Timothy D. McHugh

20.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
234 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy D. McHugh is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy D. McHugh has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Infectious Diseases, 130 papers in Epidemiology and 47 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Timothy D. McHugh's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (132 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (86 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (36 papers). Timothy D. McHugh is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (132 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (86 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (36 papers). Timothy D. McHugh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Timothy D. McHugh's co-authors include Stephen H. Gillespie, Alimuddin Zumla, Ibrahim Abubakar, Marc Lipman, Owen Billington, Matthew Bates, Patrick Phillips, Andrew Nunn, Angela M. Crook and Carl M. Mendel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Timothy D. McHugh

222 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global Tuberculosis Report 2020 – Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts

2021 673 citations Timothy D. McHugh, Ibrahim Abubakar et al. International Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

2020 585 citations Andreas H. Diacon, Timothy D. McHugh et al. profile →
Four-Month Moxifloxacin-Based Regimens for Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis

2014 401 citations Stephen H. Gillespie, Timothy D. McHugh et al. profile →
Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

2013 356 citations Timothy D. McHugh, Ibrahim Abubakar et al. profile →
Tuberculosis: progress and advances in development of new drugs, treatment regimens, and host-directed therapies

2018 271 citations Timothy D. McHugh, Alimuddin Zumla et al. profile →
Tuberculosis: advances and challenges in development of new diagnostics and biomarkers

2018 242 citations Timothy D. McHugh, Alimuddin Zumla et al. profile →
A 24-Week, All-Oral Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis

