C. Suetens

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

C. Suetens is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Suetens has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Infectious Diseases, 24 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 21 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in C. Suetens's work include Nosocomial Infections in ICU (24 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (20 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers). C. Suetens is often cited by papers focused on Nosocomial Infections in ICU (24 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (20 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers). C. Suetens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Sweden and France. C. Suetens's co-authors include Herman Goossens, Dominique L. Monnet, Erik Hendrickx, Samuel Coenen, Matus Ferech, Diamantis Plachouras, Kateřina Dvořáková, Surbhi Malhotra‐Kumar, Susan Hopkins and Françoise Mathieu and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

C. Suetens

78 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) pilot point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use
    2012 600 citations Herman Goossens, Susan Hopkins et al. Eurosurveillance profile →
  2. Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017
    2018 448 citations C. Suetens, Katrien Latour et al. Eurosurveillance profile →
  3. Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections on European Population Health: Estimating Incidence-Based Disability-Adjusted Life Years through a Population Prevalence-Based Modelling Study
    2016 417 citations Alessandro Cassini, Diamantis Plachouras et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Suetens Belgium 36 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 905 757 78 5.2k
Maria Luisa Moro Italy 40 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 763 1.0× 160 5.7k
Michael J. Richards Australia 37 2.2k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 632 0.5× 1.5k 1.7× 577 0.8× 144 6.1k
W. Charles Huskins United States 32 2.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.8× 941 1.0× 772 1.0× 97 6.6k
Christine Geffers Germany 40 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 633 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 541 0.7× 164 4.2k
Jeffrey S. Gerber United States 45 2.3k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 337 0.4× 289 0.4× 251 6.7k
Tim Eckmanns Germany 39 1.8k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 859 0.6× 577 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 196 5.4k
James M. Hughes United States 20 2.7k 1.8× 1.8k 1.2× 758 0.6× 2.3k 2.5× 1.0k 1.3× 39 7.5k
John E. Mazuski United States 41 2.0k 1.3× 914 0.6× 914 0.7× 930 1.0× 741 1.0× 109 8.5k
H. Rüden Germany 45 1.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 617 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 776 1.0× 212 6.5k
Douglas N. Fish United States 37 1.8k 1.2× 961 0.6× 590 0.4× 570 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 135 7.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Suetens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Suetens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Suetens based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. Suetens. C. Suetens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kärki, Tommi, Diamantis Plachouras, Alessandro Cassini, & C. Suetens. (2019). Burden of healthcare-associated infections in European acute care hospitals. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift. 169(S1). 3–5. 28 indexed citations
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Suetens, C., Katrien Latour, Tommi Kärki, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 48 indexed citations
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Cassini, Alessandro, Diamantis Plachouras, Tim Eckmanns, et al.. (2016). Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections on European Population Health: Estimating Incidence-Based Disability-Adjusted Life Years through a Population Prevalence-Based Modelling Study. PLoS Medicine. 13(10). e1002150–e1002150. 417 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crombé, Florence, Marc Dispas, Marie Hallin, et al.. (2011). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Pigs in Belgium. Microbial Drug Resistance. 18(2). 125–131. 57 indexed citations
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Suetens, C., Béatrice Jans, Jan Verhaegen, et al.. (2006). Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Is Associated with Higher Mortality in Nursing Home Residents with Impaired Cognitive Status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(12). 1854–1860. 37 indexed citations
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Coenen, Samuel, Matus Ferech, Kateřina Dvořáková, et al.. (2006). European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient cephalosporin use in Europe. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 58(2). 413–417. 42 indexed citations
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Struelens, Marc, et al.. (2006). IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTIBIOTIC MANAGEMENT TEAMS IN BELGIAN HOSPITALS. Acta Clinica Belgica. 61(2). 58–63. 6 indexed citations
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Ferech, Matus, Samuel Coenen, Surbhi Malhotra‐Kumar, et al.. (2006). European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient antibiotic use in Europe. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 58(2). 401–407. 495 indexed citations
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Moreno‐Reyes, Rodrigo, Françoise Mathieu, Marleen Boelaert, et al.. (2003). Selenium and iodine supplementation of rural Tibetan children affected by Kashin-Beck osteoarthropathy. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(1). 137–144. 110 indexed citations
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Suetens, C., et al.. (2002). Le projet HELICS-ICU : vers une surveillance européenne des infections nosocomiales dans les unités de soins intensifs. Eurosurveillance. 7(9). 127–128. 1 indexed citations
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Mathieu, Françoise, et al.. (2001). Kashin-Beck disease and drinking water in Central Tibet. International Orthopaedics. 25(3). 167–169. 22 indexed citations
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Mathieu, Françoise, C. Suetens, F. Begaux, Viviane De Maertelaer, & Maurice Hinsenkamp. (2001). Effects of physical therapy on patients with Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet. International Orthopaedics. 25(3). 191–193. 23 indexed citations
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Moreno‐Reyes, Rodrigo, C. Suetens, Françoise Mathieu, et al.. (2001). Kashin-Beck disease and iodine deficiency in Tibet. International Orthopaedics. 25(3). 164–166. 26 indexed citations
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Haubruge, Éric, Camille Chasseur, F. Begaux, et al.. (2001). The prevalence of mycotoxins in Kashin-Beck disease. International Orthopaedics. 25(3). 159–161. 30 indexed citations
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Haubruge, Éric, Camille Chasseur, Françoise Mathieu, et al.. (2000). La maladie de Kashin-Beck et le milieu rural au Tibet :un problème agri-environnemental. Cahiers Agricultures. 9(2). 117–124. 3 indexed citations
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Moreno‐Reyes, Rodrigo, C. Suetens, Françoise Mathieu, et al.. (1998). Kashin–Beck Osteoarthropathy in Rural Tibet in Relation to Selenium and Iodine Status. New England Journal of Medicine. 339(16). 1112–1120. 236 indexed citations
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Haelterman, Edwige, Marleen Boelaert, C. Suetens, et al.. (1996). Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 1(3). 385–392. 25 indexed citations

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