Stephen J. Torr

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Torr is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Torr has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 78 papers in Epidemiology and 75 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Torr's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (80 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (76 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (54 papers). Stephen J. Torr is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (80 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (76 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (54 papers). Stephen J. Torr collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Burkina Faso. Stephen J. Torr's co-authors include G. A. Vale, Gabriella Gibson, Iñaki Tirados, T. N. C. Mangwiro, John W. Hargrove, Steve W. Lindsay, David R. Hall, Philippe Solano, Louise A. Kelly‐Hope and Anne L. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Torr

143 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

2020 452 citations Anne L. Wilson, Orin Courtenay et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen J. Torr United Kingdom	39	2.6k	2.0k	1.9k	987	956	146	4.8k
P. D. Ready United Kingdom	40	3.9k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	652 0.7×	884 0.9×	101	4.8k
Michael W. Gaunt United Kingdom	27	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	761 0.8×	635 0.7×	38	3.6k
Jérémy Bouyer France	37	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	657 0.7×	351 0.4×	224	4.3k
G. A. Vale United Kingdom	38	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	490 0.5×	421 0.4×	93	3.9k
Janine M. Ramsey Mexico	35	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	417 0.4×	498 0.5×	107	4.1k
Daniel Masiga Kenya	31	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	578 0.6×	611 0.6×	164	3.1k
Charles B. Beard United States	36	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.8×	2.1k 2.2×	69	5.0k
Philippe Solano France	40	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	561 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	164	4.2k
Ricardo E. Gürtler Argentina	46	3.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	5.2k 2.8×	402 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	181	6.5k
Marta M. G. Teixeira Brazil	34	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.8×	345 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	103	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. Torr

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20 of 20 papers shown

Longbottom, Joshua, Johan Esterhuizen, Andrew Hope, et al.. (2024). Impact of a national tsetse control programme to eliminate Gambian sleeping sickness in Uganda: a spatiotemporal modelling study. BMJ Global Health. 9(10). e015374–e015374. 1 indexed citations

Mpanya, Alain, Epco Hasker, Erick Mwamba Miaka, et al.. (2023). Community empowerment through participation in a tsetse control project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). e0001325–e0001325.

Tirados, Iñaki, et al.. (2022). Environmental mutations in the Campo focus challenge elimination of sleeping sickness transmission in Cameroon. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 36(3). 260–268. 6 indexed citations

Courtin, Fabrice, Dramane Kaba, Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé, et al.. (2022). The cost of tsetse control using ‘Tiny Targets’ in the sleeping sickness endemic forest area of Bonon in Côte d’Ivoire: Implications for comparing costs across different settings. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(1). e0010033–e0010033. 5 indexed citations

Rock, Kat S., R. E. Crump, Paul R. Bessell, et al.. (2022). Update of transmission modelling and projections of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the Mandoul focus, Chad. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 11(1). 11–11. 13 indexed citations

Hope, Andrew, Johan Esterhuizen, Iñaki Tirados, et al.. (2022). Scaling up of tsetse control to eliminate Gambian sleeping sickness in northern Uganda. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(6). e0010222–e0010222. 6 indexed citations

Bessell, Paul R., Johan Esterhuizen, M. J. Lehane, et al.. (2021). Estimating the impact of Tiny Targets in reducing the incidence of Gambian sleeping sickness in the North-west Uganda focus. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 410–410. 11 indexed citations

Lord, Jennifer, Lee R. Haines, Antoine M. G. Barreaux, et al.. (2021). Effects of maternal age and stress on offspring quality in a viviparous fly. Ecology Letters. 24(10). 2113–2122. 15 indexed citations

Longbottom, Joshua, et al.. (2021). Optimising passive surveillance of a neglected tropical disease in the era of elimination: A modelling study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(3). e0008599–e0008599. 6 indexed citations

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Muhanguzi, Dennis, Guy Hendrickx, Gaëlle Nicolas, et al.. (2021). Spatial analysis of G.f.fuscipes abundance in Uganda using Poisson and Zero-Inflated Poisson regression models. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(12). e0009820–e0009820. 7 indexed citations

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Kaba, Dramane, Vincent Djohan, Richard Selby, et al.. (2021). Use of vector control to protect people from sleeping sickness in the focus of Bonon (Côte d’Ivoire). PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(6). e0009404–e0009404. 13 indexed citations

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Mpanya, Alain, Marleen Boelaert, Erick Mwamba Miaka, et al.. (2020). Feasibility of community-based control of tsetse: A pilot project using Tiny Targets in the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(9). e0008696–e0008696. 5 indexed citations

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Wilson, Anne L., Orin Courtenay, Louise A. Kelly‐Hope, et al.. (2020). The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(1). e0007831–e0007831. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lord, Jennifer, David R. Hall, Jessica Lingley, et al.. (2020). Assessing the effect of insecticide-treated cattle on tsetse abundance and trypanosome transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface in Serengeti, Tanzania. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(8). e0008288–e0008288. 13 indexed citations

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Abong’o, Bernard, John E. Gimnig, Stephen J. Torr, et al.. (2020). Impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic 300CS) on entomological indicators of transmission and malaria case burden in Migori County, western Kenya. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4518–4518. 56 indexed citations

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Abong’o, Bernard, Xiaoyu Yu, Martin J. Donnelly, et al.. (2018). Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 533–533. 32 indexed citations

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Péka, Mallaye, Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé, Kat S. Rock, et al.. (2017). Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad). PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(7). e0005792–e0005792. 70 indexed citations

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Hawkes, Frances M., Benny Obrain Manin, Stephen J. Torr, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host-seeking on humans and primates. Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 338–338. 22 indexed citations

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Chapman, Gail E., Debra Archer, Stephen J. Torr, Tom Solomon, & Matthew Baylis. (2016). Potential vectors of equine arboviruses in the UK. Veterinary Record. 180(1). 19–19. 11 indexed citations

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Courtin, Fabrice, et al.. (2015). Baited-boats: an innovative way to control riverine tsetse, vectors of sleeping sickness in West Africa. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 236–236. 3 indexed citations

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