Alexandra Levitt

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 980 citations indexed

About

Alexandra Levitt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Levitt has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 980 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Levitt's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (3 papers). Alexandra Levitt is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (3 papers). Alexandra Levitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Alexandra Levitt's co-authors include Sue Binder, Jeffrey J. Sacks, James M. Hughes, Vivian Ruvolo, Rima Khabbaz, Beth P. Bell, Riley J. Steiner, Noreen Qualls, Rachel Holloway and Howard Cedar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Levitt

21 papers receiving 911 citations

Hit Papers

Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza — United States, 2017
    2017 312 citations Noreen Qualls, Alexandra Levitt et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandra Levitt United States 13 241 240 196 166 163 22 980
Ian Miller United States 11 234 1.0× 510 2.1× 331 1.7× 177 1.1× 291 1.8× 16 1.6k
Henry Walke United States 21 148 0.6× 568 2.4× 321 1.6× 306 1.8× 155 1.0× 43 1.5k
Colin J. Worby United States 17 236 1.0× 277 1.2× 179 0.9× 297 1.8× 209 1.3× 38 1.1k
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo United States 12 239 1.0× 433 1.8× 336 1.7× 159 1.0× 199 1.2× 24 1.4k
Amesh A. Adalja United States 18 141 0.6× 344 1.4× 269 1.4× 159 1.0× 81 0.5× 56 1.1k
Nicki Pesik United States 16 289 1.2× 466 1.9× 370 1.9× 106 0.6× 218 1.3× 33 1.1k
Abdoul Habib Béavogui Guinea 21 115 0.5× 355 1.5× 554 2.8× 134 0.8× 89 0.5× 84 1.3k
Malavika Rajeev United States 9 213 0.9× 408 1.7× 300 1.5× 189 1.1× 184 1.1× 15 1.2k
Radhika Gharpure United States 16 125 0.5× 419 1.7× 232 1.2× 144 0.9× 115 0.7× 40 1.1k
Amadou Diallo Senegal 12 201 0.8× 723 3.0× 216 1.1× 116 0.7× 135 0.8× 60 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandra Levitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandra Levitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Levitt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandra Levitt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandra Levitt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexandra Levitt. Alexandra Levitt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levitt, Alexandra, et al.. (2022). Hematic Pseudocyst Masquerading as Orbital Cellulitis and Sinusitis. Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 13(1). 265–269.
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Levitt, Alexandra, Jonathan Mermin, Christopher M. Jones, Isaac See, & Jay C. Butler. (2020). Infectious Diseases and Injection Drug Use: Public Health Burden and Response. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(Supplement_5). S213–S217. 46 indexed citations
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Qualls, Noreen, Alexandra Levitt, Stephanie A. Dopson, et al.. (2017). Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza — United States, 2017. PubMed. 66(1). 1–34. 312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khabbaz, Rima, et al.. (2014). Challenges of infectious diseases in the USA. The Lancet. 384(9937). 53–63. 83 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, et al.. (2004). Immigrant and Border Infectious Disease Concerns for Women1. Emerging infectious diseases. 10(11). e25–e25. 1 indexed citations
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Dowell, Scott F. & Alexandra Levitt. (2002). Protecting the nation's health in an era of globalization; CDC's global infectious disease strategy. 10 indexed citations
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Binder, Sue, Alexandra Levitt, Jeffrey J. Sacks, & James M. Hughes. (1999). Emerging Infectious Diseases: Public Health Issues for the 21st Century. Science. 284(5418). 1311–1313. 184 indexed citations
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Binder, Sue & Alexandra Levitt. (1998). Preventing emerging infectious diseases; a strategy for the 21st century. 88 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra. (1998). The U.S.-EU Conference on Extension of the Salm/Enter-net Surveillance System for Human Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157 Infections. Emerging infectious diseases. 4(3). 502–503. 2 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, Filomena O. Dimayuga, & Vivian Ruvolo. (1993). Analysis of malarial transcripts using cDNA-directed polymerase chain reaction.. PubMed. 79(5). 653–62. 11 indexed citations
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Ruvolo, Vivian, Rita Altszuler, & Alexandra Levitt. (1993). The transcript encoding the circumsporozoite antigen of Plasmodium berghei utilizes heterogeneous polyadenylation sites. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 57(1). 137–150. 20 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra. (1993). RNA processing in malarial parasites. Parasitology Today. 9(12). 465–468. 22 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, Filomena O. Dimayuga, & Vivian Ruvolo. (1993). Analysis of Malarial Transcripts Using cDNA-Directed Polymerase Chain Reaction. Journal of Parasitology. 79(5). 653–653. 8 indexed citations
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Naclerio, Gino, Giuseppina Cangiano, Alan Coulson, et al.. (1992). Molecular and genomic organization of clusters of repetitive DNA sequences in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Molecular Biology. 226(1). 159–168. 26 indexed citations
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Ruvolo, Vivian, Joseph A. Hill, & Alexandra Levitt. (1992). The Tc2 Transposon of Caenorhabditis elegans Has the Structure of a Self-Regulated Element. DNA and Cell Biology. 11(2). 111–122. 20 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, Suzie Chen, George Blanck, Diane George, & Robert Pollack. (1985). Two Integrated Partial Repeats of Simian Virus 40 Together Code for a Super-T Antigen. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(4). 742–750. 9 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, et al.. (1985). Two integrated partial repeats of simian virus 40 together code for a super-T antigen.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(4). 742–750. 17 indexed citations
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Emmons, Scott W., et al.. (1985). Regulation of Tc1 Transposable Elements in Caenorhahditis elegans. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 50(0). 313–320. 6 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra, Richard Axel, & Howard Cedar. (1979). Nick translation of active genes in intact nuclei. Developmental Biology. 69(2). 496–505. 48 indexed citations
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Levitt, Alexandra. (1952). Osteopathic management of cancer.. PubMed. 51(6). 291–302; passim. 2 indexed citations

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