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Anna Vassall publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna Vassall sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 215 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Anna Vassall D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna Vassall sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anna Vassall is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on medicine and economics, econometrics, and finance, with a notable number of publications in both areas.

The scientist's work extensively covers the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Finance
  • General Health Professions
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Anna Vassall's research addresses several key topics, which involve:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Their recent significant papers include:

  • "The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data" (2021), published in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • "The potential health and economic value of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination alongside physical distancing in the UK: a transmission model-based future scenario analysis and economic evaluation" (2021), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Scientific advances and the end of tuberculosis: a report from the Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis" (2023), published in The Lancet
  • "Models of COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation: a systematic literature search and narrative review" (2021), published in BMC Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anna Vassall include:

  • Sedona Sweeney
  • Mark Jit
  • Sergio Torres-Rueda
  • Rosalind M. Eggo
  • Francis Ruiz

Their publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • PLOS Global Public Health

Best Publications

  • Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

    Anna Vassall;Sanne van Kampen;Hojoon Sohn;Joy S. Michael

  • Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis

    Michael J A Reid;Nimalan Arinaminpathy;Amy Bloom;Barry R Bloom

  • The cost and impact of scaling up pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a systematic review of cost-effectiveness modelling studies.

    Gabriela B. Gomez;Annick Borquez;Kelsey K. Case;Ana Wheelock

  • Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF

    Gavin J Churchyard;Gavin J Churchyard;Wendy S Stevens;Wendy S Stevens;Lerole D Mametja;Kerrigan M McCarthy

  • Feasibility of achieving the 2025 WHO global tuberculosis targets in South Africa, China, and India: a combined analysis of 11 mathematical models

    Rein M.G.J. Houben;Nicolas A. Menzies;Tom Sumner;Grace H. Huynh

  • Impact and cost-effectiveness of new tuberculosis vaccines in low- and middle-income countries

    Gwenan M. Knight;Ulla K. Griffiths;Tom Sumner;Yoko V. Laurence

  • Costs to Health Services and the Patient of Treating Tuberculosis: A Systematic Literature Review.

    Yoko V. Laurence;Ulla K. Griffiths;Anna Vassall

  • The potential health and economic value of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination alongside physical distancing in the UK: a transmission model-based future scenario analysis and economic evaluation.

    Frank G. Sandmann;Frank G. Sandmann;Nicholas G. Davies;Anna Vassall;W. John Edmunds

  • Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy

    Jan H. F. Remme;Piet Feenstra;P. R. Lever;Andre C. Medici

  • The economic burden of TB diagnosis and treatment in South Africa

    Nicola Foster;Anna Vassall;Susan Cleary;Lucy Cunnama

  • Costs and efficiency of integrating HIV/AIDS services with other health services: a systematic review of evidence and experience.

    Sedona Sweeney;Carol Dayo Obure;Claudia B Maier;Robert Greener

  • Reference case for estimating the costs of global health services and Interventions

    Anna Vassall;Sedona Sweeney;Jim Kahn;Gabriela Gomez Guillen

  • Using Top‐down and Bottom‐up Costing Approaches in LMICs: The Case for Using Both to Assess the Incremental Costs of New Technologies at Scale

    Lucy Cunnama;Edina Sinanovic;Lebogang Ramma;Nicola Foster

  • Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis: a cost and affordability analysis

    Andrea Pantoja;Christopher Fitzpatrick;Anna Vassall;Karin Weyer

  • Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa.

    Frida Kasteng;Stella Settumba;Karin Källander;Anna Vassall

  • Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.

    Katharina Kranzer;Stephen D. Lawn;Gesine Meyer-Rath;Anna Vassall

  • Cost-effectiveness of Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis diagnosis in South Africa: a real-world cost analysis and economic evaluation

    Anna Vassall;Mariana Siapka;Nicola Foster;Lucy Cunnama

  • Cost-effectiveness and resource implications of aggressive action on tuberculosis in China, India, and South Africa: a combined analysis of nine models.

    Nicolas A. Menzies;Gabriela B. Gomez;Gabriela B. Gomez;Fiammetta Bozzani;Susmita Chatterjee

  • Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19.

    Andrew Briggs;Anna Vassall

  • Is there scope for cost savings and efficiency gains in HIV services? A systematic review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries

    Mariana Siapka;Michelle Remme;Carol Dayo Obure;Claudia B Maier

  • Health care seeking behaviour for tuberculosis symptoms in Kiev City, Ukraine.

    M J van der Werf;Y Chechulin;O B Yegorova;T Marcinuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin J. Churchyard
Gavin J. Churchyard Aurum Institute
Charlotte Watts
Charlotte Watts London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Katherine Fielding
Katherine Fielding University of London
Mark Jit
Mark Jit New York University
Peter Vickerman
Peter Vickerman University of Bristol
Michel Alary
Michel Alary Université Laval
Susannah H. Mayhew
Susannah H. Mayhew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Joshua A. Salomon
Joshua A. Salomon Stanford University
Mark P. Nicol
Mark P. Nicol University of Western Australia
Rifat Atun
Rifat Atun Harvard University

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