Edward E. Walsh

29.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
199 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Edward E. Walsh is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward E. Walsh has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Epidemiology, 84 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 71 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Edward E. Walsh's work include Respiratory viral infections research (168 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (55 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (41 papers). Edward E. Walsh is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (168 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (55 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (41 papers). Edward E. Walsh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Canada. Edward E. Walsh's co-authors include Ann R. Falsey, Maria A. Formica, J. J. Schlesinger, M. W. Brandriss, Patricia Hennessey, Christopher Cox, Brian R. Murphy, Larry J. Anderson, Charles B. Hall and Derick R. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edward E. Walsh

196 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Elderly and High-Risk Adults

2005 1.6k citations Ann R. Falsey, Patricia Hennessey et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Pattern recognition receptors TLR4 and CD14 mediate response to respiratory syncytial virus

2000 1.3k citations Edward E. Walsh et al. profile →
Immunity to and Frequency of Reinfection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus

1991 615 citations Edward E. Walsh et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults

2000 507 citations Ann R. Falsey, Edward E. Walsh profile →
Aerosolized Ribavirin Treatment of Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Viral Infection

1983 402 citations Edward E. Walsh et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Hospitalized Adults, 2017–2020

2021 137 citations Angela R Branche, Lisa Saiman et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of the Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults Over 2 RSV Seasons

2025 14 citations Edward E. Walsh, Daniel Eiras et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward E. Walsh United States	68	13.6k	6.6k	5.2k	2.3k	1.7k	199	16.5k
Janet A. Englund United States	72	12.4k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	405	16.9k
Dean D. Erdman United States	65	11.3k 0.8×	7.8k 1.2×	3.3k 0.6×	948 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	197	15.8k
Caroline Breese Hall United States	63	13.5k 1.0×	5.9k 0.9×	5.8k 1.1×	870 0.4×	2.4k 1.5×	146	16.2k
Pearay L. Ogra United States	59	7.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	298	13.0k
Ann R. Falsey United States	59	10.1k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	201	11.7k
Michael Boeckh United States	94	22.0k 1.6×	9.7k 1.5×	2.0k 0.4×	4.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.2×	430	31.7k
Octavio Ramilo United States	58	6.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.3×	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	266	11.1k
Pedro A. Piedra United States	61	8.1k 0.6×	3.8k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	897 0.5×	215	11.0k
Kenneth McIntosh United States	61	5.3k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	542 0.3×	195	11.2k
Ruth A. Karron United States	54	6.7k 0.5×	3.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	992 0.4×	581 0.3×	151	8.5k

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Branche, Angela R, Ann R. Falsey, Lisa Saiman, et al.. (2025). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Risk Assessment in Adults: Implications for Vaccine Recommendations Beyond Age. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(7). ofaf394–ofaf394. 1 indexed citations

Walsh, Edward E., Daniel Eiras, John Woodside, et al.. (2025). Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of the Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults Over 2 RSV Seasons. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 81(6). e680–e689. 14 indexed citations breakdown →

Walsh, Edward E., et al.. (2025). Comprehensive Analysis of Cardiovascular Events and Risk Factors in Patients Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(2). e396–e403. 3 indexed citations

Williams, S., Bradford D. Gessner, Elizabeth Begier, et al.. (2024). Is a Consensus Case Definition for Viral Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Disease (LRTD) in Clinical Trials Possible?. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 14(1). 1–11. 1 indexed citations

Falsey, Ann R., Edward E. Walsh, Stacey L. House, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Illness Severity in Adults Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Tract Infection due to Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or Human Metapneumovirus. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(5). e13275–e13275. 10 indexed citations

Lesho, Emil, Brendan W. Corey, François Lebreton, et al.. (2021). Emergence of the E484K Mutation in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Lineage B.1.1.345 in Upstate New York. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74(5). 909–912. 3 indexed citations

Peterson, Derick R., Andrea Baran, Soumyaroop Bhattacharya, et al.. (2021). Gene Expression Risk Scores for COVID-19 Illness Severity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(3). 322–331. 5 indexed citations

Falsey, Ann R., Edward E. Walsh, Richard H. Osborne, et al.. (2021). Comparative assessment of reported symptoms of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and human metapneumovirus infection during hospitalization and post‐discharge assessed by Respiratory Intensity and Impact Questionnaire. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(1). 79–89. 28 indexed citations

McCall, Matthew N., Chin‐Yi Chu, Juilee Thakar, et al.. (2021). A systems genomics approach uncovers molecular associates of RSV severity. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(12). e1009617–e1009617. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Lu, Chin‐Yi Chu, Matthew N. McCall, et al.. (2021). Airway gene-expression classifiers for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease severity in infants. BMC Medical Genomics. 14(1). 57–57. 5 indexed citations

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Grier, Alex, Ann Gill, Anthony Corbett, et al.. (2020). Temporal Dysbiosis of Infant Nasal Microbiota Relative to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 223(9). 1650–1658. 17 indexed citations

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Walsh, Edward E., Thomas J. Mariani, Chin‐Yi Chu, et al.. (2019). Aims, Study Design, and Enrollment Results From the Assessing Predictors of Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Effects and Severity Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 8(6). e12907–e12907. 7 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Soumyaroop, Alex Rosenberg, Derick R. Peterson, et al.. (2017). Transcriptomic Biomarkers to Discriminate Bacterial from Nonbacterial Infection in Adults Hospitalized with Respiratory Illness. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6548–6548. 48 indexed citations

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Walsh, Edward E.. (2008). Serum Biomarker Measurements in Adults with Viral Respiratory Infections. 46th Annual Meeting. 1 indexed citations

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Falsey, Ann R., Patricia Hennessey, Maria A. Formica, Christopher Cox, & Edward E. Walsh. (2005). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Elderly and High-Risk Adults. New England Journal of Medicine. 352(17). 1749–1759. 1592 indexed citations breakdown →

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Falsey, Ann R., Maria A. Formica, & Edward E. Walsh. (2002). Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: Comparison of Reverse Transcription-PCR to Viral Culture and Serology in Adults with Respiratory Illness. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40(3). 817–820. 144 indexed citations

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Falsey, Ann R. & Edward E. Walsh. (1998). Relationship of Serum Antibody to Risk of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Elderly Adults. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 177(2). 463–466. 141 indexed citations

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Walsh, Edward E., Wayne M. Sullender, & Ann R. Falsey. (1998). Monoclonal antibody neutralization escape mutants of respiratory syncytial virus with unique alterations in the attachment (G) protein.. Journal of General Virology. 79(3). 479–487. 46 indexed citations

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Falsey, Ann R. & Edward E. Walsh. (1997). Safety and immunogenicity of a respiratory syncytial virus subunit vaccine (PFP-2) in the institutionalized elderly. Vaccine. 15(10). 1130–1132. 83 indexed citations

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Kasel, J. A., Edward E. Walsh, Arthur L. Frank, et al.. (1987). Relation of Serum Antibody to Glycoproteins of Respiratory Syncytial Virus with Immunity to Infection in Children. Viral Immunology. 1(3). 199–205. 40 indexed citations

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