James McKenna

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James McKenna is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James McKenna has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in James McKenna's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (8 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (6 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (5 papers). James McKenna is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (8 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (6 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (5 papers). James McKenna collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Bangladesh. James McKenna's co-authors include Jorge J. Yunis, Glauco Frizzera, Mark A. Arnesen, Martin M. Oken, Athanasios Theologides, Peter Coyle, R. N. Thurston, Ciara Cox, James Dooley and William J. Snelling and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Applied Physics Letters and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

James McKenna

60 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Multiple Recurrent Genomic Defects in Follicular Lymphoma

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
James McKenna	381	320	284	261	223	63	1.7k
Dorothee Bienzle	130 0.3×	500 1.6×	302 1.1×	506 1.9×	160 0.7×	181	2.9k
James C. Wright	185 0.5×	897 2.8×	491 1.7×	312 1.2×	91 0.4×	146	4.0k
Andreas Moritz	59 0.2×	269 0.8×	313 1.1×	373 1.4×	165 0.7×	161	3.0k
Seung‐Hun Lee	400 1.0×	514 1.6×	802 2.8×	168 0.6×	118 0.5×	217	3.1k
Jenny M. Woof	138 0.4×	1.6k 5.0×	494 1.7×	400 1.5×	164 0.7×	60	4.0k
Ken Smith	131 0.3×	419 1.3×	257 0.9×	807 3.1×	161 0.7×	134	2.9k
Carlos Gutiérrez	162 0.4×	456 1.4×	262 0.9×	605 2.3×	117 0.5×	132	2.5k
John L. Schmitz	62 0.2×	217 0.7×	662 2.3×	306 1.2×	141 0.6×	85	2.4k
Ted Rosén	377 1.0×	252 0.8×	379 1.3×	1.3k 5.0×	721 3.2×	179	3.5k
M. La Plaça	177 0.5×	831 2.6×	984 3.5×	1.3k 5.1×	577 2.6×	268	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James McKenna

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McKenna, James, et al.. (2025). Gender differences in barriers to sports participation on the transition from adolescence to young adulthood in a mediterranean region. Preventive Medicine Reports. 58. 103226–103226.

Radley, Duncan, Cristiana Duarte, Chris Keyworth, et al.. (2022). Does the design of the NHS Low‐Calorie Diet Programme have fidelity to the programme specification? A documentary review of service parameters and behaviour change content in a type 2 diabetes intervention. Diabetic Medicine. 40(4). e15022–e15022. 11 indexed citations

Corr, Michael, Derek Fairley, James McKenna, Michael D. Shields, & Thomas Waterfield. (2022). Diagnostic value of mid-regional pro-Adrenomedullin as a biomarker of invasive bacterial infection in children: a systematic review. BMC Pediatrics. 22(1). 176–176. 6 indexed citations

Fuchs, Marc, Clara Radulescu, Arun Mahesh, et al.. (2022). Mini-XT, a miniaturized tagmentation-based protocol for efficient sequencing of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Translational Medicine. 20(1). 105–105. 7 indexed citations

Corr, Michael, Sharon Christie, Chris Watson, et al.. (2020). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: a prospective multicentre cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 10(11). e041661–e041661. 6 indexed citations

Waterfield, Thomas, Mark D Lyttle, Derek Fairley, et al.. (2018). The “Petechiae in children” (PiC) study: evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA – a study protocol. BMC Pediatrics. 18(1). 246–246. 6 indexed citations

Cox, Ciara, Alison Watt, James McKenna, & Peter Coyle. (2016). Gardnerella vaginalis and Mollicute detection in rectal swabs from men who have sex with men. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 28(7). 708–714. 15 indexed citations

Fairley, Derek, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of a rapid antigen test for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in cerebrospinal fluid. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 70(5). 448–450. 6 indexed citations

Burke, Rachael M., James McKenna, Ciara Cox, et al.. (2016). A comparison of different pre-lysis methods and extraction kits for recovery of Streptococcus agalacticae (Lancefield group B Streptococcus) DNA from whole blood. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 129. 103–108. 12 indexed citations

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McKenna, James, Derek Fairley, Michael D. Shields, et al.. (2011). Development and clinical validation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for the rapid detection of Neisseria meningitidis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 69(2). 137–144. 43 indexed citations

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Hey, C, Liam Murray, James McKenna, et al.. (2009). Coxiella burnetii(Q fever) seroprevalence in cattle. Epidemiology and Infection. 138(1). 21–27. 95 indexed citations

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McKenna, James, et al.. (2008). Rapid detection of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive BacT/Alert® blood culture bottles using real-time polymerase chain reaction: evaluation and comparison of 4 DNA extraction methods. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 61(4). 446–452. 26 indexed citations

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McDowell, S.W.J., F. D. Menzies, S. H. McBride, et al.. (2008). Campylobacter spp. in conventional broiler flocks in Northern Ireland: Epidemiology and risk factors. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 84(3-4). 261–276. 79 indexed citations

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Hey, C, James McKenna, Peter Coyle, et al.. (2008). Human Seroprevalence to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in Northern Ireland. Zoonoses and Public Health. 55(4). 189–194. 48 indexed citations

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McCaughey, Conall, Liam Murray, James McKenna, et al.. (2005). Lack of association between serological evidence of past Coxiella burnetii infection and incident ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 5(1). 61–61. 5 indexed citations

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Snelling, William J., John E. Moore, James McKenna, Donna M Lecky, & James Dooley. (2005). Bacterial–protozoa interactions; an update on the role these phenomena play towards human illness. Microbes and Infection. 8(2). 578–587. 50 indexed citations

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Hughes, John R., George R. Lesmes, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, et al.. (1999). Are higher doses of nicotine replacement more effective for smoking cessation?. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 1(2). 169–174. 131 indexed citations

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Patrick, Sheila, et al.. (1996). A comparison of the haemagglutinating and enzymic activities ofBacteroides fragiliswhole cells and outer membrane vesicles. Microbial Pathogenesis. 20(4). 191–202. 61 indexed citations

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McKenna, James, et al.. (1995). Cigarette availability to minors.. PubMed. 95(11). 663–5. 11 indexed citations

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McKenna, James, et al.. (1988). Vaginal birth after cesarean section. Postgraduate Medicine. 84(6). 211–215. 2 indexed citations

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