Shi Zhao

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
215 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Shi Zhao is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shi Zhao has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Infectious Diseases, 114 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 44 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Shi Zhao's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (114 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (71 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (33 papers). Shi Zhao is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (114 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (71 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (33 papers). Shi Zhao collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Shi Zhao's co-authors include Daihai He, Salihu S. Musa, Lin Yang, Maggie Haitian Wang, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Jinjun Ran, Weiming Wang, Qianying Lin and Guangpu Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Shi Zhao

206 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak

2020 1.2k citations Shi Zhao, Jinjun Ran et al. profile →
A conceptual model for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China with individual reaction and governmental action

2020 761 citations Qianying Lin, Shi Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shi Zhao Hong Kong	34	3.2k	2.5k	1.1k	1.1k	790	215	6.0k
Maggie Haitian Wang China	40	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	887 0.8×	806 0.8×	900 1.1×	238	6.9k
Kyra H. Grantz United States	11	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	825 0.7×	525 0.5×	644 0.8×	29	4.8k
Andrew S. Azman United States	32	3.2k 1.0×	3.6k 1.5×	942 0.8×	741 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	141	7.8k
Kathy Leung Hong Kong	26	2.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	542 0.5×	916 1.2×	72	6.5k
Qifang Bi United States	10	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	743 0.7×	638 0.6×	554 0.7×	13	4.7k
Lin Yang Hong Kong	42	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	768 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	176	7.1k
Nicholas G Reich United States	33	3.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	964 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.8k 2.2×	85	8.2k
Wan Yang United States	32	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	623 0.6×	447 0.4×	1.6k 2.1×	72	5.5k
Yonatan H. Grad United States	42	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	523 0.5×	648 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	142	7.6k
Kaiyuan Sun United States	17	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	485 0.5×	738 0.9×	28	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Shi Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shi Zhao

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Chong, Ka Chun, Katherine Min Jia, Christopher Boyer, et al.. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 rebound and post-acute mortality and hospitalization among patients admitted with COVID-19: cohort study. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6924–6924. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Juan Zhang, Quan-Hui Liu, et al.. (2025). Behavior changes influence mpox transmission in the United States, 2022–2023: Insights from homogeneous and heterogeneous models. PNAS Nexus. 4(2). pgaf025–pgaf025. 3 indexed citations

Wong, Eliza Lai‐Yi, et al.. (2024). Patient experience and satisfaction with shared decision-making: A cross-sectional study among outpatients. Patient Education and Counseling. 129. 108410–108410. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Shi, Wangnan Cao, Zihao Guo, et al.. (2024). All cause and cause specific mortality associated with transition to daylight saving time in US: nationwide, time series, observational study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e000771–e000771. 3 indexed citations

Xie, Songsong, Zihao Guo, Xiu Gu, et al.. (2024). A tentative exploration for the association between influenza virus infection and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Shihezi, China: A test-negative study. Infectious Disease Modelling. 10(1). 201–206.

Liang, Weiwen, Inchi Hu, Shi Zhao, et al.. (2024). Predictive evolutionary modelling for influenza virus by site-based dynamics of mutations. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2546–2546. 6 indexed citations

Chong, Ka Chun, Paul K.S. Chan, Chi Tim Hung, et al.. (2023). Changes in all-cause and cause-specific excess mortality before and after the Omicron outbreak of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Journal of Global Health. 13. 6017–6017. 11 indexed citations

Ghaleh, Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchin, Morteza Izadi, Mohammad Javanbakht, et al.. (2023). Cytokine profile and antioxidants status in the moderate and severe COVID-19 patients: a trial of ozone therapy impact as a medicinal supplement. Inflammopharmacology. 31(6). 3029–3036. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Shi, et al.. (2023). Timing and Magnitude of the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Omicron Variant — 189 Countries and Territories, November 2021 to February 2023. China CDC Weekly. 5(18). 397–401. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Zihao, Shi Zhao, Shengzhi Sun, et al.. (2022). Estimation of the serial interval of monkeypox during the early outbreak in 2022. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(1). e28248–e28248. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Inchi Hu, Ka Chun Chong, et al.. (2022). The mechanism shaping the logistic growth of mutation proportion in epidemics at population scale. Infectious Disease Modelling. 8(1). 107–121. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Zu‐Yao Yang, Salihu S. Musa, et al.. (2021). Attach importance of the bootstrapttest against Student'sttest in clinical epidemiology: a demonstrative comparison using COVID-19 as an example. Epidemiology and Infection. 149. e107–e107. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Yu Zhao, Biao Tang, et al.. (2021). Shrinkage in serial intervals across transmission generations of COVID-19. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 529. 110861–110861. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Ka Chun Chong, Hong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Inferring the Association between the Risk of COVID-19 Case Fatality and N501Y Substitution in SARS-CoV-2. Viruses. 13(4). 638–638. 21 indexed citations

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Musa, Salihu S., et al.. (2020). Estimation of exponential growth rate and basic reproduction number of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Africa. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 9(1). 96–96. 67 indexed citations

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Fan, Guihong, Zhichun Yang, Qianying Lin, et al.. (2020). Decreased Case Fatality Rate of COVID‐19 in the Second Wave: A study in 53 countries or regions. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68(2). 213–215. 107 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Lefei Han, Daihai He, & Jing Qin. (2020). Public awareness, news promptness and the measles outbreak in Hong Kong from March to April, 2019. Infectious Diseases. 52(4). 284–290. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shi, Xiujuan Tang, Ka Chun Chong, et al.. (2020). <p>Modelling the Measles Outbreak at Hong Kong International Airport in 2019: A Data-Driven Analysis on the Effects of Timely Reporting and Public Awareness</p>. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 13. 1851–1861. 4 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiujuan, Shi Zhao, Alice P. Y. Chiu, et al.. (2017). Modelling the transmission and control strategies of varicella among school children in Shenzhen, China. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177514–e0177514. 15 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiujuan, Shi Zhao, Alice P. Y. Chiu, et al.. (2017). Analysing increasing trends of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and dengue cases in Hong Kong using meteorological data. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0187830–e0187830. 12 indexed citations

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