Amy Maxmen

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Amy Maxmen is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Maxmen has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Infectious Diseases, 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Amy Maxmen's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (29 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (18 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers). Amy Maxmen is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (29 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (18 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers). Amy Maxmen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Amy Maxmen's co-authors include C. B. Montllor, Alexander H. Purcell, Philip Ball, Rebeca B. Rosengaus, James F. A. Traniello, Smriti Mallapaty, Gonzalo Giribet, Mark Q. Martindale, William E. Browne and Jeff Tollefson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Amy Maxmen

174 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy Maxmen United States	23	808	475	466	365	348	187	2.7k
Nina H. Fefferman United States	25	461 0.6×	591 1.2×	433 0.9×	85 0.2×	582 1.7×	121	2.5k
Justine I. Blanford United States	33	2.1k 2.6×	929 2.0×	374 0.8×	595 1.6×	609 1.8×	99	4.6k
Martin Enserink Netherlands	33	305 0.4×	313 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	841 2.3×	199 0.6×	401	4.8k
Eugene J. Lengerich United States	32	974 1.2×	936 2.0×	158 0.3×	52 0.1×	935 2.7×	126	3.5k
Robert L. Burton United States	35	986 1.2×	225 0.5×	182 0.4×	455 1.2×	250 0.7×	148	4.7k
Alex James New Zealand	24	118 0.1×	296 0.6×	116 0.2×	785 2.2×	493 1.4×	89	2.9k
Heidi E. Brown United States	26	140 0.2×	101 0.2×	821 1.8×	383 1.0×	288 0.8×	105	2.3k
A. Kleczkowski United Kingdom	31	252 0.3×	304 0.6×	119 0.3×	435 1.2×	235 0.7×	114	2.7k
Seydou Doumbia Mali	28	341 0.4×	91 0.2×	560 1.2×	211 0.6×	94 0.3×	188	3.1k
Mario H. Rodrı́guez Mexico	37	1.3k 1.6×	393 0.8×	689 1.5×	1.2k 3.2×	123 0.4×	173	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Amy Maxmen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Maxmen

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Maxmen, Amy. (2021). WHO report into COVID pandemic origins zeroes in on animal markets, not labs. Nature. 592(7853). 173–174. 21 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2021). Why some researchers oppose unrestricted sharing of coronavirus genome data. Nature. 593(7858). 176–177. 20 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy, Nidhi Subbaraman, Jeff Tollefson, Giuliana Viglione, & Alexandra Witze. (2020). What a Joe Biden presidency would mean for five key science issues. Nature. 586(7828). 177–180. 2 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2020). The researchers taking a gamble with antibody tests for coronavirus. Nature. 11 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2017). Jordan seeks to become an oasis of water-saving technology. Nature. 549(7671). 142–143. 2 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy, et al.. (2015). The Genesis Engine. 23(8). 56–65. 2 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2013). Malaria: A race against resistance. Nature. 503(7475). 186–188. 4 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2011). Exome Sequencing Deciphers Rare Diseases. Cell. 144(5). 635–637. 26 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2010). Driving Innovation: Ready, Set, Go!. Cell. 140(2). 171–173. 3 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2010). Ron Germain: Towards a grand unified theory. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 207(2). 266–267. 3 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2010). Video Games and the Second Life of Science Class. Cell. 141(2). 201–203. 7 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2010). Science Networking Gets Serious. Cell. 141(3). 387–389. 8 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). Age-induced T cell troubles. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(9). 1834–1834. 1 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). Ajit Varki: On the origin of maladies. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(9). 1836–1837. 1 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). Interleukins adapt to parasites. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(6). 1211–1211.

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). Taking Risks to Transform Science. Cell. 139(1). 13–15.

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). TSLP calms inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(3). 493–493. 1 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy. (2009). Proteins are the new carbs. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(8). 1638–1638. 1 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy, William E. Browne, Mark Q. Martindale, & Gonzalo Giribet. (2005). Neuroanatomy of sea spiders implies an appendicular origin of the protocerebral segment. Nature. 437(7062). 1144–1148. 64 indexed citations

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Maxmen, Amy, et al.. (2003). Evolutionary relationships within the protostome phylum Sipuncula: a molecular analysis of ribosomal genes and histone H3 sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27(3). 489–503. 37 indexed citations

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