David W. Denning

94.6k total citations · 27 hit papers
728 papers, 55.4k citations indexed

About

David W. Denning is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Denning has authored 728 papers receiving a total of 55.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 608 papers in Infectious Diseases, 461 papers in Epidemiology and 148 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in David W. Denning's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (582 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (390 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (139 papers). David W. Denning is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (582 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (390 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (139 papers). David W. Denning collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. David W. Denning's co-authors include David A. Stevens, Thomas F. Patterson, Paul Bowyer, Rita Oladele, Felix Bongomin, Neil A. R. Gow, Thomas J. Walsh, Sara Gago, Gordon D. Brown and Stuart M. Levitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David W. Denning

715 papers receiving 53.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hidden Killers: Human Fun... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2012 2008 2017 2002 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections
    2012 3.1k citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  2. Treatment of Aspergillosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
    2008 1.9k citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  3. Global and Multi-National Prevalence of Fungal Diseases—Estimate Precision
    2017 1.9k citations Felix Bongomin, Rita Oladele et al. Journal of Fungi profile →
  4. Defining Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: An International Consensus
    2002 1.9k citations Jacques Billé, David W. Denning et al. profile →
  5. Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Aspergillosis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
    2016 1.8k citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  6. Global burden of disease of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: an updated analysis
    2017 1.3k citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  7. Invasive Aspergillosis
    1998 1.2k citations David W. Denning profile →
  8. Echinocandin antifungal drugs
    2003 862 citations David W. Denning profile →
  9. Antifungal and Surgical Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis: Review of 2,121 Published Cases
    1990 754 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  10. Aspergillus flavus: human pathogen, allergen and mycotoxin producer
    2007 703 citations Paul Bowyer, David W. Denning et al. profile →
  11. The link between fungi and severe asthma: a summary of the evidence
    2006 649 citations David W. Denning, Paul Bowyer et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →
  12. Efficacy and Safety of Voriconazole in the Treatment of Acute Invasive Aspergillosis
    2002 643 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  13. Frequency and Evolution of Azole Resistance inAspergillus fumigatusAssociated with Treatment Failure1
    2009 616 citations David S. Perlin, David W. Denning et al. profile →
  14. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: rationale and clinical guidelines for diagnosis and management
    2015 608 citations David W. Denning, Arunaloke Chakrabarti et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →
  15. Practice Guidelines for Diseases Caused by Aspergillus
    2000 581 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  16. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: review of literature and proposal of new diagnostic and classification criteria
    2013 568 citations Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Jacques F. Meis et al. profile →
  17. The clinical spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis
    2014 558 citations Chris Kosmidis, David W. Denning profile →
  18. Therapeutic Outcome in Invasive Aspergillosis
    1996 558 citations David W. Denning profile →
  19. EUCAST Definitive Document EDef 7.1: method for the determination of broth dilution MICs of antifungal agents for fermentative yeasts
    2008 549 citations Jacques Billé, Éric Dannaoui et al. profile →
  20. Global incidence and mortality of severe fungal disease
    2024 548 citations David W. Denning profile →
  21. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Cystic Fibrosis—State of the Art: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Consensus Conference
    2003 521 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  22. Global burden of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a systematic review
    2018 417 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  23. How to bolster the antifungal pipeline
    2015 380 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  24. Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture
    2020 326 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  25. The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal infection in adults in 2020: a modelling analysis
    2022 298 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  26. The global incidence and diagnosis of fungal keratitis
    2020 291 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →
  27. The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer
    2023 209 citations David W. Denning et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David W. Denning 42.2k 33.4k 7.8k 7.3k 5.7k 728 55.4k
Michael A. Pfaller 49.6k 1.2× 37.9k 1.1× 3.8k 0.5× 3.6k 0.5× 4.1k 0.7× 836 68.4k
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis 29.7k 0.7× 24.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.3× 3.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.4× 604 38.8k
Jacques F. Meis 24.9k 0.6× 20.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.3× 3.5k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 685 33.8k
Kieren A. Marr 24.1k 0.6× 20.9k 0.6× 2.7k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 220 31.4k
Mihai G. Netea 22.0k 0.5× 20.4k 0.6× 4.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 2.4k 0.4× 1.0k 75.8k
Paul E. Verweij 18.4k 0.4× 13.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.2× 3.3k 0.5× 3.9k 0.7× 498 25.2k
John R. Perfect 24.1k 0.6× 24.1k 0.7× 980 0.1× 1.9k 0.3× 5.3k 0.9× 439 34.1k
Daniel J. Diekema 22.7k 0.5× 17.1k 0.5× 1.9k 0.2× 1.5k 0.2× 1.5k 0.3× 352 30.6k
Peter G. Pappas 24.4k 0.6× 21.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.2× 1.9k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 242 29.9k
Michael G. Rinaldi 17.7k 0.4× 14.8k 0.4× 1.5k 0.2× 3.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 327 24.9k

