Heather Young

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Heather Young is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Young has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather Young's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers) and Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (5 papers). Heather Young is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers) and Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (5 papers). Heather Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Heather Young's co-authors include Timothy J. Key, Bette Liu, Francesca L. Crowe, Victoria S. Benson, Valerie Beral, Paul N. Appleby, Elizabeth Spencer, Marleen A. H. Lentjes, Carmen Piernas and Angela A. Mulligan and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Clinical Infectious Diseases and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Young

32 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Description of the updated nutrition calculation of the Oxford WebQ questionnaire and comparison with the previous version among 207,144 participants in UK Biobank

2021 175 citations Aurora Perez‐Cornago, Heather Young et al. European Journal of Nutrition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Young United States	17	751	386	266	190	170	35	1.4k
Valentina Chiavaroli Italy	20	299 0.4×	278 0.7×	167 0.6×	108 0.6×	93 0.5×	60	1.4k
R. Tojo Spain	22	326 0.4×	330 0.9×	194 0.7×	270 1.4×	165 1.0×	50	1.6k
Nuredin Mohammed United Kingdom	16	268 0.4×	240 0.6×	271 1.0×	118 0.6×	64 0.4×	64	1.3k
Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt Norway	18	187 0.2×	297 0.8×	244 0.9×	146 0.8×	82 0.5×	55	1.5k
Chiara Mameli Italy	18	286 0.4×	149 0.4×	221 0.8×	191 1.0×	239 1.4×	74	1.3k
Giuseppe Merra Italy	18	209 0.3×	482 1.2×	251 0.9×	229 1.2×	99 0.6×	72	1.3k
Benjaluck Phonrat Thailand	19	295 0.4×	257 0.7×	460 1.7×	124 0.7×	59 0.3×	90	1.5k
Greg Grandits United States	22	299 0.4×	144 0.4×	227 0.9×	126 0.7×	82 0.5×	46	1.8k
Tamás Decsi Hungary	17	447 0.6×	303 0.8×	453 1.7×	248 1.3×	154 0.9×	32	2.0k
Isabel Vera Mexico	19	286 0.4×	329 0.9×	493 1.9×	301 1.6×	541 3.2×	113	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Young

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Young

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20 of 20 papers shown

Salimi, Maryam, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Crystal Arthropathy on the Diagnostic Criteria of Native Septic Arthritis. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 32(12). 570–575.

Young, Heather, et al.. (2023). Streptococcus pneumoniae associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in children. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 11. 1268971–1268971. 1 indexed citations

Boyanton, Bobby L., et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Infection Mitigation Strategies Concomitantly Reduce Group A Streptococcus Pharyngitis. Clinical Pediatrics. 62(7). 683–687. 5 indexed citations

Perez‐Cornago, Aurora, Heather Young, Colm Andrews, et al.. (2021). Description of the updated nutrition calculation of the Oxford WebQ questionnaire and comparison with the previous version among 207,144 participants in UK Biobank. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(7). 4019–4030. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

Piernas, Carmen, Aurora Perez‐Cornago, Min Gao, et al.. (2021). Describing a new food group classification system for UK biobank: analysis of food groups and sources of macro- and micronutrients in 208,200 participants. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(5). 2879–2890. 70 indexed citations

Tanaka, Tomoko, et al.. (2021). Fatal Cerebral Vasospasm following a <b><i>Haemophilus influenzae</i></b> Meningitis in a Young Child with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 56(1). 90–93. 2 indexed citations

Miller, Marshall, Bryan Knepper, & Heather Young. (2020). Risk Factors Associated with 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Diabetic Foot Infections. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 110(6). 6 indexed citations

Shihadeh, Katherine C, Heather Young, Susan L. Calcaterra, et al.. (2017). Intervention to Reduce Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics and Treatment Durations Prescribed at the Time of Hospital Discharge: A Novel Stewardship Approach. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 38(5). 534–541. 44 indexed citations

Naunton, Mark, Gregory M. Peterson, Louise S. Deeks, Heather Young, & Sam Kosari. (2017). We have had a gutful: The need for deprescribing proton pump inhibitors. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 43(1). 65–72. 41 indexed citations

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Chadayammuri, Vivek, Benoît Herbert, Jiandong Hao, et al.. (2017). Factors associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in patients with long bone post-traumatic osteomyelitis. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 27(7). 877–882. 16 indexed citations

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Price, Connie, et al.. (2016). Oral Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Administration in a Homeless Population. Journal of Infusion Nursing. 39(2). 81–85. 7 indexed citations

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Hao, Jiandong, Benoît Herbert, Derly O. Cuellar, et al.. (2015). An observational case series of HIV-positive patients treated with open reduction internal fixation for a closed lower extremity fracture. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 25(5). 815–819. 10 indexed citations

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Knepper, Bryan, Heather Young, Timothy C Jenkins, & Connie Price. (2013). Time-Saving Impact of an Algorithm to Identify Potential Surgical Site Infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 34(10). 1094–1098. 11 indexed citations

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Young, Heather, et al.. (2013). Sustained Reduction in Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal Hysterectomy. Surgical Infections. 14(5). 460–463. 18 indexed citations

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Henao‐Martínez, Andrés F., et al.. (2012). Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess presenting after a head trauma: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 6(1). 253–253. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Bette, Heather Young, Francesca L. Crowe, et al.. (2011). Development and evaluation of the Oxford WebQ, a low-cost, web-based method for assessment of previous 24 h dietary intakes in large-scale prospective studies. Public Health Nutrition. 14(11). 1998–2005. 352 indexed citations

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Johnson, Paul D. R., Susan A. Ballard, Elizabeth A. Grabsch, et al.. (2010). A Sustained Hospital Outbreak of Vancomycin‐ResistantEnterococcus faeciumBacteremia due to Emergence ofvanB E. faeciumSequence Type 203. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202(8). 1278–1286. 79 indexed citations

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Young, Heather, et al.. (2009). A Retrospective Evaluation of Completion Rates, Total Cost, and Adverse Effects for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Public Health Clinic in Central Massachusetts. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49(3). 424–427. 22 indexed citations

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Balasegaram, Manica, Heather Young, François Chappuis, et al.. (2008). Effectiveness of melarsoprol and eflornithine as first-line regimens for gambiense sleeping sickness in nine Médecins Sans Frontières programmes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(3). 280–290. 56 indexed citations

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Sasseville, Vito G., Douglas R. Pauley, Heather Young, et al.. (1996). A case of pulmonary cestodiasis in a simian immunodeficiency virus‐infected pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) in which virus‐infected leukocytes are present within the lesion. Journal of Medical Primatology. 25(4). 251–256. 5 indexed citations

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