Vincent Zigas

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Vincent Zigas is a scholar working on Plant Science, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent Zigas has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Vincent Zigas's work include Neurological diseases and metabolism (3 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers) and Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (3 papers). Vincent Zigas is often cited by papers focused on Neurological diseases and metabolism (3 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers) and Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (3 papers). Vincent Zigas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Papua New Guinea and Argentina. Vincent Zigas's co-authors include D. Carleton Gajdusek, META A. NEUMANN, Jack Baker, J. J. Graydon, Cyril C. Curtain, Gordon G. Wallace, Keith E. Wilson and R. L. Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vincent Zigas

21 papers receiving 897 citations

Hit Papers

Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System in New... 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 1959 100 200 300
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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. Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System in New Guinea
    1957 342 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Vincent Zigas New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Pathology of Kuru.
    1959 217 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Vincent Zigas et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vincent Zigas United States 13 678 389 176 98 75 21 1.0k
Gajdusek Dc United States 16 226 0.3× 114 0.3× 53 0.3× 86 0.9× 150 2.0× 57 695
Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson United States 20 689 1.0× 366 0.9× 149 0.8× 232 2.4× 30 0.4× 30 1.7k
G. A. H. Wells United Kingdom 23 1.7k 2.6× 1.0k 2.6× 544 3.1× 59 0.6× 54 0.7× 41 1.9k
Justin J. Greenlee United States 26 1.4k 2.0× 612 1.6× 510 2.9× 96 1.0× 85 1.1× 96 1.6k
Jerome Whitfield United Kingdom 10 953 1.4× 569 1.5× 327 1.9× 65 0.7× 28 0.4× 18 1.1k
A. Chree United Kingdom 7 2.1k 3.0× 989 2.5× 604 3.4× 91 0.9× 51 0.7× 8 2.2k
Linda McCardle United Kingdom 17 2.9k 4.2× 1.2k 3.2× 689 3.9× 211 2.2× 73 1.0× 19 3.0k
D. Carleton Gajdusek United States 11 184 0.3× 105 0.3× 60 0.3× 35 0.4× 172 2.3× 14 489
Oshrat Schonberger Israel 11 355 0.5× 115 0.3× 104 0.6× 23 0.2× 36 0.5× 18 538
Gibbs Cj United States 12 127 0.2× 58 0.1× 24 0.1× 47 0.5× 157 2.1× 34 447

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vincent Zigas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vincent Zigas 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 Vincent Zigas. Vincent Zigas 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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Zigas, Vincent. (1990). Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
2.
Zigas, Vincent. (1990). Laughing Death. Humana Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
3.
Zigas, Vincent. (1977). An Evaluation of Trichomoniasis in Two Ethnic Groups in Papua New Guinea. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 4(2). 63–65. 14 indexed citations
4.
Zigas, Vincent. (1976). Prevalence of toxoplasma antibodies in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.. PubMed. 19(4). 225–30. 3 indexed citations
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Zigas, Vincent. (1975). KURU: A CRITICAL REVIEW. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2(12). 483–486. 6 indexed citations
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Wallace, Gordon G., Vincent Zigas, & D. Carleton Gajdusek. (1974). Toxoplasmosis and Cats in New Guinea. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 23(1). 8–14. 21 indexed citations
7.
Zigas, Vincent & R. L. Doherty. (1973). An outbreak of dengue in the Rabaul community.. 16(1). 5 indexed citations
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Zigas, Vincent. (1970). II. Kuru in New Guinea: Discovery and Epidemiology. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 19(1). 130–132. 3 indexed citations
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Graydon, J. J., et al.. (1961). Studies on Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10(4). 665–668. 13 indexed citations
10.
Gajdusek, D. Carleton, Vincent Zigas, & Jack Baker. (1961). Studies on Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10(4). 599–627. 36 indexed citations
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Graydon, J. J., et al.. (1961). Studies on Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10(4). 639–664. 48 indexed citations
12.
Curtain, Cyril C., et al.. (1961). Studies on Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10(1). 92–109. 25 indexed citations
13.
Gajdusek, D. Carleton & Vincent Zigas. (1961). Studies on Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10(1). 80–91. 23 indexed citations
14.
Wilson, Keith E., Vincent Zigas, & D. Carleton Gajdusek. (1959). NEW TREMOR SYNDROMES OCCURRING SPORADICALLY IN NATIVES OF THE WABAG-LAIAGAM-KUNDEP REGION OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA. The Lancet. 274(7105). 699–702. 10 indexed citations
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Zigas, Vincent & D. Carleton Gajdusek. (1959). Kuru. Clinical, Pathological and Epidemiclogical Study of a Recently Discovered Acute Progressive Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System reaching " Epidemic " Proportions among Natives of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea.. 3(1). 1–24. 21 indexed citations
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Gajdusek, D. Carleton, et al.. (1959). Pathology of Kuru.. PubMed. 8(4). 799–847. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gajdusek, D. Carleton & Vincent Zigas. (1959). Kuru. The American Journal of Medicine. 26(3). 442–469. 112 indexed citations
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Gajdusek, D. Carleton & Vincent Zigas. (1958). Untersuchungen �ber die Pathogenese von Kuru. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 36(10). 445–459. 12 indexed citations
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Zigas, Vincent & D. Carleton Gajdusek. (1957). KURU: CLINICAL STUDY OF A NEW SYNDROME RESEMBLING PARALYSIS AGITANS IN NATIVES OF THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2(21). 745–754. 87 indexed citations
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Gajdusek, D. Carleton & Vincent Zigas. (1957). Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System in New Guinea. New England Journal of Medicine. 257(20). 974–978. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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