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Zinsstag, Jakob  PhD

Leading researcher with 510 publications
Current and previous positions held 2011 - date Deputy head of department, department of epidemiology and public health (EPH), Swiss TPH. 2009 - date Head human and animal health research unit, EPH, Swiss TPH. 1998 - 2004 Project leader (SNSF Prosper), Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland. 1994 - 1998 Director, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 1990 - 1993 Project leader at the International Trypanotolerance Centre Banjul, The Gambia. Academic training and qualifications 2010 - date Professor of epidemiology (Titularprofessur), Swiss TPH/University of Basel. 2008 - 2009 Sabbatical at the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Canada. 2008 Offer, professor of epidemiology University of Zürich, Switzerland (declined). 2008 Offer, professor of tropical veterinary medicine, University of Munich, Germany (declined). 2004 - 2008 Assistant professor (Privatdozent), University of Basel, Switzerland. 2000 PhD in tropical animal health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. 1988 - 1990 Post-doctoral fellow, Swiss Tropical Institute Basel, Switzerland. 1986 - 1988 Clinical practice as large animal veterinarian in Porrentruy, Switzerland. 1986 Diploma and doctorate in veterinary medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland. Academic and professional organizations 2012 - date President, International Association for Ecology and Health (ecohealth.net). 2009 - date Member of the board of the Transdisciplinary network (TD-net) of the Swiss Academies of Sciences (www.transdisciplinarity.ch). 2010 - date Member of the scientific advisory board, Institut de Recherches pour le Développement, Marseilles. 2003 Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Public Health, Vienna, Austria. Academic publishing and reviewing Associate Editor PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Associate Editor Tropical Medicine and International Health. Teaching University of Basel 2001 - date: Lecturer on topics in international health and general epidemiology. 2006 - date: Own lecture: Ecology of infectious diseases at the animal-human interface. University of Zürich 1999 - 2003 Ringkolloquium for final year veterinary students. 2013 - date: Own lecture (Lehrbeauftragter) with Esther Schelling on “one health”. University of Munich, Germany 2002 - 2004 Guest lecturer, International animal health, Veterinary Faculty (Prof. K. Pfister). University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2008 - 2009 Guest lecturer, “one health”, Ontario Veterinary College. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2012 - 2016 External examiner MSc in biodiversity, wildlife and ecosystem health. As part of the academic training I have supervised 42 academic studies: (8 DVM, 16 MSc and 18 PhD) with particular emphasis on capacity building in Africa and Asia. International Workshops and Conference Organization 2014 Biennial EcoHealth conference, Montreal, Canada. 2013 First regional EcoHealth conference, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 2012 Biennial EcoHealth conference, Kunming, China. Honours 2005 Prix CSRS – Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch pour la recherche scientifique en partenariat by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (together with Clarisse Komoin and Louise Achi). 2004 Swiss Transdisciplinarity Award by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (whole research group). 2023 Meritorious Award, World Organization or Animal Health (WOAH) https://rb.gy/al7i6 show More

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Aggregated career metrics
510

Total documents

2.4

Normalized Impact

123

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

54.12

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

989
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

890
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

936
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

934
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

805
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

898
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

874
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

481
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 510 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 11.33 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 403 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 372 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 0 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 31 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 6 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 2 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 8 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 1 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 14 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 17427 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 1504 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 8.63 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 91.37 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 769 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 34.17 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 2.397 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 2.174 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 61 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 120 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 239 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.628 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.623 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 123 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 2.412 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 13 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 2.549 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 1 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 21 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 286 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 56.08 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 125 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 24.51 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 7.6 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 2.16 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 1.9 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 276 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 54.12 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 8 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 5 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 4 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 255 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 50.0 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 106 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 44 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 45 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 32 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 255 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 1 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 11 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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