Robert Townsend

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Townsend is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Townsend has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Infectious Diseases, 19 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert Townsend's work include Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (16 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (10 papers). Robert Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (16 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (10 papers). Robert Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Robert Townsend's co-authors include Amit Desai, Xavier Giné, James Vickery, Donna Kowalski, Petia Topalova, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Tobacman, James J. Keirns, Shahzad Akhtar and Takao Yamazaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal of Chromatography A and Analytica Chimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Robert Townsend

70 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Townsend United States	25	1.1k	909	349	322	306	71	2.3k
Vikram Pathania United Kingdom	13	2.1k 1.9×	1.6k 1.7×	14 0.0×	326 1.0×	870 2.8×	31	3.3k
David A. Preston United States	26	678 0.6×	493 0.5×	35 0.1×	26 0.1×	21 0.1×	95	2.3k
Vendhan Gajalakshmi India	28	244 0.2×	718 0.8×	21 0.1×	122 0.4×	421 1.4×	34	3.9k
Juan Carlos Palomino Belgium	35	3.0k 2.7×	2.8k 3.1×	5 0.0×	201 0.6×	887 2.9×	121	4.5k
Imelda Bates United Kingdom	33	531 0.5×	369 0.4×	10 0.0×	210 0.7×	79 0.3×	165	3.7k
Richard L. Harris United States	20	331 0.3×	492 0.5×	7 0.0×	28 0.1×	443 1.4×	79	1.9k
Robert D. Newman United States	38	1.3k 1.1×	391 0.4×	7 0.0×	62 0.2×	86 0.3×	82	5.3k
Hellen Gelband United States	26	409 0.4×	258 0.3×	5 0.0×	271 0.8×	115 0.4×	104	2.4k
Fabrizio Tediosi Switzerland	31	426 0.4×	328 0.4×	9 0.0×	579 1.8×	84 0.3×	162	2.9k
Richard H. Morrow United States	28	422 0.4×	607 0.7×	7 0.0×	174 0.5×	93 0.3×	66	2.6k

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Callaghan, J., Robert Townsend, I Stockley, et al.. (2021). The antimicrobial activity and biocompatibility of a controlled gentamicin-releasing single-layer sol-gel coating on hydroxyapatite-coated titanium. The Bone & Joint Journal. 103-B(3). 522–529. 36 indexed citations

Jones, Val, Emma Williams, Robert Townsend, et al.. (2020). Revision total elbow arthroplasty: Is it safe to perform a single-stage revision for presumed aseptic loosening based on clinical assessment, normal inflammatory markers, and a negative aspiration?. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(1). 140–145. 2 indexed citations

Pichon, Bruno, M. Denton, Robert Townsend, et al.. (2019). Circulation of a community healthcare-associated multiply-resistant meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage in South Yorkshire identified by whole genome sequencing. Journal of Hospital Infection. 103(4). 454–460. 5 indexed citations

Groll, Andreas H., Robert Townsend, Amit Desai, et al.. (2017). Drug‐drug interactions between triazole antifungal agents used to treat invasive aspergillosis and immunosuppressants metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4. Transplant Infectious Disease. 19(5). 95 indexed citations

Desai, Amit, Laura Kovanda, William Hope, et al.. (2017). Exposure-Response Relationships for Isavuconazole in Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis and Other Filamentous Fungi. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61(12). 81 indexed citations

Kato, Kota, Robert Townsend, Michael J. Potchoiba, et al.. (2017). Tissue Distribution and Elimination of Isavuconazole following Single and Repeat Oral-Dose Administration of Isavuconazonium Sulfate to Rats. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61(12). 58 indexed citations

Partridge, David G., Andrew C. Gordon, & Robert Townsend. (2017). False-positive synovial fluid alpha-defensin test in a patient with acute gout affecting a prosthetic knee. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 27(4). 549–551. 26 indexed citations

Townsend, Robert, et al.. (2016). Biofilms: prevention and treatment. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 77(12). 699–703. 10 indexed citations

Bandyopadhyay, Soham, Seán Connolly, Omar Jabado, et al.. (2016). De-Convolution of Whole Blood Transcriptomic Data From a Phase Jib, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Abatacept in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 34(4). 2463–2464. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Analysis of linezolid and tigecycline as candidates for local prophylaxis via antibiotic-loaded bone cement. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72(2). 410–416. 10 indexed citations

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Kovanda, Laura, Amit Desai, Qiaoyang Lu, et al.. (2016). Isavuconazole Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis Using Nonparametric Estimation in Patients with Invasive Fungal Disease (Results from the VITAL Study). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60(8). 4568–4576. 54 indexed citations

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Connolly, Seán, Omar Jabado, S. Kelly, et al.. (2015). De-Convolution of Whole Blood Transcriptomic Data from a Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Abatacept in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 67. 1 indexed citations

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Restrepo, Camilo, Steven Schmitt, David Backstein, et al.. (2014). Antibiotic Treatment and Timing of Reimplantation. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 32(S1). S136–40. 11 indexed citations

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Subramanian, Bala, et al.. (2013). Infected total knee arthroplasty due to postoperative wound contamination withPasteurella multocida. BMJ Case Reports. 2013. bcr2013009973–bcr2013009973. 6 indexed citations

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Dryden, Matthew, Kordo Saeed, Robert Townsend, et al.. (2012). Antibiotic stewardship and early discharge from hospital: impact of a structured approach to antimicrobial management. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 67(9). 2289–2296. 75 indexed citations

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Mao, Zhongping Lily, et al.. (2011). Population Pharmacokinetics of Vernakalant Hydrochloride Injection (RSD1235) in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 52(7). 1042–1053. 6 indexed citations

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Mouzopoulos, George, Nikolaos K. Kanakaris, George Kontakis, et al.. (2011). Management of bone infections in adults: the surgeon's and microbiologist's perspectives. Injury. 42. S18–S23. 87 indexed citations

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Giannoudis, Peter V., Robert Townsend, Shervanthi Homer‐Vanniasinkam, & Mark H. Wilcox. (2011). Soft tissue and bone MRSA infections. Injury. 42. S1–S2. 4 indexed citations

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Hébert, Mary F., Helen Smith, Thomas Marbury, et al.. (2005). Pharmacokinetics of Micafungin in Healthy Volunteers, Volunteers With Moderate Liver Disease, and Volunteers With Renal Dysfunction. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 45(10). 1145–1152. 136 indexed citations

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Moya, Francisco, et al.. (1958). HYPERGLYCEMIC ACTION AND TOXICITY OF THE URINE OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology. 36(5). 505–510. 3 indexed citations

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