Barbara Zimmer

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Barbara Zimmer is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Zimmer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 15 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Barbara Zimmer's work include Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (17 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (11 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers). Barbara Zimmer is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (17 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (11 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers). Barbara Zimmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Barbara Zimmer's co-authors include D. Pappagianis, R F Hector, Romney M. Humphries, Tanis C. Dingle, Dwight J. Hardy, Susan M. Butler‐Wu, Janet A. Hindler, Jennifer Dien Bard, Laura Koeth and Stephanie L. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Zimmer

39 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

CLSI Methods Development and Standardization Working Group Best Practices for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests

2018 519 citations Romney M. Humphries, Jane E. Ambler et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Zimmer United States	21	952	784	433	429	322	41	2.0k
E. Nagy Hungary	21	725 0.8×	696 0.9×	695 1.6×	404 0.9×	198 0.6×	52	2.1k
Anne Bolmström United States	19	579 0.6×	937 1.2×	430 1.0×	341 0.8×	319 1.0×	25	1.4k
Noura Al‐Sweih Kuwait	29	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	330 0.8×	434 1.0×	216 0.7×	77	2.0k
Robert Rennie Canada	29	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	352 0.8×	901 2.1×	395 1.2×	90	3.1k
J. Kroeger United States	22	1.1k 1.2×	1.9k 2.4×	330 0.8×	488 1.1×	218 0.7×	29	2.3k
Gary J. Moet United States	19	1.1k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	612 1.4×	276 0.6×	314 1.0×	24	2.3k
Jonathan H. Cove United Kingdom	34	766 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	494 1.1×	902 2.1×	507 1.6×	67	4.1k
Tanis C. Dingle Canada	19	449 0.5×	731 0.9×	276 0.6×	454 1.1×	346 1.1×	50	1.9k
C C Knapp United States	24	875 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	329 0.8×	192 0.4×	335 1.0×	49	1.7k
Eiman Mokaddas Kuwait	34	1.8k 1.9×	1.8k 2.3×	165 0.4×	411 1.0×	334 1.0×	112	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Zimmer

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Humphries, Romney M., Linda Miller, Barbara Zimmer, Erika Matuschek, & Janet A. Hindler. (2023). Contemporary Considerations for Establishing Reference Methods for Antibacterial Susceptibility Testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 61(6). e0188622–e0188622. 6 indexed citations

Panesso, Diana, Kavindra V. Singh, Sandra Rincón, et al.. (2023). 575. Optimization of a Nitrocefin-Based Rapid Test for the Detection of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect (CzIE) in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(Supplement_2).

Dingle, Tanis C., Blake Hanson, Jinnethe Reyes, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and Characterization of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in North American Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 60(7). e0249521–e0249521. 13 indexed citations

Zimmer, Barbara, et al.. (2019). Assessment of the impact on paediatric rabies at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, following a mass canine rabies vaccination programme. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 79. 64–64. 3 indexed citations

Canver, Matthew C., Tsigereda Tekle, Eileen M. Burd, et al.. (2019). Performance of Five Commercial Identification Platforms for Identification of Staphylococcus delphini. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57(11). 4 indexed citations

Humphries, Romney M., Jane E. Ambler, Stephanie L. Mitchell, et al.. (2018). CLSI Methods Development and Standardization Working Group Best Practices for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 56(4). 519 indexed citations breakdown →

Zimmer, Barbara. (2015). Combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria: the Microbiology lab answers the challenge.. PubMed. 47(6). 30, 33–30, 33. 1 indexed citations

Reuß‐Borst, Monika, Pia Heußner, Ulf Seifart, et al.. (2015). Survivorship - lebenslange Begleitung von Krebspatienten. Oncology Research and Treatment. 38(Suppl. 4). 2–23. 3 indexed citations

Emmadi, Rajyasree, Jerry Boonyaratanakornkit, Rangaraj Selvarangan, et al.. (2011). Molecular Methods and Platforms for Infectious Diseases Testing. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 13(6). 583–604. 71 indexed citations

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Okeke, Iruka N., Rosanna Ŵ. Peeling, Herman Goossens, et al.. (2011). Diagnostics as essential tools for containing antibacterial resistance. Drug Resistance Updates. 14(2). 95–106. 73 indexed citations

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Swenson, Jana M., William B. Brasso, Mary Jane Ferraro, et al.. (2009). Correlation of Cefoxitin MICs with the Presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47(6). 1902–1905. 11 indexed citations

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Abbott, Sharon L., et al.. (2003). Biochemical Properties of a Newly Described Escherichia Species, Escherichia albertii. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(10). 4852–4854. 58 indexed citations

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Lawry, Monica, et al.. (2000). Methods for Diagnosing Onychomycosis. Archives of Dermatology. 136(9). 1112–6. 127 indexed citations

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Garrett, Denise O., Elise M. Jochimsen, Bertha C. Hill, et al.. (1999). The Emergence of Decreased Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 20(3). 167–170. 77 indexed citations

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Waites, Ken B., et al.. (1998). Direct bacterial identification from positive BacT/Alert blood cultures using MicroScan overnight and rapid panels. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 32(1). 21–26. 22 indexed citations

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Kloos, Wesley E., Carol G. George, Barbara Zimmer, et al.. (1998). Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48(3). 799–812. 51 indexed citations

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Hector, R F, Barbara Zimmer, & D. Pappagianis. (1990). Evaluation of nikkomycins X and Z in murine models of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 34(4). 587–593. 151 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Barbara & D. Pappagianis. (1988). Characterization of a soluble protein of Coccidiodes immitis with activity as an immunodiffusion-complement fixation antigen. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 26(11). 2250–2256. 24 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Barbara, et al.. (1981). Technique for the purification of the hyphae of Filobasidiella neoformans. Mycopathologia. 73(3). 171–176. 5 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Barbara & Glenn D. Roberts. (1979). Rapid selective urease test for presumptive identification of Cryptococcus neoformans. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 10(3). 380–381. 35 indexed citations

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