W. Thane Hancock

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

W. Thane Hancock is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Thane Hancock has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in W. Thane Hancock's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (9 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (5 papers). W. Thane Hancock is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (9 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (5 papers). W. Thane Hancock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Micronesia and New Caledonia. W. Thane Hancock's co-authors include Maria Marfel, Moses Pretrick, Laurent Guillaumot, Anne Griggs, Mark R. Duffy, Ann M. Powers, Tai-Ho Chen, Robert S. Lanciotti, Marc Fischer and Janeen Laven and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

W. Thane Hancock

17 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Zika Virus Outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia

2009 2.2k citations Mark R. Duffy, Tai-Ho Chen et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Thane Hancock United States	9	2.4k	1.9k	623	388	254	21	2.6k
Moses Pretrick Micronesia	7	2.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	591 0.9×	377 1.0×	230 0.9×	10	2.4k
Maria Marfel Micronesia	9	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	618 1.0×	390 1.0×	251 1.0×	13	2.6k
Anita Teissier French Polynesia	14	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	625 1.0×	394 1.0×	179 0.7×	26	2.5k
Anne Griggs United States	9	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	664 1.1×	376 1.0×	230 0.9×	10	2.7k
Christine Dubray United States	13	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	728 1.2×	460 1.2×	220 0.9×	22	2.6k
Amanda J. Panella United States	16	2.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	657 1.1×	386 1.0×	257 1.0×	28	3.0k
Claudine Roche French Polynesia	18	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	391 0.6×	288 0.7×	170 0.7×	22	2.1k
Laurent Guillaumot New Caledonia	14	3.2k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	669 1.1×	519 1.3×	345 1.4×	16	3.5k
Emilie Robin French Polynesia	4	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	444 0.7×	303 0.8×	136 0.5×	4	1.7k
Stéphane Lastère France	12	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	608 1.0×	204 0.5×	140 0.6×	22	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Thane Hancock

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Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands: A timeline of events and lessons learned from March 2020–November 2022. PLOS Global Public Health. 3(8). e0002052–e0002052. 2 indexed citations

Tippins, Ashley, et al.. (2023). How can early COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands inform future vaccine efforts: a cross-sectional analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). e000330–e000330.

Durand, Alexis, et al.. (2021). Innovations to maximise impact of a data for decision-making training programme in the Federated States of Micronesia. BMJ Global Health. 6(10). e005855–e005855.

Curren, Emily J., Aifili Tufa, W. Thane Hancock, et al.. (2020). Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Filter Paper–Dried Serum for Laboratory-Based Dengue Surveillance—American Samoa, 2018. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102(3). 622–624. 4 indexed citations

Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (2020). Notes from the Field: First Evidence of Locally Acquired Dengue Since 1944 — Guam, 2019. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 69(13). 387–388. 4 indexed citations

Routh, Janell, W. Thane Hancock, Brooke Hoots, et al.. (2019). Impact of program transfer from a non-governmental organization to a district health office: Evaluation of a program integrating water treatment and hygiene kits into reproductive health and HIV services, Machinga District, Malawi, 2010-2012. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219984–e0219984. 1 indexed citations

McKay, Susannah L., Ashley Tippins, Rebecca J. McNall, et al.. (2019). Notes From The Field: Mumps Outbreak in a Recently Vaccinated Population — Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, August–December, 2017. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 68(4). 95–96. 3 indexed citations

Tufa, Aifili, et al.. (2018). Outbreak of Dengue Virus Type 2 — American Samoa, November 2016–October 2018. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 67(47). 1319–1322. 13 indexed citations

Pastula, Daniel M., W. Thane Hancock, Holly M. Biggs, et al.. (2017). Chikungunya virus disease outbreak in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(3). e0005410–e0005410. 15 indexed citations

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Healy, Jessica M., Tai-Ho Chen, W. Thane Hancock, et al.. (2016). Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease — American Samoa, 2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65(41). 1146–1147. 13 indexed citations

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Hunsperger, Elizabeth A., Tyler M. Sharp, Maria Marfel, et al.. (2016). Use of a Rapid Test for Diagnosis of Dengue during Suspected Dengue Outbreaks in Resource-Limited Regions. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54(8). 2090–2095. 35 indexed citations

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Routh, Janell, Sally Bidol, Katherine D. Arends, et al.. (2015). Nationwide outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infections associated with ground turkey: United States, 2011. Epidemiology and Infection. 143(15). 3227–3234. 35 indexed citations

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Ledermann, Jeremy P., Laurent Guillaumot, Moses Pretrick, et al.. (2014). Aedes hensilli as a Potential Vector of Chikungunya and Zika Viruses. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(10). e3188–e3188. 139 indexed citations

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Hanson, Heather, W. Thane Hancock, Laura Kornstein, et al.. (2014). Creating Student Sleuths: How a Team of Graduate Students Helped Solve an Outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Associated with Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers. Journal of Food Protection. 77(8). 1390–1393. 7 indexed citations

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Savage, Harry M., et al.. (2014). Incrimination of Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli Farner as an Epidemic Vector of Chikungunya Virus on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia, 2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92(2). 429–436. 21 indexed citations

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Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (2014). Zika Virus, French Polynesia, South Pacific, 2013. Emerging infectious diseases. 20(11). 1960–1960. 81 indexed citations

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Duffy, Mark R., Tai-Ho Chen, W. Thane Hancock, et al.. (2009). Zika Virus Outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia. New England Journal of Medicine. 360(24). 2536–2543. 2209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (2007). Ulithi Atoll health assessment: a peek at the health of rural Micronesia.. PubMed. 14(1). 156–64. 2 indexed citations

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Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (2004). Cancer in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.. PubMed. 11(2). 50–6. 6 indexed citations

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Hancock, W. Thane, et al.. (1996). An assessment of Washington State public school nurses regarding school-based nutrition education and other nutrition services to children and adolescents.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 25–28. 1 indexed citations

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