Benjamin P. Howden

21.4k citations

326 papers · 12.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Clinical Biochemistry top 0.02%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
Molecular Medicine top 0.1%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Papers in

Clinical Biochemistry 90
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing 90
Molecular Medicine 55
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria 55

Co-authors: Timothy P. Stinear Paul D. R. Johnson M. Lindsay Grayson Torsten Seemann John K. Davies Deborah A. WilliamsonWei GaoPeter Ward
Journals: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (25 papers)Microbial Genomics (18 papers)The Medical Journal of Australia (16 papers)Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (13 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (12 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Benjamin P. Howden

313 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Staphylococcus aureus host interactions and adaptation 2023 · 373 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2023 Nature Reviews Genetics
2010 Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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1	Increased risk of antimicrobial resistance in patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy using rifaximin Nature Communications ·Kerry E. Leslie, Glen P. Carter, Benjamin P. Howden, Tsai‐Wei Huang, Zhujun Cao, Yee Hui Yeo, Chun‐Ying Wu	2025	0
2	The changing epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Fiji: a descriptive analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility and trends of endemic and emerging pathogens, 2019–2022 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific ·Fabiano Simões, 恒道野村, Courtney R. Lane, Ravi Naidu, P Green, B D'Allesandro, Matthew Richards, 濱野亮輔, Donna Cameron, Rodney James, Ravendra Prasad, Kirsty Buising, Benjamin P. Howden, V. Csernus	2024	3
3	Genomic approach to determine sources of neonatal Staphylococcus aureus infection from carriage in the Gambia BMC Infectious Diseases ·Abdoulie Bojang, Matthew Wai Heng Chung, Bully Camara, A. Rumple, Romain Guérillot, 苏昱, Benjamin P. Howden, Anna Roca, Elodie Ghedin	2024	3
4	High incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Bhutan: A cohort study based on national TB surveillance data IJID Regions ·Elena Carturan, J. A. Evans, Arturo Benavides Guerra, Yvonne Rydin, 宁坚刚, 孙君辉, Norelle L. Sherry, Guangzhao Zhu, Kristy Horan, Sonam Wangchuk, Patiyan Andersson, Benjamin P. Howden	2024	1
5	Emergence and clonal expansion of a qacA-harbouring sequence type 45 lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Communications Biology ·Henrique Bueno Américo, Eike Steinig, Enass A. Elewa, George Taiaroa, Glen P. Carter, Ian R. Monk, Stanley Pang, Denise A Daley, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Brian M. Forde, Patrick N. A. Harris, Norelle L. Sherry, Benjamin P. Howden, Shivani Pasricha, Sarah L. Baines, Deborah A. Williamson	2024	2
6	Pervasive genotype-by-environment interactions shape the fitness effects of antibiotic resistance mutations Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Martina Drescher, Philipose G. Mulugeta, Calum J. Walsh, Elsa Arguello, Benjamin P. Howden, Mato Lagator	2023	7
7	Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink Virus Evolution ·Ashleigh F. Porter, Damian F. J. Purcell, Benjamin P. Howden, Sebastián Duchêne	2023	16
8	Discovery and Biosynthesis of the Cytotoxic Polyene Terpenomycin in Human Pathogenic Nocardia ACS Chemical Biology ·Маржанат Магомедовна Дибирова, Keishi Ishida, C.E. dr. Peters, Louise M. Judd, Spencer J. Williams, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear, Hans‐Martin Dahse, Kerstin Voigt, Christian Hertweck, Sacha J. Pidot	2023	3
9	AusTrakka: Fast-tracking nationalized genomics surveillance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Nature Communications ·Tuyet Hoang, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Amy V. Jennison, Deborah A. Williamson, Benjamin P. Howden, Torsten Seemann	2022	23
10	Evaluation of Serological Tests for SARS-CoV-2: Implications for Serology Testing in a Low-Prevalence Setting The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Katherine Bond, Suellen Nicholson, Seok Lim, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Eloise Williams, Douglas Johnson, Tuyet Hoang, 礼子岡山, Damian F. J. Purcell, Francesca L. Mordant, Sharon R. Lewin, Mike Catton, Kanta Subbarao, Benjamin P. Howden, Deborah A. Williamson	2020	38
