Helen Johnston

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Helen Johnston is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Johnston has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Infectious Diseases, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Helen Johnston's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers), Microscopic Colitis (12 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (6 papers). Helen Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers), Microscopic Colitis (12 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (6 papers). Helen Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Ireland. Helen Johnston's co-authors include Monica M. Farley, Erin C. Phipps, Zintars G. Beldavs, Ghinwa Dumyati, Lisa G. Winston, Dale N. Gerding, Stacy Holzbauer, Yi Mu, L. Clifford McDonald and Lucy Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Helen Johnston

31 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Trends in U.S. Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Outcomes

2020 529 citations Alice Guh, Yi Mu et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Johnston United States	12	1.1k	753	251	230	143	35	1.2k
John Finney United Kingdom	13	1.1k 1.1×	884 1.2×	199 0.8×	255 1.1×	168 1.2×	21	1.6k
Louise Poirier Canada	8	2.2k 2.1×	1.7k 2.2×	500 2.0×	548 2.4×	169 1.2×	20	2.6k
Nancy Logan United States	11	946 0.9×	889 1.2×	315 1.3×	174 0.8×	71 0.5×	15	1.4k
Briony Elliott Australia	20	1.1k 1.1×	573 0.8×	247 1.0×	133 0.6×	232 1.6×	29	1.4k
Alan Street Australia	19	538 0.5×	503 0.7×	155 0.6×	32 0.1×	56 0.4×	47	975
Andrea Tramarin Italy	17	461 0.4×	368 0.5×	79 0.3×	21 0.1×	21 0.1×	42	798
Margarita Rubio Alonso Spain	15	462 0.4×	372 0.5×	69 0.3×	149 0.6×	76 0.5×	50	1.1k
Catherine Cook United States	10	250 0.2×	244 0.3×	62 0.2×	9 0.0×	148 1.0×	23	858
Melissa McCracken Canada	17	303 0.3×	376 0.5×	62 0.2×	72 0.3×	251 1.8×	34	1.5k
B. Padilla Spain	17	532 0.5×	520 0.7×	29 0.1×	46 0.2×	69 0.5×	30	979

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Johnston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Johnston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Johnston

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

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Guh, Alice, Scott K. Fridkin, Lisa G. Winston, et al.. (2024). Potential underreporting of treated patients using a Clostridioides difficile testing algorithm that screens with a nucleic acid amplification test. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 45(5). 590–598. 4 indexed citations

Nguyen, Minh-Vu H, Nabeeh A. Hasan, Vinicius Calado Nogueira de Moura, et al.. (2024). Notes from the Field: Potential Outbreak of Extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense Infections from Stem Cell Treatment Clinics in Mexico — Arizona and Colorado, 2022. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 73(18). 420–422.

Grigg, Cheri, Kelly A. Jackson, Devra Barter, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections at 4 US Emerging Infections Program Sites: A 6-Month Pilot. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 77(4). 629–637. 24 indexed citations

Johnston, Helen, et al.. (2023). Association of Clostridioides difficile infection rates with social determinants of health in Denver area census tracts, 2016–2019. Preventive Medicine Reports. 36. 102427–102427. 3 indexed citations

Seagle, Emma E., Brendan R. Jackson, Shawn R. Lockhart, et al.. (2021). The Landscape of Candidemia During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74(5). 802–811. 98 indexed citations

Millar, Jonathan, Helen Johnston, Amanda Corley, et al.. (2021). Prophylactic Postoperative High Flow Nasal Oxygen Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery (OXYBAR Study): a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. Obesity Surgery. 31(11). 4799–4807. 4 indexed citations

Skrobarcek, Kimberly A., Yi Mu, Jennifer Ahern, et al.. (2021). Association between Socioeconomic Status and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infection — United States, 2014–2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73(4). 722–725. 8 indexed citations

Guh, Alice, Yi Mu, Lisa G. Winston, et al.. (2020). Trends in U.S. Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Outcomes. New England Journal of Medicine. 382(14). 1320–1330. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

Novosad, Shannon, Yi Mu, Lisa G. Winston, et al.. (2019). Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Non-compliance with Treatment Guidelines in Adults in 10 US Geographical Locations, 2013–2015. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 35(2). 412–419. 4 indexed citations

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Millar, Jonathan, et al.. (2018). High flow nasal oxygen after bariatric surgery (OXYBAR), prophylactic post-operative high flow nasal oxygen versus conventional oxygen therapy in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial. Trials. 19(1). 402–402. 6 indexed citations

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Hunter, Jennifer C., Yi Mu, Ghinwa Dumyati, et al.. (2016). Burden of Nursing Home-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States: Estimates of Incidence and Patient Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 3(1). ofv196–ofv196. 41 indexed citations

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Dantes, Raymund, Erin Epson, Samuel R. Dominguez, et al.. (2015). Investigation of a cluster of Clostridium difficile infections in a pediatric oncology setting. American Journal of Infection Control. 44(2). 138–145. 8 indexed citations

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See, Isaac, Yi Mu, Jessica Cohen, et al.. (2014). NAP1 Strain Type Predicts Outcomes From Clostridium difficile Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 58(10). 1394–1400. 135 indexed citations

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Hogan, Michael, Helen Johnston, Benjamin J. Broome, et al.. (2014). Consulting with Citizens in the Design of Wellbeing Measures and Policies: Lessons from a Systems Science Application. Social Indicators Research. 123(3). 857–877. 40 indexed citations

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Cohen, Jessica, Brandi Limbago, Ghinwa Dumyati, et al.. (2013). Impact of Changes in Clostridium difficile Testing Practices on Stool Rejection Policies and C. difficile Positivity Rates across Multiple Laboratories in the United States. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 52(2). 632–634. 26 indexed citations

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Gould, Carolyn V., Jonathan R. Edwards, Jessica Cohen, et al.. (2013). Effect of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing on Population-Based Incidence Rates of Clostridium difficile Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 57(9). 1304–1307. 87 indexed citations

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Johnston, Helen, et al.. (1986). Health for the Nation's Harvesters. Journal of Public Health Policy. 7(4). 551–551. 8 indexed citations

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Johnston, Helen & Charles Crawford. (1975). Potentials for Interstate, Interagency Cooperation. Health Education Monographs. 3(1). 44–49. 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, Helen, et al.. (1957). Adapting Immunization Programs to Special Groups. Public Health Reports (1896-1970). 72(4). 283–283. 2 indexed citations

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Johnston, Helen, et al.. (1954). Agricultural migrants and public health.. PubMed. 69(1). 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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