Christopher Ruis

7.5k citations

21 papers · 2.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 12

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.5%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Modeling and Simulation top 2%

Papers in ⓘ

Infectious Diseases 11
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 6
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 5
Animal Science and Zoology 5
- Animal Virus Infections Studies 5

Co-authors: Oliver G. Pybus (4 shared papers)Verity Hill (2 shared papers)Andrew Rambaut (4 shared papers)Áine O’Toole (3 shared papers)John T. McCrone (1 shared paper)Edward C. Holmes (1 shared paper)Louis du Plessis (1 shared paper)Julian Parkhill (5 shared papers)
Journals: Nature Microbiology (6 papers)Microbial Genomics (2 papers)Journal of Clinical Virology (2 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (1 paper)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Christopher Ruis

18 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes 2023 · 97 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature
2020 Genome biology
2020 Nature Microbiology

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1	A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology Nature Microbiology ·Andrew Rambaut, Edward C. Holmes, Áine O’Toole, Verity Hill, John T. McCrone, Christopher Ruis, Louis du Plessis, Oliver G. Pybus Hit paper breakdown →	2020	1402
2	Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline Genome biology ·Gerry Tonkin‐Hill, Neil MacAlasdair, Christopher Ruis, Aaron Weimann, Gal Horesh, John A. Lees, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Stephanie W. Lo, Christopher A. Beaudoin, R. Andrés Floto, Simon D. W. Frost, Jukka Corander, Stephen D. Bentley, Julian Parkhill Hit paper breakdown →	2020	576
3	A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes Nature ·Theo Sanderson, Ryan Hisner, I’ah Donovan-Banfield, Hassan Hartman, Alessandra Løchen, Thomas P. Peacock, Christopher Ruis Hit paper breakdown →	2023	97
4	Dissemination of Mycobacterium abscessus via global transmission networks Nature Microbiology ·Christopher Ruis, Josephine M. Bryant, Scott C. Bell, Rachel Thomson, Rebecca M. Davidson, Nabeeh A. Hasan, Jakko van Ingen, Michael Strong, R. Andrés Floto, Julian Parkhill	2021	60
5	The emerging GII.P16-GII.4 Sydney 2012 norovirus lineage is circulating worldwide, arose by late-2014 and contains polymerase changes that may increase virus transmission PLoS ONE ·Christopher Ruis, Sunando Roy, Julianne R. Brown, David J. Allen, Richard A. Goldstein, Judith Breuer	2017	57
6	Norovirus Whole-Genome Sequencing by SureSelect Target Enrichment: a Robust and Sensitive Method Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Julianne R. Brown, Sunando Roy, Christopher Ruis, Erika Yara Romero, Divya Shah, Rachel Williams, Judith Breuer	2016	56
7	SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the Omicron era Nature Microbiology ·Cornelius Roemer, Daniel J. Sheward, Ryan Hisner, Federico Gueli, Hitoshi Sakaguchi, Nicholas Frohberg, Josette Schoenmakers, Kenta Sato, Áine O’Toole, Andrew Rambaut, Oliver G. Pybus, Christopher Ruis, Ben Murrell, Thomas P. Peacock	2023	54
8	Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology Trends in Parasitology ·Verity Hill, Christopher Ruis, Sumali Bajaj, Oliver G. Pybus, Moritz U. G. Kraemer	2021	50
9	Emergence and widespread circulation of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lineage in North America Cell Host & Microbe ·Bernardo Gutiérrez, Hugo G. Castelán‐Sánchez, Darlan da Silva Cândido, Ben Jackson, Shay Fleishon, Renaud Houzet, Christopher Ruis, Luis Delaye, Nuno R. Faria, Andrew Rambaut, Oliver G. Pybus, Marina Escalera‐Zamudio	2022	20
10	Preadaptation of pandemic GII.4 noroviruses in unsampled virus reservoirs years before emergence Virus Evolution ·Christopher Ruis, Lisa C. Lindesmith, Michael L. Mallory, Paul D. Brewer-Jensen, Josephine M. Bryant, Verónica Costantini, Christopher Monit, Jan Vinjé, Ralph S. Baric, Richard A. Goldstein, Judith Breuer	2020	19
