W. Whyte

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W. Whyte is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Whyte has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in W. Whyte's work include Infection Control and Ventilation (26 papers), Surgical site infection prevention (15 papers) and Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs (12 papers). W. Whyte is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control and Ventilation (26 papers), Surgical site infection prevention (15 papers) and Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs (12 papers). W. Whyte collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Brazil. W. Whyte's co-authors include O. M. Lidwell, R Blowers, D. Lowe, E. J. L. Lowbury, Susan J. Stanley, R.D. Hodgson, Anna Hambræus, J Hoborn, B. H. Shaw and G Laurell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

W. Whyte

79 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effect of ultraclean air in operating rooms on deep sepsis in the joint after total hip or knee replacement: a randomised study.

1982 496 citations O. M. Lidwell, E. J. L. Lowbury et al. BMJ profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. Whyte	1.5k	646	278	252	218	83	2.4k
O. M. Lidwell	1.3k 0.9×	714 1.1×	497 1.8×	416 1.7×	161 0.7×	71	2.6k
R Blowers	1.1k 0.7×	356 0.6×	144 0.5×	273 1.1×	123 0.6×	44	1.8k
P. Bischoff	1.3k 0.9×	260 0.4×	49 0.2×	257 1.0×	70 0.3×	50	2.4k
Sandra I. Berríos-Torres	3.2k 2.2×	319 0.5×	32 0.1×	280 1.1×	136 0.6×	20	3.9k
Gary R. Seabrook	2.9k 2.0×	1.5k 2.2×	21 0.1×	233 0.9×	170 0.8×	125	4.1k
Gary F. Purdue	587 0.4×	375 0.6×	148 0.5×	108 0.4×	148 0.7×	114	3.7k
G.C. Bannister	6.2k 4.2×	387 0.6×	39 0.1×	183 0.7×	114 0.5×	188	7.8k
B.A. Latenser	1.5k 1.0×	961 1.5×	65 0.2×	165 0.7×	105 0.5×	104	3.2k
Ann Tammelin	310 0.2×	250 0.4×	65 0.2×	129 0.5×	79 0.4×	36	641
William F. McManus	758 0.5×	400 0.6×	68 0.2×	47 0.2×	157 0.7×	68	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Whyte

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Whyte, W., et al.. (2021). The design and testing of unidirectional airflow operating theatres. International Journal of Ventilation. 21(3). 247–262. 3 indexed citations

Whyte, W. & Birgitta Lytsy. (2019). Ultraclean air systems and the claim that laminar airflow systems fail to prevent deep infections after total joint arthroplasty. Journal of Hospital Infection. 103(1). e9–e15. 17 indexed citations

Whyte, W.. (2018). Advances in Cleanroom Technology. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

Whyte, W., et al.. (2014). Use of a Real-Time Microbial Air Sampler for Operational Cleanroom Monitoring. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. 68(2). 172–184. 4 indexed citations

Whyte, W., et al.. (2014). Decay of Airborne Contamination and Ventilation Effectiveness of Cleanrooms. International Journal of Ventilation. 13(3). 211–220. 4 indexed citations

Whyte, W., Anna Hambræus, G Laurell, & J Hoborn. (1992). The relative importance of the routes and sources of wound contamination during general surgery. II. Airborne. Journal of Hospital Infection. 22(1). 41–54. 101 indexed citations

Whyte, W., Anna Hambræus, G Laurell, & J Hoborn. (1991). The relative importance of routes and sources of wound contamination during general surgery. I. Non-airborne. Journal of Hospital Infection. 18(2). 93–107. 49 indexed citations

Whyte, W., D. L. Hamblen, I.G. Kelly, Anna Hambræus, & G Laurell. (1990). An investigation of occlusive polyester surgical clothing. Journal of Hospital Infection. 15(4). 363–374. 27 indexed citations

Hambræus, Anna, et al.. (1990). Biliary tract surgery: a bacteriologic and epidemiologic study.. PubMed. 156(2). 155–62. 7 indexed citations

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1989). Methods for calculating the efficiency of bacterial surface sampling techniques. Journal of Hospital Infection. 13(1). 33–41. 18 indexed citations

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Whyte, W.. (1988). The role of clothing and drapes in the operating room. Journal of Hospital Infection. 11. 2–17. 41 indexed citations

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1983). A bacteriologically occlusive clothing system for use in the operating room. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 65-B(4). 502–506. 40 indexed citations

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Whyte, W.. (1983). A multicentred investigation of clean air requirements for terminally sterilized pharmaceuticals.. PubMed. 37(4). 138–44. 1 indexed citations

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Lidwell, O. M., E. J. L. Lowbury, W. Whyte, et al.. (1982). Effect of ultraclean air in operating rooms on deep sepsis in the joint after total hip or knee replacement: a randomised study.. BMJ. 285(6334). 10–14. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1982). The importance of airborne bacterial contamination of wounds. Journal of Hospital Infection. 3(2). 123–135. 214 indexed citations

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Whyte, W.. (1981). The Casella Slit Sampler or the Biotest Centrifugal Sampler—which is the more efficient?. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2(4). 297–299. 7 indexed citations

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1976). Bacterial dispersion in relation to operating room clothing. Journal of Hygiene. 76(3). 367–378. 68 indexed citations

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Shaw, B. H. & W. Whyte. (1974). Air movement through doorways – the influence of temperature and its control by forced airflow. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 36 indexed citations

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1970). VENTILATION AND BACTERIAL SPREAD IN HOSPITAL. The Lancet. 295(7645). 522–523. 1 indexed citations

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Whyte, W., et al.. (1969). BACTERIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN A MECHANICALLY VENTILATED EXPERIMENTAL WARD AND IN TWO OPEN-PLAN WARDS. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2(3). 335–345. 12 indexed citations

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