Sara Tomczyk

4.1k citations

44 papers · 2.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 23

Impact in

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.5%
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Infectious Diseases top 2%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Papers in ⓘ

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 11
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance 11
Infectious Diseases 25
- Infection Control in Healthcare 9
- Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment 8
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 5

Co-authors: Ryan Gierke (2 shared papers)Benedetta Allegranzi (10 shared papers)Cynthia G. Whitney (2 shared papers)Matthew R. Moore (2 shared papers)Tamara Pilishvili (1 shared paper)Charles Stoecker (1 shared paper)Stephen C. Hadler (1 shared paper)Nancy M. Bennett (1 shared paper)
Journals: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (5 papers)BMC Public Health (4 papers)PLoS neglected tropical diseases (4 papers)BMC Infectious Diseases (3 papers)Journal of Hospital Infection (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Sara Tomczyk

43 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Epidemiology and burden of sepsis acquired in hospitals and intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020 · 223 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Intensive Care Medicine
2015 New England Journal of Medicine
2014 PubMed

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1	Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. PubMed ·Sara Tomczyk, Nancy M. Bennett, Charles Stoecker, Ryan Gierke, Matthew R. Moore, Cynthia G. Whitney, Stephen C. Hadler, Tamara Pilishvili, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2014	549
2	2014 MERS-CoV Outbreak in Jeddah — A Link to Health Care Facilities New England Journal of Medicine ·Ikwo Oboho, Sara Tomczyk, Ahmad M. Al-Asmari, Ayman Banjar, Hani Saad Al-Mugti, Muhannad S Aloraini, Khulud Z. Alkhaldi, Emad Lafi Almohammadi, Basem Alraddadi, Susan I. Gerber, David L. Swerdlow, John T. Watson, Tariq A. Madani Hit paper breakdown →	2015	337
3	Epidemiology and burden of sepsis acquired in hospitals and intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis Intensive Care Medicine ·Robby Markwart, Hiroki Saito, Thomas Harder, Sara Tomczyk, Alessandro Cassini, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Felix Reichert, Tim Eckmanns, Benedetta Allegranzi Hit paper breakdown →	2020	223
4	Biological and Epidemiological Features of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Pre- and Post-Conjugate Vaccine Eras: a United States Perspective Clinical Microbiology Reviews ·Lindsay Kim, Lesley McGee, Sara Tomczyk, Bernard Beall	2016	201
5	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surveillance, prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance: a global survey Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Sara Tomczyk, Angelina Taylor, Allison C. Brown, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Aiman El‐Saed, Majid M. Alshamrani, René S. Hendriksen, Megan E. Jacob, Sonja Löfmark, Olga Perovic, Nandini Shetty, Dawn Sievert, Rachel M. Smith, John Stelling, Siddhartha Thakur, Ann Christin Vietor, Tim Eckmanns	2021	113
6	Prevention of Antibiotic-Nonsusceptible Invasive Pneumococcal Disease With the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Sara Tomczyk, Ruth Lynfield, William Schaffner, Arthur Reingold, Lisa A. Miller, Susan Petit, Corinne Holtzman, Shelley M. Zansky, Ann Thomas, Jan Baumbach, Lee H. Harrison, Monica M. Farley, Bernard Beall, Lesley McGee, Ryan Gierke, Tracy Pondo, Lindsay Kim	2016	112
7	Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae,Acinetobacter baumannii, andPseudomonas aeruginosain Healthcare Facilities: A Systematic Review and Reanalysis of Quasi-experimental Studies Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Sara Tomczyk, Veronica Zanichelli, M. Lindsay Grayson, Anthony Twyman, Mohamed Abbas, Daniela Pires, Benedetta Allegranzi, Stephan Harbarth	2018	107
8	The first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Sara Tomczyk, Anthony Twyman, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Ana Paula Coutinho, Ermira Tartari, João Toledo, Alessandro Cassini, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi	2022	69
9	Association of Higher MERS-CoV Virus Load with Severe Disease and Death, Saudi Arabia, 2014 Emerging infectious diseases ·Daniel R. Feikin, Basem Alraddadi, Qutub Mohammed, Omaima I. Shabouni, Aaron T. Curns, Ikwo Oboho, Sara Tomczyk, Bernard J. Wolff, John T. Watson, Tariq A. Madani	2015	69
