Stuart Johnson

25.8k citations

188 papers · 18.9k · 8 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.01%
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.05%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 157
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research 149
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 41
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 23
Epidemiology 83
- Microscopic Colitis 71

Co-authors: Dale N. Gerding (94 shared papers)L. Clifford McDonald (7 shared papers)Susan P. Sambol (37 shared papers)Mark H. Wilcox (8 shared papers)Ciarán P. Kelly (6 shared papers)Vivian G. Loo (4 shared papers)Lance R. Peterson (14 shared papers)Stuart H. Cohen (2 shared papers)
Journals: Clinical Infectious Diseases (27 papers)Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (17 papers)Open Forum Infectious Diseases (10 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (10 papers)Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Stuart Johnson

183 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Stuart Johnson's Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults 2021 · 406 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

2021 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2017 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2014 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2010 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
2009 Nature
2005 New England Journal of Medicine
1995 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

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1	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Stuart H. Cohen, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Ciarán P. Kelly, Vivian G. Loo, L. Clifford McDonald, (unknown), Mark H. Wilcox Hit paper breakdown →	2010	2298
2	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Clinical Infectious Diseases ·L. Clifford McDonald, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Johan Bakken, Karen C. Carroll, Susan Coffin, Erik R. Dubberke, Kevin W. Garey, Carolyn V. Gould, Ciarán P. Kelly, Vivian G. Loo, Julia Shaklee Sammons, Thomas J. Sandora, Mark H. Wilcox Hit paper breakdown →	2017	1927
3	An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of Clostridium difficile New England Journal of Medicine ·L. Clifford McDonald, George Killgore, Angela Thompson, Robert C. Owens, Sophia V. Kazakova, Susan P. Sambol, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding Hit paper breakdown →	2005	1564
4	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Clinical Infectious Diseases ·L. Clifford McDonald, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Johan Bakken, Karen C. Carroll, Susan Coffin, Erik R. Dubberke, Kevin W. Garey, Carolyn V. Gould, Ciaran Kelly, Vivian G. Loo, Julia Shaklee Sammons, Thomas J. Sandora, Mark H. Wilcox Hit paper breakdown →	2018	799
5	Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile Nature ·Dena Lyras, Jennifer R. O’Connor, Pauline M. Howarth, Susan P. Sambol, Glen P. Carter, Tongted Phumoonna, Rachael Poon, Vicki Adams, Gayatri Vedantam, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Julian I. Rood Hit paper breakdown →	2009	591
6	Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Lance R. Peterson, Maury E. Mulligan, Joseph Silva Hit paper breakdown →	1995	510
7	Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Stuart Johnson, Valéry Lavergne, Andrew M Skinner, Anne J Gonzales-Luna, Kevin W. Garey, Ciarán P. Kelly, Mark H. Wilcox Hit paper breakdown →	2021	406
8	Vancomycin, Metronidazole, or Tolevamer for Clostridium difficile Infection: Results From Two Multinational, Randomized, Controlled Trials Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Stuart Johnson, Thomas Louie, Dale N. Gerding, Oliver A. Cornely, Scott Chasan-Taber, David Fitts, Steven P Gelone, Colin Broom, David M. Davidson, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2014	400
9	Acquisition of Clostridium difficile by Hospitalized Patients: Evidence for Colonized New Admissions as a Source of Infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Connie Clabots, Stuart Johnson, Mary M. Olson, Lance R. Peterson, Dale N. Gerding	1992	365
10	Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding	1998	326
11	Clostridium difficilebinary toxin CDT Gut Microbes ·Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Maja Rupnik, Klaus Aktories	2013	325
12	Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Lance R. Peterson, Maury E. Mulligan, Joseph Silva	1995	316
13	Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: A review of risk factors, treatments, and outcomes Journal of Infection ·Stuart Johnson	2009	313
14	Primary symptomless colonisation by Clostridium difficile and decreased risk of subsequent diarrhoea The Lancet ·Janet K. Shim, Stuart Johnson, Matthew H. Samore, Donna Z. Bliss, Dale N. Gerding	1998	297
15	Comparison of Seven Techniques for Typing International Epidemic Strains of Clostridium difficile : Restriction Endonuclease Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, PCR-Ribotyping, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, and Surface Layer Protein A Gene Sequence Typing Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·George Killgore, Angela Thompson, Stuart Johnson, John Brazier, Ed J. Kuijper, (unknown), Éric Frost, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Brad Nicholson, Renate J. van den Berg, Haru Kato, Susan P. Sambol, Walter E. Zukowski, Christopher W. Woods, Brandi Limbago, Dale N. Gerding, L. Clifford McDonald	2007	291
16	Clostridium difficile Infection Caused by the Epidemic BI/NAP1/027 Strain Gastroenterology ·Jennifer R. O’Connor, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding	2009	275
17	Epidemics of Diarrhea Caused by a Clindamycin-Resistant Strain ofClostridium difficilein Four Hospitals New England Journal of Medicine ·Stuart Johnson, Matthew H. Samore, Kylie A. Farrow, George Killgore, Fred C. Tenover, Dena Lyras, Julian I. Rood, Paola C. DeGirolami, Aldona L. Baltch, Mary Ellen Rafferty, Suzanne M. Pear, Dale N. Gerding	1999	273
18	Nosocomial Clostridium difficile colonisation and disease The Lancet ·(unknown), Stuart Johnson, Connie Clabots, Frank V. Linn, Mary M. Olson, Lance R. Peterson, Dale N. Gerding, (unknown), Frank V. Linn, Dale N. Gerding	1990	265
19	Treatment of Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile Carriers (Fecal Excretors) with Vancomycin or Metronidazole Annals of Internal Medicine ·Stuart Johnson, Scott R. Homann, Kristine M. Bettin, J.N. Quick, Connie Clabots, Lance R. Peterson, Dale N. Gerding	1992	264
20	Interruption of Recurrent Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea Episodes by Serial Therapy with Vancomycin and Rifaximin Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Stuart Johnson, Christopher Schriever, Minerva Galang, Ciarán P. Kelly, Dale N. Gerding	2007	244

About Stuart Johnson

Stuart Johnson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Surgery and Gastroenterology, having authored 188 papers that have together received 18.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (149 papers), Microscopic Colitis (71 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (41 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (23 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (22 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (16 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (9 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (16.3k citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.9k citations), Gastroenterology (1.3k citations), Epidemiology (7.8k citations) and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (245 citations). Stuart Johnson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Dale N. Gerding, L. Clifford McDonald, Susan P. Sambol, Mark H. Wilcox, Ciarán P. Kelly, Vivian G. Loo, Lance R. Peterson, Stuart H. Cohen, Kevin W. Garey and George Killgore. Their work appears in journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

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