Mark Wilcox

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Mark Wilcox is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Wilcox has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Mark Wilcox's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (6 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (6 papers). Mark Wilcox is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (6 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (6 papers). Mark Wilcox collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada. Mark Wilcox's co-authors include Mike Bourne, John Mills, Andy Neely, Ken Platts, Esmita Charani, Craig Ramsay, Lynda Fenelon, Peter Davey, Erwin Brown and Ian M. Gould and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Mark Wilcox

36 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

2013 1.3k citations Peter Davey, Erwin Brown et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Designing, implementing and updating performance measurement systems

2000 747 citations Mark Wilcox et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Wilcox United Kingdom	17	1.1k	586	583	571	555	42	3.4k
Kevin L. Schwartz Canada	28	499 0.5×	71 0.1×	1.2k 2.1×	423 0.7×	26 0.0×	132	3.6k
Qiang Sun China	28	533 0.5×	490 0.8×	374 0.6×	829 1.5×	23 0.0×	116	3.2k
Shazia Jamshed Malaysia	26	431 0.4×	334 0.6×	174 0.3×	340 0.6×	16 0.0×	139	2.7k
Asrul Akmal Shafie Malaysia	36	380 0.3×	663 1.1×	305 0.5×	707 1.2×	12 0.0×	250	4.4k
Zaheer‐Ud‐Din Babar United Kingdom	32	338 0.3×	460 0.8×	256 0.4×	499 0.9×	37 0.1×	200	3.4k
Richard Laing United States	31	439 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	557 1.0×	798 1.4×	33 0.1×	98	5.0k
Karen Eggleston United States	32	169 0.2×	524 0.9×	75 0.1×	1.5k 2.6×	34 0.1×	129	3.8k
Marion Bennie United Kingdom	27	311 0.3×	246 0.4×	108 0.2×	587 1.0×	24 0.0×	142	2.3k
Steffen Fleßa Germany	27	76 0.1×	446 0.8×	193 0.3×	742 1.3×	45 0.1×	210	2.6k
Syed Masud Ahmed Bangladesh	37	202 0.2×	1.3k 2.2×	221 0.4×	1.6k 2.7×	25 0.0×	152	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Wilcox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Wilcox

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Wilcox

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gupta, Kalpana, Flo ri an Wagenlehner, Mark Wilcox, et al.. (2025). Urinary tract infection in adults: gaps in current guidelines – opinions from an international multidisciplinary panel and relevance to clinical practice. BMC Proceedings. 19(S16). 18–18.

Weise, Andréa M., et al.. (2024). High-resolution freshwater dissolved calcium and pH data layers for Canada and the United States. Scientific Data. 11(1). 370–370. 5 indexed citations

Wilcox, Mark, et al.. (2024). Identifying higher risk invaders to the Columbia Glaciated Freshwater Ecoregion using a new screening tool: the Non-Indigenous Species Screening Tool (NISST). Management of Biological Invasions. 16(1). 187–210.

Wilcox, Mark, et al.. (2024). A framework for the development of defensible and fit-for-purpose priority lists for non-indigenous species. Management of Biological Invasions. 15(4). 635–656.

Wilcox, Mark, Nicholas W. Jeffery, Claudio DiBacco, et al.. (2023). Integrating seascape resistances and gene flow to produce area-based metrics of functional connectivity for marine conservation planning. Landscape Ecology. 38(9). 2189–2205. 7 indexed citations

Francis, Abraham, et al.. (2022). Frozen Blastocyst Embryo Transfer: Comparison of Protocols and Factors Influencing Outcome. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(3). 737–737. 9 indexed citations

Wilcox, Mark. (2015). Bezlotoxumab (BEZ) Alone and With Actoxumab (ACT) for Prevention of Recurrent C. difficile Infection (rCDI) in Patients on Standard of Care (SoC) Antibiotics: Integrated Results of 2 Phase 3 Studies (MODIFY I and MODIFY II). 5 indexed citations

Wilcox, Mark & G. S. Crowther. (2015). Antibiotic therapy and Clostridium difficile infection – primum non nocere – first do no harm. Infection and Drug Resistance. 8. 333–333. 23 indexed citations

Boucher, Helen W., Mark Wilcox, George H. Talbot, et al.. (2014). Once-Weekly Dalbavancin versus Daily Conventional Therapy for Skin Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 370(23). 2169–2179. 329 indexed citations

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Davey, Peter, Erwin Brown, Esmita Charani, et al.. (2013). Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2(4). CD003543–CD003543. 1313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Planche, Tim & Mark Wilcox. (2010). Reference assays for Clostridium difficile infection: one or two gold standards?. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 64(1). 1–5. 86 indexed citations

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Rufford, Barnaby, et al.. (2008). Malignant Clear Cell Hidradenoma of the Vulva. International Journal of Gynecological Pathology. 27(1). 142–146. 6 indexed citations

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Minton, Jane, et al.. (2008). Improving early management of bloodstream infection: a quality improvement project. BMJ. 336(7641). 440–443. 20 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Mark. (2001). Egg sharing: an NHS consultant's view. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 3(2). 88–89. 5 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Mark, Allan Chang, & I. R. Johnson. (1996). The effects of parity on birthweight using successive pregnancies. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 75(5). 459–463. 86 indexed citations

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Mongelli, M., Mark Wilcox, & Jason Gardosi. (1996). Estimating the date of confinement: Ultrasonographic biometry versus certain menstrual dates. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 174(1). 278–281. 170 indexed citations

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Wijngaarden, Willem J. van, Daljit Singh Sahota, David James, et al.. (1996). Improved intrapartum surveillance with PR interval analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram: A randomized trial showing a reduction in fetal blood sampling. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 174(4). 1295–1299. 32 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Mark, Sarah Smith, I. R. Johnson, Paul V. Maynard, & Clair Chilvers. (1995). The effect of social deprivation on birthweight, excluding physiological and pathological effects. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 102(11). 918–924. 54 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Mark, et al.. (1995). Paternal influences on birthweight. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 74(1). 15–18. 63 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Mark, I. R. Johnson, Paul V. Maynard, Sarah Smith, & Clair Chilvers. (1993). The individualised birthweight ratio: a more logical outcome measure of pregnancy than birthweight alone. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 100(4). 342–347. 138 indexed citations

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