Heather Wells

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 476 citations indexed

About

Heather Wells is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Wells has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 476 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather Wells's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (2 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (2 papers). Heather Wells is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (2 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (2 papers). Heather Wells collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ethiopia. Heather Wells's co-authors include Jonna A. K. Mazet, Tracey Goldstein, Nathan Wolfe, William B. Karesh, Christine Kreuder Johnson, Peter Daszak, Simon J. Anthony, Stephen S. Morse, W. Ian Lipkin and Damien O. Joly and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Conservation, Cell Host & Microbe and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Heather Wells

9 papers receiving 463 citations

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Global patterns in coronavirus diversity

2017 266 citations Simon J. Anthony, Christine Kreuder Johnson et al. Virus Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Wells United States	7	326	110	82	81	69	12	476
Nadia Oreshkova Netherlands	13	797 2.4×	246 2.2×	114 1.4×	103 1.3×	198 2.9×	24	893
Melanie Rissmann Germany	13	757 2.3×	216 2.0×	134 1.6×	69 0.9×	149 2.2×	37	851
Jin Sun No South Korea	14	380 1.2×	44 0.4×	94 1.1×	132 1.6×	99 1.4×	33	437
Stefania Leopardi Italy	12	208 0.6×	80 0.7×	84 1.0×	25 0.3×	57 0.8×	32	367
Peter Marszal Canada	12	517 1.6×	122 1.1×	125 1.5×	71 0.9×	130 1.9×	16	651
Sergey V. Alkhovsky Russia	12	350 1.1×	114 1.0×	91 1.1×	14 0.2×	72 1.0×	32	466
Sabarish V. Indran United States	14	545 1.7×	162 1.5×	94 1.1×	133 1.6×	150 2.2×	23	671
Nicolás Cifuentes-Muñoz Chile	13	321 1.0×	45 0.4×	81 1.0×	49 0.6×	57 0.8×	17	526
Jian-Wei Liu China	9	511 1.6×	40 0.4×	142 1.7×	148 1.8×	250 3.6×	11	657

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Wells

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Wells

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Couto-Rodriguez, Mara, Heather Wells, Michael Augenbraun, et al.. (2025). P-2165. Comprehensive Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Assay for Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Marker Identification in Urine. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1).

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Couto-Rodriguez, Mara, Heather Wells, Michael Augenbraun, et al.. (2025). P-2159. Potential Application of a Clinical-Grade Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Detection of Bacterial Vaginosis Associated Organisms in Urine. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1).

3.

Wells, Heather, et al.. (2024). Cellular dynamics shape recombination frequency in coronaviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 20(9). e1012596–e1012596. 3 indexed citations

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Augenbraun, Michael, Bridget Harrison, Caitlin Otto, et al.. (2023). 2835. Utilization of Clinical-Grade Metagenomics in Urinary Tract Infection Diagnostics: Improving High-Risk Patients’ Outcomes with a Genomic-Based Assay. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(Supplement_2).

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Wells, Heather, et al.. (2023). The coronavirus recombination pathway. Cell Host & Microbe. 31(6). 874–889. 29 indexed citations

6.

Randhawa, Nistara, Nigatu Kebede, Heather Wells, et al.. (2022). Coronavirus and Paramyxovirus Shedding by Bats in a Cave and Buildings in Ethiopia. EcoHealth. 19(2). 216–232. 9 indexed citations

7.

Wells, Heather, Michael Letko, Gorka Lasso, et al.. (2021). The evolutionary history of ACE2 usage within the coronavirus subgenus Sarbecovirus. Virus Evolution. 7(1). veab007–veab007. 49 indexed citations

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Nagy‐Szakal, Dorottya, Mara Couto-Rodriguez, Heather Wells, et al.. (2021). Targeted Hybridization Capture of SARS-CoV-2 and Metagenomics Enables Genetic Variant Discovery and Nasal Microbiome Insights. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(2). e0019721–e0019721. 24 indexed citations

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Anthony, Simon J., Christine Kreuder Johnson, Sarah Krämer, et al.. (2017). Global patterns in coronavirus diversity. Virus Evolution. 3(1). vex012–vex012. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Wells, Heather. (2016). Whole-Genome Sequencing And Phylogenetic Analysis Of Novel Paramyxoviruses Discovered In Bats From Brazil. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Holden, Whitney M., Shane M. Hanlon, Douglas C. Woodhams, et al.. (2015). Skin bacteria provide early protection for newly metamorphosed southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala) against the frog-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Biological Conservation. 187. 91–102. 48 indexed citations

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Piovia‐Scott, Jonah, Karen L. Pope, Erica Bree Rosenblum, et al.. (2014). Correlates of virulence in a frog-killing fungal pathogen: evidence from a California amphibian decline. The ISME Journal. 9(7). 1570–1578. 47 indexed citations

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