Stephen Higgs

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen Higgs is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Higgs has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 58 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen Higgs's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (72 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (58 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (28 papers). Stephen Higgs is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (72 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (58 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (28 papers). Stephen Higgs collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Stephen Higgs's co-authors include Dana L. Vanlandingham, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, Charles E. McGee, Bradley S. Schneider, Alan D.T. Barrett, Barry J. Beaty, Yvette A. Girard, Ernest A. Gould, Scott C. Weaver and Ken E. Olson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Higgs

89 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Single Mutation in Chikungunya Virus Affects Vector Spe... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750 1000
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. A Single Mutation in Chikungunya Virus Affects Vector Specificity and Epidemic Potential
    2007 1.1k citations Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, Dana L. Vanlandingham et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Higgs United States 46 6.8k 5.4k 2.0k 951 776 89 8.3k
Gregory D. Ebel United States 47 5.5k 0.8× 5.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 695 0.7× 441 0.6× 143 7.2k
Carol D. Blair United States 45 4.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 901 1.2× 127 6.2k
Robert B. Tesh United States 47 6.7k 1.0× 4.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 502 0.5× 381 0.5× 119 7.8k
Alexander A. Khromykh Australia 60 7.2k 1.1× 6.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.8× 1.3k 1.7× 160 10.1k
Aaron C. Brault United States 46 6.4k 0.9× 5.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 370 0.4× 259 0.3× 153 7.5k
Dorothée Missé France 38 3.3k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 974 0.5× 853 0.9× 914 1.2× 132 5.7k
Stephen Higgs United States 39 3.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 591 0.6× 563 0.7× 102 4.8k
Robert B. Tesh United States 56 7.5k 1.1× 7.7k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 637 0.7× 413 0.5× 226 10.6k
Barry J. Beaty United States 53 6.0k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 1.8k 1.9× 782 1.0× 202 8.8k
Alain Kohl United Kingdom 45 2.9k 0.4× 3.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 818 1.1× 141 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Higgs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Higgs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Higgs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Higgs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Higgs 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 Stephen Higgs. Stephen Higgs 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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Roques, Pierre, Lisa F. P. Ng, I‐Ching Sam, & Stephen Higgs. (2015). Chikungunya: International Focus Issue. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(4). 221–222. 4 indexed citations
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Wicker, Jason A., Melissa C. Whiteman, David W.C. Beasley, et al.. (2012). Mutational analysis of the West Nile virus NS4B protein. Virology. 426(1). 22–33. 49 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Sarah A., Charles E. McGee, Yan-Jang S. Huang, et al.. (2011). In Vivo Imaging of Chikungunya Virus in Mice and Aedes Mosquitoes Using a Renilla Luciferase Clone. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(11). 1471–1477. 22 indexed citations
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McGee, Charles E., Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, Bruno Guy, et al.. (2011). Stability of Yellow Fever Virus under Recombinatory Pressure as Compared with Chikungunya Virus. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23247–e23247. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Rubing, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, Alexandra Adams, et al.. (2010). Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses of Chikungunya Virus Reveal Independent Emergences of Recent Epidemics and Various Evolutionary Rates. Journal of Virology. 84(13). 6497–6504. 296 indexed citations
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Thangamani, Saravanan, Stephen Higgs, Sarah A. Ziegler, et al.. (2010). Host Immune Response to Mosquito-Transmitted Chikungunya Virus Differs from That Elicited by Needle Inoculated Virus. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12137–e12137. 84 indexed citations
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McGee, Charles E., Alexandr V. Shustov, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, et al.. (2009). Infection, Dissemination, and Transmission of a West Nile Virus Green Fluorescent Protein Infectious Clone by Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(3). 267–274. 37 indexed citations
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Nawtaisong, Pruksa, Tresa S. Fraser, Velmurugan Balaraman, et al.. (2009). Effective suppression of Dengue fever virus in mosquito cell cultures using retroviral transduction of hammerhead ribozymes targeting the viral genome. Virology Journal. 6(1). 73–73. 23 indexed citations
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McElroy, Kate L., Yvette A. Girard, Charles E. McGee, et al.. (2008). Characterization of the Antigen Distribution and Tissue Tropisms of Three Phenotypically Distinct Yellow Fever Virus Variants in Orally Infected Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(5). 675–688. 21 indexed citations
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Kato, Nobutaka, Christopher R. Mueller, Jeremy F. Fuchs, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of the Function of a Type I Peritrophic Matrix as a Physical Barrier for Midgut Epithelium Invasion by Mosquito-Borne Pathogens in Aedes aegypti. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(5). 701–712. 65 indexed citations
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Wicker, Jason A., Melissa C. Whiteman, David W.C. Beasley, et al.. (2006). A single amino acid substitution in the central portion of the West Nile virus NS4B protein confers a highly attenuated phenotype in mice. Virology. 349(2). 245–253. 87 indexed citations
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Schneider, Bradley S., Lynn Soong, Yvette A. Girard, et al.. (2006). Potentiation of West Nile Encephalitis by Mosquito Feeding. Viral Immunology. 19(1). 74–82. 103 indexed citations
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Girard, Yvette A., Vsevolod L. Popov, Julie Wen, Violet C. Han, & Stephen Higgs. (2005). Ultrastructural Study of West Nile Virus Pathogenesis in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 42(3). 429–444. 89 indexed citations
14.
Tüzün, Erdem, Huan Yang, Bo Wu, et al.. (2004). Circulating Immune Complexes Augment Severity of Antibody-Mediated Myasthenia Gravis in Hypogammaglobulinemic RIIIS/J Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5743–5752. 21 indexed citations
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Girard, Yvette A., Kimberly A. Klingler, & Stephen Higgs. (2004). West Nile Virus Dissemination and Tissue Tropisms in Orally Infected Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 4(2). 109–122. 110 indexed citations
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Schneider, Bradley S., Lynn Soong, Nordin S. Zeidner, & Stephen Higgs. (2004). Aedes aegypti Salivary Gland Extracts Modulate Anti-Viral and T H 1/T H 2 Cytokine Responses to Sindbis Virus Infection. Viral Immunology. 17(4). 565–573. 88 indexed citations
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Brault, Aaron C., Brian D. Foy, Kevin M. Myles, et al.. (2004). Infection patterns of o’nyong nyong virus in the malaria‐transmitting mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Molecular Biology. 13(6). 625–635. 62 indexed citations
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Higgs, Stephen, Keith R. Snow, & Ernest A. Gould. (2003). The potential for West Nile virus to establish outside of its natural range: a consideration of potential mosquito vectors in the United Kingdom. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98(2). 82–87. 60 indexed citations
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Bartholomay, Lyric C., Ken E. Olson, Carl Lowenberger, et al.. (2001). Characterization of an endogenous gene expressed in <italic>Aedes aegypti</italic> using an orally infectious recombinant sindbis virus.. Journal of Insect Science. 1. 10–10. 75 indexed citations
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Higgs, Stephen, Ken E. Olson, Ann M. Powers, et al.. (1995). Mosquito sensitivity to a scorpion neurotoxin expressed using an infectious Sindbis virus vector. Insect Molecular Biology. 4(2). 97–103. 29 indexed citations

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