John Finney

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John Finney is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Finney has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 6 papers in Infectious Diseases and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Finney's work include Microscopic Colitis (5 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (5 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (3 papers). John Finney is often cited by papers focused on Microscopic Colitis (5 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (5 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (3 papers). John Finney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Maldives. John Finney's co-authors include Derrick W. Crook, Lily O’Connor, Tim Peto, David Wyllie, Mark H. Wilcox, David Griffiths, Kate E. Dingle, David W. Eyre, A. Sarah Walker and Alison Vaughan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

John Finney

20 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on W... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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. Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing
    2013 487 citations David W. Eyre, Madeleine Cule et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Finney United Kingdom 13 1.1k 884 255 199 168 21 1.6k
Shevin T. Jacob United States 17 518 0.5× 607 0.7× 138 0.5× 97 0.5× 113 0.7× 49 1.4k
Louise Poirier Canada 8 2.2k 2.0× 1.7k 1.9× 548 2.1× 500 2.5× 169 1.0× 20 2.6k
Natasha Bagdasarian Singapore 12 576 0.5× 345 0.4× 73 0.3× 129 0.6× 126 0.8× 32 1.1k
David N. Schwartz United States 19 263 0.2× 616 0.7× 229 0.9× 106 0.5× 30 0.2× 56 1.4k
Philipp du Cros United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.2× 978 1.1× 20 0.1× 297 1.5× 187 1.1× 79 1.8k
Margarita Rubio Alonso Spain 15 462 0.4× 372 0.4× 149 0.6× 69 0.3× 76 0.5× 50 1.1k
Davide Fiore Bavaro Italy 18 421 0.4× 243 0.3× 78 0.3× 74 0.4× 95 0.6× 74 1.1k
Helen Johnston United States 12 1.1k 0.9× 753 0.9× 230 0.9× 251 1.3× 143 0.9× 35 1.2k
Priscilla Rupali India 22 644 0.6× 437 0.5× 27 0.1× 74 0.4× 104 0.6× 120 1.3k
Trina F. Zabarsky United States 14 698 0.6× 422 0.5× 136 0.5× 64 0.3× 45 0.3× 28 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Finney

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Finney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Finney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Finney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Finney 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 John Finney. John Finney 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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Arshad, Muhammad Nadeem, et al.. (2019). Two Years Remission of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after Bariatric Surgery. Journal of College of Physicians And Surgeons Pakistan. 29(10). 967–971. 14 indexed citations
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Gupta, Ajay, et al.. (2018). Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Screening Preoperatively with the Epworth Questionnaire: Is It Worth It…?. Obesity Surgery. 29(3). 851–857. 8 indexed citations
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Walker, A. Sarah, Amy M. Mason, T. Phuong Quan, et al.. (2017). Mortality risks associated with emergency admissions during weekends and public holidays: an analysis of electronic health records. The Lancet. 390(10089). 62–72. 98 indexed citations
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Lienert, Jeffrey, Christopher Steven Marcum, John Finney, Felix Reed‐Tsochas, & Laura M. Koehly. (2017). Social influence on 5-year survival in a longitudinal chemotherapy ward co-presence network. Network Science. 5(3). 308–327. 7 indexed citations
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Quan, T. Phuong, Nicola Fawcett, John Wrightson, et al.. (2016). Increasing burden of community-acquired pneumonia leading to hospitalisation, 1998–2014. Thorax. 71(6). 535–542. 82 indexed citations
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Finney, John, et al.. (2016). Generating Temporal Network Paths from Hospital Data. 263–268. 1 indexed citations
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Eyre, David W., Madeleine Cule, Daniel J. Wilson, et al.. (2013). Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing. New England Journal of Medicine. 369(13). 1195–1205. 487 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walker, A. Sarah, David W. Eyre, David Wyllie, et al.. (2013). Relationship Between Bacterial Strain Type, Host Biomarkers, and Mortality in Clostridium difficile Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 56(11). 1589–1600. 173 indexed citations
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Planche, Tim, Kerrie Davies, Pietro G. Coen, et al.. (2013). Differences in outcome according to Clostridium difficile testing method: a prospective multicentre diagnostic validation study of C difficile infection. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 13(11). 936–945. 318 indexed citations
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Walker, A. Sarah, David W. Eyre, David Wyllie, et al.. (2012). Characterisation of Clostridium difficile Hospital Ward–Based Transmission Using Extensive Epidemiological Data and Molecular Typing. PLoS Medicine. 9(2). e1001172–e1001172. 148 indexed citations
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Schlackow, Iryna, A. Sarah Walker, Kate E. Dingle, et al.. (2012). Surveillance of Infection Severity: A Registry Study of Laboratory Diagnosed Clostridium difficile. PLoS Medicine. 9(7). e1001279–e1001279. 5 indexed citations
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Williamson, Susan, Kyle Knox, Antonina A. Votintseva, et al.. (2012). Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Acquisition and Transmission Rates in 3 Wards Using spa Typing. 1 indexed citations
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Finney, John, A. Sarah Walker, Tim Peto, & David Wyllie. (2011). An efficient record linkage scheme using graphical analysis for identifier error detection. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 11(1). 7–7. 22 indexed citations
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Wyllie, David, Amy S. Walker, Ruth R. Miller, et al.. (2011). Decline of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Oxfordshire hospitals is strain-specific and preceded infection-control intensification. BMJ Open. 1(1). e000160–e000160. 44 indexed citations
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Finney, John. (1983). Gastroenterostomy for cicatrizing ulcer of the pylorus.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4. 53–55. 65 indexed citations
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Finney, John & Wade Clark Roof. (1979). Community and Commitment: Religious Plausibility in a Liberal Protestant Church. Sociological Analysis. 40(1). 77–77. 1 indexed citations
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Alpert, Geoffrey P., John Finney, & James F. Short. (1978). Legal Services, Prisoners' Attitudes and "Rehabilitation". The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 69(4). 616–616. 6 indexed citations
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Finney, John & Gary R. Lee. (1977). Age Differences on Five Dimensions of Religious Involvement. Review of Religious Research. 18(2). 173–173. 12 indexed citations
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Finney, John. (1972). Indirect Effects in Path Analysis. Sociological Methods & Research. 1(2). 175–186. 95 indexed citations
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Finney, John, et al.. (1953). THE FALLIBILITY OF ROENTGENOGRAMS IN DIAGNOSING LESIONS OF THE COLON. Annals of Surgery. 137(5). 674–682.

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