Stephen J. Connor

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Connor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Connor has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Connor's work include Malaria Research and Control (21 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers). Stephen J. Connor is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (21 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers). Stephen J. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Gambia. Stephen J. Connor's co-authors include Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku, Madeleine C. Thomson, Chester F. Ropelewski, Christelle Vancutsem, M. C. Thomson, Andrew P. Morse, Simon J. Mason, E. Grover‐Kopec and Mark Cresswell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Remote Sensing of Environment and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Connor

61 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography

2007 545 citations Tufa Dinku, Pietro Ceccato et al. profile →
Evaluation of MODIS land surface temperature data to estimate air temperature in different ecosystems over Africa

2009 479 citations Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen J. Connor United Kingdom	35	1.9k	1.7k	1.7k	772	609	62	5.0k
Andrew C. Comrie United States	33	2.0k 1.1×	754 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	798 1.0×	740 1.2×	82	4.9k
Andrew P. Morse United Kingdom	36	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	677 0.4×	348 0.5×	1.2k 2.0×	99	4.7k
Madeleine C. Thomson United Kingdom	37	863 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	566 0.3×	208 0.3×	737 1.2×	94	4.0k
Pietro Ceccato United States	33	3.5k 1.9×	715 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	327 0.5×	76	6.3k
Yongli Cai China	36	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	411 0.2×	1.0k 1.4×	411 0.7×	145	5.6k
Catherine Linard Belgium	35	2.3k 1.2×	822 0.5×	258 0.2×	458 0.6×	659 1.1×	100	5.3k
Xavier Rodó Spain	33	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	721 0.4×	139 0.2×	651 1.1×	110	4.4k
Valerie Isham United Kingdom	37	2.0k 1.1×	438 0.3×	929 0.6×	562 0.7×	271 0.4×	96	5.0k
Andrew J. Monaghan United States	45	2.4k 1.3×	975 0.6×	3.5k 2.1×	685 0.9×	798 1.3×	113	6.7k
Assaf Anyamba United States	33	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	568 0.3×	433 0.6×	1.8k 2.9×	76	5.0k

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Thomson, Madeleine C., Simon J. Mason, Judy Omumbo, et al.. (2014). Climate and health in Africa. 1(1). 17–17. 7 indexed citations

Ceccato, Pietro, S. Trzaska, Carlos Pérez García‐Pando, et al.. (2013). Improving decision-making activities for meningitis and malaria. Geocarto International. 29(1). 19–38. 4 indexed citations

Connor, Stephen J., et al.. (2012). Application of Dynamic Line Rating to Defer Transmission Network Reinforcement due to Wind Generation. International Universities Power Engineering Conference. 1–6. 17 indexed citations

Corral, John del, et al.. (2012). Climate information for public health: the role of the IRI climate data library in an integrated knowledge system. Geospatial health. 6(3). 15–15. 24 indexed citations

Connor, Stephen J., et al.. (2010). Equipment and methodology for the planning and implementation of dynamic line ratings on overhead transmission circuits. 1–6. 11 indexed citations

Cuevas, Luís E., Isabelle Jeanne, Anna Molesworth, et al.. (2007). Risk mapping and early warning systems for the control of meningitis in Africa. Vaccine. 25. A12–A17. 23 indexed citations

Thomson, Madeleine C., Francisco J. Doblas‐Reyes, Simon J. Mason, et al.. (2006). Malaria early warnings based on seasonal climate forecasts from multi-model ensembles. Nature. 439(7076). 576–579. 346 indexed citations

Dinku, Tufa, Pietro Ceccato, E. Grover‐Kopec, Stephen J. Connor, & Chester F. Ropelewski. (2006). Validation and Inter-comparison of Satellite Rainfall Products over East Africa's Complex Topography. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

Marx, Sabine M., et al.. (2004). Improving epidemic malaria planning, preparedness and response in Southern Africa. Report on the 1st Southern African Regional Epidemic Outlook Forum, Harare, Zimbabwe, 26-29 September, 2004.. Malaria Journal. 3(1). 37–37. 50 indexed citations

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Molesworth, Anna, Madeleine C. Thomson, Stephen J. Connor, et al.. (2002). Where is the meningitis belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96(3). 242–249. 129 indexed citations

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Thomson, M. C. & Stephen J. Connor. (2000). Environmental information systems for the control of arthropod vectors of disease. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 14(3). 227–244. 88 indexed citations

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Thomson, M. C., et al.. (1999). Towards a kala azar risk map for Sudan: mapping the potential distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis using digital data of environmental variables. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 4(2). 105–113. 91 indexed citations

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Thomson, Madeleine C., Stephen J. Connor, Umberto D’Alessandro, et al.. (1999). Predicting malaria infection in Gambian children from satellite data and bed net use surveys: the importance of spatial correlation in the interpretation of results.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 61(1). 2–8. 118 indexed citations

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Elnaiem, Dia‐Eldin, et al.. (1998). Environmental determinants of the distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis in Sudan. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 92(8). 877–887. 30 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen J., et al.. (1998). Environmental Information Systems in Malaria Risk Mapping and Epidemic Forecasting. Disasters. 22(1). 39–56. 37 indexed citations

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Thomson, M. C., Stephen J. Connor, Paul Milligan, & S. Flasse. (1997). Mapping malaria risk in Africa: What can satellite data contribute?. Parasitology Today. 13(8). 313–318. 77 indexed citations

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Thomson, Madeleine C., Stephen J. Connor, Steve Bennett, et al.. (1996). Geographical perspectives on bednet use and malaria transmission in the Gambia, West Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 43(1). 101–112. 42 indexed citations

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Thomson, M. C., Stephen J. Connor, Paul Milligan, & S. Flasse. (1996). The ecology of malaria—as seen from Earth-observation satellites. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 90(3). 243–264. 88 indexed citations

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Thomson, Madeleine C., J. H. Adiamah, Stephen J. Connor, et al.. (1995). Entomological evaluation of the Gambia's National Impregnated Bednet Programme. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 89(3). 229–241. 36 indexed citations

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Thomson, Madeleine C., Stephen J. Connor, Martha L. Quiñones, et al.. (1995). Movement of Anopheles gambiae s.l. malaria vectors between villages in The Gambia. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 9(4). 413–419. 58 indexed citations

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