Simon B. Drysdale

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Simon B. Drysdale is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon B. Drysdale has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Epidemiology, 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 21 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simon B. Drysdale's work include Respiratory viral infections research (51 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (22 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (20 papers). Simon B. Drysdale is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (51 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (22 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (20 papers). Simon B. Drysdale collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Simon B. Drysdale's co-authors include Andrew J. Pollard, Gu-Lung Lin, Joseph McGinley, Charles Sande, Christopher Green, Anne Greenough, Mark Zuckerman, Melvyn Smith, Mireia Alcazar‐Paris and Sebastian L. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simon B. Drysdale

70 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Nirsevimab for Prevention of Hospitalizations Due to RSV ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2022 2025 50 100 150
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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.

  1. Nirsevimab for Prevention of Hospitalizations Due to RSV in Infants
    2023 175 citations Simon B. Drysdale, Katrina Cathie et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe: a prospective birth cohort study
    2022 115 citations Joanne Wildenbeest, Matthew D. Snape et al. profile →
  3. The recent landscape of RSV vaccine research
    2025 13 citations Simon B. Drysdale et al. PubMed profile →

Peers

Simon B. Drysdale
Irene Rivero‐Calle Spain
Sonia Bianchini Italy
G. Beaucaire France
Samantha E. Jacobs United States
Susana Chávez‐Bueno United States
Daisuke Kurai Japan
Alícia Lacoma Spain
Patricia Hennessey United States
Jacques Brouard France
Leontine J. R. van Elden Netherlands
Irene Rivero‐Calle Spain
Simon B. Drysdale
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon B. Drysdale

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All Works

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Gao, Junyi, Liantao Ma, John Busby, et al.. (2025). Real-world uptake of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine, and RSV vaccines for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 84. 103281–103281. 1 indexed citations
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Pei, Ruonan, Thomas Williams, Jennifer K Quint, et al.. (2025). Real-world effectiveness and safety of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine and RSV vaccines for older adults: a living systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax. 80(11). 838–848. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Gu-Lung, Simon B. Drysdale, Matthew D. Snape, et al.. (2024). Targeted metagenomics reveals association between severity and pathogen co-detection in infants with respiratory syncytial virus. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2379–2379. 20 indexed citations
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Clemente, Nuria Sánchez, Charlotte E. Coles, Enny S. Paixão, et al.. (2024). Paediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 12(4). e572–e588. 21 indexed citations
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Channon‐Wells, Samuel, Jocelyn Elmes, Berit Müller‐Pebody, et al.. (2023). National point-prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use: UK-PAS/UKHSA joint call to action for all paediatric services. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 78(10). 2392–2394. 2 indexed citations
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Kujawski, Stephanie, et al.. (2023). The Clinical and Economic Burden of Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Patients With Varicella Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Real-World Data in England. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(1). e65–e74. 2 indexed citations
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Drysdale, Simon B., Katrina Cathie, Florence Flamein, et al.. (2023). Nirsevimab for Prevention of Hospitalizations Due to RSV in Infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 389(26). 2425–2435. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
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Öner, Deniz, Yann Abraham, Joseph McGinley, et al.. (2023). Single‐cell immune profiling reveals markers of emergency myelopoiesis that distinguish severe from mild respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(12). e1507–e1507. 5 indexed citations
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Jones, Christine E., Heather Bailey, Alasdair Bamford, et al.. (2022). Managing challenges in congenital CMV: current thinking. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 108(8). 601–607. 11 indexed citations
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Drysdale, Simon B., et al.. (2020). Priorities for developing respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in different target populations. Science Translational Medicine. 12(535). 24 indexed citations
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Sande, Charles, James M. Njunge, Joyce M. Ngoi, et al.. (2019). Airway response to respiratory syncytial virus has incidental antibacterial effects. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2218–2218. 32 indexed citations
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MacBean, Victoria, Simon B. Drysdale, Sanja Zivanovic, Janet L. Peacock, & Anne Greenough. (2019). Participant retention in follow-up studies of prematurely born children. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1233–1233. 10 indexed citations
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Drysdale, Simon B., et al.. (2019). Human metapneumovirus in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions in the United Kingdom (UK) 2006–2014. Journal of Clinical Virology. 112. 15–19. 5 indexed citations
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Pollard, Andrew J., et al.. (2018). Change in viral bronchiolitis management in hospitals in the UK after the publication of NICE guideline. Journal of Clinical Virology. 105. 84–87. 9 indexed citations
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Drysdale, Simon B., Jessica Lo, Michael Prendergast, et al.. (2014). Lung function of preterm infants before and after viral infections. European Journal of Pediatrics. 173(11). 1497–1504. 24 indexed citations
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Drysdale, Simon B., Mireia Alcazar‐Paris, Theresa Wilson, et al.. (2014). Respiratory outcome of prematurely born infants following human rhinovirus A and C infections. European Journal of Pediatrics. 173(7). 913–919. 24 indexed citations
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Stanton, A.W.B., Simon B. Drysdale, Reena G. Patel, et al.. (2003). Expansion of microvascular bed and increased solute flux in human Basal cell carcinoma in vivo, measured by fluorescein video angiography.. PubMed. 63(14). 3969–79. 12 indexed citations

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