Paul Dark

19.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Paul Dark is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Dark has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Epidemiology, 28 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 18 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Paul Dark's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (14 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (13 papers). Paul Dark is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (14 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (13 papers). Paul Dark collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Paul Dark's co-authors include Clare Murray, Mervyn Singer, Geoffrey Warhurst, Gavin D. Perkins, Daniel F. McAuley, Bronagh Blackwood, Fiona Lecky, Andrew Claxton, Ronan McMullan and Marilena Hadjidemetriou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS ONE and Nanoscale.

In The Last Decade

Paul Dark

95 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

2021 737 citations Paul Dark et al. profile →
Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome

2019 311 citations Mark Griffiths, Daniel F. McAuley et al. BMJ Open Respiratory Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Dark United Kingdom	27	850	647	592	579	493	98	3.3k
Alex Koyfman United States	35	1.0k 1.2×	801 1.2×	693 1.2×	361 0.6×	1.2k 2.4×	245	4.9k
Ann Van den Bruel United Kingdom	36	1.5k 1.8×	1.4k 2.2×	450 0.8×	311 0.5×	415 0.8×	136	5.2k
Jean‐Jacques Parienti France	39	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.9×	1.4k 2.3×	504 0.9×	830 1.7×	183	5.6k
Antonino Giarratano Italy	30	1.1k 1.2×	422 0.7×	532 0.9×	308 0.5×	306 0.6×	124	3.3k
Brit Long United States	38	1.4k 1.7×	866 1.3×	803 1.4×	592 1.0×	1.4k 2.9×	419	6.2k
Jason Phua Singapore	30	677 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	1.3k 2.2×	916 1.6×	384 0.8×	91	4.1k
Martin Chalumeau France	36	958 1.1×	1.4k 2.2×	792 1.3×	218 0.4×	898 1.8×	175	4.6k
Mark W. Hall United States	36	685 0.8×	1.5k 2.3×	733 1.2×	604 1.0×	600 1.2×	121	3.8k
Klaus Kaier Germany	29	444 0.5×	742 1.1×	571 1.0×	208 0.4×	314 0.6×	198	2.8k
Alpesh Amin United States	36	495 0.6×	523 0.8×	915 1.5×	244 0.4×	758 1.5×	257	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Dark

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Dark

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Dark

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

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Wilkinson, Sarah, Jack Wilkinson, Debra Lyon, et al.. (2025). Imaging the microvasculature using nailfold capillaroscopy in patients with coronavirus disease-2019; A cross-sectional study. Microvascular Research. 159. 104796–104796.

Bannard‐Smith, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). The efficacy, safety and effectiveness of hyperoncotic albumin solutions in patients with sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 25(3). 308–318. 4 indexed citations

Bannard‐Smith, Jonathan, Rinaldo Bellomo, Tim Felton, et al.. (2024). Small volume fluid resuscitation and supplementation with 20% albumin versus buffered crystalloids in adults with septic shock: A protocol for a randomised feasibility trial. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 25(4). 419–426. 1 indexed citations

Staa, Tjeerd van, Alexander Pate, Glen P. Martin, et al.. (2024). Sepsis and case fatality rates and associations with deprivation, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics: population-based case–control study with linked primary care and hospital data in England. Infection. 52(4). 1469–1479. 3 indexed citations

Hansel, Jan, Fahmida Mannan, Rebecca C. Robey, et al.. (2023). Covariates in population pharmacokinetic studies of critically ill adults receiving β-lactam antimicrobials: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6(1). dlae030–dlae030. 4 indexed citations

Tan, Mark, et al.. (2023). Healthcare resilience: a meta-narrative systematic review and synthesis of reviews. BMJ Open. 13(9). e072136–e072136. 8 indexed citations

Henley, Josie, Lucy Brookes‐Howell, Philip Pallmann, et al.. (2023). Developing a model for decision-making around antibiotic prescribing for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in acute NHS hospitals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative results from the Procalcitonin Evaluation of Antibiotic use in COVID-19 Hospitalised patients (PEACH Study). BMJ Open. 13(12). e077117–e077117. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, Peter S., Gareth Kitchen, David van Dellen, et al.. (2022). ClinCirc identifies alterations of the circadian peripheral oscillator in critical care patients. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(4). 10 indexed citations

Zhou, Jie, Ranjit Lall, Chen Ji, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination from hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving aerosol-generating procedures. Thorax. 77(3). 259–267. 26 indexed citations

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Rowland, Matthew, Tonny Veenith, Charlotte Scomparin, et al.. (2020). Sugar or salt (“SOS”): A protocol for a UK multicentre randomised trial of mannitol and hypertonic saline in severe traumatic brain injury and intracranial hypertension. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 23(2). 222–232. 9 indexed citations

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Witham, Miles D., Eleanor Anderson, Camille Carroll, et al.. (2020). Ensuring that COVID-19 research is inclusive: guidance from the NIHR INCLUDE project. BMJ Open. 10(11). e043634–e043634. 25 indexed citations

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Staa, Tjeerd van, Victoria Palin, Li Yan, et al.. (2020). The effectiveness of frequent antibiotic use in reducing the risk of infection-related hospital admissions: results from two large population-based cohorts. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 40–40. 30 indexed citations

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Oort, Pouline M. P. van, Iain R. White, Waqar Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Detection and quantification of exhaled volatile organic compounds in mechanically ventilated patients – comparison of two sampling methods. The Analyst. 146(1). 222–231. 13 indexed citations

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McAuley, Daniel F., Bronagh Blackwood, Brenda O’Neill, et al.. (2020). Mucoactive agents for acute respiratory failure in the critically ill: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax. 75(8). 623–631. 11 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Mark, Daniel F. McAuley, Gavin D. Perkins, et al.. (2019). Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 6(1). e000420–e000420. 311 indexed citations breakdown →

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Claxton, Andrew & Paul Dark. (2018). Biomarker-guided antibiotic cessation in sepsis: evidence and future challenges. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 79(3). 136–141. 2 indexed citations

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Dark, Paul, Graham Dunn, Paul Chadwick, et al.. (2011). The clinical diagnostic accuracy of rapid detection of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care using multipathogen real-time PCR technology. BMJ Open. 1(1). e000181–e000181. 22 indexed citations

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Childs, Charmaine, Andy Vail, Richard Protheroe, Andrew T. King, & Paul Dark. (2005). Differences between brain and rectal temperatures during routine critical care of patients with severe traumatic brain injury*. Anaesthesia. 60(8). 759–765. 50 indexed citations

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Dark, Paul, et al.. (2004). Localizing ventricular systole improves trans-oesophageal Doppler derived surrogates of left ventricular filling status during acute preload stresses. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1 indexed citations

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Nirmalan, Mahesh, et al.. (2004). Estimation of errors in determining intrathoracic blood volume using thermal dilution in pigs with acute lung injury and haemorrhage †. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 93(4). 546–551. 18 indexed citations

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