Joseph Silva

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Joseph Silva is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Silva has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Infectious Diseases, 29 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Joseph Silva's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (44 papers), Microscopic Colitis (15 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers). Joseph Silva is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (44 papers), Microscopic Colitis (15 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers). Joseph Silva collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. Joseph Silva's co-authors include Robert Fekety, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Maury E. Mulligan, Lance R. Peterson, Brian P. Buggy, Yajarayma J. Tang, Carol A. Kauffman, Stuart H. Cohen and Kyung‐Hee Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Silva

79 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis

1995 509 citations Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Silva United States	30	2.5k	1.6k	620	440	339	81	3.7k
Rodney D. Berg United States	46	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 2.7×	497 1.1×	853 2.5×	80	7.7k
Hugo Bonatti United States	35	905 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 2.9×	95 0.2×	412 1.2×	236	4.1k
Christoph Wenisch Austria	29	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	279 0.5×	361 0.8×	309 0.9×	143	3.4k
Jaana Syrjänen Finland	32	839 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	504 0.8×	87 0.2×	292 0.9×	98	3.8k
Susanne Dam Nielsen Denmark	35	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	356 0.6×	235 0.5×	334 1.0×	291	5.5k
Vincent Quagliarello United States	29	796 0.3×	2.3k 1.4×	447 0.7×	306 0.7×	259 0.8×	64	4.0k
Giancarlo Ceccarelli Italy	32	1.5k 0.6×	956 0.6×	332 0.5×	270 0.6×	184 0.5×	238	4.3k
Gary A. Roselle United States	30	882 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	284 0.5×	225 0.5×	627 1.8×	108	4.2k
Robert Krause Austria	41	3.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.9×	328 0.5×	268 0.6×	539 1.6×	164	5.4k
M. Leinonen Finland	41	431 0.2×	3.5k 2.2×	319 0.5×	108 0.2×	667 2.0×	115	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Silva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Silva

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Silva

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Silva, Joseph, et al.. (2024). Dural Closure Training With Prototyped Model. Cureus. 16(6). e61688–e61688. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Joseph, et al.. (2023). A Rare Case of an Intrasellar Arachnoid Cyst With Middle Cranial Fossa Extension. Cureus. 15(6). e41022–e41022. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Joseph, et al.. (2023). Trigeminal Neuralgia Due to Unilateral Early Bifurcated Superior Cerebellar Artery: Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 15(9). e46201–e46201.

Cohen, Stuart H., et al.. (2006). Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in hospital-acquired diarrhea. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 55(4). 251–254. 15 indexed citations

Martirosian, Gayane, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea among patients hospitalized in tertiary care academic hospital. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 52(2). 153–155. 17 indexed citations

Martirosian, Gayane, et al.. (2005). Clostridium difficile in emergency room. Anaerobe. 11(5). 258–261. 7 indexed citations

Norén, Torbjörn, Yajarayma Tang-Feldman, Stuart H. Cohen, Joseph Silva, & Per Olcén. (2002). Clindamycin resistant strains of Clostridium difficile isolated from cases of C. difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) in a hospital in Sweden. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 42(2). 149–151. 13 indexed citations

Leung, Joseph W., Yanlei Liu, Raphael C.Y. Chan, et al.. (2000). Early attachment of anaerobic bacteria may play an important role in biliary stent blockage. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 52(6). 725–729. 53 indexed citations

Cohen, Stuart H., et al.. (1998). Isolation of a Toxin B‐Deficient Mutant Strain of Clostridium difficile in a Case of Recurrent C. difficile‐Associated Diarrhea. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 26(2). 410–412. 28 indexed citations

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Gerding, Dale N., Stuart Johnson, Lance R. Peterson, Maury E. Mulligan, & Joseph Silva. (1995). Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 16(8). 459–477. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Yajarayma J., Paul H. Gumerlock, Judith B. Weiss, & Joseph Silva. (1994). Specific detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A gene sequences in clinical isolates. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 8(6). 463–467. 35 indexed citations

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Sherman, Ronald A., Joseph Silva, & Regina Gandour‐Edwards. (1991). Fatal Varicella in an Adult: Case Report and Review of the Gastrointestinal Complications of Chickenpox. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 13(3). 424–427. 19 indexed citations

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Foulke, Garrett E. & Joseph Silva. (1989). Clostridium difficile in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 17(8). 822–826. 21 indexed citations

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Derlet, Robert W., Joseph Silva, & James W. Holcroft. (1989). Pedestrian accidents: Adult and pediatric injuries. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 7(1). 5–8. 34 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, Joseph Silva, Carol A. Kauffman, Brian P. Buggy, & H. Gunner Deery. (1989). Treatment of antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile colitis with oral vancomycin: Comparison of two dosage regimens. The American Journal of Medicine. 86(1). 15–19. 207 indexed citations

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Frey, Charles F., et al.. (1987). Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies. Annals of Surgery. 206(6). 699–705. 213 indexed citations

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Ellis, Charles N., Sewon Kang, Roy C. Grekin, John J. Voorhees, & Joseph Silva. (1985). Etretinate therapy reduces polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotaxis—enhancing properties of psoriatic serum. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 13(3). 437–443. 10 indexed citations

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Batts, Donald H., David Martin, Ronald Holmes, Joseph Silva, & F. Robert Fekety. (1980). Treatment of antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile diarrhea with oral vancomycin. The Journal of Pediatrics. 97(1). 151–153. 17 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Richard S., Jeffrey P. Callen, & Joseph Silva. (1978). A cluster of Hodgkin's disease in a small community: evidence for environmental factors.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 108(1). 19–26. 15 indexed citations

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Silva, Joseph, et al.. (1974). Transient defects in phagocytic functions during cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 67(2). 175–183. 32 indexed citations

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