2026 David L. Heymann: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	84	14951	14074	1376	1314	302	31143

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Donald Mackay Medal, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2004 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

David L. Heymann is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research portfolio spans numerous aspects of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, molecular biology, oncology, and public health.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as The Lancet, contributing 23 publications, as well as in Cancers, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Journal of Bone Oncology, and Current Medicinal Chemistry. Their published works address critical global health issues, with a significant number related to COVID-19 and public health responses.

Among their recent research papers are the following:

COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic, 2020, The Lancet
Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19, 2020, Nature Medicine
COVID-19: what is next for public health?, 2020, The Lancet
Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe, 2020, The Lancet
Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?, 2020, The Lancet

Frequent collaborators include Javier Muñoz-García, Marie-Françoise Heymann, Denis Cochonneau, François M. Vallette, and Frédéric Lézot, indicating substantial teamwork and cross-disciplinary research efforts.

Heymann's research covers several main fields and subfields, reflecting a broad and interdisciplinary approach:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Key topics addressed in their work include:

Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Zoonotic diseases and public health
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
3D Printing in Biomedical Research

David L. Heymann has been recognized with awards such as the Donald Mackay Medal from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2005 and was made a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2004. These distinctions highlight their longstanding contributions to medical science and public health.

Best Publications

Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

David L. Heymann

1971
Citations
COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic.

Juliet Bedford;Delia Enria;Johan Giesecke;David L Heymann

1582
Citations
“Herd Immunity”: A Rough Guide

Paul Fine;Ken Eames;David L. Heymann

1389
Citations
COVID-19: what is next for public health?

David L Heymann;Nahoko Shindo

1177
Citations
Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19.

Jobie Budd;Jobie Budd;Benjamin S. Miller;Erin M. Manning;Vasileios Lampos

1174
Citations
Ecology of zoonoses: natural and unnatural histories

William B Karesh;William B Karesh;William B Karesh;Andy P. Dobson;Andy P. Dobson;James O Lloyd-Smith;James O Lloyd-Smith;Juan Lubroth

1047
Citations
Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe.

Emeline Han;Melisa Mei Jin Tan;Eva Turk;Eva Turk;Devi Sridhar

830
Citations
The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995

Ali S. Khan;F. Kweteminga Tshioko;David L. Heymann;Bernard Le Guenno

651
Citations
Epidemic arboviral diseases: priorities for research and public health

Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Duane J Gubler;Scott C Weaver;Thomas P Monath

634
Citations
Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. the report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

Suerie Moon;Devi Sridhar;Muhammad A Pate;Ashish K Jha

631
Citations
Communicable diseases in complex emergencies: impact and challenges.

Máire A Connolly;Michelle Gayer;Michael J Ryan;Peter Salama

618
Citations
Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic

David L Heymann;Lincoln Chen;Keizo Takemi;David P Fidler

616
Citations
A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health

Willem G van Panhuis;Proma Paul;Claudia Emerson;John Grefenstette

604
Citations
Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?

Helena Legido-Quigley;Nima Asgari;Yik Ying Teo;Gabriel M Leung

576
Citations
Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

David L Heymann;David L Heymann;Abraham Hodgson;Amadou Alpha Sall;David O Freedman

482
Citations
The Ebola outbreak, 2013–2016: old lessons for new epidemics

Cordelia E. M. Coltart;Benjamin Lindsey;Isaac Ghinai;Anne M. Johnson

470
Citations
The effect of malaria and malaria prevention in pregnancy on offspring birthweight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth retardation in rural Malawi.

Richard W. Steketee;Jack J. Wirima;Allen W. Hightower;Laurence Slutsker

443
Citations
Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage.

Arush Lal;Ngozi A Erondu;David L Heymann;Githinji Gitahi

428
Citations
Hajj: infectious disease surveillance and control

Ziad A Memish;Alimuddin Zumla;Alimuddin Zumla;Rafat F Alhakeem;Abdullah Assiri

370
Citations
Re-emergence of monkeypox in Africa: a review of the past six years.

David L. Heymann;Mark Szczeniowski;Karin Esteves

367
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alimuddin Zumla University College London

John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway

Richard W. Steketee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ramanan Laxminarayan Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Laurence Slutsker Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ziad A. Memish Emory University

Peter Piot London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Roland W. Sutter World Health Organization

Richard Smith University of Exeter

Annelies Wilder-Smith University of Bern

External Links

Personal website of David L. Heymann

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