Emily Pierson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Emily Pierson is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily Pierson has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 5 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Emily Pierson's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (3 papers). Emily Pierson is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (3 papers). Emily Pierson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Emily Pierson's co-authors include Deborah T. Hung, Anne E. Clatworthy, Joan Goverman, John J. Mekalanos, Elizabeth A. Shakhnovich, Sarah B. Simmons, Luca Castelli, Sarah Y. Lee, Catriona A. Wagner and Ingunn M. Stromnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Emily Pierson

9 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Targeting virulence: a new paradigm for antimicrobial therapy

2007 1.1k citations Anne E. Clatworthy, Emily Pierson et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers

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Weiwei Huang China

Anne E. Clatworthy United States

Ifor R. Beacham Australia

Brian C. VanderVen United States

Tomoe Kitao Japan

Johanna C. Sierra United States

Liyan Hu China

Subramanian Dhandayuthapani United States

Natalia V. Kirienko United States

Feifei Zhang China

Weiwei Huang China

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266 ×0.7

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161 ×0.5

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192 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Emily Pierson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily Pierson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily Pierson

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Pierson, Emily & Joan Goverman. (2017). GM-CSF is not essential for experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis but promotes brain-targeted disease. JCI Insight. 2(7). e92362–e92362. 35 indexed citations

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Pierson, Emily, Catriona A. Wagner, & Joan Goverman. (2016). The contribution of neutrophils to CNS autoimmunity. Clinical Immunology. 189. 23–28. 95 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mark, Emily Pierson, Andrew J. Spieker, et al.. (2016). Distinct T cell signatures define subsets of patients with multiple sclerosis. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 3(5). e278–e278. 15 indexed citations

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Simmons, Sarah B., Emily Pierson, Sarah Y. Lee, & Joan Goverman. (2013). Modeling the heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis in animals. Trends in Immunology. 34(8). 410–422. 133 indexed citations

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Pierson, Emily, Ingunn M. Stromnes, & Joan Goverman. (2013). B Cells Promote Induction of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Facilitating Reactivation of T Cells in the Central Nervous System. The Journal of Immunology. 192(3). 929–939. 75 indexed citations

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Pierson, Emily, Sarah B. Simmons, Luca Castelli, & Joan Goverman. (2012). Mechanisms regulating regional localization of inflammation during CNS autoimmunity. Immunological Reviews. 248(1). 205–215. 148 indexed citations

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Shakhnovich, Elizabeth A., Deborah T. Hung, Emily Pierson, Kyung‐Ae Lee, & John J. Mekalanos. (2007). Virstatin inhibits dimerization of the transcriptional activator ToxT. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(7). 2372–2377. 106 indexed citations

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Clatworthy, Anne E., Emily Pierson, & Deborah T. Hung. (2007). Targeting virulence: a new paradigm for antimicrobial therapy. Nature Chemical Biology. 3(9). 541–548. 1067 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hung, Deborah T., Elizabeth A. Shakhnovich, Emily Pierson, & John J. Mekalanos. (2005). Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Vibrio cholerae Virulence and Intestinal Colonization. Science. 310(5748). 670–674. 279 indexed citations

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