Brian Allwood

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Allwood is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Allwood has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 43 papers in Infectious Diseases and 29 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Brian Allwood's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (27 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (24 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (15 papers). Brian Allwood is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (27 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (24 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (15 papers). Brian Allwood collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Brian Allwood's co-authors include Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg, Morné J. Vorster, Andreas H. Diacon, Eric Bateman, Keertan Dheda, Landon Myer, Jamilah Meghji, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, Greg Calligaro and Anthony Byrne and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Brian Allwood

92 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline hea... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers
    2020 283 citations Brian Allwood, René English et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Allwood South Africa 22 1.1k 754 639 371 182 101 2.1k
Claudia C. Dobler Australia 24 775 0.7× 372 0.5× 656 1.0× 404 1.1× 89 0.5× 86 1.8k
René Gottschalk Germany 24 1.1k 1.0× 285 0.4× 642 1.0× 215 0.6× 83 0.5× 94 2.2k
Jigeeshu Vasishtha Divatia India 17 445 0.4× 505 0.7× 522 0.8× 331 0.9× 230 1.3× 33 2.1k
Lewis Rubinson United States 28 473 0.4× 530 0.7× 678 1.1× 174 0.5× 111 0.6× 54 2.6k
Mette Søgaard Denmark 32 534 0.5× 536 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 409 1.1× 66 0.4× 153 3.8k
Jefferson M. Jones United States 27 765 0.7× 236 0.3× 810 1.3× 433 1.2× 69 0.4× 94 2.7k
Michael A. Campitelli Canada 27 790 0.7× 323 0.4× 1.3k 2.1× 258 0.7× 70 0.4× 85 3.0k
Meghan A. Baker United States 19 712 0.7× 551 0.7× 380 0.6× 156 0.4× 157 0.9× 64 1.7k
Simon Nadel United Kingdom 38 349 0.3× 866 1.1× 2.1k 3.3× 524 1.4× 144 0.8× 134 4.2k
Man Yee Yung Hong Kong 19 1.3k 1.2× 858 1.1× 632 1.0× 1.4k 3.7× 143 0.8× 33 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Allwood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Allwood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Allwood

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All Works

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Louw, Elizabeth H., Olukayode O. Aremu, Anastase Dzudié, et al.. (2025). Technical Challenges in Studying Infectious Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries with Limited Resources. Infectious Disease Reports. 17(5). 109–109.
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Gai, Xiaoyan, Brian Allwood, & Yongchang Sun. (2024). Advances in the awareness of tuberculosis-associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PubMed. 2(4). 250–256. 3 indexed citations
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Zalm, Marieke M. van der, Vita W. Jongen, Brian Allwood, et al.. (2024). Impaired lung function in adolescents with pulmonary tuberculosis during treatment and following treatment completion. EClinicalMedicine. 67. 102406–102406. 14 indexed citations
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Strijdom, Hans, Arifa Parker, Brian Allwood, et al.. (2024). The impact of mild COVID‐19 on medium‐term respiratory function. PubMed. 30(3). e1629–e1629.
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Allwood, Brian, et al.. (2023). The effect of inhaled nitric oxide on shunt fraction in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID‑19 pneumonia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29(2). 64–66. 1 indexed citations
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Lalla, Usha, et al.. (2023). Rapidly progressive respiratory failure due to antisynthetase syndrome related interstitial lung disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(5). e01141–e01141. 1 indexed citations
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Allwood, Brian, Marie Stolbrink, Shaheed Mathee, et al.. (2023). Pulmonary hypertension in adults completing tuberculosis treatment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29(3). 122–126. 3 indexed citations
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Menzies, Nicolas A., Brian Allwood, Anna Dean, et al.. (2023). Global burden of disease due to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a mathematical modeling analysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6182–6182. 19 indexed citations
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Kotzé, Leigh A., Caroline Beltran, Dirk Lang, et al.. (2021). Establishment of a Patient-Derived, Magnetic Levitation-Based, Three-Dimensional Spheroid Granuloma Model for Human Tuberculosis. mSphere. 6(4). e0055221–e0055221. 15 indexed citations
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Mpagama, Stellah, et al.. (2021). The burden and determinants of post-TB lung disease. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 25(10). 846–853. 36 indexed citations
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Allwood, Brian, Elizna Maasdorp, Grace J. Kim, et al.. (2020). <p>Transition from Restrictive to Obstructive Lung Function Impairment During Treatment and Follow-Up of Active Tuberculosis</p>. International Journal of COPD. Volume 15. 1039–1047. 29 indexed citations
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Allwood, Brian, Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg, Elvis M. Irusen, et al.. (2020). Clinical evolution, management and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a research protocol. BMJ Open. 10(8). e039455–e039455. 8 indexed citations
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Saleh, Sepeedeh, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, Brian Allwood, et al.. (2018). Questionnaires for Lung Health in Africa across the Life Course. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(8). 1615–1615. 10 indexed citations
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Griffith‐Richards, Stephanie, et al.. (2017). Recurrent Pulmonary Aneurysms. CHEST Journal. 152(5). e99–e103. 16 indexed citations
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Allwood, Brian, Luís Taborda‐Barata, Greg Calligaro, et al.. (2014). The burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD) methodology overestimates the prevalence of COPD: A 5-year follow-up study. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P1084–P1084. 1 indexed citations
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Zyl-Smit, Richard N. van, Brian Allwood, Gregory Symons, et al.. (2013). South African tobacco smoking cessation clinical practice guideline. South African Medical Journal. 103(11). 869–869. 31 indexed citations

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