OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Epidemics is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Lombardy, Italy	167
A wastewater-based epidemic model for SARS-CoV-2 with application to three Canadian cities	77
Estimating the generation interval and inferring the latent period of COVID-19 from the contact tracing data	59
Modelling the early phase of the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic using a stochastic compartmental model and studying its implied future trajectories	56
Estimation of the incubation period of COVID-19 using viral load data	49
Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics	47
Memory is key in capturing COVID-19 epidemiological dynamics	46
Chopping the tail: How preventing superspreading can help to maintain COVID-19 control	41
A model for COVID-19 with isolation, quarantine and testing as control measures	39
Quantification of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Switzerland	35
Assessing the nationwide impact of COVID-19 mitigation policies on the transmission rate of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil	33
Estimated prevalence of undiagnosed HCV infected individuals in Italy: A mathematical model by route of transmission and fibrosis progression	33
Impact of vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in Switzerland	31
Modeling waning and boosting of COVID-19 in Canada with vaccination	26
Rational evaluation of various epidemic models based on the COVID-19 data of China	25
An evaluation of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo performance to calibrate age-structured compartmental SEIR models to incidence data	25
Challenges in modelling the dynamics of infectious diseases at the wildlife–human interface	23
Determinants of RSV epidemiology following suppression through pandemic contact restrictions	23
Challenges in estimation, uncertainty quantification and elicitation for pandemic modelling	23
The impact of lockdown strategies targeting age groups on the burden of COVID-19 in France	21
Assessing the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Belgium by means of an extended SEIQRD model and public mobility data	20
Assessing the efficacy of interventions to control indoor SARS-Cov-2 transmission: An agent-based modeling approach	20
To quarantine, or not to quarantine: A theoretical framework for disease control via contact tracing	20
Lessons for preparedness and reasons for concern from the early COVID-19 epidemic in Iran	19
Challenges in modeling the emergence of novel pathogens	19

COVID-19 Belgium: Extended SEIR-QD model with nursing homes and long-term scenarios-based forecasts	19
Impacts of K-12 school reopening on the COVID-19 epidemic in Indiana, USA	18
Modelling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a UK university setting	18
Competition between RSV and influenza: Limits of modelling inference from surveillance data	17
Complementary roles of wild boar and red deer to animal tuberculosis maintenance in multi-host communities	17
Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020	16
Appropriately smoothing prevalence data to inform estimates of growth rate and reproduction number	16
COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan demonstrates the limitations of publicly available case numbers for epidemiological modeling	16
Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 in British Columbia: An age-structured model with time-dependent contact rates	16
Challenges of evaluating and modelling vaccination in emerging infectious diseases	15
Investigating the relationship between interventions, contact patterns, and SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility	15
Optimizing COVID-19 control with asymptomatic surveillance testing in a university environment	15
Optimal allocation of PCR tests to minimise disease transmission through contact tracing and quarantine	15
Nationally representative social contact patterns among U.S. adults, August 2020-April 2021	15
Bayesian sequential data assimilation for COVID-19 forecasting	15
The impact of social distancing, contact tracing, and case isolation interventions to suppress the COVID-19 epidemic: A modeling study	14
A new logistic growth model applied to COVID-19 fatality data	14
The African swine fever modelling challenge: Model comparison and lessons learnt	14
Variability in transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in close contact settings: A contact tracing study in Shandong Province, China	14
Modelling the dynamics of infection, waning of immunity and re-infection with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand	14
Quantifying transmission fitness costs of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis	14
Modelling suggests ABO histo-incompatibility may substantially reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission	13
The challenges of data in future pandemics	13
Pseudo-likelihood based logistic regression for estimating COVID-19 infection and case fatality rates by gender, race, and age in California	13
Mathematical modelling of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review	12
Challenges on the interaction of models and policy for pandemic control	12
How much leeway is there to relax COVID-19 control measures?	12
Estimating COVID-19 cases and deaths prevented by non-pharmaceutical interventions, and the impact of individual actions: A retrospective model-based analysis	12
RAMPVIS: Answering the challenges of building visualisation capabilities for large-scale emergency responses	12
Insight into Delta variant dominated second wave of COVID-19 in Nepal	11
Public health impact of the U.S. Scenario Modeling Hub	11
Sustaining effective COVID-19 control in Malaysia through large-scale vaccination	11
Emergence of zoonoses such as COVID-19 reveals the need for health sciences to embrace an explicit eco-social conceptual framework of health and disease	11
Recalibrating the notion of modelling for policymaking during pandemics	11
Communicating uncertainty in epidemic models	11
Optimally pooled viral testing	11
Social contacts and other risk factors for respiratory infections among internally displaced people in Somaliland	10
A quantitative assessment of epidemiological parameters required to investigate COVID-19 burden	10
How time-scale differences in asymptomatic and symptomatic transmission shape SARS-CoV-2 outbreak dynamics	10
Quantifying mechanistic traits of influenza viral dynamics using in vitro data	10
Policy-driven mathematical modeling for COVID-19 pandemic response in the Philippines	10
Identification and evaluation of epidemic prediction and forecasting reporting guidelines: A systematic review and a call for action	10
A combination of probabilistic and mechanistic approaches for predicting the spread of African swine fever on Merry Island	10
Association between meteorological factors and the epidemics of influenza (sub)types in a subtropical basin of Southwest China	10
Considering waning immunity to better explain dengue dynamics	10
Participatory syndromic surveillance as a tool for tracking COVID-19 in Bangladesh	9
Assessing the risk of cascading COVID-19 outbreaks from prison-to-prison transfers	9
Dynamic network strategies for SARS-CoV-2 control on a cruise ship	9
Dose response for Salmonella Typhimurium and Enteritidis and other nontyphoid enteric salmonellae	9
Network models and the interpretation of prolonged infection plateaus in the COVID19 pandemic	9

Geospatial clustering and modelling provide policy guidance to distribute funding for active TB case finding in Ethiopia	9
Impact of inter-hospital transfers on the prevalence of resistant pathogens in a hospital–community system	9
Modeling the population effects of escape mutations in SARS-CoV-2 to guide vaccination strategies	8
In the shadow of privacy: Overlooked ethical concerns in COVID-19 digital epidemiology	8
Cross-sectional cycle threshold values reflect epidemic dynamics of COVID-19 in Madagascar	8
Precautionary breaks: Planned, limited duration circuit breaks to control the prevalence of SARS-CoV2 and the burden of COVID-19 disease	8
The variations of SIkJalpha model for COVID-19 forecasting and scenario projections	8
Zika virus outbreak in Brazil under current and future climate	8
Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi	8
Estimation of the probability of epidemic fade-out from multiple outbreak data	8
The impact of mobility network properties on predicted epidemic dynamics in Dhaka and Bangkok	8
Stochastic modelling of African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs: Epidemic forecasting and comparison of disease management strategies	8
Responsible modelling: Unit testing for infectious disease epidemiology	8