Chad Smelser

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Chad Smelser is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chad Smelser has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Chad Smelser's work include Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Chad Smelser is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Chad Smelser collaborates with scholars based in United States and Mexico. Chad Smelser's co-authors include Nathaniel T. McMullen, Ronald K. de Venecia, Ruth Lynfield, Monica M. Farley, Bernard Beall, Lee H. Harrison, Ann Thomas, Aaron M. Wendelboe, Nisha B. Alden and Paula Snippes Vagnone and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chad Smelser

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chad Smelser United States	16	571	390	385	109	102	35	1.2k
Keith Redhead United Kingdom	23	551 1.0×	120 0.3×	400 1.0×	22 0.2×	26 0.3×	54	1.8k
Yeong Seon Lee South Korea	23	576 1.0×	116 0.3×	638 1.7×	100 0.9×	13 0.1×	79	1.6k
Ronald M. Weigel United States	24	190 0.3×	337 0.9×	232 0.6×	37 0.3×	10 0.1×	64	2.0k
Tracie J. Gardner United States	15	482 0.8×	120 0.3×	568 1.5×	10 0.1×	129 1.3×	23	1.0k
Claudia Maria Trombetta Italy	22	775 1.4×	116 0.3×	666 1.7×	91 0.8×	12 0.1×	93	1.6k
Heather Davies United Kingdom	20	271 0.5×	39 0.1×	767 2.0×	41 0.4×	89 0.9×	42	1.4k
Rudolf P. Bohm United States	29	703 1.2×	268 0.7×	1.3k 3.5×	16 0.1×	32 0.3×	94	2.8k
Minghsun Liu United States	15	367 0.6×	123 0.3×	273 0.7×	218 2.0×	8 0.1×	17	2.2k
Jilei Zhang China	23	148 0.3×	143 0.4×	492 1.3×	81 0.7×	6 0.1×	83	1.6k
Qun Li China	16	442 0.8×	210 0.5×	661 1.7×	17 0.2×	39 0.4×	62	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chad Smelser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chad Smelser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chad Smelser 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 Chad Smelser. Chad Smelser is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Davis, Sarah Shrum, Karen Edge, Jessica P. Houston, et al.. (2025). Multidrug-resistant Shigella flexneri outbreak affecting humans and non-human primates in New Mexico, USA. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4680–4680. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Huiyuan, Hongwei Jia, Sheryl Lyss, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Presumptive HIV Transmission Associated with Receipt of Platelet-Rich Plasma Microneedling Facials at a Spa Among Former Spa Clients — New Mexico, 2018–2023. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 73(16). 372–376. 2 indexed citations

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Stadelman, Anna, Elizabeth A. Davis, Colleen Ross, Chad Smelser, & Daniel M. Sosin. (2022). Assessing methods of calculating percent positivity in SARS-CoV-2 antigen and nucleic acid amplification test results — New Mexico, 2022. Annals of Epidemiology. 74. 41–42. 1 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Miwako, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, et al.. (2020). Low but Increasing Prevalence of Reduced Beta-lactam Susceptibility Among Invasive Group B Streptococcal Isolates, US Population-Based Surveillance, 1998–2018. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(2). ofaa634–ofaa634. 16 indexed citations

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Pondo, Tracy, Lesley McGee, Monica M. Farley, et al.. (2019). Early Impact of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Adults With and Without Underlying Medical Conditions—United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70(12). 2484–2492. 51 indexed citations

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Edens, Chris, Nisha B. Alden, Richard Danila, et al.. (2019). Multistate analysis of prospective Legionnaires’ disease cluster detection using SaTScan, 2011–2015. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217632–e0217632. 11 indexed citations

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Petersen, Brett W., et al.. (2016). Notes from the Field: Adverse Reaction After Vaccinia Virus Vaccination — New Mexico, 2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65(47). 1351–1352.

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Thompson, Deborah, et al.. (2013). Does outpatient laboratory testing represent influenza burden and distribution in a rural state?. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(5). 686–693. 1 indexed citations

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Ibraheem, Mam, Sushma K Vance, Kelly A. Jackson, et al.. (2013). Vision Loss following Intraocular Listeriosis Associated with Contaminated Cantaloupe. Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 4(2). 7–11. 8 indexed citations

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Gaffga, Nicholas, Casey Barton Behravesh, Paul Ettestad, et al.. (2012). Outbreak of Salmonellosis Linked to Live Poultry from a Mail-Order Hatchery. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(22). 2065–2073. 45 indexed citations

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Brooks, Erin G., et al.. (2012). 2009 H1N1 Fatalities: The New Mexico Experience. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 57(6). 1512–1518. 6 indexed citations

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Ibraheem, Mam, Mona Marin, Jessica Leung, et al.. (2012). Fatal Wild-Type Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis Without A Rash in A Vaccinated Child. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(2). 183–185. 9 indexed citations

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Harris, Julie R., Shawn R. Lockhart, Emilio DeBess, et al.. (2011). Cryptococcus gattii in the United States: Clinical Aspects of Infection With an Emerging Pathogen. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53(12). 1188–1195. 157 indexed citations

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Wendelboe, Aaron M., Chad Smelser, Cynthia Lucero, & L. Clifford McDonald. (2009). Cluster of necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal intensive care unit: New Mexico, 2007. American Journal of Infection Control. 38(2). 144–148. 18 indexed citations

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Park, Benjamin J., Angela J. Peck, Matthew J. Kuehnert, et al.. (2004). Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States. Emerging infectious diseases. 10(2). 217–224. 62 indexed citations

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Venecia, Ronald K. de, Chad Smelser, & Nathaniel T. McMullen. (1998). Parvalbumin is expressed in a reciprocal circuit linking the medial geniculate body and auditory neocortex in the rabbit. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 400(3). 349–362. 38 indexed citations

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Venecia, Ronald K. de, Chad Smelser, & Nathaniel T. McMullen. (1998). Parvalbumin is expressed in a reciprocal circuit linking the medial geniculate body and auditory neocortex in the rabbit. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 400(3). 349–362. 35 indexed citations

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Venecia, Ronald K. de, et al.. (1995). Complementary expression of parvalbumin and calbindin D‐28k delineates subdivisions of the rabbit medial geniculate body. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 359(4). 595–612. 47 indexed citations

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McMullen, Nathaniel T., Chad Smelser, & Frank L. Rice. (1994). Parvalbumin expression reveals a vibrissa-related pattern in rabbit SI cortex. Brain Research. 660(2). 225–231. 13 indexed citations

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McMullen, Nathaniel T., Chad Smelser, & Ronald K. de Venecia. (1994). A quantitative analysis of parvalbumin neurons in rabbit auditory neocortex. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 349(4). 493–511. 33 indexed citations

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