Nicola S. Brink

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Nicola S. Brink is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola S. Brink has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Nicola S. Brink's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (15 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Viral-associated cancers and disorders (7 papers). Nicola S. Brink is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (15 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Viral-associated cancers and disorders (7 papers). Nicola S. Brink collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Jamaica. Nicola S. Brink's co-authors include Richard S. Tedder, Robert F. Miller, Denise Whitby, M Tenant‐Flowers, Ian Weller, Thomas F. Schulz, Andrew Copas, M. R. Howard, C. Boshoff and Richard Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Nicola S. Brink

44 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma

1995 702 citations Denise Whitby, C. Boshoff et al. The Lancet profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola S. Brink United Kingdom	24	1.1k	875	678	260	256	45	2.2k
Dario Di Luca Italy	36	2.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	738 1.1×	109 0.4×	205 0.8×	136	3.5k
Didier Sicard France	24	544 0.5×	619 0.7×	738 1.1×	358 1.4×	104 0.4×	121	2.3k
Salvatore Sampognaro Italy	21	433 0.4×	314 0.4×	162 0.2×	581 2.2×	257 1.0×	26	3.1k
Grazia Galli Italy	26	801 0.7×	771 0.9×	319 0.5×	220 0.8×	76 0.3×	41	3.0k
Eduardo Fernández‐Cruz Spain	30	557 0.5×	261 0.3×	417 0.6×	74 0.3×	130 0.5×	121	2.5k
Harry L. Ioachim United States	27	401 0.4×	853 1.0×	246 0.4×	151 0.6×	111 0.4×	82	2.1k
Beverly Barton Rogers United States	28	1.1k 1.0×	307 0.4×	660 1.0×	185 0.7×	275 1.1×	109	2.8k
Miguel Sanchez United States	23	637 0.6×	268 0.3×	179 0.3×	629 2.4×	114 0.4×	63	2.2k
Margaret Callan United Kingdom	27	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	446 0.7×	85 0.3×	98 0.4×	43	4.2k
L W Poulter United Kingdom	32	458 0.4×	251 0.3×	199 0.3×	662 2.5×	133 0.5×	75	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicola S. Brink

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Westland, Heleen, et al.. (2025). Real-World Comparison of Telemonitoring Versus Conventional Care in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Those With Asthma—Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Patient Characteristics: Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e66743–e66743.

Ford, Simon, et al.. (2021). Utilisation of paediatric surgical theatres at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg. South African Journal of Child Health. 15(4). 185–188. 3 indexed citations

Jalal, Hamid, David Bibby, Julian W. Tang, et al.. (2005). First Reported Outbreak of Diarrhea Due to Adenovirus Infection in a Hematology Unit for Adults. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(6). 2575–2580. 28 indexed citations

Brink, Nicola S., et al.. (2005). The impact of high risk human papillomavirus testing in an inner London colposcopy clinic. Journal of Medical Virology. 76(4). 576–582. 8 indexed citations

Kleter, Bernhard, et al.. (2004). Detection of persistent high risk human papillomavirus infections with hybrid capture II and SPF10/LiPA. Journal of Clinical Virology. 32(4). 278–285. 54 indexed citations

Jalal, Hamid, Gulam Bahadur, Wendy A. Knowles, Li Jin, & Nicola S. Brink. (2004). Mumps epididymo‐orchitis with prolonged detection of virus in semen and the development of anti‐sperm antibodies. Journal of Medical Virology. 73(1). 147–150. 42 indexed citations

Grover, Donald A., William Newsholme, Nicola S. Brink, Hadi Manji, & Robert F. Miller. (2004). Herpes simplex virus infection of the central nervous system in human immunodeficiency virus-type 1-infected patients. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 15(9). 597–600. 30 indexed citations

Newton, Phillip J., Ann Sommerville, William Newsholme, et al.. (2002). Lesson of the week. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 325(7374). 1225–1227. 29 indexed citations

Smith, Jemma, Lorraine M. McElhinney, Nicola S. Brink, et al.. (2002). Case report: Rapid ante‐mortem diagnosis of a human case of rabies imported into the UK from the Philippines. Journal of Medical Virology. 69(1). 150–155. 52 indexed citations

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Tedder, Richard S., Wolfgang Preiser, Nicola S. Brink, et al.. (2002). Development and evaluation of an internally controlled semiautomated PCR assay for quantification of cell‐free cytomegalovirus. Journal of Medical Virology. 66(4). 518–523. 7 indexed citations

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Peggs, Karl S., Wolfgang Preiser, Panagiotis Kottaridis, et al.. (2000). Extended routine polymerase chain reaction surveillance and pre-emptive antiviral therapy for cytomegalovirus after allogeneic transplantation. British Journal of Haematology. 111(3). 782–790. 22 indexed citations

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Miller, Robert F., Margaret Hall‐Craggs, Durval C. Costa, et al.. (1998). Magnetic resonance imaging, thallium-201 SPET scanning, and laboratory analyses for discrimination of cerebral lymphoma and toxoplasmosis in AIDS.. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 74(4). 258–264. 40 indexed citations

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Hawkins, A E, Mark Zuckerman, Moya Briggs, et al.. (1996). Hepatitis B nucleotide sequence analysis: linking an outbreak of acute hepatitis B to contamination of a cryopreservation tank. Journal of Virological Methods. 60(1). 81–88. 57 indexed citations

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Fox, Julie D., et al.. (1996). Detection of polyomaviral DNA in clinical samples from immunocompromised patients: Correlation with clinical disease. Journal of Infection. 32(3). 205–209. 24 indexed citations

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Howard, Mark R., et al.. (1996). Regression of AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma During Therapy with Thalidomide. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 23(3). 501–503. 58 indexed citations

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Fox, Julie D., Nicola S. Brink, Mark Zuckerman, et al.. (1995). Detection of Herpesvirus DNA by Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons with Neurologic Disease: A Prospective Evaluation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 172(4). 1087–1090. 38 indexed citations

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Whitby, Denise, C. Boshoff, Richard Weiss, et al.. (1995). Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma. The Lancet. 346(8978). 799–802. 702 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corcoran, G, Nicola S. Brink, Jeremy A. Garson, et al.. (1994). Hepatitis C virus infection in haemodialysis patients: a clinical and virological study. Journal of Infection. 28(3). 279–285. 25 indexed citations

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Williamson, Anna‐Lise, et al.. (1994). Typing of human papillomaviruses in cervical carcinoma biopsies from Cape Town. Journal of Medical Virology. 43(3). 231–237. 33 indexed citations

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Brink, Nicola S., Wendy Mills, Rajesh Chopra, et al.. (1993). Efficacy of donor screening for hepatitis C antibodies in preventing hepatitis C infection in multiply transfused patients. Transfusion Medicine. 3(4). 291–294. 2 indexed citations

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