Peter D. Sly

65.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
839 papers, 36.2k citations indexed

About

Peter D. Sly is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter D. Sly has authored 839 papers receiving a total of 36.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 431 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 258 papers in Physiology and 134 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Peter D. Sly's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (254 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (227 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (114 papers). Peter D. Sly is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (254 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (227 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (114 papers). Peter D. Sly collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Peter D. Sly's co-authors include Patrick G. Holt, Nicholas de Klerk, Barbara J. Holt, Stephen M. Stick, Claudia Macaubas, Merci Kusel, Susan L. Prescott, Sarath Ranganathan, Catherine Gangell and Machiko Ikegami and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter D. Sly

811 papers receiving 35.2k citations

Hit Papers

Consequences of bullying ... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2017 1999 2015 1998 2007 250 500 750
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.

  1. Consequences of bullying victimization in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2017 859 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  2. Development of allergen-specific T-cell memory in atopic and normal children
    1999 711 citations Barbara J. Holt, Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  3. The Infant Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Impacts Severity of Lower Respiratory Infection and Risk of Asthma Development
    2015 662 citations Shu Mei Teo, D. Mok et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  4. Transplacental Priming of the Human Immune System to Environmental Allergens: Universal Skewing of Initial T Cell Responses Toward the Th2 Cytokine Profile
    1998 602 citations Barbara J. Holt, Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  5. Early-life respiratory viral infections, atopic sensitization, and risk of subsequent development of persistent asthma
    2007 555 citations Merci Kusel, Patrick G. Holt et al. profile →
  6. Extending the simple linear regression model to account for correlated responses: An introduction to generalized estimating equations and multi-level mixed modelling
    1998 526 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  7. Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: a systematic review
    2013 455 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  8. Risk Factors for Bronchiectasis in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
    2013 445 citations Peter D. Sly, Robert S. Ware et al. profile →
  9. Asthma
    2015 439 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  10. Lung Disease at Diagnosis in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis Detected by Newborn Screening
    2009 416 citations Peter D. Sly, Stephen M. Stick et al. profile →
  11. E-Waste: A Global Hazard
    2014 399 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →
  12. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality: A Global Overview
    2018 273 citations Peter D. Sly et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter D. Sly 15.5k 11.4k 5.8k 5.0k 4.1k 839 36.2k
Scott T. Weiss 16.2k 1.0× 22.8k 2.0× 3.4k 0.6× 4.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 767 43.3k
Carlos A. Camargo 12.8k 0.8× 13.5k 1.2× 10.3k 1.8× 2.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 1.4k 58.3k
Richard Beasley 17.7k 1.1× 21.9k 1.9× 2.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 596 34.9k
David P. Strachan 5.7k 0.4× 11.8k 1.0× 2.6k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 3.9k 1.0× 262 26.8k
Neil Pearce 8.4k 0.5× 11.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.3× 6.1k 1.5× 676 33.4k
Dirkje S. Postma 18.8k 1.2× 16.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.3× 3.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 592 31.2k
Erika von Mutius 7.4k 0.5× 20.0k 1.8× 2.5k 0.4× 6.5k 1.3× 5.1k 1.2× 420 34.5k
Peter G. Gibson 22.0k 1.4× 29.2k 2.6× 6.2k 1.1× 7.6k 1.5× 991 0.2× 1.0k 53.2k
Kian Fan Chung 23.1k 1.5× 27.5k 2.4× 1.8k 0.3× 9.3k 1.8× 4.5k 1.1× 926 50.0k
Andrew Bush 20.5k 1.3× 11.8k 1.0× 4.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 579 0.1× 882 33.9k

