Barry Slobedman

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Barry Slobedman is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Slobedman has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Epidemiology, 53 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Barry Slobedman's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (59 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (55 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (26 papers). Barry Slobedman is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (59 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (55 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (26 papers). Barry Slobedman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Brazil. Barry Slobedman's co-authors include Allison Abendroth, Brian P. McSharry, Anthony L. Cunningham, Selmir Avdic, Megan Steain, Edward S. Mocarski, Ann M. Arvin, Allen Ka Loon Cheung, Tessa M. Campbell and Juliet V. Spencer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Barry Slobedman

93 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Manipulation of the Innate Immune Response by Varicella Zoster Virus

2020 260 citations Tessa M. Campbell, Brian P. McSharry et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barry Slobedman Australia	39	2.7k	1.7k	598	453	415	93	3.7k
Allison Abendroth Australia	36	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	543 0.9×	376 0.8×	402 1.0×	79	3.3k
Georges M. G. M. Verjans Netherlands	35	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	359 0.6×	494 1.1×	440 1.1×	146	4.3k
Brian P. McSharry United Kingdom	33	2.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	579 1.0×	718 1.6×	188 0.5×	67	4.4k
Teresa Compton United States	29	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	648 1.1×	785 1.7×	217 0.5×	45	4.0k
Ana Angulo Spain	31	2.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.6×	368 0.6×	729 1.6×	243 0.6×	84	4.2k
Emma Poole United Kingdom	31	1.9k 0.7×	873 0.5×	435 0.7×	570 1.3×	259 0.6×	63	2.5k
Matthew B. Reeves United Kingdom	30	3.1k 1.1×	963 0.6×	791 1.3×	633 1.4×	337 0.8×	66	3.7k
Andrew D. Yurochko United States	40	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	792 1.3×	1.1k 2.4×	318 0.8×	84	4.9k
U H Koszinowski Germany	29	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	498 0.8×	749 1.7×	335 0.8×	39	4.6k
Huan Lou United States	30	2.3k 0.8×	874 0.5×	167 0.3×	583 1.3×	595 1.4×	45	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Barry Slobedman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry Slobedman

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Stern, Lauren, Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, David P. Fairlie, et al.. (2025). Herpes simplex virus type 1 impairs mucosal-associated invariant T cells. mBio. 16(5). e0388724–e0388724. 1 indexed citations

Ashley, Caroline L., Brian P. McSharry, Hamish E. G. McWilliam, et al.. (2023). Suppression of MR1 by human cytomegalovirus inhibits MAIT cell activation. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1107497–1107497. 7 indexed citations

Corbett, Alexandra J., et al.. (2023). Varicella Zoster Virus infects mucosal associated Invariant T cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1121714–1121714. 5 indexed citations

Steain, Megan, Chi L.L. Pham, Yann Gambin, et al.. (2020). Varicella zoster virus encodes a viral decoy RHIM to inhibit cell death. PLoS Pathogens. 16(7). e1008473–e1008473. 38 indexed citations

Suárez, Nicolás M., Emily Blyth, Kathy Li, et al.. (2020). Whole-Genome Approach to Assessing Human Cytomegalovirus Dynamics in Transplant Patients Undergoing Antiviral Therapy. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 267–267. 15 indexed citations

Stern, Lauren, Barbara Withers, Selmir Avdic, et al.. (2019). Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1186–1186. 94 indexed citations

Campbell, Tessa M., Brian P. McSharry, Megan Steain, et al.. (2019). Functional paralysis of human natural killer cells by alphaherpesviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 15(6). e1007784–e1007784. 21 indexed citations

Sunarto, Agus, Kenneth A. McColl, Mark St. J. Crane, et al.. (2014). Characteristics of cyprinid herpesvirus 3 in different phases of infection: Implications for disease transmission and control. Virus Research. 188. 45–53. 24 indexed citations

Avdic, Selmir, Brian P. McSharry, & Barry Slobedman. (2014). Modulation of dendritic cell functions by viral IL-10 encoded by human cytomegalovirus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 337–337. 27 indexed citations

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Steain, Megan, et al.. (2013). Analysis of T Cell Responses during Active Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation in Human Ganglia. Journal of Virology. 88(5). 2704–2716. 97 indexed citations

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Christensen, Jenna M., Megan Steain, Barry Slobedman, & Allison Abendroth. (2011). Differentiated Neuroblastoma Cells Provide a Highly Efficient Model for Studies of Productive Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neuronal Cells. Journal of Virology. 85(16). 8436–8442. 39 indexed citations

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Gowrishankar, Kavitha, Megan Steain, Anthony L. Cunningham, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the Host Immune Response in Human Ganglia after Herpes Zoster. Journal of Virology. 84(17). 8861–8870. 60 indexed citations

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Slobedman, Barry, Harikrishnan KN, Sarah Williamson, et al.. (2010). Downstream targets of methyl CpG binding protein 2 and their abnormal expression in the frontal cortex of the human Rett syndrome brain. BMC Neuroscience. 11(1). 53–53. 4 indexed citations

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Abendroth, Allison, Paul R. Kinchington, & Barry Slobedman. (2010). Varicella Zoster Virus Immune Evasion Strategies. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 342. 155–171. 42 indexed citations

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Steain, Megan, Barry Slobedman, & Allison Abendroth. (2010). Experimental Models to Study Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neurons. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 342. 211–228. 15 indexed citations

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Stern, Josh Lewis & Barry Slobedman. (2008). Human Cytomegalovirus Latent Infection of Myeloid Cells Directs Monocyte Migration by Up-Regulating Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1. The Journal of Immunology. 180(10). 6577–6585. 30 indexed citations

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Spencer, Juliet V., et al.. (2008). Stimulation of B lymphocytes by cmvIL-10 but not LAcmvIL-10. Virology. 374(1). 164–169. 50 indexed citations

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Slobedman, Barry & Allen Ka Loon Cheung. (2008). Microarrays for the Study of Viral Gene Expression During Human Cytomegalovirus Latent Infection. Methods in molecular medicine. 141. 153–175. 12 indexed citations

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Abendroth, Allison, et al.. (2007). Expression of a human cytomegalovirus latency-associated homolog of interleukin-10 during the productive phase of infection. Virology. 370(2). 285–294. 35 indexed citations

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Slobedman, Barry & Anthony Simmons. (1997). Concatemeric Intermediates of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 DNA Replication Contain Frequent Inversions of Adjacent Long Segments of the Viral Genome. Virology. 229(2). 415–420. 14 indexed citations

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