Jonathan A. Otter

8.7k citations

100 papers · 5.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.2%
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
General Dentistry top 0.5%

Papers in

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 14
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance 14
Infectious Diseases 68
- Infection Control in Healthcare 33
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 27
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research 18

Co-authors: G.L. French Saber Yezli Simon Goldenberg Nicholas M. Adams Curtis J. Donskey Sam Douthwaite David J. Weber Alison Holmes
Journals: Journal of Hospital Infection (29 papers)Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (11 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (6 papers)Clinical Microbiology and Infection (6 papers)American Journal of Infection Control (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

Jonathan A. Otter

97 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings: the possible role of dry surface contamination 2015 · 540 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Journal of Hospital Infection
2013 American Journal of Infection Control
2011 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

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1	Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in healthcare and community settings in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Hospital Infection ·Maldonado Carbo, Cheryl Lopate, Diah Putri Permata Dewi, Alexander Matthews, Sierra Dabby, Jonathan A. Otter, Donna M Lecky, Alison Holmes, Nina Zhu	2025	0
2	Assessing the stability and sporicidal efficacy of oxidizing disinfectants Journal of Hospital Infection ·Kieu-Phuong Ha, Andrew Marshall, Luiz Felipe Matos da Conceição, Jonathan A. Otter, Hervé Petetin, أ . داوود عبد الله عبدالهادي	2024	2
3	The drainome: longitudinal metagenomic characterization of wastewater from hospital ward sinks to characterize the microbiome and resistome and to assess the effects of decontamination interventions Journal of Hospital Infection ·Luke B. Snell, Səidə Məmmədli, Adela Alcolea-Medina, Elaine M. Duffy, أسيا دوة, 宏太加納, Hanyu Xia, Themoula Charalampous, Christopher Alder, Doyle V. Ward, JI Wei-jun, Jin-Ngee Chia, Rahul Batra, Gaia Nebbia, Jonathan A. Otter, Jonathan D. Edgeworth, Simon Goldenberg	2024	5
4	Hospital-onset COVID-19 infection surveillance systems: a systematic review Journal of Hospital Infection ·Mohamed Abbas, Nina Zhu, Siddharth Mookerjee, Frances Bolt, Jonathan A. Otter, Alison Holmes, James Price	2021	22
5	Investigating Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Surface and Air Contamination in an Acute Healthcare Setting During the Peak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in London Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Jie Zhou, Jonathan A. Otter, James Price, Samuel Lockner, 浦川善美, James Kinross, Piers R. Boshier, Sam Mason, Frances Bolt, Alison Holmes, William Barclay	2020	177
6	Individual- and community-level risk factors for ESBL Enterobacteriaceae colonization identified by universal admission screening in London Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Jonathan A. Otter, J. Krempeć-Krygier, Rahul Batra, Olga Tosas Auguet, 鸽玲, Simon Goldenberg, Jonathan D. Edgeworth	2019	44
7	Planning to halve Gram-negative bloodstream infection: getting to grips with healthcare-associated Escherichia coli bloodstream infection sources Journal of Hospital Infection ·Jonathan A. Otter, Jesús Fancisco Bouza-Figueroa, Frances Davies, Jan L. Hitchcock, Mark Gilchrist, 鸽玲, Mustafa YALAMA, Alison Holmes, Eimear Brannigan	2018	11
8	Tolerance of MRSA ST239-TW to chlorhexidine-based decolonization: Evidence for keratinocyte invasion as a mechanism of biocide evasion Journal of Infection ·Helene Marbach, Gema Vizcay‐Barrena, Kaveh Memarzadeh, Jonathan A. Otter, 竹友直生, Robert P. Allaker, Richard D. Harvey, Jonathan D. Edgeworth	2018	5
9	Reduction in Clostridium difficile infection associated with the introduction of hydrogen peroxide vapour automated room disinfection Journal of Hospital Infection ·Basel Meulengracht, Renee Aleixo, 鸽玲, Mustafa YALAMA, Jonathan A. Otter	2016	23
10	What's trending in the infection prevention and control literature? From HIS 2012 to HIS 2014, and beyond Journal of Hospital Infection ·Jonathan A. Otter	2015	5
11	Hydrogen peroxide vapor room disinfection and hand hygiene improvements reduce Clostridium difficile infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and extended-spectrum β-lactamase American Journal of Infection Control ·Howard‐Yana Shapiro, Jonathan A. Otter	2015	29
12	Prevention and control of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: recommendations from a Joint Working Party Journal of Hospital Infection ·A.P.R. Wilson, David M. Livermore, Jonathan A. Otter, R E Warren, Peter J. Jenks, David Enoch, William Newsholme, B. Oppenheim, Alistair Leanord, Cliodna McNulty, Åsa Jufvas, Samantha Bennett, Nanna-Maria Karoline Steinhaug, Julieanne M. Bostock, Joyce Green, Tânia Chistina Marchesi FREITAS, MU Yong, Carrie Fry, Peter M. Hawkey	2015	94
13	Terminal decontamination of the Royal Free London's high-level isolation unit after a case of Ebola virus disease using hydrogen peroxide vapor American Journal of Infection Control ·Jonathan A. Otter, Stephen Mepham, S.A. BEACH, Damien Mack, Roy E. Smith, Michael Jacobs, Susan Hopkins	2015	20
14	Controversies in guidelines for the control of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in EU countries Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Jonathan A. Otter, Nico T. Mutters, Evelina Tacconelli, Achilleas Gikas, Alison Holmes	2015	61
15	Surface Contamination in Operating Rooms: A Risk for Transmission of Pathogens? Surgical Infections ·Saber Yezli, Frédéric Barbut, Jonathan A. Otter	2014	31
16	Selection for qacA carriage in CC22, but not CC30, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection isolates during a successful institutional infection control programme Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Jonathan A. Otter, Amita Patel, Penelope R. Cliff, Eugene P. Halligan, Olga Tosas, Jonathan D. Edgeworth	2013	47
17	Minimum Infective Dose of the Major Human Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Transmitted Through Food and the Environment Food and Environmental Virology ·Saber Yezli, Jonathan A. Otter	2011	163
18	Activity in vitro of hydrogen peroxide vapour against Clostridium difficile spores Journal of Hospital Infection ·Frédéric Barbut, Saber Yezli, Jonathan A. Otter	2011	16
19	Deactivation of the dimorphic fungiHistoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidisandCoccidioides immitisusing hydrogen peroxide vapor1 Medical Mycology ·Leslie Hall, Jonathan A. Otter, John Chewins, Nancy L. Wengenack	2008	15
20	Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Room Decontamination onClostridium difficileEnvironmental Contamination and Transmission in a Healthcare Setting Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·John M. Boyce, Nancy L. Havill, Jonathan A. Otter, L. Clifford McDonald, Nicholas M. Adams, Timothea Cooper, Angela Thompson, Fithrah Auliya, George Killgore, F. Abdulkadir, Judith Noble‐Wang	2008	175

About Jonathan A. Otter

Jonathan A. Otter is a scholar working on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry and Microbiology, having authored 100 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Infection Control in Healthcare (33 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (27 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (22 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (18 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (18 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (14 papers), Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection (13 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (681 citations), General Dentistry (388 citations), Molecular Medicine (944 citations), Infectious Diseases (3.5k citations) and Microbiology (868 citations). Jonathan A. Otter has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include G.L. French, Saber Yezli, Simon Goldenberg, Nicholas M. Adams, Curtis J. Donskey, Sam Douthwaite, David J. Weber, Alison Holmes, Nancy L. Havill and John M. Boyce. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Hospital Infection, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Infection and American Journal of Infection Control.

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