Emily MacLean

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Emily MacLean is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily MacLean has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Infectious Diseases, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Emily MacLean's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers). Emily MacLean is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers). Emily MacLean collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and Australia. Emily MacLean's co-authors include Madhukar Pai, Claudia M. Denkinger, Faiz Ahmad Khan, James C. Johnston, Andrea Benedetti, Anete Trajman, Louis‐Patrick Haraoui, Zhiyi Lan, Jonathon R. Campbell and Gamuchirai Tavaziva and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Emily MacLean

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 549 citations Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Gamuchirai Tavaziva et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily MacLean Canada	14	906	381	205	191	173	34	1.2k
Zhiyi Lan Canada	10	702 0.8×	205 0.5×	89 0.4×	146 0.8×	100 0.6×	17	856
Linghang Wang China	12	686 0.8×	209 0.5×	72 0.4×	168 0.9×	123 0.7×	40	1.1k
Chunxiao Fang China	7	860 0.9×	130 0.3×	93 0.5×	80 0.4×	119 0.7×	17	1.1k
Alison Hardie United Kingdom	14	579 0.6×	479 1.3×	51 0.2×	82 0.4×	146 0.8×	24	1.0k
Andrew D. Kerkhoff United States	23	1.3k 1.4×	998 2.6×	482 2.4×	60 0.3×	60 0.3×	69	1.6k
Laura Martínez-García Spain	11	408 0.5×	94 0.2×	71 0.3×	93 0.5×	79 0.5×	24	712
Zhigang Song China	15	747 0.8×	247 0.6×	43 0.2×	98 0.5×	333 1.9×	32	1.3k
Rishi K Gupta United Kingdom	16	842 0.9×	595 1.6×	312 1.5×	18 0.1×	127 0.7×	50	1.1k
Susanna Felsenstein United States	14	575 0.6×	174 0.5×	183 0.9×	55 0.3×	86 0.5×	19	1000
Matthijs Oyaert Belgium	17	297 0.3×	274 0.7×	115 0.6×	98 0.5×	125 0.7×	52	901

Countries citing papers authored by Emily MacLean

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily MacLean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily MacLean

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yapa, H. Manisha, Emily MacLean, Nicolas A. Menzies, et al.. (2025). Drug-resistant tuberculosis: a priority pathogen for enhanced public health research and practice. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 38(4). e0006425–e0006425.

Kaba, Hideto, et al.. (2025). Mettl3 is required for germline function during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Differentiation. 145. 100895–100895.

MacLean, Emily, Đức Cường Phạm, Hoa Binh Nguyen, et al.. (2025). Long-term Outcomes Among People With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 81(6). e623–e631.

Nguyen, Han, Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Andrew James Codlin, et al.. (2024). Study protocol: diagnostic accuracy study comparing Cy-Tb and STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA tests for tuberculosis infection diagnosis in Vietnam. BMJ Open. 14(8). e085614–e085614.

Teo, Alvin Kuo Jing, Emily MacLean, & Greg J. Fox. (2024). Subclinical tuberculosis: a meta-analysis of prevalence and scoping review of definitions, prevalence and clinical characteristics. European Respiratory Review. 33(172). 230208–230208. 6 indexed citations

Bijker, Else M., Sylvia M. LaCourse, Emily MacLean, et al.. (2024). The inclusion of children and adolescents in tuberculosis diagnostic development and evaluation–a consensus statement. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24(11). e688–e695. 5 indexed citations

Gaeddert, Mary, et al.. (2024). Host blood protein biomarkers to screen for tuberculosis disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 62(11). e0078624–e0078624. 2 indexed citations

MacLean, Emily, Tatiana Cáceres, Giorgia Sulis, et al.. (2023). Integrating tuberculosis and COVID-19 molecular testing in Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet Microbe. 4(6). e452–e460. 5 indexed citations

MacLean, Emily, Paolo Miotto, Licé González-Angulo, et al.. (2023). Updating the WHO target product profile for next-generation Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing at peripheral centres. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). e0001754–e0001754. 18 indexed citations

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Bigio, Jacob, Emily MacLean, Giorgia Sulis, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of package inserts of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests: a secondary analysis of manufacturer versus systematic review data. The Lancet Microbe. 4(11). e875–e882. 6 indexed citations

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Bigio, Jacob, Emily MacLean, Mikashmi Kohli, et al.. (2022). Most common reasons for primary care visits in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(5). e0000196–e0000196. 15 indexed citations

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Bigio, Jacob, et al.. (2021). Use cases for COVID-19 screening and surveillance with rapid antigen-detecting tests: a systematic review. medRxiv. 1 indexed citations

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MacLean, Emily, et al.. (2021). Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus-Leishmania major co-infection modulates innate inflammatory response favoring myeloid cell infections and skin hyperinflammation. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(7). e0009638–e0009638. 12 indexed citations

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Bigio, Jacob, Mikashmi Kohli, Joel Shyam Klinton, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251236–e0251236. 20 indexed citations

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Fernández-Carballo, B. Leticia, Camille Escadafal, Emily MacLean, Anokhi J. Kapasi, & Sabine Dittrich. (2021). Distinguishing bacterial versus non-bacterial causes of febrile illness – A systematic review of host biomarkers. Journal of Infection. 82(4). 1–10. 26 indexed citations

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Kohli, Mikashmi, Emily MacLean, Madhukar Pai, Samuel G. Schumacher, & Claudia M. Denkinger. (2020). Diagnostic accuracy of centralised assays for TB detection and detection of resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Journal. 57(2). 2000747–2000747. 22 indexed citations

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MacLean, Emily, Mikashmi Kohli, Stefan Weber, et al.. (2020). Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(10). 117 indexed citations

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Bastos, Mayara Lisboa, Gamuchirai Tavaziva, Jonathon R. Campbell, et al.. (2020). Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 370. m2516–m2516. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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MacLean, Emily, Kavitha Saravu, & Madhukar Pai. (2018). Diagnosing active tuberculosis in people living with HIV. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS. 14(1). 46–54. 13 indexed citations

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Togun, Toyin, Emily MacLean, Beate Kampmann, & Madhukar Pai. (2018). Biomarkers for diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204029–e0204029. 33 indexed citations

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