Walter T. Hughes

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
216 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Walter T. Hughes is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter T. Hughes has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Epidemiology, 105 papers in Infectious Diseases and 34 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Walter T. Hughes's work include Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (109 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (49 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (40 papers). Walter T. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (109 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (49 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (40 papers). Walter T. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Walter T. Hughes's co-authors include Sandor Feldman, Jerry L. Shenep, Philip A. Pizzo, Ronald Feld, Lowell S. Young, Arthur E. Brown, Kenneth V. I. Rolston, Donald Armstrong, Linda L. Williford Pifer and Helieh S. Oz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Walter T. Hughes

210 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

2002 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobi... 1977 2026 1993 2009 2002 1977 1997 1978 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. 2002 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer
    2002 1.4k citations Walter T. Hughes et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Successful Chemoprophylaxis forPneumocystis cariniiPneumonitis
    1977 508 citations Walter T. Hughes, Subhash Chaudhary et al. profile →
  3. 1997 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Unexplained Fever
    1997 503 citations Walter T. Hughes et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
  4. Pneumocystis carinii Infection: Evidence for High Prevalence in Normal and Immunosuppressed Children
    1978 324 citations Linda L. Williford Pifer, Walter T. Hughes et al. PEDIATRICS profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter T. Hughes United States 46 6.5k 4.3k 3.1k 1.2k 859 216 10.3k
Donald Armstrong United States 61 7.2k 1.1× 6.1k 1.4× 3.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 719 0.8× 220 14.1k
Drew J. Winston United States 48 5.3k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 631 0.5× 670 0.8× 97 8.0k
James C. Wade United States 40 3.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 2.2k 1.8× 956 1.1× 90 9.6k
Jo‐Anne H. Young United States 32 4.8k 0.7× 3.9k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 647 0.8× 96 9.0k
Alison G. Freifeld United States 37 3.7k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 3.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 608 0.7× 97 7.4k
Raleigh A. Bowden United States 51 7.7k 1.2× 5.8k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 302 0.2× 424 0.5× 98 11.4k
Dan Engelhard Israel 45 3.8k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 671 0.5× 354 0.4× 167 7.3k
Lowell S. Young United States 39 2.8k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 123 6.8k
Elio Castagnola Italy 40 3.0k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 863 0.7× 776 0.9× 300 6.6k
J. Peter Donnelly Netherlands 50 6.2k 1.0× 6.6k 1.5× 3.5k 1.1× 797 0.6× 769 0.9× 178 12.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sanyal, Shyamal K., et al.. (2015). Management of Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Due to Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonitis in Immunosuppressed Hosts. American Review of Respiratory Disease.
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Flynn, Patricia M., et al.. (1998). Disseminated Infection Due toMycobacterium fortuitumin a Patient with Desmoid Tumor. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 26(1). 237–238. 7 indexed citations
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Oz, Helieh S. & Walter T. Hughes. (1998). DNA amplification from nasopharyngeal aspirates in rats: A procedure to detect Pneumocystis carinii. The FASEB Journal. 12(5). 1 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1996). Helicobacter pylori Infection. Pediatric Annals. 25(9). 491–493. 6 indexed citations
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Oz, Helieh S. & Walter T. Hughes. (1996). Acute fulminating babesiosis in hamsters infected with Babesia microti. International Journal for Parasitology. 26(6). 667–670. 13 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1996). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis in patients with cancer. 13(10). 2 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1988). A Tribute to Toilet Paper. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 10(1). 218–222. 7 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1984). Hematogenous histoplasmosis in the immunocompromised child. The Journal of Pediatrics. 105(4). 569–575. 25 indexed citations
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Pifer, Linda L. Williford, et al.. (1977). Comparison of gastric contents to pulmonary aspirates for the cytologic diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 90(2). 243–244. 6 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T., Sandor Feldman, & Subhash Chaudhary. (1976). Comparison of trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP SMZ) and pentamidine (PNT) in the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis (PCP). Pediatric Research. 10(4). 2 indexed citations
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Feldman, Sandor, et al.. (1976). Varicella in Children With Cancer: Seventy-Seven Cases. PEDIATRICS. 57(2). 196–196. 313 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T., Shyamal K. Sanyal, & Robert A. Price. (1976). Signs, symptoms, and pathophysiology of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 43. 77–88. 17 indexed citations
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Cox, Frederick & Walter T. Hughes. (1975). Contagious and Other Aspects of Nocardiosis in the Compromised Host. PEDIATRICS. 55(1). 135–138. 23 indexed citations
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Cox, Frederick & Walter T. Hughes. (1975). Cytomegaloviremia in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 87(2). 190–194. 38 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T., et al.. (1973). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis in children with malignancies. The Journal of Pediatrics. 82(3). 404–415. 123 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T., et al.. (1973). Thermophilic fungi in the mycoflora of man and environmental air. Mycopathologia. 49(2-3). 147–152. 8 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1968). Chromoblastomycosisversus sporotrichosis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 73(2). 253–254. 4 indexed citations
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Sanyal, Shyamal K., Walter T. Hughes, & Frank Falkner. (1963). Shigellosis in infancy and childhood. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(5). 784–785. 1 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T.. (1963). Tularemia in children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(4). 495–502. 7 indexed citations
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Hughes, Walter T. & James N. Etteldorf. (1957). Oropharyngeal tularemia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 51(4). 363–372. 9 indexed citations

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