R.H. George

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

R.H. George is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, R.H. George has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in R.H. George's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers), Microscopic Colitis (7 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (5 papers). R.H. George is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers), Microscopic Colitis (7 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (5 papers). R.H. George collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. R.H. George's co-authors include D. W. Burdon, M R B Keighley, Y Arabi, J Alexander-Williams, N Shinagawa, D. E. Healing, Denise Youngs, Joel D. Brown, G A Mogg and H Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Infection and Immunity and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

R.H. George

43 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Identification of Clostridium difficile as a cause of pseudomembranous colitis.

1978 354 citations R.H. George, J Symonds et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.H. George United Kingdom	23	964	652	266	186	154	43	1.7k
Nord Ce Sweden	26	808 0.8×	681 1.0×	352 1.3×	323 1.7×	96 0.6×	122	2.2k
Mark LaRocco United States	23	606 0.6×	770 1.2×	281 1.1×	253 1.4×	250 1.6×	61	1.9k
Carol Singer United States	20	568 0.6×	528 0.8×	223 0.8×	207 1.1×	99 0.6×	36	1.7k
Peter Axelrod United States	22	632 0.7×	541 0.8×	280 1.1×	103 0.6×	184 1.2×	46	1.5k
J. A. Martínez Spain	18	794 0.8×	768 1.2×	400 1.5×	285 1.5×	157 1.0×	30	2.1k
Ángel Asensio Spain	26	823 0.9×	782 1.2×	462 1.7×	122 0.7×	228 1.5×	101	1.9k
H. Gaya United Kingdom	27	517 0.5×	756 1.2×	218 0.8×	211 1.1×	110 0.7×	70	3.0k
Felix A. Sarubbi United States	27	776 0.8×	632 1.0×	222 0.8×	250 1.3×	117 0.8×	59	1.9k
Y Arabi United Kingdom	20	765 0.8×	517 0.8×	696 2.6×	172 0.9×	106 0.7×	32	1.7k
Mary Fairchok United States	22	715 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	180 0.7×	185 1.0×	41 0.3×	48	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by R.H. George

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Fields of papers citing papers by R.H. George

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.H. George

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gray, J. & R.H. George. (2000). Experience of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a children's hospital. Journal of Hospital Infection. 45(1). 11–18. 30 indexed citations

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Gray, J., R.H. George, G M Durbin, et al.. (1999). An outbreak of Bacillus cereus respiratory tract infections on a neonatal unit due to contaminated ventilator circuits. Journal of Hospital Infection. 41(1). 19–22. 49 indexed citations

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Anderton, A., et al.. (1998). Reducing bacterial contamination of enteral feeds. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 78(2). 166–168. 37 indexed citations

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Das, I., et al.. (1997). Central venous catheter-related septicaemia in paediatric cancer patients. Journal of Hospital Infection. 36(1). 67–76. 26 indexed citations

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George, R.H., et al.. (1994). Meningo‐encephalitis due to listeria monocytogenes in pregnancy. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 101(12). 1083–1084. 10 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1989). Parasitic infections. Contemporary issues in infectious diseases. Journal of Hospital Infection. 14(2). 182–182. 1 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1988). The prevention and control of mycobacterial infections in hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection. 11. 386–392. 5 indexed citations

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Fox, Herbert, D. E. Healing, & R.H. George. (1988). Evaluation of use of Signal system of blood culture in paediatrics.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 41(6). 683–686. 5 indexed citations

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George, R.H., et al.. (1986). An outbreak of tuberculosis in a children's hospital. Journal of Hospital Infection. 8(2). 129–142. 36 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1979). A micro-method for detecting toxins in pseudomembranous colitis.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 32(3). 303–304. 7 indexed citations

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Keighley, M R B, D. W. Burdon, Y Arabi, et al.. (1978). Randomised controlled trial of vancomycin for pseudomembranous colitis and postoperative diarrhoea.. BMJ. 2(6153). 1667–1669. 180 indexed citations

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Williams, P. H., et al.. (1978). Adherence of an enteropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli to human intestinal mucosa is mediated by a colicinogenic conjugative plasmid. Infection and Immunity. 22(2). 393–402. 47 indexed citations

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George, R.H., J Symonds, Joel D. Brown, et al.. (1978). Identification of Clostridium difficile as a cause of pseudomembranous colitis.. BMJ. 1(6114). 695–695. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kappas, Angelos M., N Shinagawa, Y Arabi, et al.. (1978). Diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.. BMJ. 1(6114). 675–678. 62 indexed citations

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Keighley, M R B, J Alexander-Williams, Y Arabi, et al.. (1978). DIARRHŒA AND PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS AFTER GASTROINTESTINAL OPERATIONS. The Lancet. 312(8101). 1165–1167. 40 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1976). Small Infectious Doses of Salmonella. The Lancet. 307(7969). 1130–1130. 4 indexed citations

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James, Francis M., et al.. (1976). Bacteriologic Aspects of Epidural Analgesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 55(2). 187???190–187???190. 59 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1975). A CRITICAL LOOK AT CHEMICAL DISINFECTION OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 47(6). 719–722. 8 indexed citations

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George, R.H.. (1974). The Isolation of Symbiotic Streptococci. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 7(1). 77–83. 55 indexed citations

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George, R.H., et al.. (1974). SERUM-GENTAMICIN LEVELS AFTER INTRAVENOUS BOLUS INJECTION. The Lancet. 303(7857). 576–577. 6 indexed citations

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