George H. McCracken

25.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
406 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

George H. McCracken is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, George H. McCracken has authored 406 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Epidemiology, 152 papers in Microbiology and 100 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in George H. McCracken's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (137 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (134 papers) and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (99 papers). George H. McCracken is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (137 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (134 papers) and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (99 papers). George H. McCracken collaborates with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Panama. George H. McCracken's co-authors include John D. Nelson, Xavier Sáez‐Llorens, Ian R. Friedland, Kurt Olsen, Charles M. Ginsburg, Octavio Ramilo, Norma Threlkeld, M. Thomas, Jerome O. Klein and E J Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

George H. McCracken

394 papers receiving 17.3k 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.

The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

2011 1.2k citations John S. Bradley, Carrie L. Byington et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children

2004 530 citations Kurt Olsen, George H. McCracken et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
Management of Infections Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae

1994 479 citations George H. McCracken et al. profile →
Dexamethasone Therapy for Bacterial Meningitis

1988 416 citations Kurt Olsen, George H. McCracken et al. profile →
Escherichia coliK1 Capsular Polysaccharide Associated with Neonatal Meningitis

1974 384 citations George H. McCracken et al. profile →
Correlation of interleukin-1β and cachectin concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid and outcome from bacterial meningitis

1989 241 citations Mahmoud M. Mustafa, Octavio Ramilo et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George H. McCracken United States	69	10.8k	6.4k	3.8k	3.1k	2.9k	406	18.9k
Sheldon L. Kaplan United States	69	11.1k 1.0×	5.2k 0.8×	7.5k 2.0×	2.8k 0.9×	11.3k 4.0×	361	26.0k
Merle A. Sande United States	61	7.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	4.6k 1.6×	234	13.9k
Cynthia G. Whitney United States	68	21.2k 2.0×	6.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	256	26.0k
Monica M. Farley United States	79	18.8k 1.7×	6.8k 1.1×	7.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.3×	9.4k 3.3×	235	28.0k
Ken B. Waites United States	53	5.5k 0.5×	4.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	687 0.2×	1.5k 0.5×	227	10.3k
Ellen R. Wald United States	65	7.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.3×	2.6k 0.7×	693 0.2×	2.2k 0.8×	302	14.9k
Arnold L. Smith United States	60	4.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	813 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	306	13.9k
Edward O. Mason United States	59	6.5k 0.6×	3.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	724 0.2×	3.9k 1.4×	221	11.7k
Jerome O. Klein United States	52	4.8k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	638 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	260	10.6k
Diederik van de Beek Netherlands	64	10.3k 0.9×	9.7k 1.5×	3.0k 0.8×	421 0.1×	2.4k 0.8×	394	19.7k

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Bradley, John S., Carrie L. Byington, Samir S. Shah, et al.. (2011). Executive Summary: The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53(7). 617–630. 196 indexed citations

Messina, Allison F., Theresa Barton, Naveed Ahmad, et al.. (2007). Impact of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Dallas, TX, Children From 1999 Through 2005. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 26(6). 461–467. 130 indexed citations

Jafri, Hasan S. & George H. McCracken. (1999). Fluoroquinolones in Paediatrics. Drugs. 58(Supplement 2). 43–48. 24 indexed citations

McCracken, George H.. (1998). Treatment of acute otitis media in an era of increasing microbial resistance. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 17(6). 576–579. 30 indexed citations

Wubbel, Loretta, Hasan S. Jafri, Kurt Olsen, et al.. (1997). Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A mouse pneumonia model. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 25(2). 1 indexed citations

Nelson, John D. & George H. McCracken. (1995). RSV immune globulin prophylaxis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 14(6). 2 indexed citations

McCracken, George H., Merle A. Sande, Arnold Lentnek, Richard J. Whitley, & W. Michael Scheid. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Meningitis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S182–S188. 8 indexed citations

Feigin, Ralph D., George H. McCracken, & Jerome O. Klein. (1992). Diagnosis and management of meningitis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 11(9). 785–785. 138 indexed citations

Plotkin, Stanley A., N. A. Halsey, Martha L. Lepow, et al.. (1990). Parvovirus, erythema infectiosum, and pregnancy. PEDIATRICS. 85(1). 131–133. 19 indexed citations

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Sáez‐Llorens, Xavier, et al.. (1989). Modulation of meningeal inflammation by treatment with pentoxifylline. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 8(12). 922–922. 3 indexed citations

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Ramilo, Octavio, Mahmoud M. Mustafa, Xavier Sáez‐Llorens, et al.. (1989). Role of interleukin 1-beta in meningeal inflammation. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 8(12). 909–909. 10 indexed citations

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Plotkin, S. A., Robert S. Daum, G. Scott Giebink, et al.. (1989). Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines: Update. PEDIATRICS. 84(2). 386–387. 8 indexed citations

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Madrigal, Gilbert, et al.. (1988). Single dose antibiotic therapy is not as effective as conventional regimens for management of acute urinary tract infections in children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 7(5). 316–319. 39 indexed citations

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Geme, Joseph W. St., S. Michael Marcy, Larry K. Pickering, et al.. (1988). Consensus. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 7(9). 615–621. 30 indexed citations

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Plotkin, S. A., Robert S. Daum, G. Scott Giebink, et al.. (1988). Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine. PEDIATRICS. 81(6). 908–911. 18 indexed citations

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Odio, Carla, George H. McCracken, & John D. Nelson. (1984). Nephrotoxicity associated with vancomycin-aminoglycoside therapy in four children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 105(3). 491–493. 43 indexed citations

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Feldman, William E., et al.. (1982). Relation of concentrations of Haemophilus influenzae type b in cerebrospinal fluid to late sequelae of patients with meningitis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 100(2). 209–212. 56 indexed citations

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Howard, Jorge B., George H. McCracken, Hugo Trujillo, & E Mohs. (1976). Amikacin in Newborn Infants: Comparative Pharmacology with Kanamycin and Clinical Efficacy in 45 Neonates with Bacterial Diseases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 10(2). 205–210. 36 indexed citations

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McCracken, George H.. (1973). Group B streptococci: The new challenge in neonatal infections. The Journal of Pediatrics. 82(4). 703–706. 177 indexed citations

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Hardy, Janet B., George H. McCracken, E. David Mellits, Mary R. Gilkeson, & John L. Sever. (1969). Serum immunoglobulin levels in newborn infants. The Journal of Pediatrics. 75(6). 1211–1223. 36 indexed citations

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