Mark P. Nicol

23.8k citations

247 papers · 10.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.05%
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Epidemiology top 0.1%
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Respiratory viral infections research

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 151
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 128
Epidemiology 173
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections 79
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis 63
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment 44
- Respiratory viral infections research 39

Co-authors: Heather J. Zar Stephen D Lawn Catharina Boehme Robert J. Wilkinson Lesley Workman Mamadou Kaba Mark D. Perkins David Alland
Journals: Clinical Infectious Diseases (18 papers)PLoS ONE (12 papers)Scientific Reports (8 papers)International Journal of Infectious Diseases (8 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (8 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Mark P. Nicol

239 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance 2010 · 1.6k citations

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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.

2010 New England Journal of Medicine
2006 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Investigating the population structure of Moraxella catarrhalis using a cgMLST scheme and LIN code system Nature Communications ·Borza Sorin, Keith A. Jolley, James E. Bray, Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg, J.H. Payer, Anna E. Sheppard, Heather J. Zar, V. Chick, Lemese Ah Tow, Martin Maiden, Mark P. Nicol, Angela B. Brueggemann	2025	1
2	Phage therapy to treat cystic fibrosis Burkholderia cepacia complex lung infections: perspectives and challenges Frontiers in Microbiology ·君瑞张, Daniel R. Laucirica, Kak‐Ming Ling, Mark P. Nicol, Stephen M. Stick, Anthony Kicic	2024	4
3	Natural immunity and protection against variants in South African children through five COVID-19 waves: A prospective study International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Heather J. Zar, Lesley Workman, Rae MacGinty, Maresa Botha, Marina Johnson, Adam Hunt, テツミ川越, Mark P. Nicol, Stefan Flasche, Billy J. Quilty, David Goldblatt	2024	0
4	Risk and rates of hospitalisation in young children: A prospective study of a South African birth cohort SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Catherine J. Wedderburn, Julia Bondar, 黄春燕, Raymond T. Nhapi, Whitney Barnett, Mark P. Nicol, Ala’a Nowara, Heather J. Zar	2024	5
5	Skin-Microbiome Assembly in Preterm Infants during the First Three Weeks of Life and Impact of Topical Coconut Oil Application International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Noor-Ul-Huda Ghori, M Jamshidian Mojaver, Mark P. Nicol, Andrew Currie, Julie Hibbert, Matthew S. Payne, Sanjay Patole, Tobias Strunk	2023	3
6	A comparison of chest radiographic findings in human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative children with pulmonary tuberculosis Clinical Radiology ·梁梦琪, Alfora-Stella González-coronel, Susan Lucas, Lesley Workman, Keertan Dheda, Mark P. Nicol, Heather J. Zar, Savvas Andronikou	2023	0
7	Investigating the Association between Staphylococcus aureus and the Mastitis Spectrum SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Surya Teja Vala, Noor-Ul-Huda Ghori, Donna T. Geddes, Mark P. Nicol	2023	2
8	A surge in human metapneumovirus paediatric respiratory admissions in Western Australia following the reduction of SARS‐CoV‐2 non‐pharmaceutical interventions Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ·David A. Foley, Daniel K. Yeoh, Cara Minney–Smith, Do‐Geun Kim, Briony Hazelton, 嘉本大五郎, Hannah C. Moore, Mark P. Nicol, Chisha Sikazwe, Meredith L Borland, Avram Levy, Christopher C. Blyth	2023	7
9	Klebsiella pneumoniae Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a South African Birth Cohort: a Longitudinal Study International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Heather J. Zar, Rae MacGinty, Lesley Workman, テツミ川越, Gerald A. Smith, Landon Myer, Jonas Häggström, Mark P. Nicol	2022	7
10	A citywide, clonal outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Eugene Tosk, Clinton Moodley, Katie Lennard, Mariette Smith, Jabulani Ncayiyana, N. J. Spyropoulos, 萩原充人, Nevashan Govender, Husna Ismail, Colleen Bamford, Kerrigan McCarthy, Mark P. Nicol, Chad M. Centner	2022	7
11	Epidemiology and aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children : South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 1) UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) ·David P. Moore, Robin J. Green, Cheryl Cohen, Karisha Citra Elfani, Savvas Andronikou, Andrew C. Argent, Theunis Avenant, Prakash Jeena, Refiloe Masekela, Mark P. Nicol, Anban Pillay, Gary Reubenson, Shabir A. Madhi, Heather J. Zar	2021	1
