Rachel Urwin

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Rachel Urwin is a scholar working on Microbiology, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Urwin has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Microbiology, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Urwin's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (20 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (11 papers) and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (7 papers). Rachel Urwin is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (20 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (11 papers) and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (7 papers). Rachel Urwin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Rachel Urwin's co-authors include Martin Maiden, Ian M. Feavers, Joanne E. Russell, Jane A. Bygraves, Edward J. Feil, Mark Achtman, Dominique A. Caugant, Brian G. Spratt, Qing Zhang and Jiaji Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Urwin

58 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms

1998 2.8k citations Martin Maiden, Rachel Urwin et al. profile →
Multilocus Sequence Typing System for Campylobacter jejuni

2001 682 citations Andrew J. Fox, Rachel Urwin et al. profile →
Multi-locus sequence typing: a tool for global epidemiology

2003 506 citations Rachel Urwin, Martin Maiden profile →

Peers

Rachel Urwin

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Jiaji Zhou United Kingdom

Nicholas J. Croucher United Kingdom

Glenn F. Browning Australia

Helmut Hotzel Germany

Giovanna Morelli Germany

Ruth N. Zadoks United Kingdom

Mário Ramirez Portugal

Keith A. Jolley United Kingdom

Leonard W. Mayer United States

Birgitta Duim Netherlands

Jiaji Zhou United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Urwin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Urwin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Urwin

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20 of 20 papers shown

McMullan, Ryan, Tim Badgery‐Parker, Ling Li, Rachel Urwin, & Johanna Westbrook. (2025). Allied health professionals’ experiences of co-worker unprofessional behaviour and their reported speaking-up skills: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey. Future Healthcare Journal. 12(3). 100262–100262.

McMullan, Ryan, Tim Badgery‐Parker, Ling Li, Rachel Urwin, & Johanna Westbrook. (2025). Management and administration and non-clinical services staff experiences of co-worker unprofessional behaviour and their reported speaking-up skills: a survey across seven Australian hospitals. Journal of Health Organization and Management. 40(1). 92–106.

McMullan, Ryan, Kate Churruca, Peter Hibbert, et al.. (2024). Co-worker unprofessional behaviour and patient safety risks: an analysis of co-worker reports across eight Australian hospitals. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 36(2). 5 indexed citations

Hor, Su-yin, Mary Wyer, Ruth Barratt, et al.. (2024). Risk assessment and the use of personal protective equipment in an emergency department: Differing perspectives of emergency and infection control clinicians. A video-vignette survey. American Journal of Infection Control. 52(10). 1114–1121.

Wabe, Nasir, Rachel Urwin, Karla Seaman, & Johanna Westbrook. (2024). Longitudinal cohort study of discrepancies between prescribed and administered polypharmacy rates: implications for National Aged Care Quality Indicator Programs. BMJ Quality & Safety. 33(12). 780–789. 1 indexed citations

Wabe, Nasir, Rachel Urwin, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, et al.. (2024). Over- and Underuse of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Nursing Homes: A Multisite Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 26(2). 105393–105393. 1 indexed citations

Livshiz‐Riven, Ilana, Keren Grinberg, Ofra Halperin, et al.. (2023). Nursing students’ experiences of unprofessional behaviours and associations with guideline compliance: A multicenter survey. Nurse Education in Practice. 71. 103739–103739. 5 indexed citations

McMullan, Ryan, Rachel Urwin, Neroli Sunderland, et al.. (2023). Experiences of peer messengers as part of a professional accountability culture change program to reduce unprofessional behaviour: a cross-sectional study across eight hospitals. Australian Health Review. 47(3). 346–353. 8 indexed citations

Urwin, Rachel, Ryan McMullan, Kate Churruca, et al.. (2023). Hospital staff reports of coworker positive and unprofessional behaviours across eight hospitals: who reports what about whom?. BMJ Open Quality. 12(4). e002413–e002413. 5 indexed citations

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Westbrook, Johanna, Ryan McMullan, Rachel Urwin, et al.. (2022). Changes in unprofessional behaviour, teamwork and co‐operation among hospital staff during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Internal Medicine Journal. 52(10). 1821–1825. 3 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Student and clinician perceptions of medical student mistreatment: a cross-sectional vignette survey. BMJ Open. 12(9). e061253–e061253. 5 indexed citations

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Westbrook, Johanna, Neroli Sunderland, Ling Li, et al.. (2020). The prevalence and impact of unprofessional behaviour among hospital workers: a survey in seven Australian hospitals. The Medical Journal of Australia. 214(1). 31–37. 48 indexed citations

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Sunderland, Neroli, Johanna Westbrook, Rachel Urwin, et al.. (2019). Appropriate management of acute gastroenteritis in Australian children: A population-based study. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224681–e0224681. 8 indexed citations

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Craig, Sarah, Rachel Urwin, & Mark Wilkinson. (2017). Contact allergy to thioctic acid present in Hypromellose^® eye drops. Contact Dermatitis. 76(6). 361–362. 7 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel, et al.. (2017). Methylisothiazolinone: the epidemic is declining – but not gone. Contact Dermatitis. 76(5). 301–302. 31 indexed citations

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Craig, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Patch test clinic experience of potential cross‐reactivity of isothiazolinones. Contact Dermatitis. 76(5). 299–300. 20 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel. (2003). Nucleotide Sequencing of Antigen Genes of Neisseria meningitidis. Humana Press eBooks. 67. 157–172. 6 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew J. Fox, Jeremy P. Derrick, & Martin Maiden. (2002). Phylogenetic Evidence for Frequent Positive Selection and Recombination in the Meningococcal Surface Antigen PorB. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(10). 1686–1694. 74 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel, Ian M. Feavers, D. M. Jones, Martin Maiden, & Andrew J. Fox. (1998). Molecular variation of meningococcal serotype 4 antigen genes. Epidemiology and Infection. 121(1). 95–101. 22 indexed citations

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Urwin, Rachel, et al.. (1991). Synthetic DNA probes for the identification of sibling species in the Anopheles gambiae complex. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 5(4). 455–463. 20 indexed citations

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