James McDevitt

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

James McDevitt is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, James McDevitt has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in James McDevitt's work include Infection Control and Ventilation (20 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers) and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (7 papers). James McDevitt is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control and Ventilation (20 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers) and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (7 papers). James McDevitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Cyprus. James McDevitt's co-authors include Donald K. Milton, Benjamin J. Cowling, M. Patricia Fabian, GM Leung, Hui‐Ling Yen, Malik Peiris, Yuguo Li, Nancy Leung, Daniel K. W. Chu and Eunice Y. C. Shiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

James McDevitt

36 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

2020 1.5k citations Nancy Leung, Daniel K. W. Chu et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks

2013 504 citations Donald K. Milton, M. Patricia Fabian et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James McDevitt United States	25	2.2k	779	761	690	590	36	3.7k
William G. Lindsley United States	32	2.5k 1.1×	897 1.2×	623 0.8×	984 1.4×	663 1.1×	78	4.1k
Donald H. Beezhold United States	42	2.0k 0.9×	821 1.1×	506 0.7×	935 1.4×	532 0.9×	184	6.8k
Lydia Bourouiba United States	27	2.0k 0.9×	409 0.5×	720 0.9×	175 0.3×	503 0.9×	54	4.1k
Françoise M. Blachère United States	26	1.8k 0.8×	570 0.7×	489 0.6×	665 1.0×	468 0.8×	52	3.0k
Abrar Ahmad Chughtai Australia	40	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 2.0×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.7×	156	6.2k
Ke Xu China	29	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	481 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	422 0.7×	114	4.3k
Yingle Liu China	35	1.1k 0.5×	2.2k 2.9×	415 0.5×	837 1.2×	727 1.2×	88	6.1k
John A. Lednicky United States	38	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 3.5×	617 0.8×	965 1.4×	1.5k 2.5×	195	6.6k
Dkm Ip Hong Kong	32	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	2.2k 3.2×	515 0.9×	106	4.9k
Catherine J. Noakes United Kingdom	34	2.2k 1.0×	831 1.1×	626 0.8×	328 0.5×	234 0.4×	118	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James McDevitt

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Leung, Nancy, Daniel K. W. Chu, Eunice Y. C. Shiu, et al.. (2020). Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks. Nature Medicine. 26(5). 676–680. 1536 indexed citations breakdown →

Pyrgiotakis, Georgios, Pallavi Vedantam, James McDevitt, et al.. (2016). Optimization of a nanotechnology based antimicrobial platform for food safety applications using Engineered Water Nanostructures (EWNS). Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21073–21073. 60 indexed citations

Rudnick, Stephen N., et al.. (2016). Occupant UV exposure measurements for upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 159. 88–92. 8 indexed citations

Pyrgiotakis, Georgios, James McDevitt, Ya Gao, et al.. (2014). Mycobacteria inactivation using Engineered Water Nanostructures (EWNS). Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 10(6). 1175–1183. 29 indexed citations

Rudnick, Stephen N., et al.. (2014). Influence of ceiling fan's speed and direction on efficacy of upperroom, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation: Experimental. Building and Environment. 92. 756–763. 31 indexed citations

Rudnick, Stephen N., et al.. (2014). Influence of Bioaerosol Source Location and Ceiling Fan Direction on Eggcrate Upper-room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation. British Journal of Applied Science & Technology. 4(26). 3856–3861. 1 indexed citations

Milton, Donald K., M. Patricia Fabian, Benjamin J. Cowling, Michael L. Grantham, & James McDevitt. (2013). Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks. PLoS Pathogens. 9(3). e1003205–e1003205. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

Myatt, Theodore A., et al.. (2013). Beyond Traditional Biosafety. Applied Biosafety. 18(1). 48–51. 1 indexed citations

Pyrgiotakis, Georgios, James McDevitt, Edgar A. Diaz, et al.. (2013). A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures. Environmental Science Nano. 1(1). 15–26. 60 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, et al.. (2012). Collection of Aerosolized Human Cytokines Using Teflon® Filters. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e35814–e35814. 6 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Stan N., Shiva Prakash, Karima Nigmatulina, James McDevitt, & Richard C. Larson. (2011). A Home Toolkit for Primary Prevention of Influenza by Individuals and Families. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 5(4). 266–271. 2 indexed citations

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Myatt, Theodore A., Matthew Kaufman, Joseph G. Allen, et al.. (2010). Modeling the airborne survival of influenza virus in a residential setting: the impacts of home humidification. Environmental Health. 9(1). 55–55. 41 indexed citations

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Fabian, M. Patricia, James McDevitt, E. Andrés Houseman, & Donald K. Milton. (2009). Airborne influenza virus detection with four aerosol samplers using molecular and infectivity assays: considerations for a new infectious virus aerosol sampler. Indoor Air. 19(5). 433–441. 113 indexed citations

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Fabian, M. Patricia, James McDevitt, Wesley DeHaan, et al.. (2008). Influenza Virus in Human Exhaled Breath: An Observational Study. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2691–e2691. 395 indexed citations

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Fabian, M. Patricia, James McDevitt, Wai-Ming Lee, E. Andrés Houseman, & Donald K. Milton. (2008). An optimized method to detect influenza virus and human rhinovirus from exhaled breath and the airborne environment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 11(2). 314–317. 42 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, Peter S. J. Lees, William G. Merz, & Kellogg J. Schwab. (2007). Inhibition of quantitative PCR analysis of fungal conidia associated with indoor air particulate matter. Aerobiologia. 23(1). 35–45. 27 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, Ka Man Lai, Stephen N. Rudnick, et al.. (2007). Characterization of UVC Light Sensitivity of Vaccinia Virus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(18). 5760–5766. 50 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, Peter S. J. Lees, William G. Merz, & Kellogg J. Schwab. (2005). Use of Green Fluorescent Protein-ExpressingAspergillus fumigatusconidia to Validate Quantitative PCR Analysis of Air Samples Collected on Filters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2(12). 633–640. 5 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, Peter S. J. Lees, William G. Merz, & Kellogg J. Schwab. (2004). Development of a method to detect and quantify Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by quantitative PCR for environmental air samples. Mycopathologia. 158(3). 325–335. 31 indexed citations

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McDevitt, James, et al.. (2002). Comparison of extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic field personal exposure monitors. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 12(1). 1–8. 14 indexed citations

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