Tom Jefferson

18.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
182 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Tom Jefferson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Jefferson has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Epidemiology, 43 papers in Infectious Diseases and 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Tom Jefferson's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (59 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (38 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (25 papers). Tom Jefferson is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (59 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (38 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (25 papers). Tom Jefferson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Canada. Tom Jefferson's co-authors include Michael Drummond, Carlo Di Pietrantonj, Alessandro Rivetti, Vittorio Demicheli, Eliana Ferroni, Peter Doshi, Chris Del Mar, Mark Jones, Lubna A. Al‐Ansary and Carl Heneghan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Tom Jefferson

178 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Guidelines for authors and peer reviewers of economic submissions to the BMJ
    1996 1.5k citations Tom Jefferson et al. BMJ profile →
  2. Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults
    2010 595 citations Tom Jefferson et al. profile →
  3. Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
    2011 587 citations Tom Jefferson, John Conly et al. profile →
  4. Increasing value and reducing waste: addressing inaccessible research
    2014 536 citations Tom Jefferson et al. profile →
  5. Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children
    2012 432 citations Tom Jefferson, Carl Heneghan et al. profile →
  6. Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
    2023 148 citations Tom Jefferson, John Conly et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tom Jefferson 5.0k 2.1k 1.6k 1.4k 1.4k 182 11.7k
Ly‐Mee Yu 2.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 823 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 195 12.4k
Mark Jones 3.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 650 0.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 299 12.1k
Richard Platt 6.1k 1.2× 2.9k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 3.3k 2.3× 1.2k 0.9× 321 18.6k
Chris Del Mar 3.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 3.2k 2.2× 2.8k 2.0× 331 16.7k
Tracy A. Lieu 5.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 230 12.5k
Bruce Fireman 7.2k 1.4× 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.7× 251 16.9k
Ross Upshur 2.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 2.8k 1.9× 712 0.5× 373 12.9k
Kenneth D. Mandl 3.1k 0.6× 748 0.4× 905 0.6× 2.5k 1.7× 555 0.4× 299 12.9k
Noel S. Weiss 5.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 696 0.4× 3.3k 2.3× 4.0k 2.9× 491 29.1k
Charles Shey Wiysonge 2.3k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 889 0.6× 252 0.2× 361 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Jefferson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Jefferson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Jefferson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jefferson, Tom, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2022). A Hierarchical Framework for Assessing Transmission Causality of Respiratory Viruses. Viruses. 14(8). 1605–1605. 9 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of close contact in transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 280–280. 2 indexed citations
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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of airborne transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 232–232. 3 indexed citations
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Roşca, Elena Cecilia, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2022). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Cruise Ship Travel: A Systematic Review. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 7(10). 290–290. 10 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of close contact in transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 280–280. 1 indexed citations
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Roşca, Elena Cecilia, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 associated with aircraft travel: a systematic review. Journal of Travel Medicine. 28(7). 29 indexed citations
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Roşca, Elena Cecilia, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 associated with cruise ship travel: protocol for a systematic review (Version 1). medRxiv. 1 indexed citations
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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of orofecal transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 231–231. 35 indexed citations
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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of airborne transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 232–232. 17 indexed citations
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Roşca, Elena Cecilia, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 associated with aircraft travel: a systematic review (Version 1). medRxiv. 1 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of close contact in transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 280–280. 10 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 233–233. 38 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 233–233. 56 indexed citations
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Onakpoya, Igho, Carl Heneghan, Elizabeth Spencer, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 233–233. 2 indexed citations
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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of orofecal transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 231–231. 27 indexed citations
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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and the role of airborne transmission: a systematic review. F1000Research. 10. 232–232. 25 indexed citations
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Jefferson, Tom, Elizabeth Spencer, Jon Brassey, & Carl Heneghan. (2020). Viral Cultures for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infectivity Assessment: A Systematic Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73(11). e3884–e3899. 172 indexed citations
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Jefferson, Tom. (2007). James Lind Library. 23(4). 12 indexed citations
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Jefferson, Tom. (2002). Influenza vaccines in adults. Occupational Medicine. 52(5). 255–258. 7 indexed citations
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Jefferson, Tom. (1999). What are the benefits of editorials and non-systematic reviews?. BMJ. 318(7176). 135.1–135.1. 8 indexed citations

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