Paul Turner

31.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Paul Turner is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Turner has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Epidemiology, 36 papers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and 34 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Paul Turner's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (57 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (36 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (34 papers). Paul Turner is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (57 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (36 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (34 papers). Paul Turner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Cambodia and Thailand. Paul Turner's co-authors include Julian Parkhill, Susannah J. Salter, William Cookson, Szymon Calus, Miriam F. Moffatt, Michael J. Cox, Nicholas J. Loman, Alan W. Walker, Claudia Turner and Stephen D. Bentley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul Turner

159 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

2014 2.2k citations Susannah J. Salter, Paul Turner et al. profile →
A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

2020 261 citations Stephen D. Bentley, Paul Turner et al. profile →

Peers

Paul Turner

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MICRO

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Petra Wolffs Netherlands

Geert Claeys Belgium

Paul S. Morley United States

Catrin E. Moore United Kingdom

Paul H. M. Savelkoul Netherlands

Fernando Cháves Spain

John W. A. Rossen Netherlands

Reuben Ramphal United States

John E. Moore United Kingdom

Raymond Ruimy France

Petra Wolffs Netherlands

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1.4k ×0.8

828 ×1.0

MICRO

890 ×1.0

414 ×0.5

PHEOH

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Countries citing papers authored by Paul Turner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Turner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Turner

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tonkin‐Hill, Gerry, Thibaut Morel‐Journel, Stephen D. Bentley, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the effects of antibiotic resistance and within-host competition on strain fitness in Streptococcus pneumoniae. PLoS Biology. 23(8). e3003300–e3003300. 2 indexed citations

Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Minh‐Duy Phan, Steven J. Hancock, et al.. (2024). High-risk Escherichia coli clones that cause neonatal meningitis and association with recrudescent infection. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

Roberts, Tamalee, Clare Ling, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, et al.. (2024). AmpC β-lactamases detected in Southeast Asian Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6(6). dlae195–dlae195. 2 indexed citations

Singh, Shweta, Sona Soeng, Clare Ling, et al.. (2023). Whole genome sequencing of multidrug resistant Enterobacterales identified in children and their household members within Siem Reap, Cambodia. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 5(3). dlad067–dlad067. 2 indexed citations

Chansamouth, Vilada, H. Rogier van Doorn, Mayfong Mayxay, et al.. (2023). Implementing the WHO AWaRe antibiotic book guidance in lower-resource settings: the case of the Lao PDR. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6(1). dlae004–dlae004. 2 indexed citations

Roberts, Tamalee, Prabin Dahal, Poojan Shrestha, et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria causing febrile illness in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia: a systematic review of published etiological studies from 1980-2015. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 122. 612–621. 5 indexed citations

Kremer, Philip H. C., Bart Ferwerda, Hester J. Bootsma, et al.. (2022). Pneumococcal genetic variability in age-dependent bacterial carriage. eLife. 11. 7 indexed citations

Chansamouth, Vilada, Tamalee Roberts, Sommay Keomany, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of trends in hospital antimicrobial use in the Lao PDR using repeated point-prevalence surveys-evidence to improve treatment guideline use. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 27. 100531–100531. 6 indexed citations

Turner, Paul, et al.. (2021). Boosting heritability: estimating the genetic component of phenotypic variation with multiple sample splitting. BMC Bioinformatics. 22(1). 7 indexed citations

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Chansamouth, Vilada, Mayfong Mayxay, David A. B. Dance, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial use and resistance data in human and animal sectors in the Lao PDR: evidence to inform policy. BMJ Global Health. 6(12). e007009–e007009. 16 indexed citations

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Roberts, Tamalee, Nantasit Luangasanatip, Clare Ling, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial resistance detection in Southeast Asian hospitals is critically important from both patient and societal perspectives, but what is its cost?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(10). e0000018–e0000018. 11 indexed citations

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Singh, Shweta, Rick Twee‐Hee Ong, Vonthanak Saphonn, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of MDR organism (MDRO) carriage in children and their household members in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 2(4). dlaa097–dlaa097. 5 indexed citations

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Byrne, Matthew H V, Samuel J Tingle, Emily Thompson, et al.. (2020). Early protocol computer tomography and endovascular interventions in pancreas transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. 35(1). e14158–e14158. 3 indexed citations

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Lehtinen, Sonja, Claire Chewapreecha, John A. Lees, et al.. (2020). Horizontal gene transfer rate is not the primary determinant of observed antibiotic resistance frequencies in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Science Advances. 6(21). eaaz6137–eaaz6137. 16 indexed citations

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Salter, Susannah J., Paul J. Scott, Andrew J. Page, et al.. (2019). 'Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis': insights gained from draft genomes obtained from nasopharyngeal swabs. Microbial Genomics. 5(2). 13 indexed citations

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Crellen, Thomas, Paul Turner, Stephen Baker, et al.. (2019). Transmission dynamics and control of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonates in a developing country. eLife. 8. 15 indexed citations

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Lehtinen, Sonja, François Blanquart, Nicholas J. Croucher, et al.. (2017). Evolution of antibiotic resistance is linked to any genetic mechanism affecting bacterial duration of carriage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(5). 1075–1080. 93 indexed citations

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Turner, Paul, Claudia Turner, Nicholas Day, et al.. (2015). Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in Cambodian Children, 2007–2012. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(12). 1414–1415. 3 indexed citations

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Chu, Cindy S., Clare Ling, Aung Pyae Phyo, et al.. (2014). Two fatal cases of melioidosis on the Thai-Myanmar border. F1000Research. 3. 4–4. 6 indexed citations

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Turner, Paul. (1991). Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) : report of the expert working group enquiring into the hypothesis that toxic gases evolved from chemicals in cot mattress covers and cot mattresses are a cause of SIDS. HMSO eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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