John Cowden

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

John Cowden is a scholar working on Food Science, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cowden has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Food Science, 21 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John Cowden's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (25 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (20 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (11 papers). John Cowden is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (25 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (20 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (11 papers). John Cowden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Maldives. John Cowden's co-authors include D S Tompkins, Laura C. Rodrigues, Michael J. Hudson, Dinesh Sethi, Paul Roderick, P G Wall, J G Wheeler, Stephanie Padilla, Michael Levine and David J. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Development and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

John Cowden

54 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Study of infectious intestinal disease in England: rates in the community, presenting to general practice, and reported to national surveillance

1999 599 citations J G Wheeler, Dinesh Sethi et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Cowden United Kingdom	29	1.1k	985	516	346	331	54	2.8k
Stephan Schmitz‐Esser United States	38	1.2k 1.0×	363 0.4×	170 0.3×	2.0k 5.8×	809 2.4×	125	4.4k
Carla Pruzzo Italy	42	548 0.5×	303 0.3×	376 0.7×	1.1k 3.3×	181 0.5×	110	5.1k
John Scott Meschke United States	27	203 0.2×	923 0.9×	276 0.5×	429 1.2×	89 0.3×	84	2.2k
Seth T. Walk United States	34	505 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	186 0.4×	1.9k 5.4×	127 0.4×	87	4.5k
H Leclerc France	28	307 0.3×	352 0.4×	430 0.8×	849 2.5×	140 0.4×	166	3.4k
Harriet Whiley Australia	26	435 0.4×	286 0.3×	470 0.9×	381 1.1×	147 0.4×	89	2.0k
Maria Inês Zanoli Sato Brazil	27	287 0.3×	474 0.5×	291 0.6×	314 0.9×	42 0.1×	113	2.2k
Jonathan Porter United Kingdom	30	255 0.2×	267 0.3×	143 0.3×	546 1.6×	147 0.4×	89	2.4k
Roland Lindqvist Sweden	30	1.4k 1.2×	467 0.5×	122 0.2×	367 1.1×	967 2.9×	76	2.5k
Frits Schut Netherlands	16	1.2k 1.1×	397 0.4×	97 0.2×	2.0k 5.7×	86 0.3×	18	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Cowden

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cowden

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Beverly, Brandy, Andrew K. Hotchkiss, Ellen Kirrane, et al.. (2019). Novel text analytics approach to identify relevant literature for human health risk assessments: A pilot study with health effects of in utero exposures. Environment International. 134. 105228–105228. 13 indexed citations

Carlin, Danielle J., Karen D. Bradham, John Cowden, et al.. (2015). Arsenic and Environmental Health: State of the Science and Future Research Opportunities. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(7). 890–899. 239 indexed citations

Roux, François, Emma L. Sproston, Ovidiu Rotariu, et al.. (2013). Elucidating the Aetiology of Human Campylobacter coli Infections. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64504–e64504. 40 indexed citations

Bessell, Paul R., Ovidiu Rotariu, Giles Innocent, et al.. (2012). Using sequence data to identify alternative routes and risk of infection: a case-study of campylobacter in Scotland. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 80–80. 28 indexed citations

Cowden, John, Beth Padnos, Deborah L. Hunter, et al.. (2012). Developmental exposure to valproate and ethanol alters locomotor activity and retino-tectal projection area in zebrafish embryos. Reproductive Toxicology. 33(2). 165–173. 50 indexed citations

Nicolay, Nathalie, L Thornton, Suzanne Cotter, et al.. (2010). Salmonella enterica serovar Agona European outbreak associated with a food company. Epidemiology and Infection. 139(8). 1272–1280. 19 indexed citations

McCartney, Gerry, John Cowden, Shane Murray, & S. Faisal Ahmed. (2010). The use of a new virtual cohort study design to investigate an outbreak ofE. coliO157 linked to a supermarket delicatessen. Epidemiology and Infection. 138(10). 1439–1442. 6 indexed citations

O’Brien, S., Greta Rait, Paul Hunter, et al.. (2010). Methods for determining disease burden and calibrating national surveillance data in the United Kingdom: the second study of infectious intestinal disease in the community (IID2 study). BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10(1). 39–39. 39 indexed citations

Pollock, Kevin, Elaine Duncan, & John Cowden. (2009). Emotional and Behavioral Changes in Parents of Children Affected by Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Associated With Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia Coli: A Qualitative Analysis. Psychosomatics. 50(3). 263–269. 5 indexed citations

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Cowden, John. (2009). Some Haphazard Aphorisms for Epidemiology and Life. Emerging infectious diseases. 16(1). 174–177. 5 indexed citations

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Fisher, Laurie, et al.. (2008). A continuous common-source outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with changes to the preparation of chicken liver pâté. Epidemiology and Infection. 137(3). 383–388. 42 indexed citations

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Cowden, John, et al.. (2006). Vulnerable windows for developmental ethanol toxicity in the Japanese medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). Aquatic Toxicology. 80(4). 396–404. 22 indexed citations

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Greenhalgh, David G., et al.. (2003). PREDICTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES:AN EXCEPTION REPORTING SYSTEM. Journal of Medical Informatics & Technologies. 5. 5 indexed citations

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Cowden, John & Michael Levine. (2003). Ventral dominance governs sequential patterns of gene expression across the dorsal–ventral axis of the neuroectoderm in the Drosophila embryo. Developmental Biology. 262(2). 335–349. 55 indexed citations

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Cowden, John & Michael Levine. (2002). The Snail repressor positions Notch signaling in theDrosophilaembryo. Development. 129(7). 1785–1793. 56 indexed citations

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Cowden, John, et al.. (2002). An evaluation of the risk assessment method used by Environmental Health Officers when inspecting food businesses. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 12(3). 255–260. 6 indexed citations

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Sethi, Dinesh, Phillippa Cumberland, Michael J. Hudson, et al.. (2001). A study of infectious intestinal disease in England: risk factors associated with group A rotavirus in children. Epidemiology and Infection. 126(1). 63–70. 39 indexed citations

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Wheeler, J G, Dinesh Sethi, John Cowden, et al.. (1999). Study of infectious intestinal disease in England: rates in the community, presenting to general practice, and reported to national surveillance. BMJ. 318(7190). 1046–1050. 599 indexed citations breakdown →

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O'Mahony, M., John Cowden, Bobby P. Smyth, et al.. (1990). An outbreak of Salmonella saint-paul infection associated with beansprouts. Epidemiology and Infection. 104(2). 229–235. 108 indexed citations

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Cowden, John, David R. Chisholm, M. O'Mahony, et al.. (1989). Two outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 4 infection associated with the consumption of fresh shell-egg products. Epidemiology and Infection. 103(1). 47–52. 59 indexed citations

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