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Clarivate Analytics Web of Science referred articles

In total 60 Reuters Web of Science referred scientific articles published. Sum of the times cited – 1140, h index = 20 (2020-07-31).

  1. Paulaviciene IJ, Liubsys A, Molyte A, Eidukaite A, Usonis V. Circadian changes in the composition of human milk macronutrients depending on pregnancy duration: a cross-sectional study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2020;15(1):49. IF=2.545, Q-1
  2. van Houten CB, Naaktgeboren CA, Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L, Ashkenazi S, Avis W, Chistyakov I, … Usonis V, … et al. Expert panel diagnosis demonstrated high reproducibility as reference standard in infectious diseases. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2019;112:20-7. IF=4.65, Q-1
  3. Hsia Y, Lee BR, Versporten A, Yang Y, Bielicki J, Jackson C, … Usonis V, … et al. Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries. The Lancet Global Health. 2019;7(7):e861-e71. IF=15.873, Q-1
  4. Hufnagel M, Versporten A, Bielicki J, Drapier N, Sherland M, Goossens H, … Usonis V, … et al. High Rates of Prescribing Antimicrobials for Prophylaxis in Children and Neonates: Results From the Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children Point Prevalence Survey. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2019;8(2):143-51. IF=2.269, Q-2
  5. Mészner Z, Wysocki J, Richter D, Zavadska D, Ivaskeviciene I, Usonis V, et al. Burden of varicella in Central and Eastern Europe: findings from a systematic literature review. Expert Review of Vaccines. 2019:1-13. IF=4.531, Q-2
  6. Povey M, Henry O, Riise Bergsaker MA, Chlibek R, Esposito S, Flodmark C-E, … Usonis V, … et al. Protection against varicella with two doses of combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: 10-year follow-up of a phase 3 multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. e-pub February 11, 2019. IF=25.148
  7. Versporten A, Zarb P, Caniaux I, Gros M-F, Drapier N, Miller M, …. Usonis V. …. et al. Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey. The Lancet Global Health. 2018;6(6):e619-e29. IF=17,786
  8. Sviestina I, Usonis V, Gurksniene V, Burokiene S, Ivaskeviciene I, Mozgis D. Prescription of antibiotics in Riga and Vilnius tertiary children’s hospitals. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 2018,25: 189-194. IF= 0.538
  9. Falup-Pecurariu OG, Diez-Domingo J, Esposito S, Finn A, Rodrigues F, Spoulou V, Syrogiannopoulos G.A., Usonis V., Greenberg. Clinical and laboratory features of children with community-acquired pneumonia are associated with distinct radiographic presentations. European Journal of Pediatrics. 2018;177(7):1111-20. IF=2.242
  10. Burokiene S, Raistenskis J, Burokaite E, Cerkauskiene R, Usonis V. Factors Determining Parents’ Decisions to Bring Their Children to the Pediatric Emergency Department for a Minor Illness. Med Sci Monit 2017; 23:4141-4148. IF=1,585
  11. Burokienė S, Kairienė I, Strička M, Labanauskas L, Čerkauskienė R, Raistenskis J, Usonis V. Unscheduled return visits to a pediatric emergency department. Medicina. 2017. IF=0,802
  12. Plankis T, Juozapavicius A, Stasiene E, Usonis V. Computer-aided detection of interstitial lung diseases: A texture approach. Nonlinear Analysis-Modelling and Control. 2017;22(3):404-11. IF = 1,107
  13. Carrillo-Santisteve, P., … Usonis V. … et al., Seroprevalence and susceptibility to hepatitis A in the European Union and European Economic Area: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2017. 17(10): p. e306-e319. IF=19.684
  14. Usonis V, Jackowska T, Petraitiene S, Sapala A, Neculau A, Stryjewska I, et al. Incidence of acute otitis media in children below 6years of age seen in medical practices in five East European countries. BMC Pediatrics. 2016;16(1):108. IF= 1,81
  15. Usonis V, Ivaskevicius R, Diez-Domingo J, Esposito S, Falup-Pecurariu OG, Finn A, et al. Comparison between diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in children in various medical centres across Europe with the United States, United Kingdom and the World Health Organization guidelines. Pneumonia. 2016;8(1):1-10
  16. Heininger U, André P, Chlibek R, Kristufkova Z, Kutsar K, Mangarov A, et al. Comparative Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries, 2000-2013. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(6):e0155949. IF2015=3,54, Q-2
  17. Stacevičienė I, Petraitienė S, Vaičiūnienė D, Alasevičius T, Kirslienė J, Usonis V. Antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae, isolated from nasopharynx of preschool children with acute respiratory tract infection in Lithuania. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2016;16(1):1-8. IF=2.613
  18. Spyridis N, Syridou G, Goossens H, Versporten A, Kopsidas J, Kourlaba G, … Usonis V. et al. Variation in paediatric hospital antibiotic guidelines in Europe. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2016;101(1):72-6.
  19. Selvestravičius R, Sučilienė E, Saniukas K, Bobelytė O, Usonis V. Sternal osteomyelitis after bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination. Pediatric Reports. 2016;8(3)
  20. Heininger U AP, Chlibek R, Kristufkova Z, Kutsar K, Mangarov A, Zsófia Mészner, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Vladimir Petrović, Roman Prymula, Vytautas Usonis, Dace Zavadska. Comparative Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries, 2000-2013. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(6):e0155949
  21. Usonis V, Stacevičienė I, Petraitienė S, Vaičiūnienė D, Alasevičius T, Kirslienė J: Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonisation in children aged under six years with acute respiratory tract infection in Lithuania, February 2012 to March 2013. Eurosurveillance 2015, 20(13):34-41. IF=4,659
