Simon I Hay

419.1k citations

377 papers · 47.9k indexed · 35 hit papers · h-index 108

Impact in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.01%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Malaria Research and Control
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
Modeling and Simulation top 0.02%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Papers in

Modeling and Simulation 52
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies 52
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 234
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control 161
- Malaria Research and Control 154
- Zoonotic diseases and public health 41

Co-authors: Robert W. Snow Peter W. Gething Andrew J. Tatem Carlos A. Guerra David L. Smith Abdisalan M. Noor Oliver J. Brady Jane P. Messina
Journals: Malaria Journal (28 papers)Advances in Parasitology (16 papers)PLoS Medicine (15 papers)PLoS neglected tropical diseases (14 papers)Trends in Parasitology (13 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Kenya

In The Last Decade

Simon I Hay

370 papers receiving 46.3k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Health effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke: a Burden of Proof study 2024 · 46 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Medicine
2023 The Lancet Microbe
2023 The Lancet
2022 EClinicalMedicine
2022 EClinicalMedicine
2021 The Lancet Public Health
2021 The Lancet
2021 The Lancet Planetary Health
2021 The Lancet
2021 The Lancet Public Health
2019 Nature Microbiology
2019 The Lancet Neurology
2019 Annual Review of Entomology
2018 The Lancet
2016 The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2016 eLife
2016 Nature Microbiology
2016 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2014 PLoS ONE
2014 Trends in Microbiology
2013 Parasites & Vectors
2013 PLoS Medicine
2013 Nature
2012 PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2012 PLoS Pathogens
2012 PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2012 The Lancet
2012 PLoS Medicine
2012 Parasites & Vectors
2011 Parasites & Vectors
2011 Malaria Journal
2010 Parasites & Vectors
2009 PLoS Medicine
2005 Nature
2004 The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Citations

