William Schaffner

40.3k citations
460 papers · 22.7k · 7 hit papers · h-index 77

Impact in

  • Microbiology top 0.02%
    • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Epidemiology top 0.05%
    • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
    • Respiratory viral infections research
    • Influenza Virus Research Studies
    • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Papers in

    • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections 89
    • Influenza Virus Research Studies 63
    • Respiratory viral infections research 43
    • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 40

William Schaffner

443 papers receiving 20.6k citations

William Schaffner's Hit Papers

Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015 2019 · 270 citations
2700+13+26Years since publication2505007501000

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William Schaffner
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  • Microbiology 3.2k
  • Epidemiology 10.8k
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 581
  • Infectious Diseases 4.6k
  • Endocrinology 738
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Schaffner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine
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20091076
2
Psychotropic Drug Use and the Risk of Hip Fracture
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1987859
3
Effect of Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
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2006721
4
Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007
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2011690
5
Incidence of Pneumococcal Disease Due to Non–Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) Serotypes in the United States during the Era of Widespread PCV7 Vaccination, 1998–2004
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2007630
6
Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study
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2006520
7 2008415
8 2009401
9 2006377
10 2009364
11 1980344
12 2005308
13
Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015
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2019270
14
Tularemia: a 30-year experience with 88 cases.
1985258
15 1980255
16 1985246
17 2010238
18 2014209
19 1978207
20 1983206

About William Schaffner

William Schaffner is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Microbiology and Health, having authored 460 papers that have together received 22.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (89 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (63 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (43 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (40 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (29 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (25 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (20 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (3.2k citations), Epidemiology (10.8k citations), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (581 citations), Infectious Diseases (4.6k citations) and Endocrinology (738 citations). William Schaffner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Vietnam. Frequent co-authors include Allen S. Craig, Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Ann Thomas, Arthur Reingold, Wayne A. Ray, Ruth Lynfield, Marie R. Griffin, Nancy M. Bennett and Cynthia G. Whitney. Their work appears in journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, New England Journal of Medicine and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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