J. Silva

676 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 513 citations indexed

About

J. Silva is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Silva has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 1 paper in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in J. Silva's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (2 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (1 paper) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (1 paper). J. Silva is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (2 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (1 paper) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (1 paper). J. Silva collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. Silva's co-authors include Robert Fekety, D. H. Batts, David C. Waters, Gary D. Rifkin, James M. Hughes, Phillip F. Pierce, Robert H. Wilson, V. F. Garagusi, Joseph F. Plouffe and R. Browne and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology.

In The Last Decade

J. Silva

4 papers receiving 467 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis

1981 379 citations Robert Fekety, D. H. Batts et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Silva United States	4	465	247	143	43	41	4	513
Mary Provencher United States	9	385 0.8×	286 1.2×	89 0.6×	40 0.9×	13 0.3×	14	495
Kirsty Dodgson United States	6	494 1.1×	393 1.6×	53 0.4×	26 0.6×	43 1.0×	9	554
D. N. Gerding United States	9	319 0.7×	286 1.2×	69 0.5×	20 0.5×	36 0.9×	11	505
Adhish Kumar Sethi India	4	473 1.0×	306 1.2×	140 1.0×	19 0.4×	48 1.2×	7	524
A. R. Welch United Kingdom	11	505 1.1×	213 0.9×	51 0.4×	33 0.8×	151 3.7×	11	560
R.A. Bowman Australia	17	454 1.0×	257 1.0×	76 0.5×	8 0.2×	76 1.9×	24	569
Haluk Güri̇z Türkiye	13	131 0.3×	302 1.2×	27 0.2×	20 0.5×	68 1.7×	36	487
John Marquess Australia	9	318 0.7×	215 0.9×	89 0.6×	11 0.3×	63 1.5×	14	429
A. Fiedler Austria	9	385 0.8×	260 1.1×	53 0.4×	9 0.2×	57 1.4×	9	457
David B. Blossom United States	11	179 0.4×	202 0.8×	37 0.3×	17 0.4×	22 0.5×	18	404

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Silva

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Silva

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

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Pierce, Phillip F., Robert H. Wilson, J. Silva, et al.. (1982). Antibiotic-Associated Pseudomembranous Colitis: An Epidemiologic Investigation of a Cluster of Cases. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 145(2). 269–274. 90 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1981). Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 143(1). 42–50. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simon, Michael R., et al.. (1981). Atypical mycobacterium infection treated with dialyzable leukocyte extracts: Evidence for antigenic specificity. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 20(1). 123–128. 3 indexed citations

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Plouffe, Joseph F., et al.. (1979). Cell-Mediated Immune Responses III Sporotrichosis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 139(2). 152–157. 41 indexed citations

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