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Simon I Hay, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	A burden of proof study of the effects of exposure to high fasting plasma glucose on the risk of seven types of cancer Scientific Reports ·王学魁, Yvonne Yiru Xu, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng, Lisa M Force, Antônio Cecchin, Susan McLaughlin, Theo Vos, JT Kim, Simon I Hay, Duncan W. Bruce, Verônica Colpani, Chris Murray, Fernando Gerchman, Kanyin Liane Ong	2025	0
2	A systematic review with a Burden of Proof meta-analysis of health effects of long-term ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on dementia Nature Aging ·Natalia N. Yaremko, Jaimie D Steinmetz, Elizabeth K. Marsh, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Charlie Ashbaugh, Christopher J L Murray, Fang Yang, John S. Ji, Peng Zheng, Reed J D Sorensen, Sarah Wozniak, Simon I Hay, Susan A. McLaughlin, Vanessa Garcia, Michael Bräuer, Katrin Burkart	2025	12
3	The global distribution and risk prediction of Anaplasmataceae species: a systematic review and geospatial modelling analysis EBioMedicine ·A Quadt, 克也勝見, Ю И Захарьева, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chen‐Long Lv, Farzam Dadgar‐Rad, Guolin Wang, Ying‐Jie Zhu, Yuehong Wei, Simon I Hay, Li-Qun Fang, Анастасия Михайловна Иванова	2025	0
4	Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study Nature Medicine ·Demewoz Haile, Kassandra L. Harding, Susan A. McLaughlin, Charlie Ashbaugh, Vanessa Garcia, Paratore Sabrina, H. L. C. Wood, Iryna Chemerynska, Reed J D Sorensen, Simon I Hay, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng, Jeffrey D Stanaway, Christopher J L Murray, Michael Bräuer	2025	1
5	The global distribution and diversity of wild-bird-associated pathogens: An integrated data analysis and modeling study Med ·Nowella Anyango‐van Zwieten, Chen‐Long Lv, Jinjin Chen, Yanqun Sun, Andrea Bel, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yufeng Yang, Guolin Wang, Farzam Dadgar‐Rad, Xiao‐Ai Zhang, Feng Hong, Simon I Hay, Li‐Qun Fang, Wei Liu	2024	8
6	Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990–2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study EClinicalMedicine ·Zhanhao Su, Zhiyong Zou, Simon I Hay, Yiwei Liu, Shoujun Li, Huiwen Chen, Mohsen Naghavi, Meghan Zimmerman, Gerard R. Martin, Lauren B. Wilner, Craig Sable, Christopher J L Murray, Nicholas J Kassebaum, George Patton, Hao Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2022	147
7	Predictive performance of international COVID-19 mortality forecasting models Nature Communications ·Joseph Friedman, Patrick Liu, Christopher Troeger, Austin Carter, Robert C. Reiner, Ryan M Barber, James K. Collins, Stephen S Lim, David M. Pigott, Theo Vos, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou	2021	68
8	Estimating the population at high risk for tuberculosis through household exposure in high-incidence countries: a model-based analysis EClinicalMedicine ·Jennifer M. Ross, N. Goodman, Yaqi Wang, James K. Collins, Cody Horst, Jessie B Doody, Paulina A Lindstedt, Jorge R Ledesma, Adrienne E. Shapiro, Simon I Hay, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Abraham D. Flaxman	2021	10
9	Changes in notifiable infectious disease incidence in China during the COVID-19 pandemic Nature Communications ·Mengjie Geng, Haiyang Zhang, Linjie Yu, Chen‐Long Lv, Tao Wang, Tian-Le Che, Qiang Xu, Bao‐Gui Jiang, Jinjin Chen, Simon I Hay, Zhongjie Li, George F. Gao, Liping Wang, Yang Yang, Li‐Qun Fang, Wei Liu	2021	85
10	Maintaining progress for the most beautiful chart in the world International Health ·Simon I Hay	2019	3
11	Pareto rules for malaria super-spreaders and super-spreading Nature Communications ·Laura Cooper, Su Yun Kang, Donal Bisanzio, Maxwell Kilama, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Bryan Greenhouse, Chris Drakeley, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Peter W. Gething, Philip A. Eckhoff, Robert C. Reiner, Simon I Hay, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Steve W. Lindsay, Bryan T. Grenfell, David L. Smith	2019	40
12	malERA: An updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication PLoS Medicine ·Kiran Ramnath, Chris Drakeley, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Bradford Hall, Simon I Hay, Janet Hemingway, David C. Kaslow, Abdisalan Noor, Fredros O. Okumu, Richard W. Steketee, Marcel Tanner, Timothy N. C. Wells, Maxine Whittaker, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Dyann F. Wirth, Kate Whitfield, Pedro L. Alonso	2017	151
13	Defining the relationship between infection prevalence and clinical incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria Nature Communications ·Ewan Cameron, Katherine E. Battle, Samir Bhatt, Daniel J. Weiss, Donal Bisanzio, Bonnie Mappin, Ursula Dalrymple, Simon I Hay, David L. Smith, Jamie T. Griffin, Edward A. Wenger, Philip A. Eckhoff, Thomas A. Smith, Melissa A. Penny, Peter W. Gething	2015	49
14	Coverage and system efficiencies of insecticide-treated nets in Africa from 2000 to 2017 eLife ·Samir Bhatt, Daniel J. Weiss, Bonnie Mappin, Ursula Dalrymple, Ewan Cameron, Donal Bisanzio, David L. Smith, Catherine L. Moyes, Andrew J. Tatem, Michael Lynch, Cristin Fergus, Joshua Yukich, Adam Bennett, Thomas P. Eisele, Jan Kolaczinski, Richard Cibulskis, Simon I Hay, Peter W. Gething	2015	111
15	Global temperature constraints on Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus persistence and competence for dengue virus transmission Parasites & Vectors ·Oliver J. Brady, Nick Golding, David M. Pigott, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Jane P. Messina, Robert C. Reiner, Thomas W. Scott, David L. Smith, Peter W. Gething, Simon I Hay	2014	275
16	G6PD Deficiency Advances in Parasitology ·Rosalind E. Howes, Katherine E. Battle, Ari Winasti Satyagraha, J. Kevin Baird, Simon I Hay	2013	171
17	Correction: A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007 PLoS Medicine ·Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, Anand P. Patil, Andrew J. Tatem, Abdisalan M. Noor, Caroline Kabaria, Bui Huu Manh, Iqbal Elyazar, Simon Brooker, David L. Smith, Rana Moyeed, Robert W. Snow	2009	245
18	A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007 PLoS Medicine ·Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra, Peter W. Gething, Anand P. Patil, Andrew J. Tatem, Abdisalan M. Noor, Caroline Kabaria, Bui Huu Manh, Iqbal Elyazar, Simon Brooker, David L. Smith, Rana Moyeed, Robert W. Snow Hit paper breakdown →	2009	407
19	Defining the Global Spatial Limits of Malaria Transmission in 2005 Advances in Parasitology ·Carlos A. Guerra, Robert W. Snow, Simon I Hay	2006	59
20	Predicting the distribution of West Nile fever in North America sensor data Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·D.J. Rogers, Melanie F. Myers, C. Tucker, Paul F. Smith, Lia Maria Graciano, P. Bryon Backenson, M. Eidson, Laura D. Kramer, Ting Wu, Simon I Hay	2002	24

About Simon I Hay

Simon I Hay is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecological Modeling, having authored 377 papers that have together received 47.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (161 papers), Malaria Research and Control (154 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (64 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (52 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (41 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (38 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (21 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (31.0k citations), Modeling and Simulation (4.2k citations), Infectious Diseases (13.3k citations), Parasitology (4.2k citations) and Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations). Simon I Hay has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Robert W. Snow, Peter W. Gething, Andrew J. Tatem, Carlos A. Guerra, David L. Smith, Abdisalan M. Noor, Oliver J. Brady, Jane P. Messina, Catherine L. Moyes and Thomas W. Scott. Their work appears in journals such as Malaria Journal, Advances in Parasitology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS neglected tropical diseases and Trends in Parasitology.

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