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Philippa C. Matthews

Philippa C. Matthews

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
63
Citations
16037
World Ranking
2708
National Ranking
238

Philippa C. Matthews publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philippa C. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 360 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Philippa C. Matthews D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philippa C. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Philippa C. Matthews is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Medicine

The subfields where their contributions are significant include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatology
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Health

Their work spans multiple topics, with a substantial focus on viral hepatitis and COVID-19, including:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Philippa C. Matthews has authored multiple papers, among which the following are notable recent publications:

  • Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Inhaled budesonide in the treatment of early COVID-19 (STOIC): a phase 2, open-label, randomised controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Immunogenicity of standard and extended dosing intervals of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, 2021, Cell

Philippa frequently collaborates with a scientific network that includes:

  • David W. Eyre
  • Eleanor Barnes
  • Nicole Stoesser
  • Derrick W. Crook
  • Sheila Lumley

Their publications are commonly featured in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers.

    S F Lumley;D O'Donnell;N E Stoesser;P C Matthews

  • Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for bone and joint infection

    Li H-K.;Li H-K.;I Rombach;R Zambellas;A S Walker

  • Adaptation of HIV-1 to human leukocyte antigen class I

    Y. Kawashima;K. Pfafferott;J. Frater;P. Matthews

  • Fitness Cost of Escape Mutations in p24 Gag in Association with Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Javier Martinez-Picado;Julia G. Prado;Elizabeth E. Fry;Katja Pfafferott

  • Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK.

    Koen B. Pouwels;Koen B. Pouwels;Emma Pritchard;Emma Pritchard;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Nicole Stoesser

  • Antibody responses and correlates of protection in the general population after two doses of the ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2 vaccines

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  • Inhaled budesonide in the treatment of early COVID-19 (STOIC): a phase 2, open-label, randomised controlled trial.

    Sanjay Ramakrishnan;Sanjay Ramakrishnan;Sanjay Ramakrishnan;Dan V Nicolau;Dan V Nicolau;Dan V Nicolau;Beverly Langford;Beverly Langford;Mahdi Mahdi;Mahdi Mahdi

  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison

    M Ainsworth;M Andersson;M Andersson;K Auckland;J K Baillie

  • Impact of vaccination on new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United Kingdom.

    Emma Pritchard;Emma Pritchard;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Nicole Stoesser;David W. Eyre

  • Immunogenicity of standard and extended dosing intervals of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine.

    R P Payne;S Longet;J A Austin;D T Skelly

  • Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in 45,965 adults from the general population of the United Kingdom.

    J Wei;N Stoesser;P Matthews;P Matthews;D Ayoubkhani

  • Phase 1/2 trial of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 with a booster dose induces multifunctional antibody responses.

    Barrett;S Belij-Rammerstorfer;C Dold;K J Ewer

  • Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study.

    D W Eyre;S F Lumley;D O'Donnell;M Campbell

  • The duration, dynamics and determinants of SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in individual healthcare workers.

    S F Lumley;J Wei;D O'Donnell;N E Stoesser;N E Stoesser;N E Stoesser

  • Transmission of HIV-1 Gag immune escape mutations is associated with reduced viral load in linked recipients

    Paul A. Goepfert;Wendy Lumm;Paul Farmer;Philippa Matthews

  • Epidemiology and impact of HIV coinfection with hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Philippa C. Matthews;Anna Maria Geretti;Philip J.R. Goulder;Paul Klenerman

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    E R Adams;M Ainsworth;R Anand;M I Andersson

  • Additive Contribution of HLA Class I Alleles in the Immune Control of HIV-1 Infection

    Alasdair Leslie;Philippa C. Matthews;Jennifer Listgarten;Jonathan M. Carlson

  • Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): is it safe for selected patients to self-administer at home? A retrospective analysis of a large cohort over 13 years

    Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Christopher P. Conlon;Anthony R. Berendt;Anthony R. Berendt;Jill Kayley

  • Community prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in England from April to November, 2020: results from the ONS Coronavirus Infection Survey.

    K B Pouwels;K B Pouwels;T House;T House;E Pritchard;E Pritchard;J V Robotham

  • Central Role of Reverting Mutations in HLA Associations with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Set Point

    Philippa C. Matthews;Andrew Prendergast;Alasdair Leslie;Hayley Crawford

  • Two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induce robust immune responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.

    D T Skelly;A C Harding;J Gilbert-Jaramillo;M L Knight

  • COVID-19: Rapid antigen detection for SARS-CoV-2 by lateral flow assay: A national systematic evaluation of sensitivity and specificity for mass-testing.

    Tim Peto;Dominic Affron;Babak Afrough;Anita Agasu

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    Emily Adams;Mark Ainsworth;Rekha Anand;Monique I Andersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. R. Goulder
Philip J. R. Goulder University of Oxford
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Eleanor Barnes
Eleanor Barnes University of Oxford
Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Nicole Stoesser
Nicole Stoesser University of Oxford
David W. Eyre
David W. Eyre University of Oxford
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Thumbi Ndung'u
Thumbi Ndung'u University of KwaZulu-Natal
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford

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