Seth Foldy

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Seth Foldy is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth Foldy has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Seth Foldy's work include Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (4 papers). Seth Foldy is often cited by papers focused on Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (4 papers). Seth Foldy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Seth Foldy's co-authors include Geoffrey Swain, Inger K. Damon, Mark V. Wegner, James J. Kazmierczak, Jeffrey P. Davis, Mark J. Sotir, Mary Beth Graham, Sue C. Kehl, Russell L. Regnery and Janet A. Fairley and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Public Health and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Seth Foldy

26 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Detection of Monkeypox in Humans in the Western Hemis... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. The Detection of Monkeypox in Humans in the Western Hemisphere
    2004 740 citations Kurt D. Reed, John W. Melski et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Seth Foldy United States 14 691 610 547 187 164 26 1.3k
Taro Kamigaki Japan 20 136 0.2× 811 1.3× 133 0.2× 151 0.8× 68 0.4× 67 1.5k
Mark V. Wegner United States 9 814 1.2× 607 1.0× 638 1.2× 203 1.1× 4 0.0× 17 1.2k
Seth Blumberg United States 15 550 0.8× 596 1.0× 453 0.8× 237 1.3× 5 0.0× 34 1.3k
Robert T. Perry United States 21 70 0.1× 820 1.3× 60 0.1× 353 1.9× 34 0.2× 45 1.6k
Cristina Barroso Hofer Brazil 19 117 0.2× 254 0.4× 55 0.1× 166 0.9× 61 0.4× 76 927
Zack Moore United States 16 76 0.1× 688 1.1× 108 0.2× 80 0.4× 33 0.2× 43 1.1k
Tomás Aragón United States 14 57 0.1× 427 0.7× 223 0.4× 88 0.5× 13 0.1× 35 1.0k
Bruno P. Mmbando Tanzania 26 95 0.1× 136 0.2× 92 0.2× 1.2k 6.2× 33 0.2× 105 2.0k
Allison DeLong United States 22 526 0.8× 273 0.4× 82 0.1× 93 0.5× 8 0.0× 75 1.2k
Jason Brophy Canada 16 194 0.3× 349 0.6× 60 0.1× 220 1.2× 11 0.1× 62 932

Countries citing papers authored by Seth Foldy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seth Foldy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seth Foldy

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foldy, Seth, Thomas A. Edge, Hing Man Chan, et al.. (2022). Associations between extreme precipitation, drinking water, and protozoan acute gastrointestinal illnesses in four North American Great Lakes cities (2009–2014). Journal of Water and Health. 20(5). 849–862. 6 indexed citations
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Arifkhanova, Aziza, José Tomás Prieto, Arthur J. Davidson, et al.. (2022). Defining Opioid-related Problems Using a Health Care Safety Net Institution’s Inpatient Electronic Health Records: Limitations of Diagnosis-based Definitions. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 17(1). 79–84. 5 indexed citations
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Scott, Kenneth A., Toan C. Ong, Emily M. Kraus, et al.. (2021). A process to deduplicate individuals for regional chronic disease prevalence estimates using a distributed data network of electronic health records. Learning Health Systems. 6(3). e10297–e10297. 1 indexed citations
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Buckeridge, David L., Seth Foldy, Thomas A. Edge, et al.. (2020). Association between extreme precipitation, drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in the Great Lakes. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2020(1). 1 indexed citations
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Prieto, José Tomás, Arthur J. Davidson, Alia Al‐Tayyib, et al.. (2019). Monitoring opioid addiction and treatment: Do you know if your population is engaged?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 202. 56–60. 14 indexed citations
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Prieto, José Tomás, Kenneth A. Scott, Laura Jean Podewils, et al.. (2019). The Detection of Opioid Misuse and Heroin Use From Paramedic Response Documentation: Machine Learning for Improved Surveillance. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(1). e15645–e15645. 25 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (2012). The role of public health informatics in enhancing public health surveillance.. PubMed. 61(3). 20–4. 58 indexed citations
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Kellermann, Arthur L., Alexander P. Isakov, Ruth M. Parker, Michael Handrigan, & Seth Foldy. (2010). Web-Based Self-Triage of Influenza-Like Illness During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 56(3). 288–294.e6. 35 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (2008). What a piece of work is man: the Body Worlds exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum.. PubMed. 107(2). 59–61. 1 indexed citations
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Croft, Donita R., Mark J. Sotir, Carl J. Williams, et al.. (2007). Occupational Risks during a Monkeypox Outbreak, Wisconsin, 2003. Emerging infectious diseases. 13(8). 1150–1157. 58 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (2004). The Public Health Dashboard. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 10(3). 234–240. 17 indexed citations
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Swain, Geoffrey, et al.. (2004). Three Hundred Sixty Degree Feedback. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 10(3). 266–271. 8 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (2004). Syndromic surveillance using regional emergency medicine internet. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 44(3). 242–246. 12 indexed citations
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Reed, Kurt D., John W. Melski, Mary Beth Graham, et al.. (2004). The Detection of Monkeypox in Humans in the Western Hemisphere. New England Journal of Medicine. 350(4). 342–350. 740 indexed citations breakdown →
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Foldy, Seth. (2004). Linking Better Surveillance to Better Outcomes. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 53. 12–7. 15 indexed citations
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Barthell, Edward N., et al.. (2003). Assuring Community Emergency Care Capacity with Collaborative Internet Tools. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 9(1). 35–42. 18 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (2003). Milwaukee biosurveillance project: Real-time syndromic surveillance using secure regional internet. Journal of Urban Health. 80(S1). i126–i126. 5 indexed citations
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Weisskopf, Marc G., Peter D. Rumm, Peggy L. Peterson, et al.. (2000). Wisconsin, July 1999 heat wave: an epidemiologic assessment.. PubMed. 99(5). 41–4. 14 indexed citations
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Foldy, Seth, et al.. (1997). A public health sub-curriculum of a pediatrics clerkship. Academic Medicine. 72(5). 436–7. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Robert L. & Seth Foldy. (1994). The state of community-oriented primary care: physician and residency program surveys.. PubMed. 26(4). 232–7. 15 indexed citations

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