Robert P. Dickson

13.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
112 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Robert P. Dickson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert P. Dickson has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 33 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Robert P. Dickson's work include Gut microbiota and health (46 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (17 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (16 papers). Robert P. Dickson is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (46 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (17 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (16 papers). Robert P. Dickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Robert P. Dickson's co-authors include Gary B. Huffnagle, John R. Erb‐Downward, Fernando J. Martínez, Nicole R. Falkowski, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Christine M. Freeman, James M. Beck, Nicholas W. Lukacs, David N. O’Dwyer and Bethany B. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Robert P. Dickson

108 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Microbiome and the Respiratory Tract 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2016 2015 2015 200 400 600
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. The Microbiome and the Respiratory Tract
    2015 611 citations Robert P. Dickson, John R. Erb‐Downward et al. profile →
  2. Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals
    2015 586 citations John R. Erb‐Downward, Robert P. Dickson et al. mBio profile →
  3. Enrichment of the lung microbiome with gut bacteria in sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    2016 451 citations Robert P. Dickson, Nicole R. Falkowski et al. profile →
  4. The Lung Microbiome: New Principles for Respiratory Bacteriology in Health and Disease
    2015 371 citations Robert P. Dickson, Gary B. Huffnagle profile →
  5. Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography
    2015 366 citations Robert P. Dickson, John R. Erb‐Downward et al. profile →
  6. The role of the microbiome in exacerbations of chronic lung diseases
    2014 351 citations Robert P. Dickson, Fernando J. Martínez et al. profile →
  7. The respiratory tract microbiome and lung inflammation: a two-way street
    2016 350 citations Gary B. Huffnagle, Robert P. Dickson et al. Mucosal Immunology profile →
  8. Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract
    2017 339 citations Robert P. Dickson, John R. Erb‐Downward et al. mBio profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert P. Dickson United States 42 4.2k 2.6k 1.9k 1.5k 1.4k 112 8.1k
John R. Erb‐Downward United States 38 3.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 71 7.0k
Debby Bogaert Netherlands 48 3.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 6.4k 3.4× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 169 11.4k
Alison Morris United States 48 2.0k 0.5× 5.8k 2.3× 6.4k 3.3× 3.4k 2.2× 590 0.4× 197 13.1k
Frank A. Scannapieco United States 56 1.5k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 534 0.3× 380 0.3× 160 9.9k
Ronald L. Gibson United States 47 2.5k 0.6× 6.9k 2.7× 2.4k 1.2× 967 0.6× 347 0.3× 130 9.8k
Hiroshi Mukae Japan 49 1.5k 0.4× 3.9k 1.5× 2.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 412 0.3× 669 10.6k
Keith Grimwood Australia 56 1.3k 0.3× 5.4k 2.1× 3.6k 1.9× 2.2k 1.4× 837 0.6× 318 10.9k
George Samonis Greece 55 1.3k 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 4.3k 2.2× 3.2k 2.1× 630 0.5× 351 11.5k
Benoît Guéry France 43 2.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 178 0.1× 231 6.7k
James D. Chalmers United Kingdom 63 1.3k 0.3× 8.9k 3.5× 5.2k 2.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 483 14.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ranjan, Piyush, et al.. (2024). The Lung Microbiome. The Journal of Immunology. 212(8). 1269–1275. 9 indexed citations
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Albin, Owen, Jonathan P. Troost, Louis Saravolatz, et al.. (2023). A quasi-experimental study of a bundled diagnostic stewardship intervention for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(4). 499–506. 7 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, David N., John S. Kim, Shwu‐Fan Ma, et al.. (2023). Commensal Oral Microbiota, Disease Severity, and Mortality in Fibrotic Lung Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 209(9). 1101–1110. 12 indexed citations
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Montassier, Emmanuel, Georgios D. Kitsios, Josiah E. Radder, et al.. (2023). Robust airway microbiome signatures in acute respiratory failure and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Nature Medicine. 29(11). 2793–2804. 30 indexed citations
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Chotirmall, Sanjay H., Debby Bogaert, James D. Chalmers, et al.. (2022). Therapeutic Targeting of the Respiratory Microbiome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206(5). 535–544. 41 indexed citations
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Heijnen, Nanon F. L., Laura A. Hagens, Marry R. Smit, et al.. (2021). Biological subphenotypes of acute respiratory distress syndrome may not reflect differences in alveolar inflammation. Physiological Reports. 9(3). e14693–e14693. 25 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaofeng, Stephen J. Gurczynski, John R. Erb‐Downward, et al.. (2021). Cage Environment Regulates Gut Microbiota Independent of Toll-Like Receptors. Infection and Immunity. 89(9). e0018721–e0018721. 12 indexed citations
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Ansari, Sardar, Richard P. Medlin, Steven L. Kronick, et al.. (2021). Predicting Intensive Care Transfers and Other Unforeseen Events: Analytic Model Validation Study and Comparison to Existing Methods. JMIR Medical Informatics. 9(4). e25066–e25066. 18 indexed citations
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Evans, Scott E., Marwan M. Azar, Bin Cao, et al.. (2021). Nucleic Acid–based Testing for Noninfluenza Viral Pathogens in Adults with Suspected Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203(9). 1070–1087. 21 indexed citations
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Bruzek, Amy K., Karthik Ravi, Jack Wadden, et al.. (2020). Electronic DNA Analysis of CSF Cell-free Tumor DNA to Quantify Multi-gene Molecular Response in Pediatric High-grade Glioma. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(23). 6266–6276. 37 indexed citations
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Chanderraj, Rishi, Christopher A. Brown, Kevin J. Hinkle, et al.. (2020). Gut Microbiota Predict Enterococcus Expansion but Not Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Acquisition. mSphere. 5(6). 15 indexed citations
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Gosens, Reinoud, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Ian M. Adcock, et al.. (2020). Host–microbe cross-talk in the lung microenvironment: implications for understanding and treating chronic lung disease. European Respiratory Journal. 56(2). 1902320–1902320. 19 indexed citations
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Erb‐Downward, John R., Nicole R. Falkowski, Jennifer D’Souza, et al.. (2020). Critical Relevance of Stochastic Effects on Low-Bacterial-Biomass 16S rRNA Gene Analysis. mBio. 11(3). 31 indexed citations
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Ashley, Shanna L., Michael W. Sjoding, Antonia P. Popova, et al.. (2020). Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 12(556). 112 indexed citations
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Clemente, José C., Michael J. Cox, Robert P. Dickson, et al.. (2019). Methods in Lung Microbiome Research. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 62(3). 283–299. 104 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, David N., Shanna L. Ashley, Stephen J. Gurczynski, et al.. (2019). Lung Microbiota Contribute to Pulmonary Inflammation and Disease Progression in Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 199(9). 1127–1138. 220 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, David N., Xiaofeng Zhou, Carol A. Wilke, et al.. (2018). Lung Dysbiosis, Inflammation, and Injury in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 198(10). 1312–1321. 34 indexed citations
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Dickson, Robert P., John R. Erb‐Downward, Christine M. Freeman, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract. mBio. 8(1). 339 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Dwyer, David N., Robert P. Dickson, & Bethany B. Moore. (2016). The Lung Microbiome, Immunity, and the Pathogenesis of Chronic Lung Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 196(12). 4839–4847. 254 indexed citations
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Huffnagle, Gary B., Robert P. Dickson, & Nicholas W. Lukacs. (2016). The respiratory tract microbiome and lung inflammation: a two-way street. Mucosal Immunology. 10(2). 299–306. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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