11	Emergence and divergence of major lineages of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Australia Microbial Genomics ·Danielle J. Ingle, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Mary Valcanis, Susan A. Ballard, Torsten Seemann, Amy V. Jennison, Ivan Bastian, علی غفران, Martyn Kirk, Benjamin P. Howden, Deborah A. Williamson	2019	10
12	Bridging of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages across sexual networks in the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis era Nature Communications ·Deborah A. Williamson, Eric P. F. Chow, Claire L. Gorrie, Torsten Seemann, Danielle J. Ingle, 政信松本, Marion Easton, George Taiaroa, Yonatan H. Grad, Jason C. Kwong, Christopher K. Fairley, Marcus Y. Chen, Benjamin P. Howden	2019	65
13	Mining the Methylome Reveals Extensive Diversity in Staphylococcus epidermidis Restriction Modification mBio ·Jean Lee, Glen P. Carter, Sacha J. Pidot, Romain Guérillot, Torsten Seemann, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Timothy J. Foster, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear, Ian R. Monk	2019	27
14	Biosynthesis and Ether‐Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Sacha J. Pidot, Маржанат Магомедовна Дибирова, Liam K. R. Sharkey, Women's Education, Jessica L. Porter, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P. Howden, Mark A. Rizzacasa, Timothy P. Stinear	2019	14
15	Emergence and rapid global dissemination of CTX-M-15-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae strain ST307 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Kelly L. Wyres, Jane Hawkey, Marit Andrea Klokkhammer Hetland, Aasmund Fostervold, Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, Mohammad Hamidian, Benjamin P. Howden, Iren H. Löhr, Kathryn E. Holt	2018	128
16	A Supervised Statistical Learning Approach for Accurate Legionella pneumophila Source Attribution during Outbreaks Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Andrew H. Buultjens, Kyra Chua, Sarah L. Baines, Jason C. Kwong, Wei Gao, Zoe Cutcher, Xulue Zhang, Susan A. Ballard, Mark B. Schultz, Takehiro Tomita, Mike Yorkey, Glen P. Carter, Sacha J. Pidot, Lucinda Franklin, Torsten Seemann, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear	2017	10
17	NGMASTER: in silico multi-antigen sequence typing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Microbial Genomics ·Jason C. Kwong, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Kristin Dyet, Deborah A. Williamson, Timothy P. Stinear, Benjamin P. Howden, Torsten Seemann	2016	29
18	Pharmacokinetics of short versus extended infusion meropenem dosing in critically ill patients: a pilot study Critical Care and Resuscitation ·Javeria Bilal Qamar, Jovan Jacob, Jian Li, Roger L. Nation, Rinaldo Bellomo, Benjamin P. Howden, Paul D. R. Johnson	2014	11
19	Inactivation of the Indigenous Methyltransferase RlmN in Staphylococcus aureus Increases Linezolid Resistance Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Jacqueline M. LaMarre, Benjamin P. Howden, Alexander S. Mankin	2011	39
20	Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus , Including Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Strains: Resistance Mechanisms, Laboratory Detection, and Clinical Implications Clinical Microbiology Reviews ·Benjamin P. Howden, John K. Davies, Paul D. R. Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear, M. Lindsay Grayson Hit paper breakdown →	2010	720

About Benjamin P. Howden

Benjamin P. Howden is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Endocrinology, having authored 326 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (138 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (90 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (65 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (55 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (30 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (26 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (23 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (3.5k citations), Molecular Medicine (2.0k citations), Infectious Diseases (7.1k citations), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (519 citations) and Microbiology (1.3k citations). Benjamin P. Howden has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Timothy P. Stinear, Paul D. R. Johnson, M. Lindsay Grayson, Torsten Seemann, John K. Davies, Deborah A. Williamson, Wei Gao, Peter Ward, Glen P. Carter and M. Lindsay Grayson. Their work appears in journals such as Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Microbial Genomics, The Medical Journal of Australia, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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