Francis Drobniewski

17.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
217 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Francis Drobniewski is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Drobniewski has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Infectious Diseases, 155 papers in Epidemiology and 72 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Francis Drobniewski's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (175 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (117 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (50 papers). Francis Drobniewski is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (175 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (117 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (50 papers). Francis Drobniewski collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Germany. Francis Drobniewski's co-authors include Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Yanina Balabanova, Stuart M. Wilson, Timothy J. Brown, Andrea L. Gibson, Malcolm D. Yates, Ivan Fedorin, Irina Kontsevaya, Rifat Atun and Nicola Casali and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Francis Drobniewski

210 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Bacillus cereus and related species 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 2007 2014 200 400 600
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. Bacillus cereus and related species
    1993 615 citations Francis Drobniewski profile →
  2. A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection
    2007 494 citations Jonathan J Deeks, Heinke Kunst et al. Health Technology Assessment profile →
  3. Evolution and transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a Russian population
    2014 350 citations Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Yanina Balabanova et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francis Drobniewski United Kingdom 49 6.8k 6.1k 3.0k 1.6k 516 217 9.2k
Kathleen D. Eisenach United States 50 7.5k 1.1× 7.0k 1.1× 3.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 593 1.1× 115 8.9k
Daniela María Cirillo Italy 55 6.7k 1.0× 5.6k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 2.2k 1.4× 353 0.7× 297 9.9k
Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes Germany 54 7.1k 1.0× 7.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 259 0.5× 158 8.4k
Jack T. Crawford United States 45 7.8k 1.2× 7.5k 1.2× 4.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 681 1.3× 85 9.1k
David Alland United States 52 8.4k 1.2× 7.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 3.4k 2.1× 762 1.5× 135 11.7k
Edward A. Graviss United States 54 6.3k 0.9× 5.3k 0.9× 3.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 222 0.4× 364 10.9k
Stephen H. Gillespie United Kingdom 52 6.0k 0.9× 5.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 272 0.5× 263 10.2k
Abraham Aseffa Ethiopia 54 5.6k 0.8× 5.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 830 0.5× 248 0.5× 396 10.4k
Timothy D. McHugh United Kingdom 48 5.7k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 249 0.5× 234 9.0k
Åse Bengård Andersen Denmark 46 5.2k 0.8× 4.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 954 0.6× 316 0.6× 214 7.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis Drobniewski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Drobniewski

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sharma, K. D., Sanjeev Sharma, Anup Ghimire, et al.. (2025). WCN25-1596 INCREASED PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS. Kidney International Reports. 10(2). S621–S621.
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Maurer, Florian P., Natalia Shubladze, Giorgi Kuchukhidze, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic Capacities for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the World Health Organization European Region. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 24(11). 1189–1194. 5 indexed citations
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Gupta, Rishi K, Marc Lipman, Charlotte Jackson, et al.. (2019). Quantitative IFN-γ Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test Results to Predict Incident Tuberculosis. A Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201(8). 984–991. 29 indexed citations
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Katelaris, Anthea L, Charlotte Jackson, Jo Southern, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of BCG Vaccination Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of a UK-Based Cohort. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(1). 146–155. 29 indexed citations
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Abubakar, Ibrahim, Ajit Lalvani, Alice Sitch, et al.. (2018). Two interferon gamma release assays for predicting active tuberculosis: the UK PREDICT TB prognostic test study. Health Technology Assessment. 22(56). 1–96. 21 indexed citations
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Chongwe, Gershom, Charles Michelo, Edford Sinkala, et al.. (2018). Mycobacterium avium lysate induces matrix metalloproteinase-1 in intestinal tissue and peripheral blood: Observations from selected hospital based Zambian adults. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 71. 73–81. 2 indexed citations
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Nikolayevskyy, Vladyslav, Doris Hillemann, Elvira Richter, et al.. (2016). External Quality Assessment for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Drug Resistance in the European Union: A Five Year Multicentre Implementation Study. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0152926–e0152926. 23 indexed citations
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Kontsevaya, Irina, et al.. (2012). Diagnostic Accuracy of the GenoType MTBDR sl Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV-Coinfected Patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51(1). 243–248. 18 indexed citations
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Cirillo, Daniela María, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Paolo Miotto, et al.. (2011). A new integrated PCR and microarray lab-on-chip for rapid MDR tuberculosis diagnosis. European Respiratory Journal. 38(Suppl 55). p1822–p1822. 1 indexed citations
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Dávila, Sonia, Martin L. Hibberd, Edhyana Sahiratmadja, et al.. (2008). Genetic Association and Expression Studies Indicate a Role of Toll-Like Receptor 8 in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. PLoS Genetics. 4(10). e1000218–e1000218. 205 indexed citations
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Samyshkin, Yevgeniy, et al.. (2005). Social factors influencing hospital utilisation by tuberculosis patients in the Russian Federation: analysis of routinely collected data.. PubMed. 9(10). 1140–6. 15 indexed citations
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Atun, Rifat, Yevgeniy Samyshkin, Francis Drobniewski, et al.. (2005). Seasonal variation and hospital utilization for tuberculosis in Russia: hospitals as social care institutions. European Journal of Public Health. 15(4). 350–354. 41 indexed citations
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Baker, Lucy, Tim Brown, Martin Maiden, & Francis Drobniewski. (2004). Silent Nucleotide Polymorphisms and a Phylogeny for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Emerging infectious diseases. 10(9). 1568–1577. 148 indexed citations
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Baker, Lucy, Timothy J. Brown, M.D. Yates, & Francis Drobniewski. (2003). Rapid detection of resistance to other first line drugs in rifampicin resistant tuberculosis. Thorax. 58. 55–55. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Lucy, Fang Zhang, Andrea L. Gibson, et al.. (2001). Drug resistant tuberculosis in England and Wales - A molecular and epidemiological view. Thorax. 56. 57–57. 1 indexed citations
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Drobniewski, Francis. (2000). Management of opportunist mycobacterial infections: Joint Tuberculosis Committee guidelines 1999. Thorax. 55(3). 210–218. 183 indexed citations
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Schwoebel, V, Maria Luisa Moro, Francis Drobniewski, et al.. (2000). Recomendaciones europeas en materia de vigilancia de resistencias a fármacos antituberculosos. Eurosurveillance. 5(10). 104–106. 1 indexed citations
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Eltringham, Ian & Francis Drobniewski. (1998). Multiple drug resistant tuberculosis: aetiology, diagnosis and outcome. British Medical Bulletin. 54(3). 569–578. 20 indexed citations
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Kelly, Paul, Sue Davies, Andrew Veitch, et al.. (1997). Enteropathy in Zambians with HIV related diarrhoea: regression modelling of potential determinants of mucosal damage. Gut. 41(6). 811–816. 41 indexed citations
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Drobniewski, Francis. (1997). Is death inevitable with multiresistant TB plus HIV infection?. The Lancet. 349(9045). 71–72. 29 indexed citations

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