Helen Smith

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Helen Smith is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Smith has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Infectious Diseases, 21 papers in Microbiology and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Helen Smith's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (20 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (17 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers). Helen Smith is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (20 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (17 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers). Helen Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and South Africa. Helen Smith's co-authors include Amy V. Jennison, Alexander H. Smith, Flavia Huygens, Erin P. Price, Philip M. Giffard, Nancy S. Weber, Tracy Morse, Bruce Campbell, Anthony Grimason and R.A.B. Nichols and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Helen Smith

73 papers receiving 1.7k 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. Plants and the daylight spectrum.
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen Smith Australia 22 406 352 328 311 275 77 1.8k
Catherine Dauga France 26 257 0.6× 314 0.9× 433 1.3× 174 0.6× 597 2.2× 49 2.1k
Mauro Tonolla Switzerland 34 269 0.7× 272 0.8× 1.0k 3.1× 257 0.8× 843 3.1× 90 2.9k
Ian M. Smith Canada 23 687 1.7× 300 0.9× 379 1.2× 221 0.7× 276 1.0× 158 2.2k
Sébastien Boutin Germany 27 390 1.0× 235 0.7× 361 1.1× 205 0.7× 932 3.4× 112 3.3k
Ignacio de Blas Spain 29 176 0.4× 264 0.8× 441 1.3× 205 0.7× 956 3.5× 133 5.3k
Takashi Nakano Japan 27 447 1.1× 422 1.2× 166 0.5× 945 3.0× 230 0.8× 166 2.7k
Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen Norway 26 361 0.9× 730 2.1× 735 2.2× 129 0.4× 638 2.3× 88 2.9k
Mark C. Jenkins United States 48 201 0.5× 953 2.7× 665 2.0× 950 3.1× 743 2.7× 225 7.2k
Yan Wei Lim United States 25 318 0.8× 281 0.8× 1.0k 3.1× 308 1.0× 1.1k 4.1× 33 2.6k
Tristan Lefébure France 27 164 0.4× 270 0.8× 1.1k 3.3× 261 0.8× 842 3.1× 51 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helen Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helen Smith 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 Smith. Helen Smith 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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Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Timothy T. Perkins, Helen Smith, et al.. (2016). Temporal Changes in BEXSERO® Antigen Sequence Type Associated with Genetic Lineages of Neisseria meningitidis over a 15-Year Period in Western Australia. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0158315–e0158315. 19 indexed citations
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Greenhill, Andrew R., Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Audrey Michael, et al.. (2015). Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 485–485. 20 indexed citations
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Smith, Helen, Claire Heney, Jenny Robson, et al.. (2015). Trends in the epidemiology of invasiveHaemophilus influenzaedisease in Queensland, Australia from 2000 to 2013: what is the impact of an increase in invasive non-typableH. influenzae(NTHi)?. Epidemiology and Infection. 143(14). 2993–3000. 28 indexed citations
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Henningham, Anna, M. Yamaguchi, Ramy K. Aziz, et al.. (2014). Mutual Exclusivity of Hyaluronan and Hyaluronidase in Invasive Group A Streptococcus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(46). 32303–32315. 28 indexed citations
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Trembizki, Ella, Helen Smith, Monica M Lahra, et al.. (2014). High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 69(6). 1526–1532. 49 indexed citations
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Jennison, Amy V., et al.. (2013). Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C in Queensland, Australia. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 78(3). 307–312. 4 indexed citations
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Jennison, Amy V., et al.. (2012). Evaluation of the Meridian Premier EHEC assay as an indicator of Shiga toxin presence in direct faecal specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 73(4). 322–325. 8 indexed citations
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Graham, Rikki, et al.. (2012). Prolonged and mixed non-O157 Escherichia coli infection in an Australian household. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 18(5). E140–E143. 7 indexed citations
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Chapman, Toni A., J. Tucker, Helen Smith, et al.. (2009). Genetic relatedness and virulence gene profiles of Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicaemic and uroseptic patients. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 29(1). 15–23. 39 indexed citations
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Unicomb, Leanne, Lyn C. O'Reilly, Martyn Kirk, et al.. (2008). Risk factors for infection with Campylobacter jejuni flaA genotypes. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Unicomb, Leanne, Lyn C. O'Reilly, Martyn Kirk, et al.. (2008). Risk factors for infection withCampylobacter jejuni flaAgenotypes. Epidemiology and Infection. 136(11). 1480–1491. 9 indexed citations
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Stafford, Russell, et al.. (2007). An outbreak of multi-resistant Shigella sonnei in Australia: possible link to the outbreak of shigellosis in Denmark associated with imported baby corn from Thailand. Weekly releases (1997–2007). 12(37). E070913.1–E070913.1. 10 indexed citations
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Young, Megan K, Helen Smith, Ben Huang, et al.. (2005). The public health implications of a sporadic case of culture‐proven Legionnaires' disease. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 29(6). 513–517. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Helen, et al.. (1993). Developing quality residential care : a user-led approach. Longman eBooks.
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Raybould, T. J. G., et al.. (1988). Comparison of visuwell enzyme immunoassay to culture for detection of group A streptococcus in throat swab specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 11(4). 181–187. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Alexander H., Helen Smith, & Nancy S. Weber. (1981). How to know the non-gilled mushrooms. 36 indexed citations
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Smith, Helen. (1980). A species of Limacella from the greenhouse.. 19(2). 89–90. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Helen, J. Keppie, E. C. Cocking, & Kristina Witt. (1960). The Chemical Basis of the Virulence of Pasteurella pestis. I. The Isolation and the Aggressive Properties of Past, pestis and its Products from Infected Guinea-Pigs.. PubMed Central. 41(5). 452–459. 12 indexed citations

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