Simon Cottrell

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Cottrell is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Cottrell has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Epidemiology, 18 papers in Health and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simon Cottrell's work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (15 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers). Simon Cottrell is often cited by papers focused on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (15 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers). Simon Cottrell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Ireland. Simon Cottrell's co-authors include Jim McMenamin, Nick Andrews, Chris Robertson, Richard J. Roberts, Kevin Brown, Mary Ramsay, Ruth Simmons, Jamie Lopez Bernal, Julia Stowe and Charlotte Gower and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMJ and Vaccine.

In The Last Decade

Simon Cottrell

41 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study

2021 744 citations Nick Andrews, Simon Cottrell et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Cottrell United Kingdom	16	837	693	581	389	114	43	1.6k
Sarah A. Buchan Canada	25	1.3k 1.6×	655 0.9×	504 0.9×	307 0.8×	122 1.1×	94	2.1k
Farid Khan United States	17	1.2k 1.5×	531 0.8×	646 1.1×	557 1.4×	121 1.1×	35	1.9k
Tyra Grove Krause Denmark	28	847 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	648 1.1×	297 0.8×	110 1.0×	100	2.5k
Lenee Blanton United States	24	845 1.0×	1.6k 2.3×	458 0.8×	208 0.5×	92 0.8×	36	2.3k
Ryan E. Malosh United States	20	495 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	209 0.4×	301 0.8×	113 1.0×	41	1.6k
Ayman Chit Canada	24	604 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	545 0.9×	263 0.7×	120 1.1×	88	2.0k
Laurie Kamimoto United States	25	623 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	156 0.3×	287 0.7×	104 0.9×	30	2.2k
Jessie R. Chung United States	22	551 0.7×	1.6k 2.3×	323 0.6×	234 0.6×	157 1.4×	56	1.9k
Stephanie A. Irving United States	23	605 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	765 1.3×	93 0.2×	48 0.4×	71	2.2k
Steven G.F. Wassilak United States	33	1.7k 2.0×	1.1k 1.7×	500 0.9×	95 0.2×	109 1.0×	73	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Cottrell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Cottrell

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Perry, Malorie, Rhodri Johnson, Richard Fry, et al.. (2023). Household Composition and Inequalities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Wales, UK. Vaccines. 11(3). 604–604. 7 indexed citations

Perry, Malorie, Rowena Bailey, Adrian Edwards, et al.. (2023). Dimensions of equality in uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Wales, UK: A multivariable linked data population analysis. Vaccine. 41(49). 7333–7341. 1 indexed citations

Perry, Malorie, Simon Cottrell, Mike B. Gravenor, & Lucy Griffiths. (2023). Determinants of Equity in Coverage of Measles-Containing Vaccines in Wales, UK, during the Elimination Era. Vaccines. 11(3). 680–680. 7 indexed citations

Harris, Caroline, Simon Cottrell, Malorie Perry, et al.. (2023). A pilot intervention to improve uptake and equality of childhood influenza vaccination in an area of Wales, through the introduction of a mixed delivery model including nursery school immunisation sessions. Vaccine. 41(18). 2990–2995. 1 indexed citations

Datta, Siddhartha Sankar, Federico Martinón‐Torres, Nino Berdzuli, et al.. (2023). Addressing Determinants of Immunization Inequities Requires Objective Tools to Devise Local Solutions. Vaccines. 11(4). 811–811. 3 indexed citations

Sinnathamby, Mary, Fiona Warburton, Arlene Reynolds, et al.. (2023). An intercountry comparison of the impact of the paediatric live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) programme across the UK and the Republic of Ireland (ROI), 2010 to 2017. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(2). e13099–e13099. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Daniel, Jane E. Salmon, Simon Cottrell, et al.. (2022). Comparative risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following COVID-19 vaccination or infection: A national cohort study using linked electronic health records. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 18(6). 2127572–2127572. 5 indexed citations

Pacchiarini, Nicole, Clare Sawyer, Christopher J. Williams, et al.. (2022). Epidemiological analysis of the first 1000 cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 lineage BA.1 (B.1.1.529, Omicron) compared with co‐circulating Delta in Wales, UK. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(6). 986–993. 12 indexed citations

Perry, Malorie, Mike B. Gravenor, Simon Cottrell, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake and effectiveness in adults aged 50 years and older in Wales UK: a 1.2m population data-linkage cohort approach. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 18(1). 2031774–2031774. 7 indexed citations

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Moat, Stuart J., et al.. (2022). Maternal SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance using newborn dried blood spot (DBS) screening specimens highlights extent of low vaccine uptake in pregnant women. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 18(5). 2089498–2089498. 3 indexed citations

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Emmerson, Chris, James P. Adamson, Mike B. Gravenor, et al.. (2021). Risk factors for outbreaks of COVID‐19 in care homes following hospital discharge: A national cohort analysis. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(3). 371–380. 18 indexed citations

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Perry, Malorie, Ashley Akbari, Simon Cottrell, et al.. (2021). Inequalities in coverage of COVID-19 vaccination: A population register based cross-sectional study in Wales, UK. Vaccine. 39(42). 6256–6261. 58 indexed citations

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Boyce, Tammy, Leonard Evans, Steven L. Senior, et al.. (2021). Life expectancy inequalities in Wales before COVID-19: an exploration of current contributions by age and cause of death and changes between 2002 and 2018. Public Health. 193. 48–56. 15 indexed citations

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Cottrell, Simon, et al.. (2019). Hepatitis B vaccine coverage in short and long stay prisons in Wales, UK 2013–2017 and the impact of the global vaccine shortage. Vaccine. 37(35). 4872–4876. 5 indexed citations

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Perry, Malorie, Anne McGowan, Richard J. Roberts, & Simon Cottrell. (2019). Timeliness and equity of infant pertussis vaccination in wales: Analysis of the three dose primary course. Vaccine. 38(6). 1402–1407. 7 indexed citations

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Moore, Catherine, Simon Cottrell, Jörg Hoffmann, et al.. (2015). Self-collected buccal swabs and rapid, real-time PCR during a large measles outbreak in Wales: Evidence for the protective effect of prior MMR immunisation. Journal of Clinical Virology. 67. 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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McGowan, Anne, et al.. (2013). Minimising pain response during routine infant immunisation.. PubMed. 86(6). 24–8. 4 indexed citations

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Cottrell, Simon, et al.. (2013). Unusually high impact of influenza B during the early 2012–2013 influenza season in Wales – epidemiology and clinical analysis of the first 100 cases. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(6). 1013–1016. 4 indexed citations

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Moore, Catherine, M. D. Perry, & Simon Cottrell. (2013). The emerging role of community sentinel surveillance in the understanding of the clinical features and epidemiology of acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(8). O489–O492. 4 indexed citations

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Plummer, Susan, Iveta Garaiová, Simon Cottrell, et al.. (2005). Effects of probiotics on the composition of the intestinal microbiota following antibiotic therapy. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 26(1). 69–74. 59 indexed citations

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