Helen Wimalarathna

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 689 citations indexed

About

Helen Wimalarathna is a scholar working on Food Science, Infectious Diseases and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Wimalarathna has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 689 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Food Science, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Helen Wimalarathna's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers) and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (3 papers). Helen Wimalarathna is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers) and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (3 papers). Helen Wimalarathna collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Sweden. Helen Wimalarathna's co-authors include Martin Maiden, Alison J. Cody, Frances M. Colles, Samuel K. Sheppard, Keith A. Jolley, Julia S. Bennett, Carly M. Bliss, Holly B. Bratcher, Carina Brehony and Odile B. Harrison and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Helen Wimalarathna

8 papers receiving 675 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.

Ribosomal multilocus sequence typing: universal characterization of bacteria from domain to strain

2012 442 citations Keith A. Jolley, Carly M. Bliss et al. Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Wimalarathna United Kingdom	7	324	224	209	132	126	8	689
Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg United Kingdom	8	229 0.7×	203 0.9×	267 1.3×	111 0.8×	114 0.9×	11	669
M. S. Chadfield United Kingdom	17	284 0.9×	185 0.8×	105 0.5×	100 0.8×	134 1.1×	24	652
Linda van der Graaf–van Bloois Netherlands	15	443 1.4×	389 1.7×	248 1.2×	159 1.2×	92 0.7×	34	810
Nina Luhmann Germany	5	243 0.8×	170 0.8×	253 1.2×	120 0.9×	215 1.7×	8	809
Eglė Kudirkienė Denmark	18	354 1.1×	153 0.7×	163 0.8×	94 0.7×	203 1.6×	47	775
Ömer Akineden Germany	17	282 0.9×	364 1.6×	305 1.5×	54 0.4×	192 1.5×	43	949
Aaron Petkau Canada	8	246 0.8×	202 0.9×	295 1.4×	166 1.3×	235 1.9×	10	829
Christina A. Ahlstrom United States	16	305 0.9×	100 0.4×	236 1.1×	96 0.7×	138 1.1×	37	907
Roberta J. Magnuson United States	11	191 0.6×	114 0.5×	216 1.0×	111 0.8×	106 0.8×	23	607
Craig Swift United Kingdom	16	499 1.5×	391 1.7×	123 0.6×	246 1.9×	111 0.9×	25	790

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Wimalarathna

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Pascoe, Ben, Guillaume Méric, Koji Yahara, et al.. (2017). Local genes for local bacteria: Evidence of allopatry in the genomes of transatlantic Campylobacter populations. Molecular Ecology. 26(17). 4497–4508. 24 indexed citations

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Balasegaram, Sooria, et al.. (2015). Partial Failure of Milk Pasteurization as a Risk for the Transmission ofCampylobacterFrom Cattle to Humans. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 61(6). 903–909. 34 indexed citations

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Cody, Alison J., Noel McCarthy, James E. Bray, et al.. (2015). Wild bird‐associated C ampylobacter jejuni isolates are a consistent source of human disease, in O xfordshire, U nited K ingdom. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 7(5). 782–788. 44 indexed citations

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Abid, Muhammad Abbas, et al.. (2013). Duck Liver–associated Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis among Humans, United Kingdom, 2011. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(8). 1310–1313. 19 indexed citations

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Wimalarathna, Helen, Judith Richardson, Richard Elson, et al.. (2013). Widespread acquisition of antimicrobial resistance among Campylobacter isolates from UK retail poultry and evidence for clonal expansion of resistant lineages. BMC Microbiology. 13(1). 160–160. 47 indexed citations

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Jolley, Keith A., Carly M. Bliss, Julia S. Bennett, et al.. (2012). Ribosomal multilocus sequence typing: universal characterization of bacteria from domain to strain. Microbiology. 158(4). 1005–1015. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cody, Alison J., Noel McCarthy, Helen Wimalarathna, et al.. (2012). A Longitudinal 6-Year Study of the Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical Campylobacter Isolates in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50(10). 3193–3201. 77 indexed citations

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Stuart, Alexander M., et al.. (2011). The role of rodents as carriers of disease on UK farms: a preliminary investigation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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