Simon J. Piatek

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simon J. Piatek is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon J. Piatek has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Health, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simon J. Piatek's work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (6 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Simon J. Piatek is often cited by papers focused on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (6 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Simon J. Piatek collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Simon J. Piatek's co-authors include Heidi J. Larson, Kristen de Graaf, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Sahil Loomba, Zhiyuan Hou, Fanxing Du, Kexin Yu and Leesa Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Nature Human Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Simon J. Piatek

6 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA

2021 1.1k citations Sahil Loomba, Alexandre de Figueiredo et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers

Simon J. Piatek

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Sahil Loomba United Kingdom

Kristen de Graaf United Kingdom

Jeanette B. Ruiz United States

Bao Sheng Loe United Kingdom

Ariane Petit United Kingdom

S. M. Murshid Hasan Bangladesh

Neha Puri India

Steven Lloyd Wilson United States

Sazzad Hossain Khan Bangladesh

Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal Australia

Sahil Loomba United Kingdom

Simon J. Piatek

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763 ×0.9

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314 ×0.8

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203 ×0.9

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210 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Simon J. Piatek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon J. Piatek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simon J. Piatek. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Simon J. Piatek. The network helps show where Simon J. Piatek may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon J. Piatek

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Larson, Heidi J. & Simon J. Piatek. (2025). A crisis of credibility: the global cost of US vaccine misinformation. The Lancet. 406(10504). 668–670. 2 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhiyuan, Fanxing Du, Kexin Yu, et al.. (2021). Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Confidence, and Public Engagement: A Global Social Listening Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(6). e27632–e27632. 132 indexed citations

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Loomba, Sahil, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Simon J. Piatek, Kristen de Graaf, & Heidi J. Larson. (2021). Author Correction: Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(7). 960–960. 36 indexed citations

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Loomba, Sahil, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Simon J. Piatek, Kristen de Graaf, & Heidi J. Larson. (2021). Author Correction: Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(3). 407–407. 7 indexed citations

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Loomba, Sahil, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Simon J. Piatek, Kristen de Graaf, & Heidi J. Larson. (2021). Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(3). 337–348. 1102 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hou, Zhiyuan, Fanxing Du, Kexin Yu, et al.. (2021). Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Confidence and Public Engagement: A Global Social Listening Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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