  22. Vesikari T, Van Damme P, Giaquinto C, Dagan R, Guarino A, Szajewska H, Usonis V: European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consensus Recommendations for Rotavirus Vaccination in Europe. Update 2014. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2015, Publish Ahead of Print. IF=3,135
  23. Richer D, Anca I, Andre FE, Bakir M, Chlibek R, Čižman M, Mangarov A, Meszner Z, Pokorn M, Prymula R … Usonis V. … et al: Immunization of high-risk paediatric populations: Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG) recommendations. Expert Review of Vaccines 2014; DOI 10.1586/14760584.2014.897615.  IF- 4,217
  24. Lutsar I, … Usonis V. et al: Current management of late onset neonatal bacterial sepsis in five European countries. European Journal of Pediatrics 2014, 173(8):997-1004. IF=1,983
  25. Prymula R, Bergsaker MR, Esposito S, Gothefors L, Man S, Snegova N, Štefkovičova M, Usonis V, Wysocki J, Douha M et al: Protection against varicella with two doses of combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine versus one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: a multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet 2014. IF – 39,207
  26. Bonanni P, Gershon A, Gershon M, Kulcsár A, Papaevangelou V, Rentier B, Sadzot-Delvaux C, Usonis V, Vesikari T, Weil-Olivier C et al: Primary Versus Secondary Failure After Varicella Vaccination: Implications for Interval Between 2 Doses. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2013, 32(7):e305-e313. IF – 3,135
  27. Zavadska, D., … Usonis V. et al., Recommendations for tick-borne encephalitis vaccination from the Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG). Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2013. 9(2): p. 362-374. IF=2,131
  28. Piralla, A., … Usonis V. et al., Genome Characterisation of Enteroviruses 117 and 118: A New Group within Human Enterovirus Species C. Plos One, 2013. 8(4). IF=3,534
  29. Mészner, Z., … Usonis V. et al., Rotavirus Vaccination in Central Europe. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2013. 56(6): p. 586-596 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31828dc35d. IF=2,873
  30. Versporten, A., Sharland M, Bielicki J, Drapier N, Vankerckhoven V, Goossens H, … Usonis V. et al., The Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children Project: A Neonatal and Pediatric Antimicrobial Web-based Point Prevalence Survey in 73 Hospitals Worldwide. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013. 32(6): p. e242-e253
  31. Esposito, S., … Usonis V. et al., Do We Know When, What and For How Long to Treat?: Antibiotic Therapy for Pediatric Community-acquired Pneumonia. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2012. 31(6): p. e78-e85 10.1097/INF.0b013e318255dc5b. IF=3,569
  32. Daleno, C., … Usonis V. et al., Novel human enterovirus C infection in child with community-acquired pneumonia [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis, 2012. 18(11): p. 1913-1915. IF=7,327
  33. Daleno, C., … Usonis V. et al., Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Human Enterovirus C (HEV-C117) Identified in a Child with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Journal of Virology, 2012. 86(19): p. 10888-10889. IF=4,648
  34. Chlibek, R., … Usonis V. et al., Adult vaccination in 11 Central European countries – Calendars are not just for children. Vaccine, 2012. 30(9): p. 1529-1540. IF=3,492
  35. Usonis V, Ivaskeviciene I, Desselberger U, Rodrigo C: The unpredictable diversity of co-circulating rotavirus types in Europe and the possible impact of universal mass vaccination programmes on rotavirus genotype incidence. Vaccine 2012, 30(31):4596-4605. IF=3,492
  36. Usonis, V., et al., Rubella revisited: Where are we on the road to disease elimination in Central Europe? Vaccine, 2011. 29(49): p. 9141-9147. IF=3,766
  37. Prymula, R., … Usonis V. et al., Paediatric pneumococcal disease in Central Europe. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2011. 30(11): p. 1311-1320. IF=2,859
  38. Kollaritsch, H., … Usonis V. et al., The current perspective on tick-borne encephalitis awareness and prevention in six Central and Eastern European countries: Report from a meeting of experts convened to discuss TBE in their region. Vaccine, 2011. 29(28): p. 4556-4564. IF=3,766
  39. Iturriza-Gomara M, … Usonis V. et al: Rotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network. Epidemiology and Infection 2011, 139(6):895-909. IF=2,843
  40. Usonis, V., et al., Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for influenza vaccination in children. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010. 10(1): p. 168. IF=2,825
  41. Iturriza-Gómara, M., … Usonis V. et al., Rotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network. Epidemiology and Infection, Published online by Cambridge University Press, 2010. 139(6): p. 895-909. IF=2,843
  42. Chlibek, R., … Usonis V. et al., Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccination. Vaccine, 2010. 28(22): p. 3758-3766. IF=3,572
  43. Prymula, R., … Usonis V. et al., Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for the introduction of HPV vaccines. Eur J Pediatr, 2009. 168(9): p. 1031-1035. IF=1,634
  44. Lutsar, I., … Usonis V. et al., Epidemiological characteristics of pertussis in Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey -1945 to 2005. Eur J Pediatr, 2009. 168(4): p. 407-415. IF=1,634
  45. Iturriza-Gomara, M., … Usonis V. et al., Rotavirus surveillance in Europe, 2005-2008: web-enabled reporting and real-time analysis of genotyping and epidemiological data. J Infect Dis, 2009. 200 Suppl 1: p. S215-21. IF=5,865

