Christina A. Cuomo

35.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
145 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Christina A. Cuomo is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christina A. Cuomo has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Epidemiology, 70 papers in Infectious Diseases and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christina A. Cuomo's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (77 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (68 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (48 papers). Christina A. Cuomo is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (77 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (68 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (48 papers). Christina A. Cuomo collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Christina A. Cuomo's co-authors include Qiandong Zeng, Sharadha Sakthikumar, Terrance Shea, Jennifer R. Wortman, Margaret Priest, Sarah Young, Ashlee M. Earl, Bruce J. Walker, Thomas Abeel and Marjorie A. Oettinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christina A. Cuomo

138 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Co... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2014 2016 1995 1995 2020 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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.

  1. Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Comprehensive Microbial Variant Detection and Genome Assembly Improvement
    2014 5.8k citations Bruce J. Walker, Terrance Shea et al. profile →
  2. Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses
    2016 1.1k citations Nelesh P. Govender, Christina A. Cuomo et al. profile →
  3. Cleavage at a V(D)J recombination signal requires only RAG1 and RAG2 proteins and occurs in two steps
    1995 555 citations Christina A. Cuomo et al. profile →
  4. DNA-Dependent Kinase (p350) as a Candidate Gene for the Murine SCID Defect
    1995 535 citations Christina A. Cuomo et al. profile →
  5. Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture
    2020 326 citations Christina A. Cuomo, Jason Stajich et al. mBio profile →
  6. Genomic insights into multidrug-resistance, mating and virulence in Candida auris and related emerging species
    2018 309 citations José F. Muñoz, Christina A. Cuomo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology
    2022 136 citations Christina A. Cuomo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christina A. Cuomo United States 53 6.7k 4.5k 4.3k 4.0k 2.0k 145 15.1k
Matthew C. Fisher United Kingdom 61 3.1k 0.5× 6.0k 1.3× 5.6k 1.3× 5.3k 1.3× 4.6k 2.3× 204 18.5k
Toni Gabaldón Spain 66 12.3k 1.8× 2.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 6.4k 1.6× 2.4k 1.2× 275 21.9k
Anton Bankevich Russia 8 10.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 3.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 13 19.3k
Max A. Alekseyev United States 14 10.6k 1.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 4.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 35 19.9k
Son Pham United States 10 9.8k 1.5× 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 3.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 15 18.5k
Andrey D. Prjibelski Russia 15 11.7k 1.8× 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 25 22.5k
Sergey Nurk United States 11 12.2k 1.8× 2.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 13 22.6k
David S. Roos United States 68 8.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.3× 5.8k 1.4× 2.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 186 19.6k
Jean-François Dufayard France 13 8.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 5.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 14 19.6k
Teun Boekhout Netherlands 67 5.8k 0.9× 6.3k 1.4× 8.1k 1.9× 5.1k 1.3× 5.6k 2.8× 352 17.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cuomo, Christina A., et al.. (2025). Aneuploidy confers a unique transcriptional and phenotypic profile to Candida albicans. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3287–3287. 2 indexed citations
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Shea, Terrance, Christina A. Cuomo, Bruce J. Walker, et al.. (2023). Comparison of long- and short-read metagenomic assembly for low-abundance species and resistance genes. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 24(2). 10 indexed citations
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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, Scott A. McConnell, Nina T. Grossman, et al.. (2023). Similar evolutionary trajectories in an environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolate after human and murine infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(2). e2217111120–e2217111120. 6 indexed citations
4.
Voorhies, Mark, Terrance Shea, Semar Petrus, et al.. (2022). Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Human Fungal Pathogen Reveals Synteny among Geographically Distinct Species. mBio. 13(1). e0257421–e0257421. 15 indexed citations
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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, et al.. (2022). A novel rRNA hybridization-based approach to rapid, accurate Candida identification directly from blood culture. Medical Mycology. 60(9). 2 indexed citations
6.
Clancey, Shelly Applen, Terrance Shea, Anna Floyd Averette, et al.. (2022). Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex. eLife. 11. 6 indexed citations
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Ferrareze, Patrícia Aline Gröhs, Corinne Maufrais, Christina A. Cuomo, et al.. (2021). Application of an optimized annotation pipeline to the Cryptococcus deuterogattii genome reveals dynamic primary metabolic gene clusters and genomic impact of RNAi loss. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(2). 8 indexed citations
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Beekman, Chapman, Christina A. Cuomo, Richard J. Bennett, & Iuliana V. Ene. (2021). Comparative genomics of white and opaque cell states supports an epigenetic mechanism of phenotypic switching in Candida albicans. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(2). 6 indexed citations
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Cuomo, Christina A., Terrance Shea, Thu Nguyen, et al.. (2020). Complete Genome Sequences for Two Talaromyces marneffei Clinical Isolates from Northern and Southern Vietnam. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(2). 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Sang Hu, Kali R. Iyer, Lakhansing Pardeshi, et al.. (2019). Genetic Analysis of Candida auris Implicates Hsp90 in Morphogenesis and Azole Tolerance and Cdr1 in Azole Resistance. mBio. 10(1). 101 indexed citations
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Cuomo, Christina A., Saranna Fanning, Sharvari Gujja, et al.. (2019). Genome Sequence for Candida albicans Clinical Oral Isolate 529L. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(25). 10 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Ilan S., Nelesh P. Govender, Lynne Sigler, et al.. (2019). Emergomyces: The global rise of new dimorphic fungal pathogens. PLoS Pathogens. 15(9). e1007977–e1007977. 52 indexed citations
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Messina, Julia A., Cameron R. Wolfe, Marion Hemmersbach‐Miller, et al.. (2018). Genomic characterization of recurrent mold infections in thoracic transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease. 20(5). e12935–e12935. 4 indexed citations
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Mukaremera, Liliane, Radamés J. B. Cordero, Carolina Coelho, et al.. (2018). Titan cells formation in Cryptococcus neoformans is finely tuned by environmental conditions and modulated by positive and negative genetic regulators. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1006982–e1006982. 97 indexed citations
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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, José F. Muñoz, Elizabeth R. Ballou, Christina A. Cuomo, & Kerstin Voelz. (2018). Pathways of Pathogenicity: Transcriptional Stages of Germination in the Fatal Fungal Pathogen Rhizopus delemar. mSphere. 3(5). 19 indexed citations
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Cissé, Ousmane H., Liang Ma, Da Wei Huang, et al.. (2018). Comparative Population Genomics Analysis of the Mammalian Fungal Pathogen Pneumocystis. mBio. 9(3). 22 indexed citations
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Persinoti, Gabriela Félix, Diego Martinez, Wen‐Jun Li, et al.. (2018). Whole-Genome Analysis Illustrates Global Clonal Population Structure of the Ubiquitous Dermatophyte Pathogen Trichophyton rubrum. Genetics. 208(4). 1657–1669. 43 indexed citations
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Yadav, Vikas, Sheng Sun, R. Blake Billmyre, et al.. (2018). RNAi is a critical determinant of centromere evolution in closely related fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). 3108–3113. 79 indexed citations
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Homer, Christina M., Alexi I. Goranov, Starlynn Clarke, et al.. (2016). Intracellular Action of a Secreted Peptide Required for Fungal Virulence. Cell Host & Microbe. 19(6). 849–864. 64 indexed citations
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Badouin, Hélène, Michael E. Hood, Jérôme Gouzy, et al.. (2015). Chaos of Rearrangements in the Mating-Type Chromosomes of the Anther-Smut Fungus Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae. Genetics. 200(4). 1275–1284. 65 indexed citations

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