Bala Swaminathan

21.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
93 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Bala Swaminathan is a scholar working on Food Science, Biotechnology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bala Swaminathan has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Food Science, 44 papers in Biotechnology and 21 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Bala Swaminathan's work include Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (43 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (39 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (15 papers). Bala Swaminathan is often cited by papers focused on Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (43 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (39 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (15 papers). Bala Swaminathan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Bala Swaminathan's co-authors include Richard V. Goering, Fred C. Tenover, Barbara E. Murray, R D Arbeit, David H. Persing, P A Mickelsen, Timothy J. Barrett, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Susan B. Hunter and Lewis M. Graves and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Bala Swaminathan

90 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing

1995 7.2k citations Bala Swaminathan et al. profile →
Standardization of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Protocols for the Subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella , and Shigella for PulseNet

2006 1.4k citations Efrain M. Ribot, Susan B. Hunter et al. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease profile →
The epidemiology of human listeriosis

2007 897 citations Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt profile →
PulseNet: The Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Bacterial Disease Surveillance, United States

2001 681 citations Bala Swaminathan, Timothy J. Barrett et al. profile →
PulseNet: The Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Bacterial Disease Surveillance, United States

2001 610 citations Bala Swaminathan, Timothy J. Barrett et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	OA02.02 Molecular Residual Disease (MRD) Analysis from NeoADAURA: Neoadjuvant Osimertinib ± Chemotherapy in Resectable EGFRm NSCLC 2025 ·Journal of Thoracic Oncology ·Collin M. Blakely, Jacqulyne Robichaux, (unknown), (unknown), Kyung‐Yul Lee, Nguyen Viet Nhung, (unknown), Jamie E. Chaft, Jiaxi He, W. Weder, (unknown), (unknown), Carles Escriu, (unknown), Preetida J. Bhetariya, Bala Swaminathan, Yuri Rukazenkov, (unknown), Maximilian J. Hochmair	1
2	Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban Versus Aspirin in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source and Carotid Atherosclerosis 2019 ·Journal of Vascular Surgery ·(unknown), Bala Swaminathan, Scott D. Berkowitz, Rubens José Gagliardi, (unknown), James E. Siegler	1
3	Variation in virulence among clades of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with disease outbreaks 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shannon D. Manning, Alifiya S. Motiwala, A. Cody Springman, Weihong Qi, David W. Lacher, Lindsey Ouellette, (unknown), Patricia Somsel, James T. Rudrik, Stephen Dietrich, Wei Zhang, Bala Swaminathan, David Alland, Thomas S. Whittam	339
4	Focus on Salmonella 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Timothy J. Barrett	19
5	Building PulseNet International: An Interconnected System of Laboratory Networks to Facilitate Timely Public Health Recognition and Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks and Emerging Foodborne Diseases 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Lai-King Ng, Susanna Lukinmaa, Kai‐Man Kam, (unknown), Enrique Pérez Gutiérrez, Norma Binsztein	135
6	Foodborne Disease Trends and Reports 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt	3
7	Interpretation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Patterns in Foodborne Disease Investigations and Surveillance 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Timothy J. Barrett, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Bala Swaminathan	149
8	Involvement of Closely Related Strains of a New Clonal Group of Listeria monocytogenes in the 1998–99 and 2002 Multistate Outbreaks of Foodborne Listeriosis in the United States 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Sophia Kathariou, Lewis M. Graves, Carmen Buchrieser, Philippe Glaser, Robin Siletzky, Bala Swaminathan	51
9	Foodborne Disease Trends and Reports 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, (unknown)	2
10	Foodborne Disease Trends and Reports 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Jean M. Whichard	7
11	PulseNet USA: A Five-Year Update 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Kelley Hise, Jennifer Kincaid, Susan B. Hunter, (unknown), Eija Hyytiä-Trees, Efrain M. Ribot, Bala Swaminathan, (unknown)	245
12	Second Generation Subtyping: A Proposed PulseNet Protocol for Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157) 2006 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Eija Hyytiä-Trees, Sandra Smole, (unknown), Bala Swaminathan, Efrain M. Ribot	125
13	Probing genomic diversity and evolution of Escherichia coli O157 by single nucleotide polymorphisms 2006 ·Genome Research ·Wei Zhang, Weihong Qi, Thomas J. Albert, Alifiya S. Motiwala, David Alland, Eija Hyytiä-Trees, Efrain M. Ribot, Patricia I. Fields, Thomas S. Whittam, Bala Swaminathan	86
14	Foodborne Disease Trends and Reports 2005 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Bala Swaminathan, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Timothy J. Barrett	40
15	Molecular Surveillance of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 by PulseNet USA 2005 ·Journal of Food Protection ·Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Jennifer Kincaid, Kristy Kubota, Kelley Hise, Susan B. Hunter, (unknown), Dawn M. Norton, A. Woo-Ming, (unknown), Mark J. Sotir, (unknown), Kristin G. Holt, Bala Swaminathan	42
16	Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Coleslaw during Storage 2002 ·Journal of Food Protection ·(unknown), Larry R. Beuchat, Michael P. Doyle, Valerie Garrett, J. G. Wells, Bala Swaminathan	7
17	Factors influencing the detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on alfalfa seeds 2001 ·International Journal of Food Microbiology ·(unknown), Larry R. Beuchat, JoyG Wells, Laurence Slutsker, Michael P. Doyle, Bala Swaminathan	20
18	Fate of Shigella sonnei on Parsley and Methods of Disinfection 2000 ·Journal of Food Protection ·(unknown), Michael P. Doyle, Larry R. Beuchat, J. G. Wells, Eric D. Mintz, Bala Swaminathan	92
19	Comparison of Three Selective Enrichment Methods for the Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from Naturally Contaminated Foods 1992 ·Journal of Food Protection ·Peggy S. Hayes, Lewis M. Graves, Bala Swaminathan, Gloria W. Ajello, G B Malcolm, Robert E. Weaver, Ray Ransom, K.A. Deaver, Brian D. Plikaytis, Anne Schuchat, Jay D. Wenger, Robert W. Pinner, Claire V. Broome	39
20	Development of diagnostic tests for Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius, the etiologic agent of Brazilian purpuric fever. The Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group. 1989 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bala Swaminathan	1

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