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All Works

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Denning, David W., et al.. (2024). Timing of recurrence after treatment of pulmonary TB. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(10). 456–465. 3 indexed citations
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Bongomin, Felix, et al.. (2024). Primary treatment of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with weekly liposomal amphotericin B: A case report from Uganda. Medical Mycology Case Reports. 46. 100666–100666.
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Denning, David W., et al.. (2023). Fungal Infections in the Caribbean: A Review of the Literature to Date. Journal of Fungi. 9(12). 1177–1177. 3 indexed citations
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Denning, David W., et al.. (2023). Invasive Aspergillosis after Renal Transplantation. Journal of Fungi. 9(2). 255–255. 15 indexed citations
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Gugnani, H. C. & David W. Denning. (2023). Infection of bats with Histoplasma species. Medical Mycology. 61(8). 15 indexed citations
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Tongeren, Martie van, Yang Han, Wei Hua, et al.. (2023). Modelling the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the home-delivery sector. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0284805–e0284805. 4 indexed citations
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Ocansey, Bright, Peter Puplampu, Rita Oladele, et al.. (2022). Improving awareness, diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infections in Ghana: establishment of the Ghana Medical Mycology Society. Medical Mycology. 60(9). 2 indexed citations
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Ocansey, Bright, et al.. (2022). Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is common among patients with presumed tuberculosis relapse in Ghana. Medical Mycology. 60(9). 14 indexed citations
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Denning, David W., Donald C. Cole, & Animesh Ray. (2022). New estimation of the prevalence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) related to pulmonary TB – a revised burden for India. IJID Regions. 6. 7–14. 31 indexed citations
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Denning, David W., et al.. (2021). Histoplasmosis in the Republic of Congo dominated by African histoplasmosis, Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009318–e0009318. 15 indexed citations
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Santos, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima, Vânia Aparecida Vicente, Flávio Queiroz‐Telles, et al.. (2021). The global burden of chromoblastomycosis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(8). e0009611–e0009611. 64 indexed citations
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Alfouzan, Wadha, et al.. (2020). Human Fungal Infections in Kuwait—Burden and Diagnostic Gaps. Journal of Fungi. 6(4). 306–306. 8 indexed citations
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Buil, Jochem B., Eelco F. J. Meijer, David W. Denning, Paul E. Verweij, & Jacques F. Meis. (2020). Burden of serious fungal infections in the Netherlands. Mycoses. 63(6). 625–631. 30 indexed citations
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Denning, David W., et al.. (2020). Current burden of serious fungal infections in Republic of Congo. Mycoses. 63(6). 543–552. 8 indexed citations
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Howell, Roger W., et al.. (2013). Prevalence of possible severe asthma with fungal sensitisation (SAFS) and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in a UK secondary care hospital. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). P977–P977. 1 indexed citations
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Hauser, Philippe M., Katrien Lagrou, Cornelia Lass‐Flörl, et al.. (2008). Clinical performance of FXG: RESP (Asp+) assay for Pneumocystis jirovecii on respiratory specimens. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Denning, David W.. (1995). Fortnightly Review: Management of genital candidiasis. BMJ. 310(6989). 1241–1244. 30 indexed citations

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