Deborah Dean

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Deborah Dean is a scholar working on Microbiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Dean has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Microbiology, 53 papers in Epidemiology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Deborah Dean's work include Reproductive tract infections research (77 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (48 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (14 papers). Deborah Dean is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (77 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (48 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (14 papers). Deborah Dean collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Fiji. Deborah Dean's co-authors include Rebeca M. Plank, Timothy D. Read, João Paulo Gomes, Sandeep J. Joseph, Maria José Borrego, William Bruno, Russell E. Ware, Samir K. Ballas, Lynne Neumayr and Elliott Vichinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Dean

96 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Causes and Outcomes of the Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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. Causes and Outcomes of the Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease
    2000 800 citations Elliott Vichinsky, Lynne Neumayr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Dean United States 38 2.2k 1.5k 774 653 622 99 4.3k
Stanley M. Spinola United States 35 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 119 0.2× 462 0.7× 627 1.0× 128 3.7k
Wallace A. Clyde United States 37 2.4k 1.1× 3.6k 2.4× 86 0.1× 345 0.5× 177 0.3× 82 5.3k
Svend Birkelund Denmark 37 2.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 44 0.1× 237 0.4× 932 1.5× 154 3.9k
M.J. Day United Kingdom 32 375 0.2× 606 0.4× 89 0.1× 175 0.3× 363 0.6× 92 3.4k
Koichi Ohno Japan 33 261 0.1× 600 0.4× 90 0.1× 197 0.3× 786 1.3× 259 4.3k
M. La Plaça Italy 35 210 0.1× 1.3k 0.9× 164 0.2× 370 0.6× 831 1.3× 268 4.4k
J F Soothill United Kingdom 33 403 0.2× 639 0.4× 164 0.2× 177 0.3× 775 1.2× 102 4.3k
Richard L. Hodinka United States 36 467 0.2× 1.8k 1.2× 63 0.1× 113 0.2× 450 0.7× 108 3.7k
O. Brad Spiller United Kingdom 36 547 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 51 0.1× 149 0.2× 392 0.6× 121 3.1k
Evelyne T. Lennette United States 32 93 0.0× 2.2k 1.5× 827 1.1× 698 1.1× 311 0.5× 54 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Deborah Dean

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah Dean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Dean

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

All Works

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Seth-Smith, Helena M. B., et al.. (2024). Chlamydia suis undergoes interclade recombination promoting Tet-island exchange. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 724–724.
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Greub, Gilbert, Trestan Pillonel, Patrik M. Bavoil, et al.. (2023). Use of gene sequences as type for naming prokaryotes: Recommendations of the international committee on the taxonomy of chlamydiae. New Microbes and New Infections. 54. 101158–101158. 3 indexed citations
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Joseph, Sandeep J., et al.. (2023). Patterns of within-host spread of Chlamydia trachomatis between vagina, endocervix and rectum revealed by comparative genomic analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1154664–1154664. 4 indexed citations
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Bowden, Katherine E., Sandeep J. Joseph, Noa Ziklo, et al.. (2021). Whole-Genome Enrichment and Sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis Directly from Patient Clinical Vaginal and Rectal Swabs. mSphere. 6(2). 17 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, Phillip A. Wadl, Ðenita Hadziabdic, et al.. (2015). Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure for the Native Tree Viburnum rufidulum Occurring in Kentucky and Tennessee. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 140(6). 523–531. 7 indexed citations
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Batteiger, Byron E., et al.. (2014). Novel Chlamydia trachomatis Strains in Heterosexual Sex Partners, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Emerging infectious diseases. 20(11). 1841–1847.
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Dean, Deborah, Rosemary S. Turingan, Sandeep J. Joseph, et al.. (2012). A Multiplexed Microfluidic PCR Assay for Sensitive and Specific Point-of-Care Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51685–e51685. 13 indexed citations
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Joseph, Sandeep J., Xavier Didelot, Henry J.C. de Vries, et al.. (2012). Population Genomics of Chlamydia trachomatis: Insights on Drift, Selection, Recombination, and Population Structure. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(12). 3933–3946. 75 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, Phillip A. Wadl, Xinwang Wang, et al.. (2011). Screening and Characterization of 11 Novel Microsatellite Markers from Viburnum dilatatum. HortScience. 46(11). 1456–1459. 6 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, Phillip A. Wadl, Ðenita Hadziabdic, et al.. (2010). Development of Microsatellite Markers from Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia L.). HortScience. 45(5). 842–844. 13 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, William Bruno, Raymond Wan, et al.. (2009). Predicting Phenotype and Emerging Strains amongChlamydia trachomatisInfections. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(9). 1385–1394. 73 indexed citations
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Nunes, Alexandra, et al.. (2007). Comparative Expression Profiling of the Chlamydia trachomatis pmp Gene Family for Clinical and Reference Strains. PLoS ONE. 2(9). e878–e878. 39 indexed citations
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Gomes, João Paulo, William Bruno, Alexandra Nunes, et al.. (2006). Evolution ofChlamydia trachomatisdiversity occurs by widespread interstrain recombination involving hotspots. Genome Research. 17(1). 50–60. 99 indexed citations
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Shrier, Lydia A., et al.. (2004). Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent and young adult women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 190(3). 654–662. 20 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, Lynne Neumayr, Samir K. Ballas, et al.. (2003). Chlamydia pneumoniae and Acute Chest Syndrome in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 25(1). 46–55. 38 indexed citations
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Dean, Deborah, et al.. (1997). Molecular and mutation trends analyses of omp1 alleles for serovar E of Chlamydia trachomatis. Implications for the immunopathogenesis of disease.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 99(3). 475–483. 58 indexed citations
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