Stefano Tempia

11.7k citations
202 papers · 8.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

  • Epidemiology top 0.2%
    • Influenza Virus Research Studies
    • Respiratory viral infections research
    • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Modeling and Simulation top 0.5%
    • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Papers in

  • Epidemiology 136
    • Influenza Virus Research Studies 71
    • Respiratory viral infections research 63
    • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections 25
  • Modeling and Simulation 19
    • COVID-19 epidemiological studies 19
Co-authors
Cheryl A. Cohen (128 shared papers)Sibongile Walaza (92 shared papers)Shabir Ahmed Madhi (50 shared papers)Adam L. Cohen (62 shared papers)ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG (76 shared papers)Jocelyn Moyes (59 shared papers)Marietjie Venter (41 shared papers)Nicole Wolter (68 shared papers)
Journals
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (31 papers)PLoS ONE (21 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (17 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (16 papers)Emerging infectious diseases (11 papers)
Partner nations
South AfricaUnited StatesKenya

In The Last Decade

Stefano Tempia

194 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Stefano Tempia's Hit Papers

Global burden of influenza-associated lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2021 · 178 citations
1780+3+6Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2021 PLoS Medicine
  2. 2020 The Lancet Global Health
  3. 2017 The Lancet

Peers

Stefano Tempia
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Epidemiology 5.2k
  • Modeling and Simulation 609
  • Infectious Diseases 1.8k
  • Health 456
  • Microbiology 238
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All Works

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1
Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study
The Lancet ·Angela Danielle Iuliano, Katherine M. Roguski, Howard H. Chang, David John Muscatello, Rakhee S. Palekar, Stefano Tempia, Cheryl A. Cohen, Jon Michael Gran
Hit paper breakdown →		20172269
2
Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
The Lancet Global Health ·Xin Wang, You Li, Katherine L. O'Flynn O'Brien, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Marc‐Alain Widdowson, Peter Byass, Saad B. Omer, Qalab Abbas
Hit paper breakdown →		2020336
3
Effects of Vaccination on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in South Africa
New England Journal of Medicine ·ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG, Linda de Gouveia, Stefano Tempia, Vanessa Cecilia Quan, Susan T. Meiring, Claire von Mollendorf, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Elizabeth R. Zell
2014310
4
The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ·Keertan Dheda, Tahlia Perumal, Harry Moultrie, Rubeshan Perumal, Aliasgar Esmail, Alex John Scott, Zarir Udwadia, Kwok Chiu Chang
2022179
5
Global burden of influenza-associated lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLoS Medicine ·Kathryn E. Lafond, Rachael M. Porter, Melissa J. Whaley, Suizan Zhou, Ran Zhang, Mohammad Abdul Aleem, Binay Thapa, Borann Sar
Hit paper breakdown →		2021178
6
High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density, Increased by Viral Coinfection, Is Associated With Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Nicole Wolter, Stefano Tempia, Cheryl A. Cohen, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Marietjie Venter, Jocelyn Moyes, Sibongile Walaza, Babatyi Malope‐Kgokong
2014162
7
Severe Influenza-associated Respiratory Infection in High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009–2011
Emerging infectious diseases ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Michelle Groom, Sibongile Walaza, Marthi A. Pretorius, Halima Dawood, Meera K Chhagan
2013136
8
Decline of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus detection in facility-based surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa, January to October 2020
Eurosurveillance ·Stefano Tempia, Sibongile Walaza, Jinal N. Bhiman, Meredith McMorrow, Jocelyn Moyes, Thulisa Mkhencele, Susan T. Meiring, Vanessa Cecilia Quan
2021120
9
Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study
The Lancet HIV ·Waasila Jassat, Cheryl A. Cohen, Stefano Tempia, Maureen Masha, Susan Goldstein, Tendesayi Kufa, Pelagia Murangandi, Dana M. Savulescu
2021120
10
Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study
The Lancet Global Health ·Waasila Jassat, Caroline Mudara, Lovelyn Ozougwu, Stefano Tempia, Lucille Hellen Blumberg, Mary‐Ann Davies, Yogan G. Pillay, Terence Carter
2021114
11
Influenza Surveillance in 15 Countries in Africa, 2006–2010
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Jennifer M. Radin, Mark A. Katz, Stefano Tempia, Ndahwouh Talla Nzussouo, Richard P. Davis, Jazmin Duque, Adebayo Olumide Adedeji, Michael Jeroen Adjabeng
2012109
12
Global epidemiology of non-influenza RNA respiratory viruses: data gaps and a growing need for surveillance
The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Julian Wei-Tze Tang, Jinyao Tang, Tommy T Lam, Hassan Zaraket, W Ian Lipkin, Steven J Drews, Todd F. Hatchette, Jean‐Michel Héraud
201796
13
Epidemiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants
PEDIATRICS ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Michelle J. Groome, Sibongile Walaza, Marthi A. Pretorius, Fathima Naby, Omphile Mekgoe
201694
14
Increased Risk for and Mortality From Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Infants Aged <1 Year in South Africa, 2009–2013
Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Claire von Mollendorf, ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG, Stefano Tempia, Susan T. Meiring, Linda de Gouveia, Vanessa Cecilia Quan, Sarona Lengana, Theunis Avenant
201593
15
SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission, and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020–21
The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Jackie Kleynhans, ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG, Meredith McMorrow, Nicole Wolter, Jinal N. Bhiman, Jocelyn Moyes, Mignon du Plessis
202288
16
Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Hospitalizations Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected South African Children, 2010-2011
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Jocelyn Moyes, Cheryl A. Cohen, Marthi A. Pretorius, Michelle J. Groome, ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG, Nicole Wolter, Sibongile Walaza, Sumayya Haffejee
201385
17
Asymptomatic transmission and high community burden of seasonal influenza in an urban and a rural community in South Africa, 2017–18 (PHIRST): a population cohort study
The Lancet Global Health ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Jackie Kleynhans, Jocelyn Moyes, Meredith McMorrow, Florette Kathleen Treurnicht, Orienka Hellferscee, Azwifarwi Mathunjwa, ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG
202181
18
Replacement and Positive Evolution of Subtype A and B Respiratory Syncytial Virus G-Protein Genotypes From 1997–2012 in South Africa
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Marthi A. Pretorius, Stephanie van Niekerk, Stefano Tempia, Jocelyn Moyes, Cheryl A. Cohen, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Marietjie Venter
201380
19
Mortality amongst Patients with Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness, South Africa, 2009-2013
PLoS ONE ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Michelle J. Groome, Sibongile Walaza, Marthi A. Pretorius, Halima Dawood, Meera K Chhagan
201577
20
Epidemiology of Viral-associated Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Among Children <5 Years of Age in a High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009–2012
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Cheryl A. Cohen, Sibongile Walaza, Jocelyn Moyes, Michelle J. Groome, Stefano Tempia, Marthi A. Pretorius, Orienka Hellferscee, Halima Dawood
201469

About Stefano Tempia

Stefano Tempia is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 202 papers that have together received 8.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (71 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (63 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (25 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (19 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (10 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Epidemiology (5.2k citations), Modeling and Simulation (609 citations), Infectious Diseases (1.8k citations), Health (456 citations) and Microbiology (238 citations). Stefano Tempia has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Cheryl A. Cohen, Sibongile Walaza, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Adam L. Cohen, ANNE CORINNA GOTTBERG, Jocelyn Moyes, Marietjie Venter, Nicole Wolter, Halima Dawood and Ebrahim Variava. Their work appears in journals such as Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Emerging infectious diseases.

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