Other referred articles

  1. Ivaškevičienė I, Usonis V. Žmogaus imunodeficito virusu (ŽIV) infekuotų vaikų priežiūros optimizavimo perspektyvos Lietuvoje. Laboratorinė medicina. 2018;20(1):79-83.
  2. Lutsar I, Chazallon C, Trafojer U, Meiffredy de Cabre V, Auriti C, Bertaina C, … Usonis V., …  et al. Meropenem vs standard of care for treatment of neonatal late onset sepsis (NeoMero1): a randomised controlled trial. bioRxiv. 2018.
  3. Pliauckienė A, Usonis V, Liubšys A. Naujagimio kraujotaka: naujos įvertinimo galimybės ir iššūkiai. Lietuvos akušerija ir ginekologija. 2018;21(1):76-83
  4. Burokienė S, Kisielienė I, Usonis V: Integruota vaikų sveikatos priežiūra: tarptautinė patirtis ir rekomendacijos. Visuomenės sveikata 2014, 4(67):85-90.
  5. Garau J, … Usonis V et al: Adult vaccination: a key component of healthy ageing. The benefits of life-course immunisation in Europe. 2013:1-192 
  6. Burokienė, S., … Usonis V et al., Pagalba vaikams priėmimo-skubios pagalbos skyriuose Lietuvos ligoninėse ligonių srautai ir naudojimosi paslaugomis tendencijos. Sveikatos mokslai, 2012. 22(3): p. 54-57.
  7. Usonis V, Gurkšnienė V: Antibiotikų skyrimas vaikams ir naujagimiams. Sveikatos mokslai 2012, 22(6):100-103.
  8. Ivaškevičienė, I., … Usonis V et al., Rotavirusinė infekcija: etiopatogenezė, epidemiologija ir profilaktikos galimybės. Visuomenės sveikata, 2012. 3(58): p. 10-18.
  9. Ivaškevičius, R., I. Ivaškevičienė, and Usonis. Kokliušo ypatumai modernioje visuomenėje. Vaikų pulmonologija ir alergologija 2012. 15(1): p. 69-80.
  10. Usonis, V., I. Narkevičiutė, and V. Guntaitė, Effectiveness of early oseltamivir treatment in children with pandemic 2009 A/H1N1 influenza in the Vilnius University Children Hospital. Acta Medica Lituanica. , 2012. 19(4): p. 459-465.
  11. Marengolcienė M, Petraitienė S, Garckija R, Usonis V: Streptococcus pneumoniae nešiojimao pokyčiai sveikų iki trejų metų amžiaus vaikų nosiaryklėje. Vaikų pulmonologija ir alergologija 2011, 14(2):15-21.
  12. Usonis V. Pertussis in modern society. Vaikų pulmonologija ir alergologija 2011, 14(1):34-35
  13. Usonis V, Mickienė A, Vėlyvytė D, Nadišauskienė R, Drąsutienė G, Ambrozaitis A ir kt. Nėščiųjų gripas ir jo profilaktika. Lietuvos akušerija ir ginekologija. 2010;13(3):260-71.
  14. Petraitienė S., Bernatonienė G., Murauskaitė G., Erlendsdottir H., Bernatonienė J., S.Pneumoniae nešiojimas 2-7 metų Vilniaus vaikų nosiaryklėje. Vaikų pulmonologija ir alergologija, 2009;12:1, 4119-4130
  15. Mauricas M, Petraitienė S, Kvietkauskaitė R, Tamošiūnas V, Girkontaitė I, Usonis V. Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and salivary antibodies induced by pneumococcus in Vilnius preschool children. Acta Medica Lithuanica. 2009;16(3-4):111-118.

Monographs

    1. Vesikari, T. and V. Usonis, Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine, in Pediatric Vaccines and Vaccination. A European Textbook, T. Vesikari and P. Van Damme, Editors. 2017, Springer Nature: Cham, Switzerland. p. 69-77.
    1. Usonis V: Pediatrijos praktikos vadovas; 2012, antras leidimas 2015. Leidinio mokslinis, redaktorius vaikų infekcinių ligų skyrių autorius.
  1. Usonis V. Vakcinos ir skiepijimas. Vilnius, Homo Liber, 2010, 328p.