Anthony Twyman

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 552 citations indexed

About

Anthony Twyman is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Twyman has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 552 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Anthony Twyman's work include Infection Control in Healthcare (6 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (3 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers). Anthony Twyman is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control in Healthcare (6 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (3 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers). Anthony Twyman collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Australia. Anthony Twyman's co-authors include Benedetta Allegranzi, Claire Kilpatrick, Julie Storr, Lesley Price, J. Reilly, Edward Kelley, M. Lindsay Grayson, Nizam Damani, Walter Zingg and Matthias Egger and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Twyman

7 papers receiving 543 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations

2017 334 citations Julie Storr, Anthony Twyman et al. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony Twyman Switzerland	5	275	178	102	88	85	7	552
Pierre Parneix France	15	226 0.8×	227 1.3×	80 0.8×	130 1.5×	50 0.6×	52	730
Majid M. Alshamrani Saudi Arabia	15	251 0.9×	180 1.0×	114 1.1×	54 0.6×	70 0.8×	46	604
Anna Barker United States	15	395 1.4×	177 1.0×	67 0.7×	91 1.0×	116 1.4×	40	752
Lyndsay M. O’Hara United States	18	241 0.9×	129 0.7×	94 0.9×	107 1.2×	60 0.7×	70	862
Daniela Pires Switzerland	15	415 1.5×	137 0.8×	115 1.1×	68 0.8×	41 0.5×	36	743
Ermira Tartari Switzerland	15	481 1.7×	170 1.0×	63 0.6×	112 1.3×	68 0.8×	63	923
S. Diamantis France	15	181 0.7×	160 0.9×	61 0.6×	88 1.0×	68 0.8×	73	596
Anja Klingeberg Germany	7	171 0.6×	116 0.7×	79 0.8×	77 0.9×	111 1.3×	12	558
Klaus Weist Germany	12	232 0.8×	219 1.2×	139 1.4×	63 0.7×	152 1.8×	16	687
Bettina Weiß Germany	8	208 0.8×	105 0.6×	48 0.5×	61 0.7×	117 1.4×	10	529

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anthony Twyman

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Totté, J.E.E., Jiancong Wang, Sabine D. Klein, et al.. (2025). Multimodal strategies for the implementation of infection prevention and control interventions—update of a systematic review for the WHO guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the facility level. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(6). 948–957. 3 indexed citations

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Tartari, Ermira, Sara Tomczyk, Anthony Twyman, et al.. (2024). Evaluating national infection prevention and control minimum requirements: evidence from global cross-sectional surveys, 2017–22. The Lancet Global Health. 12(10). e1620–e1628. 1 indexed citations

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Tomczyk, Sara, Anthony Twyman, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, et al.. (2022). The first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22(6). 845–856. 69 indexed citations

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Allegranzi, Benedetta, Liam Donaldson, Claire Kilpatrick, et al.. (2019). Infection prevention: laying an essential foundation for quality universal health coverage. The Lancet Global Health. 7(6). e698–e700. 10 indexed citations

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Tomczyk, Sara, Veronica Zanichelli, M. Lindsay Grayson, et al.. (2018). Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae,Acinetobacter baumannii, andPseudomonas aeruginosain Healthcare Facilities: A Systematic Review and Reanalysis of Quasi-experimental Studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 68(5). 873–884. 107 indexed citations

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Storr, Julie, Anthony Twyman, Walter Zingg, et al.. (2017). Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 6(1). 6–6. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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Price, Lesley, Jennifer MacDonald, Tracey Howe, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of national and subnational infection prevention and control interventions in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 18(5). e159–e171. 28 indexed citations

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