10	Podoconiosis in East and West Gojam Zones, Northern Ethiopia PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Yordanos Molla, Sara Tomczyk, Tsige Amberbir, Abreham Tamiru, Gail Davey	2012	68
11	Association between Footwear Use and Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Sara Tomczyk, Kebede Deribe, Simon J. Brooker, Hannah Clark, Khizar Rafique, Stefanie Knopp, Jürg Utzinger, Gail Davey	2014	64
12	Implementation of the infection prevention and control core components at the national level: a global situational analysis Journal of Hospital Infection ·Ermira Tartari, Sara Tomczyk, Daniela Pires, Bassim Zayed, Ana Paula Coutinho, Pierre Kariyo, Valeska Stempliuk, Walter Zingg, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi	2020	51
13	Patients’ perceptions of podoconiosis causes, prevention and consequences in East and West Gojam, Northern Ethiopia BMC Public Health ·Yordanos Molla, Sara Tomczyk, Tsige Amberbir, Abreham Tamiru, Gail Davey	2012	47
14	Stigma towards a Neglected Tropical Disease: Felt and enacted Stigma Scores among Podoconiosis Patients in Northern Ethiopia BMC Public Health ·Kebede Deribe, Sara Tomczyk, Elizabeth Mousley, Abreham Tamiru, Gail Davey	2013	46
15	Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at Tertiary Care Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2014 Emerging infectious diseases ·Deborah L. Hastings, Jerome I. Tokars, Inas Zakaria A.M. Abdel Aziz, Khulud Z. Alkhaldi, Areej T. Bensadek, Basem Alraddadi, Hani Jokhdar, John A. Jernigan, Mohammed Garout, Sara Tomczyk, Ikwo Oboho, Andrew I. Geller, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, David L. Swerdlow, Tariq A. Madani	2016	43
16	Mental distress and podoconiosis in Northern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study International Health ·Elizabeth Mousley, Kebede Deribe, Abreham Tamiru, Sara Tomczyk, Charlotte Hanlon, Gail Davey	2014	37
17	Disease Burden of Group B Streptococcus Among Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Anushua Sinha, Louise B. Russell, Sara Tomczyk, Jennifer R. Verani, Stephanie J. Schrag, James A. Berkley, Musa Mohammed, Betuel Sigaúque, Sun-Young Kim	2016	36
18	Global hand hygiene improvement progress: two surveys using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework Journal of Hospital Infection ·Claire Kilpatrick, Ermira Tartari, Angèle Gayet‐Ageron, Julie Storr, Sara Tomczyk, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet	2018	32
19	Implementation research for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva infection prevention and control (IPC)-think tank (part 1) Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·(unknown), Walter Zingg, Julie Storr, Benjamin J. Park, Raheelah Ahmad, Carolyn Tarrant, Enrique Castro‐Sánchez, Sara Tomczyk, Claire Kilpatrick, Benedetta Allegranzi, Denise M. Cardo, Didier Pittet	2019	30
20	Cost-effectiveness of a potential group B streptococcal vaccine for pregnant women in the United States Vaccine ·Sun Young Kim, Chi Nguyen, Louise B. Russell, Sara Tomczyk, Fatimah Abdul-Hakeem, Stephanie J. Schrag, Jennifer R. Verani, Anushua Sinha	2017	29

About Sara Tomczyk

Sara Tomczyk is a scholar working on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases, General Dentistry, Modeling and Simulation and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 44 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Antibiotic Use and Resistance (11 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (9 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (8 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (5 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (4 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (291 citations), Infectious Diseases (877 citations), Molecular Medicine (213 citations), Modeling and Simulation (190 citations) and Microbiology (239 citations). Sara Tomczyk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ryan Gierke, Benedetta Allegranzi, Cynthia G. Whitney, Matthew R. Moore, Tamara Pilishvili, Charles Stoecker, Stephen C. Hadler, Nancy M. Bennett, Lindsay Kim and Bernard Beall. Their work appears in journals such as Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, BMC Public Health, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, BMC Infectious Diseases and Journal of Hospital Infection.

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