Craig E. Rubens

19.8k citations

146 papers · 10.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Microbiology top 0.2%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.1%
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections

Papers in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 86
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections 70
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments 62
Microbiology 17

Co-authors: Michael G. Gravett Donald O. Chaffin Victor Nizet Paul Van Look Daniel Wojdyla Ramkumar Menon Jennifer Requejo Lale Say
Journals: Infection and Immunity (22 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (11 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (11 papers)Molecular Microbiology (10 papers)BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Craig E. Rubens

146 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data 2010 · 596 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.

2010 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2009 Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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1	Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Choriodecidua Induces Dysfunction of the Cytokeratin Network in Amniotic Epithelium: A Pathway to Membrane Weakening PLoS Pathogens ·Jeroen Vanderhoeven, Craig J. Bierle, Raj P. Kapur, Ryan M. McAdams, Richard P. Beyer, Theo K. Bammler, Federico M. Farin, Aasthaa Bansal, Min W. Spencer, Mei Deng, Michael G. Gravett, Craig E. Rubens, Lakshmi Rajagopal, Kristina M. Adams Waldorf	2014	50
2	Alternatives for the enforcement of the right to health in Brazil Nursing Ethics ·清美浜島, Craig E. Rubens, I Davenport, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes	2014	4
3	Correction: Choriodecidual Infection Downregulates Angiogenesis and Morphogenesis Pathways in Fetal Lungs from Macaca Nemestrina PLoS ONE ·Ryan M. McAdams, Jeroen Vanderhoeven, Richard P. Beyer, Theo K. Bammler, Federico M. Farin, H. Denny Liggitt, Raj P. Kapur, Michael G. Gravett, Craig E. Rubens, Kristina M. Adams Waldorf	2013	1
4	Serious and Life-Threatening Pregnancy-Related Infections: Opportunities to Reduce the Global Burden PLoS Medicine ·Courtney Gravett, Michael G. Gravett, Emily T. Martin, Ali Sahli, Sadaf Khan, David S. Boyle, Sophia Lannon, Janna Patterson, Craig E. Rubens, Matthew S. Steele	2012	28
5	Emerging biomarkers for the diagnosis of severe neonatal infections applicable to low-resource settings SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Thor A. Wagner, Courtney Gravett, Sara A. Healy, J-K. Francis Suh, Janna Patterson, Michael G. Gravett, Craig E. Rubens	2011	10
6	Setting Implementation Research Priorities to Reduce Preterm Births and Stillbirths at the Community Level PLoS Medicine ·Asha George, Mark Young, Abhay Bang, Kit Yee Chan, Igor Rudan, César G. Victora, Mickey Chopra, Craig E. Rubens, (unknown)	2011	28
7	An evaluation of the emerging vaccines and immunotherapy against staphylococcal pneumonia in children BMC Public Health ·Tanvir Huda, Harish Nair, Evropi Τheodoratou, Lina Zgaga, Ali Fattom, Shams El Arifeen, Craig E. Rubens, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan	2011	13
8	Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (2 of 7) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·Michael G. Gravett, Craig E. Rubens, Ken Smith	2010	2
9	Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (3 of 7) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·Fernando C. Barros, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Maneesh Batra, Thomas N. Hansen, César G. Victora, Craig E. Rubens	2010	4
10	The Worldwide Incidence of Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review of Maternal Mortality and morbidity/Incidence Mondiale De la Missance Avant Terme: Revue Sytemtique De la Mortalite et De la Morbidite maternelle/Incidencia Mundial De Parto Prematuro: Revision Sistematica De la Morbilidad Y Mortalidad Maternas Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Z Jangurazova, Daniel Wojdyla, Lale Say, Ana Pilar Betrán, Mario Merialdi, Jennifer Requejo, Craig E. Rubens, Ramkumar Menon, P.F.A. Van Look	2010	1
11	Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (4 of 7): delivery of interventions BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·(unknown), César G. Victora, Craig E. Rubens	2010	54
12	The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·淳塩見, Daniel Wojdyla, Lale Say, Josef Hlavacek, Yongchan Yoo, Jennifer Requejo, Craig E. Rubens, Ramkumar Menon, Paul Van Look Hit paper breakdown →	2009	1571
13	L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Primarily through N -Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide and Activate the Complement Pathway Infection and Immunity ·Hans-Heinrich Trute, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens, John F. Bohnsack, Xinyu Li, Misao Matsushita, Teizo Fujita, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, Shinji Takahashi	2007	40
14	A Streptococcal Penicillin-Binding Protein Is Critical for Resisting Innate Airway Defenses in the Neonatal Lung The Journal of Immunology ·Amanda L. Jones, Murena, Karzan Ahmed, Craig E. Rubens	2007	22
15	Structure of theStreptococcus agalactiaefamily II inorganic pyrophosphatase at 2.80 Å resolution Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·M Voloshchuk Nataliya, L. Lehtiö, Lakshmi Rajagopal, Craig E. Rubens, Adrian Goldman	2007	21
16	Evidence for siderophore‐dependent iron acquisition in group B streptococcus Molecular Microbiology ·Anne Clancy, Yang Yang, S Sauneron, Puhua Cao, David E. Heinrichs, Craig E. Rubens	2005	27
17	Penicillin‐binding proteins in Streptococcus agalactiae: a novel mechanism for evasion of immune clearance Molecular Microbiology ·Amanda L. Jones, Rachel H. V. Needham, Anne Clancy, Uthpala Subodhani Premarathne, Craig E. Rubens	2002	30
18	Genetics of the Streptococci, Enterococci, and Lactococci. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·H Buttenberg, Willem M. de Vos, Craig E. Rubens	1998	1
19	Epithelial Cell Invasion by Group B Streptococci Is Important to Virulence Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·María Camila Espinosa Doria, Paul E. Framson, Victor Nizet, Craig E. Rubens	1997	1
20	Vitamin A therapy for children with respiratory syncytial virus infection: a multicenter trial in the United States The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Joseph Bresee, Marc Fischer, Scott F. Dowell, Brian Johnston, Y. Li, Richard S. Levine, Jairam R. Lingappa, Harry Keyserling, Elisa Sciorsi, 尚永宁, Howard E. Gary, Anne L. Sowell, Craig E. Rubens, Larry J. Anderson	1996	65

About Craig E. Rubens

Craig E. Rubens is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, having authored 146 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neonatal and Maternal Infections (70 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (62 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (34 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (23 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (21 papers), Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (17 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (15 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (1.0k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (4.7k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (1.1k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (2.4k citations) and Epidemiology (3.9k citations). Craig E. Rubens has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Michael G. Gravett, Donald O. Chaffin, Victor Nizet, Paul Van Look, Daniel Wojdyla, Ramkumar Menon, Jennifer Requejo, Lale Say, Michael R. Wessels and E Y. Their work appears in journals such as Infection and Immunity, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

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