Simon J. Watson

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Simon J. Watson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon J. Watson has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simon J. Watson's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers). Simon J. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers). Simon J. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Simon J. Watson's co-authors include Paul Kellam, Matthew Cotten, Abdullah M. Assiri, Ziad A. Memish, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, Hatem Q. Makhdoom, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Alimuddin Zumla, Rafat F. Alhakeem and Anne Palser and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon J. Watson

60 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon J. Watson United Kingdom	29	1.8k	953	640	556	517	63	3.8k
Alexander Lai United States	19	2.1k 1.2×	797 0.8×	584 0.9×	646 1.2×	284 0.5×	38	3.6k
Darryl Falzarano Canada	30	4.1k 2.2×	690 0.7×	617 1.0×	686 1.2×	419 0.8×	69	5.2k
Markus Eickmann Germany	29	2.6k 1.4×	946 1.0×	473 0.7×	571 1.0×	217 0.4×	74	4.1k
Anwar M. Hashem Saudi Arabia	25	1.8k 1.0×	743 0.8×	395 0.6×	922 1.7×	351 0.7×	116	3.5k
Philip H. Li China	20	2.3k 1.3×	440 0.5×	705 1.1×	331 0.6×	462 0.9×	149	4.1k
Ronald Dijkman Switzerland	31	3.6k 2.0×	969 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	600 1.1×	234 0.5×	73	4.9k
Doreen Muth Germany	22	4.2k 2.3×	609 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	705 1.3×	588 1.1×	24	5.2k
Ming Wang China	31	1.5k 0.8×	975 1.0×	528 0.8×	662 1.2×	136 0.3×	116	3.3k
Jian‐Piao Cai China	40	4.3k 2.3×	1.1k 1.1×	779 1.2×	762 1.4×	317 0.6×	148	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon J. Watson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Murugaiah, Valarmathy, Simon J. Watson, Nigel Temperton, et al.. (2024). A Transgenic Mouse With a Humanized B-Cell Repertoire Mounts an Antibody Response to Influenza Infection and Vaccination. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(2). e299–e307. 1 indexed citations

Preston, Hannah, Emma Cannon, & Simon J. Watson. (2024). Plasma exchange for the management of digoxin toxicity in an individual with an acute kidney injury: A case report. The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 54(1). 55–58.

Kovaltsuk, Aleksandr, Jacob D. Galson, Johannes Trück, et al.. (2023). Characterisation of the immune repertoire of a humanised transgenic mouse through immunophenotyping and high-throughput sequencing. eLife. 12. 10 indexed citations

Sallah, Neneh, Anne Palser, Simon J. Watson, et al.. (2018). Genome-Wide Sequence Analysis of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Shows Diversification Driven by Recombination. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 218(11). 1700–1710. 25 indexed citations

Sykes, David A., Darren Riddy, John Reilly, et al.. (2016). Fevipiprant (QAW039), a Slowly Dissociating CRTh2 Antagonist with the Potential for Improved Clinical Efficacy. Molecular Pharmacology. 89(5). 593–605. 54 indexed citations

Beato, Maria Serena, Luca Tassoni, Adelaide Milani, et al.. (2016). Circulation of multiple genotypes of H1N2 viruses in a swine farm in Italy over a two-month period. Veterinary Microbiology. 195. 25–29. 7 indexed citations

Palser, Anne, Nicholas Grayson, Robert E. White, et al.. (2015). Genome Diversity of Epstein-Barr Virus from Multiple Tumor Types and Normal Infection. Journal of Virology. 89(10). 5222–5237. 187 indexed citations

Cotten, Matthew, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Marta Canuti, et al.. (2014). Full Genome Virus Detection in Fecal Samples Using Sensitive Nucleic Acid Preparation, Deep Sequencing, and a Novel Iterative Sequence Classification Algorithm. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93269–e93269. 55 indexed citations

Cheung, Peter Pak‐Hang, Simon J. Watson, Ka-Tim Choy, et al.. (2014). Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4794–4794. 84 indexed citations

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Cotten, Matthew, Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam, Simon J. Watson, et al.. (2013). Full-Genome Deep Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis of Novel Human Betacoronavirus. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(5). 736–42B. 113 indexed citations

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Alkhamis, Moh A., Andrés M. Perez, Wendy Howard, et al.. (2013). Modeling the Association of Space, Time, and Host Species with Variation of the HA, NA, and NS Genes of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Birds in Romania in 2005–2007. Avian Diseases. 57(3). 612–621. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, David W., Zarin Brown, Steven J. Charlton, et al.. (2013). The discovery of potent, orally bioavailable pyrazolo and triazolopyrimidine CXCR2 receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(1). 72–76. 17 indexed citations

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Archer, John, Gregory J. Baillie, Simon J. Watson, et al.. (2012). Analysis of high-depth sequence data for studying viral diversity: a comparison of next generation sequencing platforms using Segminator II. BMC Bioinformatics. 13(1). 47–47. 50 indexed citations

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Depledge, Daniel P., Anne Palser, Simon J. Watson, et al.. (2011). Specific Capture and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Viruses from Clinical Samples. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27805–e27805. 169 indexed citations

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Kipari, Tiina, et al.. (2009). Lymphocytes modulate peritoneal leukocyte recruitment in peritonitis. Inflammation Research. 58(9). 553–560. 11 indexed citations

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Ko, Kyung Ae, et al.. (2005). Conditional Macrophage Ablation Demonstrates That Resident Macrophages Initiate Acute Peritoneal Inflammation. The Journal of Immunology. 174(4). 2336–2342. 201 indexed citations

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Hughes, John S., et al.. (2005). Review of the radiation exposure of the UK population. Journal of Radiological Protection. 25(4). 493–496. 53 indexed citations

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Hems, William P., et al.. (2005). Asymmetric hydrogenation using chiral Rh complexes immobilised with a new ion-exchange strategy. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(8). 1547–1547. 30 indexed citations

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Watson, Simon J.. (2005). End-of-life issues in renal medicine. Clinical Medicine. 5(6). 643–645. 4 indexed citations

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McGoldrick, Jim, et al.. (2001). Understanding Research into Human Resource Development. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations

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