Chesley Richards

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Chesley Richards is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Chesley Richards has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Chesley Richards's work include Nosocomial Infections in ICU (14 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (12 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers). Chesley Richards is often cited by papers focused on Nosocomial Infections in ICU (14 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (12 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers). Chesley Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and United Kingdom. Chesley Richards's co-authors include Nadine Shehab, Daniel S. Budnitz, Robert P. Gaynes, Jonathan R. Edwards, Teresa Horan, Maribeth C. Lovegrove, R. Monina Klevens, Daniel A. Pollock, Denise M. Cardo and Scott R. Kegler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Chesley Richards

48 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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.

Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002

2007 2.2k citations Jonathan R. Edwards, Chesley Richards et al. Public Health Reports profile →
Emergency Hospitalizations for Adverse Drug Events in Older Americans

2011 1.3k citations Daniel S. Budnitz, Maribeth C. Lovegrove et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chesley Richards United States	26	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	898	48	6.2k
Elisabeth Burdick United States	27	1.0k 0.7×	821 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	896 1.0×	51	9.2k
Monique Elseviers Belgium	41	2.1k 1.6×	552 0.5×	402 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	186	8.3k
Sarah L. Krein United States	51	2.8k 2.1×	823 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	464 0.4×	3.1k 3.4×	287	9.6k
Peter Davey United Kingdom	48	2.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.4×	857 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	2.4k 2.7×	238	9.8k
Daniel A. Pollock United States	38	3.0k 2.2×	2.7k 2.5×	1.4k 1.3×	510 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	78	11.1k
Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas France	57	2.7k 2.0×	679 0.6×	767 0.7×	433 0.4×	562 0.6×	129	7.8k
Stanley L. Pestotnik United States	26	518 0.4×	330 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	802 0.8×	512 0.6×	37	4.6k
Melissa Saul United States	40	1.3k 1.0×	768 0.7×	956 0.9×	208 0.2×	353 0.4×	145	5.5k
A. Russell Localio United States	34	876 0.6×	229 0.2×	910 0.8×	744 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	77	7.3k
Peter Dodek Canada	56	3.0k 2.2×	498 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	366 0.3×	1.9k 2.1×	233	11.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chesley Richards

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chesley Richards

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Richards, Chesley, et al.. (2021). Modernizing Our Nation's Public Health Information System: Toward an Integrated Approach. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 27(5). 521–525. 6 indexed citations

Hackbarth, Andrew, William B. Munier, Noel Eldridge, et al.. (2014). An Overview of Measurement Activities in the Partnership for Patients. Journal of Patient Safety. 10(3). 125–132. 9 indexed citations

Richards, Chesley, Michael F. Iademarco, & Tara C. Anderson. (2014). A New Strategy for Public Health Surveillance at CDC: Improving National Surveillance Activities and Outcomes. Public Health Reports. 129(6). 472–476. 28 indexed citations

Budnitz, Daniel S., Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Nadine Shehab, & Chesley Richards. (2011). Emergency Hospitalizations for Adverse Drug Events in Older Americans. New England Journal of Medicine. 365(21). 2002–2012. 1268 indexed citations breakdown →

High, Kevin P., Suzanne Bradley, Stefan Gravenstein, et al.. (2009). Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long‐Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 57(3). 375–394. 75 indexed citations

Tsan, Linda, Robert Langberg, J. Rush Pierce, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of nursing home-associated infections in the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home care units. American Journal of Infection Control. 36(3). 173–179. 55 indexed citations

Richards, Chesley, et al.. (2008). Nursing Staff Perceptions of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Infection Control in a Long-Term Care Facility. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 9(5). 342–346. 20 indexed citations

Stone, Nimalie D., Lyndsey A. Darrow, Robert P. Gaynes, et al.. (2007). Importance of Bacterial Burden Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers in a Long-Term Care Facility. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 29(2). 143–148. 41 indexed citations

Richards, Chesley. (2006). Preventing Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 7(3). S89–S96. 3 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley, et al.. (2005). Antimicrobial use in post-acute care: A retrospective descriptive analysis in seven long-term care facilities in Georgia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 6(2). 109–112. 21 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley. (2004). Urinary tract infections in the frail elderly: Issues for diagnosis, treatment and prevention. International Urology and Nephrology. 36(3). 457–463. 20 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley, et al.. (2004). Klebsiella pneumoniaeBloodstream Infections Among Neonates in a High-Risk Nursery in Cali, Colombia. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 25(3). 221–225. 21 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley, Jonathan R. Edwards, David H. Culver, et al.. (2003). . Annals of Surgery. 237(3). 358–362. 9 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley, Jonathan R. Edwards, David H. Culver, et al.. (2003). Does Using a Laparoscopic Approach to Cholecystectomy Decrease the Risk of Surgical Site Infection?. Annals of Surgery. 237(3). 358–362. 101 indexed citations

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Weinberg, Andrew D., et al.. (2002). Quality Care Indicators and Staffing Levels in a Nursing Facility Subacute Unit. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 3(1). 1–4. 14 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley. (2002). Infections in Residents of Long‐Term Care Facilities: An Agenda for Research. Report of an Expert Panel. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 50(3). 570–576. 54 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley, T.Grace Emori, Jonathan R. Edwards, et al.. (2001). Characteristics of hospitals and infection control professionals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System 1999. American Journal of Infection Control. 29(6). 400–403. 74 indexed citations

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Gaynes, Robert P., David H. Culver, Teresa Horan, et al.. (2001). Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rates in the United States, 1992–1998: The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Basic SSI Risk Index. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33(s2). S69–S77. 405 indexed citations

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Richards, Chesley & William R. Jarvis. (1999). Lessons from recent nosocomial epidemics. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 12(4). 327–334. 4 indexed citations

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Kinney, Anita Y., Chesley Richards, Sally W. Vernon, & Victor G. Vogel. (1998). The Effect of Physician Recommendation on Enrollment in the Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Trial. Preventive Medicine. 27(5). 713–719. 81 indexed citations

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