Malcolm G. Semple

36.0k citations
108 papers · 3.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Impact in

  • Infectious Diseases top 1%
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
    • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
    • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
    • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
    • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Modeling and Simulation top 1%
    • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Papers in

  • Infectious Diseases 36
    • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research 14
    • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies 12
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 8
    • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing 7
  • Epidemiology 30
    • Respiratory viral infections research 16
    • Influenza Virus Research Studies 10
Co-authors
Rosalind L. Smyth (5 shared papers)Peter Openshaw (29 shared papers)C. Anthony Hart (3 shared papers)Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam (13 shared papers)Paul McNamara (2 shared papers)Julie Greensill (1 shared paper)W. Dove (1 shared paper)Angela Cowell (1 shared paper)
Journals
PLoS ONE (8 papers)Emerging infectious diseases (5 papers)The Lancet Infectious Diseases (4 papers)BMC Infectious Diseases (4 papers)Thorax (4 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia

In The Last Decade

Malcolm G. Semple

102 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Malcolm G. Semple's Hit Papers

Risk prediction of covid-19 related death and hospital admission in adults after covid-19 vaccination: national prospective cohort study 2021 · 203 citations
2030+1+3Years since publication50100150200
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  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2021 BMJ

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Malcolm G. Semple
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  • Infectious Diseases 1.2k
  • Modeling and Simulation 216
  • Epidemiology 997
  • Virology 137
  • Emergency Medical Services 110
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Dual Infection of Infants by Human Metapneumovirus and Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Is Strongly Associated with Severe Bronchiolitis
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Malcolm G. Semple, Angela Cowell, W. Dove, Julie Greensill, Paul McNamara, Claire Halfhide, P. Shears, Rosalind L. Smyth, C. Anthony Hart
2005340
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Risk prediction of covid-19 related death and hospital admission in adults after covid-19 vaccination: national prospective cohort study
BMJ ·Julia Hippisley‐Cox, Carol Coupland, Nisha Mehta, Ruth H. Keogh, Karla Diaz‐Ordaz, Kamlesh Khunti, Ronan A Lyons, Frank Kee, Aziz Sheikh, Shamim Rahman, Jonathan Valabhji, Ewen M. Harrison, Peter Sellen, Nazmus Haq, Malcolm G. Semple, Peter Johnson, Andrew Hayward, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam
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Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009)
Thorax ·Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Peter Openshaw, A. Hashim, Elaine Gadd, Wei Shen Lim, Malcolm G. Semple, Robert C. Read, B L Taylor, Stephen J. Brett, James McMenamin, J.E. Enstone, Colin Armstrong, Karl G. Nicholson
2010190
4
Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Related Hospitalization Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the ISARIC World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Characterization Protocol (UK): A Prospective Observational Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Anna María Geretti, Alexander Stockdale, Sophie Kelly, Müge Çevik, Simon Collins, Laura Waters, Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, Annemarie B Docherty, Ewen M. Harrison, Lance Turtle, Peter Openshaw, J. Kenneth Baillie, Caroline Sabin, Malcolm G. Semple
2020177
5
COVID-19 infection in children
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ·Ian Sinha, Rachel Harwood, Malcolm G. Semple, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Rebecca Thursfield, Omendra Narayan, Simon Kenny, Russell Viner, Simon Langton Hewer, Kevin W Southern
2020118
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CD8+ T Cell Responses in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Infants with Severe Primary Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
The Journal of Immunology ·Jojanneke Heidema, Michaël V. Lukens, Wendy W. C. van Maren, Mariska E. A. van Dijk, Henny G. Otten, Adrianus J. van Vught, D.B.M. van der Werff, Sjef J. P. van Gestel, Malcolm G. Semple, Rosalind L. Smyth, Jan L. L. Kimpen, Grada M. van Bleek
200799
7
Clarifying the evidence on SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid tests in public health responses to COVID-19
The Lancet ·Michael J. Mina, Tim Peto, Marta García‐Fiñana, Malcolm G. Semple, Iain Buchan
202193
8
Association of tiered restrictions and a second lockdown with COVID-19 deaths and hospital admissions in England: a modelling study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Nicholas G. Davies, Rosanna C. Barnard, Christopher I Jarvis, Timothy Russell, Malcolm G. Semple, Mark Jit, W. John Edmunds
