Eric J. Rubin

29.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
263 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Rubin is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Rubin has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Infectious Diseases, 100 papers in Epidemiology and 78 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Rubin's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (105 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (91 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (46 papers). Eric J. Rubin is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (105 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (91 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (46 papers). Eric J. Rubin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Eric J. Rubin's co-authors include Christopher M. Sassetti, Dana Boyd, Sarah M. Fortune, Barry R. Bloom, Erik C. Hett, John J. Mekalanos, James C. Sacchettini, Michael C. Chao, Michel R. Popoff and Patrice Boquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Rubin

241 papers receiving 17.8k 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.

Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis

2003 2.0k citations Christopher M. Sassetti, Dana Boyd et al. profile →
Genetic requirements for mycobacterial survival during infection

2003 1.0k citations Christopher M. Sassetti, Eric J. Rubin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Genome-wide requirements for Mycobacterium tuberculosis adaptation and survival in macrophages

2005 545 citations Eric J. Rubin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The mammalian G protein rhoC is ADP-ribosylated by Clostridium botulinum exoenzyme C3 and affects actin microfilaments in Vero cells.

1989 449 citations Eric J. Rubin et al. profile →
Comprehensive Essentiality Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome via Saturating Transposon Mutagenesis

2017 429 citations Eric J. Rubin, Sarah M. Fortune et al. mBio profile →
Programmable transcriptional repression in mycobacteria using an orthogonal CRISPR interference platform

2017 344 citations Eric J. Rubin, Christopher M. Sassetti et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
Anti-tuberculosis treatment strategies and drug development: challenges and priorities

2022 267 citations Eric J. Rubin et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Rubin	9.6k	9.1k	7.2k	2.8k	2.2k	263	18.1k
Christopher M. Sassetti	7.5k 0.8×	7.0k 0.8×	5.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	119	13.2k
Camille Locht	7.5k 0.8×	5.3k 0.6×	8.5k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	917 0.4×	362	17.1k
Brigitte Gicquel	14.3k 1.5×	5.3k 0.6×	12.9k 1.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	255	20.6k
Stewart T. Cole	18.7k 1.9×	10.9k 1.2×	15.6k 2.2×	3.3k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	358	29.7k
Dirk Schnappinger	7.0k 0.7×	5.5k 0.6×	5.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	115	11.1k
David R. Sherman	8.6k 0.9×	5.0k 0.6×	6.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	125	12.5k
Sabine Ehrt	7.1k 0.7×	5.3k 0.6×	5.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	119	11.2k
William R. Bishai	11.1k 1.2×	5.9k 0.6×	8.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	314	17.2k
Brendan W. Wren	5.7k 0.6×	5.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.3×	2.3k 0.8×	739 0.3×	356	15.9k
Laurent Kremer	7.5k 0.8×	4.9k 0.5×	7.2k 1.0×	889 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	292	13.1k

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Lainé, Christine, Till Bärnighausen, Christopher Baethge, et al.. (2025). Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?. Nature Medicine. 31(4). 1061–1062. 2 indexed citations

Lainé, Christine, Till Bärnighausen, Christopher Baethge, et al.. (2025). Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?. The Lancet. 405(10476). 362–364. 4 indexed citations

Dousa, Khalid M, Sebastian G. Kurz, Eric J. Rubin, et al.. (2025). The Role of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Treating Mycobacterium abscessus : From Laboratory Insights to Clinical Applications and the Case for Clinical Trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(1). e135–e145.

Reede, Joan Y., et al.. (2025). Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Journal. New England Journal of Medicine. 392(3).

Reede, Joan Y., Winfred W. Williams, David S. Jones, et al.. (2024). Racism, Medicine, and NEJM since 1812 — The Historical Roots of Injustice in Medicine, Symposium 1. New England Journal of Medicine. 390(24). e62–e62.

Zhu, Junhao, Peter H. Culviner, Mingyu Gan, et al.. (2024). Genetically encoded transcriptional plasticity underlies stress adaptation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3088–3088. 6 indexed citations

Sullivan, Mark R., Qiang Liu, David C. Young, et al.. (2023). Biotin-dependent cell envelope remodelling is required for Mycobacterium abscessus survival in lung infection. Nature Microbiology. 8(3). 481–497. 18 indexed citations

Abbasi, Kamran, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, et al.. (2023). Reducing the risks of nuclear war — the role of health professionals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 91(2). 92–93.

O’Hara, Joanne M., Shoko Wakabayashi, Noman Siddiqi, et al.. (2023). A MAPS Vaccine Induces Multipronged Systemic and Tissue-Resident Cellular Responses and Protects Mice against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. 14(1). e0361122–e0361122. 4 indexed citations

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Kimura, Satoshi, et al.. (2023). A tRNA modification in Mycobacterium tuberculosis facilitates optimal intracellular growth. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Qingyun, Junhao Zhu, Charles L. Dulberger, et al.. (2022). Tuberculosis treatment failure associated with evolution of antibiotic resilience. Science. 378(6624). 1111–1118. 46 indexed citations

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Atwoli, Lukoye, Abdullah H Baqui, Thomas Benfield, et al.. (2021). Llamamiento a adoptar medidas urgentes para limitar los aumentos de temperatura en el mundo, restablecer la diversidad biológica y proteger la salud. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria. 120(1). 1 indexed citations

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Atwoli, Lukoye, Abdullah H Baqui, Thomas Benfield, et al.. (2021). Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health: Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster†. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2 indexed citations

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Talley, Nicholas J., Fiona Godlee, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.. (2021). Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Ruetz, Markus, Gregory C. Campanello, Hongying Shen, et al.. (2019). Itaconyl-CoA forms a stable biradical in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and derails its activity and repair. Science. 366(6465). 589–593. 77 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Johannes, Tan‐Yun Cheng, Anup Aggarwal, et al.. (2017). An Antibacterial β‐Lactone Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Disrupting Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(1). 348–353. 51 indexed citations

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Javid, Babak, Flavia Sorrentino, Melody Toosky, et al.. (2014). Mycobacterial mistranslation is necessary and sufficient for rifampicin phenotypic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(3). 1132–1137. 145 indexed citations

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Agaisse, Hervé, Laura S. Burrack, Jennifer A. Philips, et al.. (2005). Genome-Wide RNAi Screen for Host Factors Required for Intracellular Bacterial Infection. Science. 309(5738). 1248–1251. 238 indexed citations

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Akerley, Brian J., et al.. (2002). A genome-scale analysis for identification of genes required for growth or survival of Haemophilus influenzae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(2). 966–971. 297 indexed citations

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Sassetti, Christopher M., Dana Boyd, & Eric J. Rubin. (2001). Comprehensive identification of conditionally essential genes in mycobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12712–12717. 459 indexed citations

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