Colin Brown

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Colin Brown is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Brown has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Infectious Diseases, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Colin Brown's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (18 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (16 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (16 papers). Colin Brown is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (18 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (16 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (16 papers). Colin Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Colin Brown's co-authors include Andrew M. Borman, Elizabeth M. Johnson, Silke Schelenz, Willy J. M. Spaan, Surabhi Taori, Katie Jeffery, Rohini Manuel, Anna Jeffery-Smith, Klaus Hedman and Meera Chand and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Colin Brown

135 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Candida auris: a Review of the Literature

2017 422 citations Andrew M. Borman, Rohini Manuel et al. profile →
Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012

2012 361 citations Meera Chand, Colin Brown et al. Eurosurveillance profile →
Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infection notifications, England, 2022

2023 88 citations Rebecca Guy, Juliana Coelho et al. Eurosurveillance profile →

Peers

Colin Brown

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PHEOH

Bernd Salzberger Germany

Dominic N.C. Tsang China

Kathleen Dooling United States

Pyoeng Gyun Choe South Korea

Joon Young Song South Korea

Eun Hwa Choi South Korea

Gili Regev‐Yochay Israel

Antonino Di Italy

Wan Beom Park South Korea

Fengcai Zhu China

Bernd Salzberger Germany

Colin Brown

2.8k ×1.6

2.0k ×2.2

EPIDE

387 ×0.9

PHEOH

381 ×1.6

142 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Colin Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Colin Brown. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Colin Brown. The network helps show where Colin Brown may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Brown

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Brown. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Brown 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 Colin Brown. Colin Brown is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guy, Rebecca, Katie L. Hopkins, Emma Budd, et al.. (2025). The importance of monitoring a new antibiotic: ceftazidime/avibactam usage and resistance experience from England, 2016 to 2020. Eurosurveillance. 30(14).

Borman, Andrew M., Alireza Abdolrasouli, Emma Budd, et al.. (2025). Rapid emergence of Trichophyton indotineae (Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VIII) observed in the United Kingdom, up to August 2025. Eurosurveillance. 30(49).

Leaver, Susannah, et al.. (2025). The role and needs of teachers/schools in infection prevention and control post COVID-19. Public Health. 242. 285–290. 1 indexed citations

Foulkes, Sarah, Jennifer L. Bishop, Jameel Khawam, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and impact of persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey in the SIREN cohort. Journal of Infection. 89(4). 106259–106259. 2 indexed citations

Todkill, Daniel, Theresa Lamagni, Richard Pebody, et al.. (2024). Persistent elevation in incidence of pneumonia in children in England, 2023/24. Eurosurveillance. 29(32). 4 indexed citations

Staa, Tjeerd van, Alexander Pate, Glen P. Martin, et al.. (2024). Sepsis and case fatality rates and associations with deprivation, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics: population-based case–control study with linked primary care and hospital data in England. Infection. 52(4). 1469–1479. 3 indexed citations

Saunders, M.I., A. David Weaver, Rebecca Stretch, et al.. (2024). Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii associated with contamination of saline products distributed internationally, the United Kingdom, 2024. Eurosurveillance. 29(27). 2 indexed citations

Monk, Edward J M, Katie Munro, Ana Atti, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in healthcare workers within the United Kingdom: Risk factors for infection during four successive waves. Journal of Infection. 90(2). 106393–106393.

Ashiru‐Oredope, Diane, Neil Cunningham, Alexander Pate, et al.. (2024). Rapid systematic review on risks and outcomes of sepsis: the influence of risk factors associated with health inequalities. International Journal for Equity in Health. 23(1). 34–34. 6 indexed citations

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Beech, Elizabeth, Colin Brown, Alicia Demirjian, et al.. (2024). Trends in urine sampling rates of general practice patients with suspected lower urinary tract infections in England, 2015–2022: a population-based study. BMJ Open. 14(8). e084485–e084485. 1 indexed citations

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Paranthaman, Karthik, Allegra Wilson, Neville Q. Verlander, et al.. (2023). Trends in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), England, 2010–2021. Access Microbiology. 5(6). 5 indexed citations

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Wan, Yu, Akshay Sabnis, Elita Jauneikaite, et al.. (2023). IS1-related large-scale deletion of chromosomal regions harbouring the oxygen-insensitive nitroreductase gene nfsB causes nitrofurantoin heteroresistance in Escherichia coli. Microbial Genomics. 9(9). 5 indexed citations

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Cloutman-Green, Elaine, et al.. (2023). Staphylococcus capitis: Review of Its Role in Infections and Outbreaks. Antibiotics. 12(4). 669–669. 16 indexed citations

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Collin, Simon M., Rebecca Guy, M. Ganner, et al.. (2023). Is Panton–Valentine leucocidin (PVL) toxin associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia?. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 72(4). 3 indexed citations

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Harman, Katie, Sophie Nash, Harriet Webster, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the risk of hospitalisation among BA.1 and BA.2 COVID‐19 cases treated with sotrovimab in the community in England. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(5). e13150–e13150. 14 indexed citations

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Wan, Yu, M. Ganner, Derren Ready, et al.. (2023). Whole-genome sequencing reveals widespread presence of Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A clone in neonatal units across the United Kingdom. Journal of Infection. 87(3). 210–219. 3 indexed citations

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Khan, Sameer, André Charlett, Dominic Inman, et al.. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on mortality after hip fracture. The Bone & Joint Journal. 104-B(10). 1156–1167. 7 indexed citations

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Fifer, Helen, Rachel Pitt, Hester Allen, et al.. (2021). Frequency and Correlates of Mycoplasma genitalium Antimicrobial Resistance Mutations and Their Association With Treatment Outcomes: Findings From a National Sentinel Surveillance Pilot in England. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 48(12). 951–954. 10 indexed citations

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Brown, Colin. (2008). Geoffrey Fisher: Archbishop of Canterbury 1945-1961. Anglican and Episcopal history. 77(3). 342. 2 indexed citations

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Brown, Colin. (1990). Christianity & western thought : a history of philosophers, ideas & movements. 2 indexed citations

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