202087
9
Proceedings of the 9th International Seminar on Speech Production
Joanne Cleland, Alan Wrench, James M. Scobbie, Malcolm G. Semple
201187
10
Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone
Emerging infectious diseases ·J. T. Scott, Foday Sesay, Thomas Massaquoi, Baimba Idriss, Foday Sahr, Malcolm G. Semple
201674
11
Asymptomatic infection and unrecognised Ebola virus disease in Ebola-affected households in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study using a new non-invasive assay for antibodies to Ebola virus
The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Judith R. Glynn, Hilary Bower, Sembia Johnson, Catherine Houlihan, Carla Montesano, J. T. Scott, Malcolm G. Semple, Mohammed S Bangura, Alie Joshua Kamara, Osman Kamara, Saidu H. Mansaray, Daniel Sesay, Cecilia Turay, Steven Dicks, Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum, Vittorio Colizzi, Francesco Checchi, Dhan Samuel, Richard S. Tedder
201771
12
HIV-1 RNA serum-load and resistant viral genotypes during early zidovudine therapy
The Lancet ·Clive Loveday, Steve Kaye, Malcolm G. Semple, V Ayliffe, Richard S. Tedder, M Tenant‐Flowers, Ian Weller
199567
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Direct measurement of viraemia in patients infected with HIV‐1 and its relationship to disease progression and zidovudine therapy
Journal of Medical Virology ·Malcolm G. Semple, Clive Loveday, Ian Weller, Richard S. Tedder
199166
14
Predictors of clinical outcome in a national hospitalised cohort across both waves of the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic 2009–2010 in the UK
Thorax ·Puja Myles, Malcolm G. Semple, Wei Shen Lim, Peter Openshaw, Elaine Gadd, Robert C. Read, Bruce L. Taylor, Stephen J. Brett, James McMenamin, Joanne Enstone, Colin Armstrong, Barbara Bannister, Karl G. Nicholson, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam
201266
15
Outcome of COVID-19 in hospitalised immunocompromised patients: An analysis of the WHO ISARIC CCP-UK prospective cohort study
PLoS Medicine ·Lance Turtle, Mathew Thorpe, Thomas M Drake, Maaike Swets, Carlo Palmieri, Clark D Russell, Antonia Ho, Stephen Aston, Dan Wootton, Alex Richter, Thushan I. de Silva, Hayley Hardwick, Gary Leeming, Andy Law, Peter Openshaw, Ewen M. Harrison, (unknown), J. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm G. Semple, Annemarie B Docherty
202357
16
Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infants Is Associated with Reduced Airway Interferon Gamma and Substance P
PLoS ONE ·Malcolm G. Semple, Hinke M. Dankert, Bahram Ebrahimi, Jailson B. Correia, John A. Booth, James P. Stewart, Rosalind L. Smyth, C. Anthony Hart
200756
17
Performance of the Innova SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid lateral flow test in the Liverpool asymptomatic testing pilot: population based cohort study
BMJ ·Marta García‐Fiñana, David M. Hughes, Christopher P. Cheyne, Girvan Burnside, Mark Stockbridge, Tom Fowler, Veronica L. Fowler, Mark H. Wilcox, Malcolm G. Semple, Iain Buchan
202153
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Household Tobacco Smoke and Admission Weight Predict Severe Bronchiolitis in Infants Independent of Deprivation: Prospective Cohort Study
PLoS ONE ·Malcolm G. Semple, David Taylor‐Robinson, Steven Lane, Rosalind L. Smyth
201153
19
Pre-Admission Statin Use and In-Hospital Severity of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Disease
PLoS ONE ·Stephen J. Brett, Puja Myles, Wei Shen Lim, Joanne Enstone, Barbara Bannister, Malcolm G. Semple, Robert C. Read, Bruce L. Taylor, Jim McMenamin, Karl G. Nicholson, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Peter Openshaw
201145
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The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Paul Kennedy, Malcolm G. Semple, Calum Gray, Annette Cooper, Eric Barnhill, Colin Brown, D. Donaldson, Edwin Jacques Rudolph van Beek, Peter R. Hoskins, Dieter Klatt, Ingolf Sack, Jürgen Braun, Carolyn Greig, Angus M. Hunter, Neil Roberts
201244

About Malcolm G. Semple

Malcolm G. Semple is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Emergency Medical Services and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 108 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (14 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (10 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (7 papers) and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (1.2k citations), Modeling and Simulation (216 citations), Epidemiology (997 citations), Virology (137 citations) and Emergency Medical Services (110 citations). Malcolm G. Semple has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Rosalind L. Smyth, Peter Openshaw, C. Anthony Hart, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Paul McNamara, Julie Greensill, W. Dove, Angela Cowell, P. Shears and Wei Shen Lim. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Emerging infectious diseases, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, BMC Infectious Diseases and Thorax.

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