2022 154 citations Timothy D. McHugh et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Population pharmacokinetics and exposure–response relationship of the antituberculosis drug BTZ-043 2025 ·Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·(unknown), Norbert Heinrich, Veronique de Jager, (unknown), Patrick Phillips, (unknown), Rodney Dawson, Kim Narunsky, Letícia Muraro Wildner, Timothy D. McHugh, Lindsey H. M. te Brake, Andreas H. Diacon, Rob E. Aarnoutse, Michael Höelscher, Elin M. Svensson	1
2	An assessment of molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis testing and quality assessment: findings of an international survey 2025 ·Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) ·Jim F. Huggett, (unknown), Denise M. O’Sullivan, Katell Peoc’h, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Timothy D. McHugh, Mikashmi Kohli, Anita Suresh, Morten Rühwald, Shiyang Pan, Michael Messenger, Parviz Ahmad‐Nejad	0
3	The impact of physiological state and environmental stress on bacterial load estimation methodologies for Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Arundhati Maitra, (unknown), Hasmik Margaryan, Paolo Denti, Timothy D. McHugh, Frank Kloprogge	1
4	Acetic Acid Enables Molecular Enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputum and Eliminates the Need for a Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory 2024 ·Clinical Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Owen Billington, Stephen Morris‐Jones, James Millard, Mohlopheni J. Marakalala, Olumuyiwa Owolabi, (unknown), Alimuddin Zumla, Jayne S. Sutherland, Timothy D. McHugh, Isobella Honeyborne	0
5	Bacterial ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections: changing trends in antimicrobial susceptibility, a 7-year retrospective study from Pakistan 2023 ·Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·Amina Asif, Khalid Mahmood, Saba Riaz, Timothy D. McHugh, Sikander Sultan	5
6	A comparison of phenotypic and WGS drug susceptibility testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Republic of Korea 2023 ·JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance ·Seung Heon Lee, (unknown), Adam A. Witney, (unknown), Hyungseok Kang, Nathaniel Storey, Timothy D. McHugh, Giovanni Satta	2
7	Culture-Free Enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mouse Tissues Using the Molecular Bacterial Load Assay for Preclinical Drug Development 2022 ·Microorganisms ·Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Carolyn Shoen, Isobella Honeyborne, Simon Clark, Ann Williams, Galina V. Mukamolova, Michael H. Cynamon, Timothy D. McHugh	4
8	Clinical relevance assessment of animal preclinical research (RAA) tool: development and explanation 2021 ·PeerJ ·Kurinchi Selvan Gurusamy, David Moher, Marilena Loizidou, Irfan Ahmed, Marc T. Avey, Carly C. Barron, Brian R Davidson, Miriam Dwek, Christian Gluud, Gavin Jell, Kiran Kumar Katakam, Joshua Montroy, Timothy D. McHugh, (unknown), Merel Ritskes‐Hoitinga, (unknown), Jan Vollert, Manoj M. Lalu	9
9	Mobile-based and open-source case detection and infectious disease outbreak management systems: a review [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] 2020 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alexei Yavlinsky, (unknown), Rachel Burns, Alimuddin Zumla, Timothy D. McHugh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	Management and control of tuberculosis control in socially complex groups: a research programme including three RCTs 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Alistair Story, Elizabeth Garber, Robert W Aldridge, Catherine M. Smith, (unknown), Gloria Ferenando, (unknown), (unknown), Fatima Wurie, Serena Luchenski, Ibrahim Abubakar, Timothy D. McHugh, Peter J White, John Watson, Marc Lipman, Richard S. Garfein, Andrew Hayward	5
11	The changing treatment landscape for MDR/XDR-TB — Can current clinical trials revolutionise and inform a brave new world? 2019 ·International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Isobella Honeyborne, Marc Lipman, Alimuddin Zumla, Timothy D. McHugh	20
12	Detection of carbapenemases, AmpC and ESBL genes in Acinetobacter isolates from ICUs by DNA microarray 2018 ·Journal of Microbiological Methods ·(unknown), Timothy D. McHugh, (unknown), Gareth Platt, Taseer Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Sohail	19
13	Antitubercular specific activity of ibuprofen and the other 2-arylpropanoic acids using the HT-SPOTi whole-cell phenotypic assay 2013 ·BMJ Open ·Juan Guzman, Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Antima Gupta, Kristian Birchall, Solomon Mwaigwisya, Barbara Saxty, Timothy D. McHugh, Simon Gibbons, John P. Malkinson, Sanjib Bhakta	68
14	Impact Of Antibiotic Exposure On The Development Of Antibiotic Resistance In COPD Patients 2013 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Gavin C. Donaldson, Timothy D. McHugh, JA Wedzicha	1
15	Whole-genome sequencing to establish relapse or re-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a retrospective observational study 2013 ·The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ·Josephine M. Bryant, Simon R. Harris, Julian Parkhill, Rodney Dawson, Andreas H. Diacon, Paul D. van Helden, Alexander S. Pym, Aziah Ahmad Mahayiddin, Charoen Chuchottaworn, Ian Sanne, Cheryl Louw, Martin J. Boeree, Michael Höelscher, Timothy D. McHugh, (unknown), Robert D. Hunt, Solomon Mwaigwisya, Laura Wright, Stephen H. Gillespie, Stephen D. Bentley	153
16	Radiological cavitation, sputum mycobacterial load and treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis 2010 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Timothy D. McHugh, Andrew Nunn, Marc Lipman, Stephen H. Gillespie	38
17	Messenger RNA as a marker of treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Johirul Islam, Timothy D. McHugh, Marc Lipman, Stephen H. Gillespie	1
18	Is there an association between paradoxical reactions and mycobacterium tuberculosis strain type? 2004 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), RJ Shorten, (unknown), Timothy D. McHugh, Marc Lipman	1
19	The Growth of Person-to-Person Electronic Payments 2002 ·Chicago Fed Letter ·Timothy D. McHugh	3
20	DEMONSTRATION OF HOMOLOGY BETWEEN IS6110 OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS AND DNAS OF OTHER MYCOBACTERIUM SPP (VOL 33, PG 2290, 1995) 1995 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Lindsey Kent, Timothy D. McHugh, Owen Billington, (unknown), Stephen H. Gillespie	5

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