Helen Kest

448 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 261 citations indexed

About

Helen Kest is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Kest has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 261 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Infectious Diseases, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Helen Kest's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (5 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (3 papers). Helen Kest is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (5 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (3 papers). Helen Kest collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Helen Kest's co-authors include Ashlesha Kaushik, Sandeep Gupta, Mangla Sood, David J. Goldberg, James M. Oleske, George R. Seage, Susan B. Brogly, George McSherry, Barry Dashefsky and Brian L. Wickes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal and Antibiotics.

In The Last Decade

Helen Kest

21 papers receiving 256 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.

  1. Biofilm Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections in Humans: Clinical Implications and Management
    2024 63 citations Ashlesha Kaushik, Helen Kest et al. Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen Kest United States 9 110 54 51 50 39 21 261
Zahra Movahedi Iran 12 204 1.9× 65 1.2× 68 1.3× 99 2.0× 34 0.9× 35 387
Eliahu Bishburg United States 12 259 2.4× 45 0.8× 119 2.3× 45 0.9× 68 1.7× 37 432
Dien Minh Tran Vietnam 10 84 0.8× 39 0.7× 75 1.5× 19 0.4× 29 0.7× 29 294
Paola Del Giacomo Italy 9 83 0.8× 67 1.2× 87 1.7× 11 0.2× 35 0.9× 18 421
Anca Streinu‐Cercel Romania 11 123 1.1× 32 0.6× 143 2.8× 20 0.4× 29 0.7× 54 303
Yae Jee Baek South Korea 11 347 3.2× 45 0.8× 63 1.2× 22 0.4× 54 1.4× 31 515
Georgios Schinas Greece 9 83 0.8× 27 0.5× 70 1.4× 31 0.6× 11 0.3× 30 237
Cihan Papan Germany 11 169 1.5× 68 1.3× 141 2.8× 33 0.7× 51 1.3× 46 373
Laura Scorzolini Italy 12 214 1.9× 49 0.9× 114 2.2× 201 4.0× 95 2.4× 24 550
Oliver Kacelnik Norway 10 154 1.4× 32 0.6× 55 1.1× 18 0.4× 23 0.6× 34 292

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Kest

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Kest

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Kest

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

All Works

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Adler, Amanda L., Larry K. Kociolek, Lynn Ramírez-Àvila, et al.. (2025). Strategies Used by Children’s Hospitals During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Surge. Hospital Pediatrics. 15(3). e105–e107. 1 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2024). Biofilm Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections in Humans: Clinical Implications and Management. Pathogens. 13(1). 76–76. 63 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2024). Infective Endocarditis by Biofilm-Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus—Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. Antibiotics. 13(12). 1132–1132. 3 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Cardiac Complications: A Case Series on Implications of Marijuana in Adolescents With Myopericarditis. Cureus. 14(5). e24665–e24665. 1 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2022). Epidemiologic Characteristics of Adolescents with COVID-19 Disease with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2022. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2020). It Is Complicated: The Medico-Social Journey of an Undocumented Pregnant Adolescent. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2020). Rooming-in for Well-term Infants Born to Asymptomatic Mothers with COVID-19: Correspondence. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 10(1). 60–61. 2 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sandeep, et al.. (2020). Severe Enteritis as the Sole Manifestation of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Adolescent Patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2020). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–4. 48 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen & Ashlesha Kaushik. (2019). Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Formidable Threat or Silence before the Storm?. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. 5(5). 17 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2019). Disseminated cryptococcosis with immunoglobulin G subclass deficiency. Pediatrics International. 61(2). 198–199. 2 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha & Helen Kest. (2018). Pediatric Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Osteoarticular Infections. Microorganisms. 6(2). 40–40. 14 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, et al.. (2014). Cardiac Mechanics in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Study of Systolic Myocardial Deformation in Children and Young Adults. Pediatric Cardiology. 35(6). 1046–1051. 8 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2011). Maternal Sepsis, Chorioamnionitis, and Congenital Candida kefyr Infection in Premature Twins. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31(3). 320–322. 18 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2010). Diagnosis and Management of Dengue Fever in Children. Pediatrics in Review. 31(4). e28–e35. 6 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Ashlesha, et al.. (2010). Diagnosis and Management of Dengue Fever in Children. Pediatrics in Review. 31(4). e28–e35. 2 indexed citations
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Kest, Helen, Susan B. Brogly, George McSherry, et al.. (2005). Malignancy in Perinatally Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children in the United States. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 24(3). 237–242. 29 indexed citations

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