Thomas Inns

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Inns is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Food Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Inns has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in Food Science and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Inns's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (17 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (10 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 papers). Thomas Inns is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (17 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (10 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 papers). Thomas Inns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and France. Thomas Inns's co-authors include Mark Reacher, Iain Roddick, J. Foweraker, Julian Parkhill, Martin D. Curran, Daniel Greaves, Josephine M. Bryant, R. Andrés Floto, Charles Haworth and Simon R. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Scientific Reports and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Inns

32 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

2013 472 citations Josephine M. Bryant, Dorothy Grogono et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Inns United Kingdom	14	520	502	295	243	169	33	1.1k
Norazah Ahmad Malaysia	16	422 0.8×	424 0.8×	231 0.8×	120 0.5×	158 0.9×	60	1.1k
Anne‐Marie Van den Abeele Belgium	13	622 1.2×	739 1.5×	242 0.8×	89 0.4×	159 0.9×	25	1.2k
F. Jamieson Canada	19	1.0k 2.0×	900 1.8×	178 0.6×	182 0.7×	53 0.3×	34	1.9k
Padmini Srikantiah United States	21	362 0.7×	466 0.9×	233 0.8×	82 0.3×	94 0.6×	36	979
Dieter Van Cauteren Belgium	19	474 0.9×	678 1.4×	299 1.0×	51 0.2×	135 0.8×	47	1.3k
Anne Dediste Belgium	16	390 0.8×	448 0.9×	388 1.3×	40 0.2×	294 1.7×	42	1.2k
Brent A. Lasker United States	28	1.2k 2.3×	1.4k 2.7×	138 0.5×	367 1.5×	202 1.2×	65	2.3k
Philippe Lanotte France	22	570 1.1×	332 0.7×	93 0.3×	57 0.2×	215 1.3×	86	1.5k
James L. Beebe United States	16	208 0.4×	341 0.7×	479 1.6×	90 0.4×	202 1.2×	34	1.1k
Karina Kennedy Australia	20	471 0.9×	582 1.2×	134 0.5×	55 0.2×	200 1.2×	48	1.2k

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Williams, Sarah, Thomas Inns, Christopher Roberts, et al.. (2025). Retrospective case–case study investigation of a significant increase in Cryptosporidium spp. in England and Wales, August to September 2023. Eurosurveillance. 30(9). 3 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Investigating association between inflammatory bowel disease and rotavirus vaccination in a paediatric cohort in the UK. Epidemiology and Infection. 151. e103–e103.

Yom‐Tov, Elad, Vasileios Lampos, Thomas Inns, Ingemar J. Cox, & Michael Edelstein. (2022). Providing early indication of regional anomalies in COVID-19 case counts in England using search engine queries. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 2373–2373. 5 indexed citations

Kafatos, George, Piers Mook, André Charlett, et al.. (2020). Retrospective assessment of rapid outbreak investigation for gastrointestinal diseases using only cases and background exposure data. Epidemiology and Infection. 148. e60–e60. 1 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Campylobacter outbreak associated with raw drinking milk, North West England, 2016. Epidemiology and Infection. 148. e13–e13. 31 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, et al.. (2019). Prospective cohort study to investigate the burden and transmission of acute gastroenteritis in care homes: epidemiological results. BMJ Open. 9(12). e033239–e033239. 1 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, Helen E. Clough, John Harris, et al.. (2019). Estimating the burden of care home gastroenteritis outbreaks in England, 2014–2016. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 12–12. 6 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2019). What proportion of care home outbreaks are caused by norovirus? An analysis of viral causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks in care homes, North East England, 2016–2018. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 2–2. 18 indexed citations

Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Are food exposures obtained through commercial market panels representative of the general population? Implications for outbreak investigations. Epidemiology and Infection. 147. e99–e99. 1 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, A. Keenan, John Harris, et al.. (2018). How timely closure can reduce outbreak duration: gastroenteritis in care homes in North West England, 2012–2016. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 488–488. 7 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, & S. O’Brien. (2017). Community-based surveillance of norovirus disease: a systematic review. BMC Infectious Diseases. 17(1). 657–657. 13 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, et al.. (2017). Prospective cohort study to investigate the burden and transmission of acute gastroenteritis in care homes: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 7(11). e018867–e018867. 2 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2017). An outbreak of norovirus GI-6 infection following a wedding in North West England. Epidemiology and Infection. 145(6). 1239–1245. 9 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, Philip Ashton, Laura Herrera, et al.. (2016). Prospective use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) detected a multi-country outbreak ofSalmonellaEnteritidis. Epidemiology and Infection. 145(2). 289–298. 86 indexed citations

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Gorton, R., et al.. (2015). Enforcement of science—using aClostridium perfringensoutbreak investigation to take legal action. Journal of Public Health. 38(3). 511–515. 7 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Introduction of a new Rotavirus vaccine: Initial results of uptake and impact on laboratory confirmed cases in Anglia and Essex, United Kingdom, July 2015. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 12(4). 1040–1044. 10 indexed citations

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Inns, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Service evaluation of selected risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli urinary tract infections: a case–control study. Journal of Hospital Infection. 88(2). 116–119. 24 indexed citations

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Bryant, Josephine M., Dorothy Grogono, Daniel Greaves, et al.. (2013). Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet. 381(9877). 1551–1560. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Inns, Thomas, R. Gorton, Andrew Berrington, et al.. (2013). Effect of ribotype on all-cause mortality following Clostridium difficile infection. Journal of Hospital Infection. 84(3). 235–241. 21 indexed citations

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Berrington, Andrew, John D. Perry, Thomas Inns, et al.. (2012). Epidemiological survey of Clostridium difficile ribotypes in the North East of England during an 18-month period. Journal of Hospital Infection. 81(3). 209–212. 12 indexed citations

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