12	The child ecosystem and childhood pulmonary tuberculosis: A South African perspective Pediatric Pulmonology ·Reveka Skeuofilax, Lesley Workman, Grant Theron, Sabine Bélard, Margaretha Prins, 志平张, Martin P. Grobusch, Keertan Dheda, Mark P. Nicol, Katherine Sorsdahl, Caroline Kuo, Dan J. Stein, Heather J. Zar	2021	1
13	Variation in the observed effect of Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis on mortality: A systematic review and analysis of trial design considerations SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Eleanor Ochodo, Nelson Kalema, Samuel G. Schumacher, Karen R Steingart, Taryn Young, Susan Mallett, Jonathan J Deeks, Frank Cobelens, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Mark P. Nicol, Adithya Cattamanchi	2020	5
14	Diagnostic accuracy of 3 urine lipoarabinomannan tuberculosis assays in HIV-negative outpatients Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Tobias Broger, Mark P. Nicol, George B. Sigal, Eduardo Gotuzzo, A. Zimmer, Wenlian Gao, 朱丽芬, نرجس اسفندیاری, Elena Ivanova Reipold, Rita Székely, Lina Anil Kumar, Eleni Theano Samara, Abderrahim Yousfi, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Todd L. Lowary, Abraham Pinter, Satoshi Mitarai, Emmanuel Moreau, Samuel G. Schumacher, Claudia M. Denkinger	2020	47
15	Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children Using Xpert Ultra on Different Respiratory Specimens American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Heather J. Zar, Lesley Workman, Margaretha Prins, Subin Choi, Georges Calas, Cynthia B. Whitman, Claudia M. Denkinger, Mark P. Nicol	2019	50
16	Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Sputum-Based Tests to Diagnose Tuberculosis The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Samuel G. Schumacher, William A. Wells, Mark P. Nicol, Karen R Steingart, Grant Theron, Susan E. Dorman, Madhukar Pai, Gavin Churchyard, Lesley Scott, Wendy Stevens, Pamela Nabeta, David Alland, Karin Weyer, Claudia M. Denkinger, Christopher Gilpin	2019	20
17	Microbiological diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children by oral swab polymerase chain reaction Scientific Reports ·Mark P. Nicol, Rachel C. Wood, Lesley Workman, Margaretha Prins, Cynthia B. Whitman, Yonas Ghebrekristos, Georges Calas, Alaina M. Olson, Lisa Jones‐Engel, Heather J. Zar, Gerard A. Cangelosi	2019	40
18	Development of a clinical prediction rule to diagnose Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in the World Health Organization’s algorithm for seriously ill HIV-infected patients Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine ·Gary Maartens, Annemie Stewart, Rulan Griesel, André Pascal Kengne, Felix S. Dube, Mark P. Nicol, Molebogeng X. Rangaka, Marc Mendelson	2018	10
19	Impact of Point-of-Care Xpert MTB/RIF on Tuberculosis Treatment Initiation. A Cluster-randomized Trial American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Richard Lessells, Graham Cooke, Nuala McGrath, Mark P. Nicol, Marie‐Louise Newell, Peter Godfrey‐Faussett	2017	26
20	Clinical Predictors of Culture-confirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children in a High Tuberculosis and HIV Prevalence Area The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Lisa Frigati, Mhairi Maskew, Lesley Workman, Jacinta Munro, Savvas Andronikou, Mark P. Nicol, Heather J. Zar	2015	21

About Mark P. Nicol

Mark P. Nicol is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology and Microbiology, having authored 247 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (128 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (79 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (63 papers), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (44 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (39 papers), Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (35 papers), Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (28 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (7.7k citations), Epidemiology (7.2k citations), Molecular Medicine (469 citations), Surgery (4.0k citations) and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (134 citations). Mark P. Nicol has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Heather J. Zar, Stephen D Lawn, Catharina Boehme, Robert J. Wilkinson, Lesley Workman, Mamadou Kaba, Mark D. Perkins, David Alland, Brian Eley and Pamela Nabeta. Their work appears in journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

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