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All Works

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Vilcins, Dwan, et al.. (2025). Household dust as a reservoir for environmentally persistent free radicals: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 36(1). 122–133.
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Collison, Adam, Wilfried Karmaus, Vanessa E. Murphy, et al.. (2025). Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy. Thorax. thorax–2025.
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Parvez, Sarker Masud, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Farjana Jahan, et al.. (2024). Health risk assessment of humans exposed to soil and dust trace elements from e-waste sites in Bangladesh. 3(4).
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Parvez, Sarker Masud, M. Mamun Huda, Mahbubur Rahman, et al.. (2024). Hematological, cardiovascular and oxidative DNA damage markers associated with heavy metal exposure in electronic waste (e-waste) workers of Bangladesh. Toxicology. 509. 153978–153978. 3 indexed citations
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Gogos, Andrea, Sarah Thomson, Martin O’Hely, et al.. (2024). Socioeconomic adversity, maternal nutrition, and the prenatal programming of offspring cognition and language at two years of age through maternal inflammation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 122. 471–482. 4 indexed citations
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Ponsonby, Anne‐Louise, Fiona Collier, Martin O’Hely, et al.. (2022). Household size, T regulatory cell development, and early allergic disease: a birth cohort study. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(6). e13810–e13810. 7 indexed citations
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Mihala, Gabor, Robert S. Ware, Catherine Cheung, et al.. (2022). Intestinal shedding of enteric agents in histo-blood group antigen-secretor children in an Australian community-based birth cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Parvez, Sarker Masud, Luke D. Knibbs, Farjana Jahan, et al.. (2022). Ecological Burden of e-Waste in Bangladesh—an Assessment to Measure the Exposure to e-Waste and Associated Health Outcomes: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(8). e38201–e38201. 7 indexed citations
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Tang, Howard, Michael D. Evans, Daniel J. Jackson, et al.. (2019). The early-life nasopharyngeal microbiome interacts with allergic and non-allergic mechanisms of childhood wheeze. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 3 indexed citations
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Wilson, Donald, et al.. (2018). Children’s Environmental Health Indicators for Pacific Island Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(7). 1403–1403. 6 indexed citations
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Teo, Shu Mei, D. Mok, Kym Pham, et al.. (2015). The Infant Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Impacts Severity of Lower Respiratory Infection and Risk of Asthma Development. Cell Host & Microbe. 17(5). 704–715. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holt, Patrick G., Shu Mei Teo, D. Mok, et al.. (2015). Cohort-wide characterization of the nasopharyngeal microbiome across year 1 in "high risk" infants by PCR and 16S rRNA gene deep sequencing: elucidation of viral-bacterial-host interactions driving early atopic asthma pathogenesis. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Ramsey, Kathryn, Sarath Ranganathan, Billy Skoric, et al.. (2013). Structural lung disease, pulmonary infection and inflammation in infancy is associated with reduced spirometry at school-age in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 5054–5054. 1 indexed citations
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Zosky, Graeme R., et al.. (2011). In utero arsenic exposure via drinking water alters genes related to lung growth and mucociliary function. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Zosky, Graeme R., Vincenzo Cannizzaro, Zoltán Hantos, & Peter D. Sly. (2009). Protective mechanical ventilation does not exacerbate lung function impairment or lung inflammation following influenza A infection. Journal of Applied Physiology. 107(5). 1472–1478. 17 indexed citations
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Zosky, Graeme R., Alexander N. Larcombe, Olivia White, et al.. (2007). Ovalbumin‐sensitized mice are good models for airway hyperresponsiveness but not acute physiological responses to allergen inhalation. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 38(5). 829–838. 51 indexed citations
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Sly, Peter D., Felicity Flack, & Zoltán Hantos. (2005). Respiratory mechanics in infants and children. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 3 indexed citations
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Pillow, J. Jane, Peter D. Sly, Zoltán Hantos, & Jason H. T. Bates. (2002). Dependence of Intrapulmonary Pressure Amplitudes on Respiratory Mechanics during High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Preterm Lambs. Pediatric Research. 52(4). 538–544. 40 indexed citations
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Tulić, Meri K., et al.. (2000). Differential effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in an in vivo allergic rat model. European Respiratory Journal. 15(5). 870–877. 30 indexed citations
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Newnham, John P., M. Ikegami, KAREN E. WILLET, Peter D. Sly, & Alan H. Jobe. (1999). Intra-Amniotic Injection of Endotoxin Improves Postnatal Lung Function. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1 indexed citations

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