 2.0×	47	1.0k
Raymond Gani United Kingdom	7	333 0.6×	101 0.2×	142 0.3×	501 1.3×	214 0.7×	8	850

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seth Blumberg

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Tan, Sophia T., Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Ada Kwan, et al.. (2025). Strength and durability of indirect protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection through vaccine and infection-acquired immunity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1090–1090. 2 indexed citations

Vilar‐Compte, Diana, et al.. (2025). Heterogeneity of Clostridioides difficile asymptomatic colonization prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gut Pathogens. 17(1). 6–6.

Lin, Gary, Alisa Hamilton, Manuel Jara, et al.. (2024). The contribution of community transmission to the burden of hospital-associated pathogens: A systematic scoping review of epidemiological models. One Health. 20. 100951–100951.

Blumberg, Seth, et al.. (2023). Challenges in Forecasting Antimicrobial Resistance. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(4). 679–685. 21 indexed citations

Hoover, Christopher M., Nicholas K. Skaff, Seth Blumberg, & Rena Fukunaga. (2023). Aligning staff schedules, testing, and isolation reduces the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in carceral and other congregate settings: A simulation study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e0001302–e0001302. 1 indexed citations

Hazel, Ashley, Ahmed M. Arzika, Amza Abdou, et al.. (2023). Temporal Trends in Phenotypic Macrolide and Nonmacrolide Resistance for Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Samples Up to 36 Months after Mass Azithromycin Administration in a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Niger. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(5). 1107–1112. 3 indexed citations

Blumberg, Seth, Ada Kwan, Christopher M. Hoover, et al.. (2022). Modeling scenarios for mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(7). e1010308–e1010308. 7 indexed citations

Blumberg, Seth, Joaquín M. Prada, Christine Tedijanto, et al.. (2021). Forecasting Trachoma Control and Identifying Transmission-Hotspots. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(Supplement_3). S134–S139. 1 indexed citations

Borlase, Anna, Seth Blumberg, E. Kelly Callahan, et al.. (2021). Modelling trachoma post-2020: opportunities for mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and accelerating progress towards elimination. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115(3). 213–221. 14 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth, Anna Borlase, Joaquín M. Prada, et al.. (2021). Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115(3). 222–228. 10 indexed citations

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Tariq, Amna, Yiseul Lee, Kimberlyn Roosa, et al.. (2020). Real-time monitoring the transmission potential of COVID-19 in Singapore, March 2020. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 166–166. 82 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth, et al.. (2017). Using Social Media to Characterize Public Sentiment Toward Medical Interventions Commonly Used for Cancer Screening: An Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(6). e200–e200. 30 indexed citations

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Enanoria, Wayne, Fengchen Liu, Jennifer Zipprich, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Contact Investigations and Public Health Interventions in the Control and Prevention of Measles Transmission: A Simulation Study. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167160–e0167160. 21 indexed citations

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Lietman, Thomas M., Teshome Gebre, Amza Abdou, et al.. (2015). The distribution of the prevalence of ocular chlamydial infection in communities where trachoma is disappearing. Epidemics. 11. 85–91. 14 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth, Lee Worden, Wayne Enanoria, et al.. (2015). Assessing Measles Transmission in the United States Following a Large Outbreak in California. PLoS Currents. 7. 16 indexed citations

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Chowell, Gerardo, Seth Blumberg, Lone Simonsen, Mark A. Miller, & Cécile Viboud. (2014). Synthesizing data and models for the spread of MERS-CoV, 2013: Key role of index cases and hospital transmission. Epidemics. 9. 40–51. 100 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth, Sebastian Funk, & Juliet R.C. Pulliam. (2014). Detecting Differential Transmissibilities That Affect the Size of Self-Limited Outbreaks. PLoS Pathogens. 10(10). e1004452–e1004452. 30 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth & James O. Lloyd‐Smith. (2013). Inference of R0 and Transmission Heterogeneity from the Size Distribution of Stuttering Chains. PLoS Computational Biology. 9(5). e1002993–e1002993. 122 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth & James O. Lloyd‐Smith. (2013). Comparing methods for estimating R0 from the size distribution of subcritical transmission chains. Epidemics. 5(3). 131–145. 44 indexed citations

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Rimoin, Anne W., Prime Mulembakani, Sara C. Johnston, et al.. (2010). Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(37). 16262–16267. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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