11	Positive selection in dNTPase SAMHD1 throughout mammalian evolution Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher Monit, E.R. Morris, Christopher Ruis, Bart Szafran, Grant Thiltgen, Ming-Han Tsai, N Mitchison, Kate N. Bishop, Jonathan P. Stoye, Ian A. Taylor, Ariberto Fassati, Richard A. Goldstein	2019	13
12	A lung-specific mutational signature enables inference of viral and bacterial respiratory niche Microbial Genomics ·Christopher Ruis, Thomas P. Peacock, Luis Mariano Polo, Diego Masone, María Soledad Álvarez, Angie S. Hinrichs, Yatish Turakhia, Cheng Ye, Jakob McBroome, Russell Corbett‐Detig, Julian Parkhill, R. Andres Floto	2023	11
13	Mutational spectra are associated with bacterial niche Nature Communications ·Christopher Ruis, Aaron Weimann, Gerry Tonkin‐Hill, Arun Prasad Pandurangan, Marta Matuszewska, Gemma G. R. Murray, Roger C. Lévesque, Tom L. Blundell, R. Andrés Floto, Julian Parkhill	2023	7
14	A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data Nature Microbiology ·Jakob McBroome, Adriano de Bernardi Schneider, Cornelius Roemer, Michael T. Wolfinger, Angie S. Hinrichs, Áine O’Toole, Christopher Ruis, Yatish Turakhia, Andrew Rambaut, Russell Corbett‐Detig	2024	6
15	Impact of transient acquired hypermutability on the inter- and intra-species competitiveness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa The ISME Journal ·Yue Yuan On, Wendy Figueroa, Catherine Fan, Pok-Man Ho, Éva Bernadett Bényei, Aaron Weimann, Christopher Ruis, A. Floto, Martin Welch	2023	5
16	Progressive evolution of Streptococcus equi from Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus and adaption to equine hosts Microbial Genomics ·Hayley Wilson, Jianbao Dong, Andries J. van Tonder, Christopher Ruis, Noémie Lefrancq, Abigail McGlennon, Carla Bustos, Sara Frosth, Albertine Léon, Adam Blanchard, Matthew T. G. Holden, Andrew S. Waller, Julian Parkhill	2025	2
17	Novel Insights Into the Spread of Enteric Pathogens Using Genomics The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Daryl Domman, Christopher Ruis, Matthew J. Dorman, Migun Shakya, Patrick Chain	2019	2
18	Norovirus molecular epidemiology in a paediatric UK hospital: Unexpected diversity, seasonality and sources of infection Journal of Clinical Virology ·Julianne R. Brown, Siris Chandra Roy, Divya Shah, Christopher Ruis, Rachel Williams, Erika Yara Romero, Judith Breuer	2016	1
19	Metabolic control of porin permeability influences antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli Nature Microbiology ·Santiago E. Caño Muñiz, Stephen Trigg, Georgeos Hardo, Anja Hagting, Ieuan Evans, Christopher Ruis, Ali F. Alsulami, David Summers, Felicity Crawshay‐Williams, Tom L. Blundell, Lucas Boeck, Somenath Bakshi, R. Andrés Floto	2025	0
20	Within-host bacterial evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity Nature Microbiology ·Gerry Tonkin‐Hill, Christopher Ruis, Stephen D. Bentley, Katrina Lythgoe, Josephine M. Bryant	2025	0

About Christopher Ruis

Christopher Ruis is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Endocrinology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, having authored 21 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (5 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (2 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (1.7k citations), Modeling and Simulation (190 citations), Animal Science and Zoology (370 citations), Molecular Medicine (150 citations) and Endocrinology (115 citations). Christopher Ruis has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Oliver G. Pybus, Verity Hill, Andrew Rambaut, Áine O’Toole, John T. McCrone, Edward C. Holmes, Louis du Plessis, Julian Parkhill, R. Andrés Floto and Gerry Tonkin‐Hill. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, Journal of Clinical Virology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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