Bernard Beall

25.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
255 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Bernard Beall is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Beall has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Epidemiology, 127 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 114 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Bernard Beall's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (128 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (124 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (110 papers). Bernard Beall is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (128 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (124 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (110 papers). Bernard Beall collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Bernard Beall's co-authors include Robert E. Gertz, Richard R. Facklam, Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley, Rekha Pai, Arthur Reingold, Lee H. Harrison, Lesley McGee, Ann Thomas and William Schaffner and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Beall

249 papers receiving 16.9k 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.

  1. Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine
    2009 1.0k citations Tamara Pilishvili, Monica M. Farley et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Incidence of Pneumococcal Disease Due to Non–Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) Serotypes in the United States during the Era of Widespread PCV7 Vaccination, 1998–2004
    2007 609 citations Lee H. Harrison, William Schaffner et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  3. Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study
    2006 503 citations Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Sequencing emm-specific PCR products for routine and accurate typing of group A streptococci
    1996 458 citations Bernard Beall, Richard R. Facklam et al. profile →
  5. Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015
    2019 254 citations Susan Petit, Lee H. Harrison et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bernard Beall 10.3k 7.4k 6.0k 4.4k 1.4k 255 17.3k
Richard R. Facklam 10.7k 1.0× 7.2k 1.0× 5.9k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 239 18.6k
Monica M. Farley 18.8k 1.8× 7.2k 1.0× 9.4k 1.6× 6.8k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 235 28.0k
Stephanie J. Schrag 6.8k 0.7× 7.9k 1.1× 2.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 657 0.5× 145 13.6k
Donald E. Low 4.1k 0.4× 6.9k 0.9× 6.8k 1.1× 991 0.2× 1.6k 1.2× 207 12.6k
Paul R. Cieslak 4.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.3× 3.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 689 0.5× 109 10.8k
Peter W. M. Hermans 10.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.2× 7.3k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.8× 251 14.6k
Dominique A. Caugant 8.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.2× 2.9k 0.5× 8.2k 1.9× 4.2k 3.1× 279 17.0k
L. Barth Reller 7.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.5× 7.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.2× 1.7k 1.3× 303 18.0k
Stephen D. Bentley 6.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.2× 4.5k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 6.0k 4.4× 278 17.1k
Carol J. Baker 8.8k 0.9× 9.7k 1.3× 2.8k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 773 0.6× 345 15.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beall, Bernard, Zhongya Li, Theresa Tran, et al.. (2025). Two Independent Acquisitions of Multidrug Resistance Gene lsaC in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 20 Multilocus Sequence Type 1257. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(11). 2098–2108.
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Musher, Daniel M., Mathias Müsken, John Hicks, Lesley McGee, & Bernard Beall. (2025). Encapsulation of Disease-Causing and Commensal Mitis Group Non-Pneumococcal Streptococci. Pathogens. 14(9). 876–876.
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Ganaie, Feroze, Bernard Beall, Jigui Yu, et al.. (2025). Update on the evolving landscape of pneumococcal capsule types: new discoveries and way forward. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 38(1). e0017524–e0017524. 9 indexed citations
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Chochua, Sopio, Bernard Beall, Theresa Tran, et al.. (2024). The Emergent Invasive Serotype 4 ST10172 Strain Acquires vanG-Type Vancomycin-Resistance Element: A Case of a 66-Year-Old With Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(3). 746–750. 1 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Paulina A., Sopio Chochua, Martín Antonio, et al.. (2023). A global genomic perspective on the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 15A-CC63 sub-lineage following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. Microbial Genomics. 9(4). 5 indexed citations
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Rowe, Lori A., Saundra Mathis, Zhongya Li, et al.. (2023). A novel invasive Streptococcus pyogenes variant sublineage derived through recombinational replacement of the emm12 genomic region. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21510–21510. 3 indexed citations
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Pilishvili, Tamara, Ryan Gierke, Monica M. Farley, et al.. (2020). 1470. Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) Following 18 years of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Use in the United States. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(Supplement_1). S736–S737. 14 indexed citations
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Frost, Hannah R., Mark R. Davies, Martina Sanderson‐Smith, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Global Collection of Group A Streptococcus Genomes Reveals that the Majority Encode a Trio of M and M-Like Proteins. mSphere. 5(1). 22 indexed citations
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Link‐Gelles, Ruth, Karrie‐Ann Toews, William Schaffner, et al.. (2018). Characteristics of Intracranial Group A Streptococcal Infections in US Children, 1997–2014. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 9(1). 30–35. 10 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Benjamin J., Robert E. Gertz, Rebecca A. Gladstone, et al.. (2015). Strain features and distributions in pneumococci from children with invasive disease before and after 13-valent conjugate vaccine implementation in the USA. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 22(1). 60.e9–60.e29. 144 indexed citations
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Sharma, Dolly, Emily K. Crispell, Wendy Baughman, et al.. (2015). Decline in Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Vaccine Serotypes After the Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children in Atlanta, Georgia. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(11). 1168–1174. 95 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Paulina A., Sopio Chochua, Delois Jackson, Bernard Beall, & Lesley McGee. (2014). Mobile Elements and Chromosomal Changes Associated with MLS Resistance Phenotypes of Invasive Pneumococci Recovered in the United States. Microbial Drug Resistance. 21(2). 121–129. 15 indexed citations
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Sharma, Dolly, Wendy Baughman, Stephanie Thomas, et al.. (2012). Pneumococcal Carriage and Invasive Disease in Children Before Introduction of the 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(2). e45–e53. 68 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Velusamy, Robert E. Gertz, Patricia L. Shewmaker, et al.. (2012). Using PCR-Based Detection and Genotyping to Trace Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Outbreak Strain to Oral Flora of Radiology Physician Assistant. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32169–e32169. 12 indexed citations
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Fijter, Sietske de, Mary DiOrio, Joshua K. Schaffzin, et al.. (2010). Bacterial meningitis after intrapartum spinal anesthesia - New York and Ohio, 2008-2009.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 59(3). 65–69. 24 indexed citations
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Steer, Andrew C., et al.. (2009). Global emm type distribution of group A streptococci: systematic review and implications for vaccine development. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 9(10). 611–616. 390 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Katherine L., Orin S. Levine, Cynthia G. Whitney, et al.. (2006). Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.(Clinical report). The Lancet. 368(9546). 61 indexed citations
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Persson, Jenny, Bernard Beall, Sara Linse, & Gunnar Lindahl. (2006). Extreme Sequence Divergence but Conserved Ligand-Binding Specificity in Streptococcus pyogenes M Protein. PLoS Pathogens. 2(5). e47–e47. 50 indexed citations
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Greene, Carolyn M., Robert E. Gertz, Richard R. Facklam, et al.. (2005). Novel Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococcal Strains Recovered from the Upper Respiratory Tracts of HIV-Infected Adults and Their Children in Kisumu, Kenya. Microbial Drug Resistance. 11(1). 9–17. 18 indexed citations

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