Matthew Sims

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 662 citations indexed

About

Matthew Sims is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Sims has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 662 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthew Sims's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (9 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Matthew Sims is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (9 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Matthew Sims collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Matthew Sims's co-authors include Yu‐Chieh Lee, Michelle Brown, Jiejun Du, Alison Pedley, Amanda Paschke, Nicholas A. Kartsonis, Patrick McLeroth, Richard G. Wunderink, Fen Ma and Jeffrey D. Band and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Sims

40 papers receiving 650 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Bile salt hydrolase acyltransferase activity expands bile acid diversity
    2024 80 citations Douglas V. Guzior, C. R. Bridges et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Sims United States 15 204 197 161 137 117 42 662
Fabrizio Taglietti Italy 13 188 0.9× 171 0.9× 206 1.3× 117 0.9× 68 0.6× 32 646
Norihito Kaku Japan 15 196 1.0× 186 0.9× 210 1.3× 154 1.1× 102 0.9× 64 660
Yong Kyun Cho South Korea 14 230 1.1× 107 0.5× 215 1.3× 71 0.5× 85 0.7× 34 572
I. Oren Israel 16 263 1.3× 194 1.0× 180 1.1× 67 0.5× 87 0.7× 24 679
Canan Külah Türkiye 16 174 0.9× 185 0.9× 220 1.4× 112 0.8× 84 0.7× 37 582
Ana María Guzmán Chile 12 173 0.8× 213 1.1× 107 0.7× 203 1.5× 47 0.4× 28 661
Giammarco Raponi Italy 18 342 1.7× 276 1.4× 343 2.1× 149 1.1× 231 2.0× 81 969
A. Rekha Murthy United States 12 271 1.3× 256 1.3× 355 2.2× 254 1.9× 122 1.0× 26 973
David Hines United States 13 296 1.5× 199 1.0× 155 1.0× 75 0.5× 64 0.5× 30 766
Özlem Güzel Tunçcan Türkiye 15 174 0.9× 216 1.1× 141 0.9× 101 0.7× 55 0.5× 55 617

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Sims

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Sims

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Sims

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew Sims. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew Sims 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 Matthew Sims. Matthew Sims is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bryant, Jessica A., Timothy J. Straub, Darrell S. Pardi, et al.. (2025). Comparability of Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Bile Acid Profiles in Patients With First or Multiply Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(5). e733–e740.
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Geurtsen, Jeroen, Luis Martínez‐Martínez, Patricia Palacios, et al.. (2025). A retrospective global study of the prevalence of O-serotypes of invasive Escherichia coli disease in patients admitted to tertiary care hospitals. Epidemiology and Infection. 153. e109–e109.
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Tibbetts, Robert, Audun Sivertsen, Alemu Fite, et al.. (2025). New diagnostic methods for Escherichia marmotae and the first report of its identification in clinical isolates in North America. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1664775–1664775. 1 indexed citations
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Guzior, Douglas V., C. R. Bridges, Yousi Fu, et al.. (2024). Bile salt hydrolase acyltransferase activity expands bile acid diversity. Nature. 626(8000). 852–858. 80 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sims, Matthew, Michael Silverman, Thomas Louie, et al.. (2023). Integrated efficacy analysis from phase 3 studies of investigational microbiome therapeutic, SER-109, in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(S2). s5–s5. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Wendy M., Kathryn M. Ziegler, Ali Yılmaz, et al.. (2023). Association of Metabolomic Biomarkers with Sleeve Gastrectomy Weight Loss Outcomes. Metabolites. 13(4). 506–506. 4 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Falsely decreased vancomycin caused by rheumatoid factor: A case report. Clinica Chimica Acta. 548. 117460–117460. 3 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, et al.. (2022). Dried blood spots are a valid alternative to venipuncture for COVID-19 antibody testing. Journal of Immunological Methods. 513. 113420–113420. 7 indexed citations
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Halalau, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Vestibular neuritis caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection diagnosed by serology: Case report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 2050313X211013261–2050313X211013261. 11 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Asystole During Nasopharyngeal Swab: Is COVID-19 to Blame?. Cureus. 13(6). e15448–e15448. 1 indexed citations
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Emery, Christopher L., Ryan F. Relich, Thomas Davis, et al.. (2019). Multicenter Evaluation of NeuMoDx Group B Streptococcus Assay on the NeuMoDx 288 Molecular System. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, Patrick McLeroth, Yu‐Chieh Lee, et al.. (2017). Prospective, randomized, double-blind, Phase 2 dose-ranging study comparing efficacy and safety of imipenem/cilastatin plus relebactam with imipenem/cilastatin alone in patients with complicated urinary tract infections. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72(9). 2616–2626. 126 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, et al.. (2013). An Outbreak ofPseudomonas aeruginosaRespiratory Tract Infections Associated with Intrinsically Contaminated Ultrasound Transmission Gel. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 34(8). 850–853. 19 indexed citations
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Keller, Paula A., et al.. (2012). Infections Associated with Use of Ultrasound Transmission Gel: Proposed Guidelines to Minimize Risk. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33(12). 1235–1237. 30 indexed citations
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Robinson-Dunn, Barbara, et al.. (2011). Is There a Clinical Association of Vancomycin MIC Creep, agr Group II Locus, and Treatment Failure in MRSA Bacteremia?. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 20(3). 184–188. 13 indexed citations
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Downing, L. J., et al.. (2010). A Simple Quantitative Method for Assessing Pulmonary Damage after X Irradiation. Radiation Research. 173(4). 536–544. 12 indexed citations
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Sims, Matthew, et al.. (1991). Evidence for the presence of a growth factor in Dictyostelium discoideum. Developmental Genetics. 12(1-2). 78–81. 15 indexed citations

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