Stijn Blot

23.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
266 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Stijn Blot is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Stijn Blot has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Epidemiology, 117 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 62 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Stijn Blot's work include Nosocomial Infections in ICU (102 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (36 papers). Stijn Blot is often cited by papers focused on Nosocomial Infections in ICU (102 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (36 papers). Stijn Blot collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and Spain. Stijn Blot's co-authors include Dirk Vogelaers, Eric A. J. Hoste, Koenraad Vandewoude, Nele Brusselaers, Francis Colardyn, Jordi Rello, Jan J. De Waele, Sonia Labeau, Johan Decruyenaere and Dominique Vandijck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stijn Blot

253 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: rationale and clinical g... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2015 2012 2010 2014 2022 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. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: rationale and clinical guidelines for diagnosis and management
    2015 608 citations Stijn Blot, George Dimοpoulos et al. profile →
  2. A Clinical Algorithm to Diagnose Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients
    2012 446 citations Stijn Blot, Fabio Silvio Taccone et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  3. Severe burn injury in europe: a systematic review of the incidence, etiology, morbidity, and mortality
    2010 438 citations Nele Brusselaers, Stan Monstrey et al. profile →
  4. The effect of pathophysiology on pharmacokinetics in the critically ill patient — Concepts appraised by the example of antimicrobial agents
    2014 315 citations Stijn Blot et al. profile →
  5. Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care unit patients: Changes in epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and contributions of new technologies
    2022 156 citations Stijn Blot, Jordi Rello et al. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stijn Blot Belgium 63 5.8k 3.5k 3.5k 2.4k 1.6k 266 12.4k
Naomi P. O’Grady United States 36 5.0k 0.8× 3.8k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 57 15.5k
Ignacio Martín‐Loeches Ireland 56 7.0k 1.2× 4.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 369 12.9k
Jean‐François Timsit France 68 5.6k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 345 14.3k
Jordi Carratalà Spain 63 8.6k 1.5× 2.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 332 14.2k
Andrew F. Shorr United States 73 6.3k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 3.9k 1.1× 4.2k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 345 15.9k
Nasia Safdar United States 60 5.7k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 6.4k 1.8× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 418 15.9k
Marcos I. Restrepo United States 49 6.8k 1.2× 3.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 3.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 225 12.2k
Michael Klompas United States 61 7.6k 1.3× 6.3k 1.8× 2.0k 0.6× 3.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 307 15.3k
Grant Waterer Australia 43 6.5k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 194 10.7k
Leonard A. Mermel United States 51 4.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 201 16.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stijn Blot

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blot, Stijn, et al.. (2025). Should we still use chlorhexidine oral care? No!. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 87. 103954–103954. 1 indexed citations
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Blot, Stijn, et al.. (2024). Stepwise implementation of prevention strategies and their impact on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence: A 13-Year observational surveillance study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 86. 103769–103769. 5 indexed citations
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Παπαθανάκος, Γεώργιος, et al.. (2023). Clinical Sepsis Phenotypes in Critically Ill Patients. Microorganisms. 11(9). 2165–2165. 17 indexed citations
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Claes, Karel, et al.. (2023). Burn management: From survival to quality of survival. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 78. 103451–103451. 4 indexed citations
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Deschepper, Mieke, Diana Huis in ‘t Veld, Giuseppe Maria Raffa, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for surgical site infection following cardiac surgery in a region endemic for multidrug resistant organisms. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 81. 103612–103612. 8 indexed citations
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Labeau, Sonia, Dominique Vandijck, & Stijn Blot. (2017). Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4 indexed citations
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Blot, Stijn, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Anne‐Marie Van den Abeele, et al.. (2012). A Clinical Algorithm to Diagnose Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 186(1). 56–64. 446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lorente, Leonardo, Stijn Blot, & Jordi Rello. (2011). Ventilator-associated Pneumonia and Cuff Shape. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(4). 485–486. 1 indexed citations
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Labeau, Sonia, et al.. (2011). Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia with oral antiseptics: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11(11). 845–854. 193 indexed citations
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Aitken, Leanne M., Ged Williams, Maurene A. Harvey, et al.. (2011). Nursing considerations to complement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Critical Care Medicine. 39(7). 1800–1818. 40 indexed citations
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Lorente, Leonardo, Stijn Blot, & Jordi Rello. (2010). New Issues and Controversies in the Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(7). 870–876. 75 indexed citations
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Labeau, Sonia, Dominique Vandijck, Jordi Rello, et al.. (2008). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for preventing central venous catheter-related infection: Results of a knowledge test among 3405 European intensive care nurses*. Critical Care Medicine. 37(1). 320–323. 84 indexed citations
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Vandijck, Dominique, Lieven Annemans, Sandra Oeyen, Stijn Blot, & Johan Decruyenaere. (2007). Cost-effectiveness in critical care. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 6 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Eric A. J. Hoste, & Stijn Blot. (2007). Blood Stream Infections of Abdominal Origin in the Intensive Care Unit: Characteristics and Determinants of Death. Surgical Infections. 9(2). 171–177. 41 indexed citations
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Depuydt, Pieter, Dominique Benoît, Dirk Vogelaers, et al.. (2006). Outcome in bacteremia associated with nosocomial pneumonia and the impact of pathogen prediction by tracheal surveillance cultures. Intensive Care Medicine. 32(11). 1773–1781. 56 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele, Eric A. J. Hoste, Stan Monstrey, et al.. (2005). Outcome and changes over time in survival following severe burns from 1985 to 2004. Intensive Care Medicine. 31(12). 1648–1653. 142 indexed citations
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Blot, Stijn, Pieter Depuydt, Dirk Vogelaers, et al.. (2005). Colonization Status and Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy for Nosocomial Bacteremia Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in an Intensive Care Unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 26(6). 575–579. 74 indexed citations
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Spitz, Bernard, Stijn Blot, Marleen Temmerman, et al.. (2004). Nationale richtlijn prenatale zorg: een basis voor een klinisch pad voor de opvolging van zwangerschappen. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 12 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Johan Decruyenaere, Eric A. J. Hoste, et al.. (2003). The impact of timing of surgical intervention on survival in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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