Fergus Hamilton

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Fergus Hamilton is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Fergus Hamilton has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 14 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Fergus Hamilton's work include Infection Control and Ventilation (10 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers). Fergus Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control and Ventilation (10 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers). Fergus Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Fergus Hamilton's co-authors include David Arnold, Nick Maskell, Karen T Elvers, James Dodd, Marie Attwood, Alasdair MacGowan, Anna J. Morley, Shaney Barratt, Ed Moran and Alan Noel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Fergus Hamilton

58 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Patient outcomes after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and implications for follow-up: results from a prospective UK cohort

2020 412 citations David Arnold, Fergus Hamilton et al. Thorax profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fergus Hamilton United Kingdom	20	420	389	346	227	211	64	1.3k
Sai͏̈d Laribi France	23	523 1.2×	399 1.0×	281 0.8×	239 1.1×	261 1.2×	95	2.1k
Natalie Yip United States	13	632 1.5×	390 1.0×	954 2.8×	230 1.0×	137 0.6×	20	1.7k
Benjamin J. Meyer United States	7	626 1.5×	292 0.8×	941 2.7×	183 0.8×	136 0.6×	9	1.5k
Beth Hochman United States	5	618 1.5×	290 0.7×	937 2.7×	179 0.8×	128 0.6×	13	1.5k
Lars Christian Lund Denmark	20	332 0.8×	211 0.5×	536 1.5×	127 0.6×	132 0.6×	76	1.6k
Jieyun Zhu China	10	409 1.0×	110 0.3×	640 1.8×	112 0.5×	99 0.5×	13	996
Loris Roncon Italy	23	492 1.2×	519 1.3×	533 1.5×	386 1.7×	65 0.3×	202	2.5k
Maria Ludovica Carerj Italy	9	761 1.8×	124 0.3×	898 2.6×	87 0.4×	160 0.8×	26	1.7k
Vikas Suri India	16	263 0.6×	102 0.3×	367 1.1×	113 0.5×	152 0.7×	69	1.1k
Edward J. Schenck United States	20	201 0.5×	349 0.9×	265 0.8×	380 1.7×	45 0.2×	59	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fergus Hamilton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fergus Hamilton

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Palin, Victoria, et al.. (2025). Infection in people with heart failure: an overlooked cause of adverse outcomes. Clinical Medicine. 25(5). 100497–100497.

Arnold, David, Fergus Hamilton, Jessica Hughes, et al.. (2024). Antibiotic pharmacokinetics in infected pleural effusions. Thorax. 79(9). 883–885. 3 indexed citations

Hamilton, Fergus, Haiko Schurz, Tom Yates, et al.. (2024). Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study. The Lancet Microbe. 6(1). 100922–100922. 5 indexed citations

Edwards, Frances L., Fergus Hamilton, Ian M. Head, et al.. (2024). Harvesting and amplifying gene cassettes confers cross-resistance to critically important antibiotics. PLoS Pathogens. 20(6). e1012235–e1012235. 1 indexed citations

Hamilton, Fergus, Ruth E. Mitchell, Haroon Ahmed, Peter Ghazal, & Nicholas J. Timpson. (2023). An observational and Mendelian randomisation study on iron status and sepsis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2867–2867. 13 indexed citations

Williams, O. Martin, Fergus Hamilton, & Richard Brindle. (2023). The Natural History of Antibiotic-Treated Lower Limb Cellulitis: Analysis of Data Extracted From a Multicenter Clinical Trial. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(10). ofad488–ofad488. 2 indexed citations

Shrimpton, Andrew, Verity J. Brown, James Vassallo, et al.. (2023). A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Anaesthesia. 79(2). 156–167. 4 indexed citations

Sheikh, Sadiyah, Nick Maskell, Fergus Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Diathermy and bone sawing are high aerosol yield procedures. Bone and Joint Research. 12(10). 636–643. 2 indexed citations

Hamilton, Fergus, Matt Thomas, David Arnold, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic potential of IL6R blockade for the treatment of sepsis and sepsis-related death: A Mendelian randomisation study. PLoS Medicine. 20(1). e1004174–e1004174. 69 indexed citations

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Dudding, Tom, Sadiyah Sheikh, Florence K. A. Gregson, et al.. (2022). A clinical observational analysis of aerosol emissions from dental procedures. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265076–e0265076. 13 indexed citations

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Rice, Christopher M., Philip A. Lewis, Sarah Groves, et al.. (2022). Hyperactive immature state and differential CXCR2 expression of neutrophils in severe COVID-19. Life Science Alliance. 6(2). e202201658–e202201658. 19 indexed citations

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Alorabi, Mohammed, Fergus Hamilton, Yuiko Takebayashi, et al.. (2021). Trade-Offs between Antibacterial Resistance and Fitness Cost in the Production of Metallo-β-Lactamases by Enteric Bacteria Manifest as Sporadic Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance in a Clinical Setting. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 65(8). e0241220–e0241220. 9 indexed citations

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Shrimpton, Andrew, Florence K. A. Gregson, Julian Brown, et al.. (2021). A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during supraglottic airway insertion and removal. Anaesthesia. 76(12). 1577–1584. 14 indexed citations

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Shrimpton, Andrew, Jeremy Brown, Florence K. A. Gregson, et al.. (2021). Quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during manual facemask ventilation. Anaesthesia. 77(1). 22–27. 10 indexed citations

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Booton, Ross D., Louis MacGregor, Lucy Vass, et al.. (2021). Estimating the COVID-19 epidemic trajectory and hospital capacity requirements in South West England: a mathematical modelling framework. BMJ Open. 11(1). e041536–e041536. 19 indexed citations

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Gregson, Florence K. A., Andrew Shrimpton, Fergus Hamilton, et al.. (2021). Identification of the source events for aerosol generation during oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy. Gut. 71(5). 871–878. 21 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Fergus, David Arnold, Bryan R. Bzdek, et al.. (2021). Aerosol generating procedures: are they of relevance for transmission of SARS-CoV-2?. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 9(7). 687–689. 45 indexed citations

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Arnold, David, Fergus Hamilton, Karen T Elvers, et al.. (2020). Pleural Fluid suPAR Levels Predict the Need for Invasive Management in Parapneumonic Effusions. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201(12). 1545–1553. 32 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Fergus, et al.. (2017). Can Quantab titrator sticks reliably predict urinary sodium?. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 23. 217–221. 4 indexed citations

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Evans, Rhys, Ulla Hemmilä, Fergus Hamilton, et al.. (2017). Incidence, aetiology and outcome of community-acquired acute kidney injury in medical admissions in Malawi. BMC Nephrology. 18(1). 21–21. 44 indexed citations

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