James Occi

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

James Occi is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Occi has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Infectious Diseases, 16 papers in Parasitology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James Occi's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (15 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers). James Occi is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (15 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers). James Occi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. James Occi's co-authors include Andrea Egizi, Richard G. Robbins, Douglas J. MacNeil, Keith M. Gewain, Barbara A. Sampson, S A Benson, Tanya MacNeil, Dina M. Fonseca, Patrice H. Gibbons and Carolyn L. Ruby and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

James Occi

34 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Discovery of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing a Sheep in New Jersey, United States

2018 207 citations James Occi, Richard G. Robbins et al. Journal of Medical Entomology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Occi United States	16	541	533	494	363	217	36	1.4k
Christopher J. Schulze United States	20	362 0.7×	736 1.4×	349 0.7×	323 0.9×	105 0.5×	31	1.5k
Sandra Weber Canada	19	530 1.0×	600 1.1×	311 0.6×	97 0.3×	68 0.3×	31	1.7k
Kiew‐Lian Wan Malaysia	22	198 0.4×	533 1.0×	766 1.6×	88 0.2×	81 0.4×	75	1.9k
Jean-Charles Gantier France	24	442 0.8×	306 0.6×	98 0.2×	69 0.2×	62 0.3×	66	1.5k
Sabine Eckert United Kingdom	16	250 0.5×	799 1.5×	87 0.2×	163 0.4×	25 0.1×	21	1.4k
Steven T. Pullan United Kingdom	21	349 0.6×	658 1.2×	124 0.3×	179 0.5×	51 0.2×	32	1.3k
Patricia Gil France	21	405 0.7×	687 1.3×	48 0.1×	177 0.5×	103 0.5×	47	1.6k
Keisuke Suganuma Japan	19	179 0.3×	205 0.4×	390 0.8×	59 0.2×	241 1.1×	96	1.1k
Ľudovít Škultéty Slovakia	23	281 0.5×	465 0.9×	580 1.2×	24 0.1×	150 0.7×	103	1.6k
Gustavo Cerqueira United States	15	234 0.4×	688 1.3×	159 0.3×	296 0.8×	18 0.1×	22	1.3k

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Egizi, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62(4). 851–865.

Williams, Greg, et al.. (2025). First finding of Rickettsia rickettsii in Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62(6). 1635–1639.

Singh, Sheo B., James Occi, John G. Ondeyka, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial and mechanism of action studies of boxazomycin A. The Journal of Antibiotics. 77(10). 679–684. 1 indexed citations

Occi, James, Dana C. Price, Victoria Campbell, et al.. (2023). Rickettsia and relapsing fever Borrelia in Alectorobius kelleyi (Ixodida: Argasidae) from peri domestic bats in the northeastern United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(3). 102157–102157. 3 indexed citations

Occi, James, et al.. (2020). First Record of Carios kelleyi (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) in New Jersey, United States and Implications for Public Health. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(2). 939–942. 7 indexed citations

Egizi, Andrea, James Occi, Dana C. Price, & Dina M. Fonseca. (2019). Leveraging the Expertise of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Community to Jump Start Standardized Tick Surveillance. Insects. 10(8). 219–219. 17 indexed citations

Egizi, Andrea, Richard G. Robbins, Lorenza Béati, et al.. (2019). A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America. ZooKeys. 818(818). 117–128. 84 indexed citations

Russo, Riccardo, et al.. (2015). Susceptibility of Select Agents to Predation by Predatory Bacteria. Microorganisms. 3(4). 903–912. 14 indexed citations

Huber, Joann, Robert G. K. Donald, Sang Ho Lee, et al.. (2009). Chemical Genetic Identification of Peptidoglycan Inhibitors Potentiating Carbapenem Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Chemistry & Biology. 16(8). 837–848. 75 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaowei, James Occi, Prakash Masurekar, et al.. (2008). Isolation, Structure, and Antibacterial Activity of Philipimycin, A Thiazolyl Peptide Discovered from Actinoplanes philippinensis MA7347. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(36). 12102–12110. 48 indexed citations

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Singh, Sheo B., James Occi, Hiranthi Jayasuriya, et al.. (2007). Antibacterial Evaluations of Thiazomycin. The Journal of Antibiotics. 60(9). 565–571. 37 indexed citations

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Wohlert, Sven‐Eric, Leonid Fonstein, James Occi, et al.. (2001). Insights about the biosynthesis of the avermectin deoxysugar L-oleandrose through heterologous expression of Streptomyces avermitilis deoxysugar genes in Streptomyces lividans. Chemistry & Biology. 8(7). 681–700. 50 indexed citations

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Madduri, Krishnamurthy, Jonathan Kennedy, Keith M. Gewain, et al.. (1998). Production of the antitumor drug epirubicin (4′-epidoxorubicin) and its precursor by a genetically engineered strain of Streptomyces peucetius. Nature Biotechnology. 16(1). 69–74. 108 indexed citations

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Waddell, Sherman T., et al.. (1998). Synthesis and antibacterial activity of O-methyl derivatives of azalide antibiotics: II. 6-OMe derivatives VIA clarithromycin. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(11). 1321–1326. 12 indexed citations

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Waddell, Sherman T., et al.. (1998). Synthesis and antibacterial activity of O-methyl derivatives of azalide antibiotics: I. 4″, 11 and 12-OMe derivatives via direct methylation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(5). 549–554. 8 indexed citations

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MacNeil, Douglas J., James Occi, Keith M. Gewain, & Tanya MacNeil. (1994). Correlation of the Avermectin Polyketide Synthase Genes to the Avermectin Structure: Implications for Designing Novel Avermectins. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 721(1). 123–132. 21 indexed citations

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MacNeil, Douglas J., James Occi, Patricia J. Hey, Catherine D. Strader, & M P Graziano. (1994). Cloning and Expression of a Human Glucagon Receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 198(1). 328–334. 58 indexed citations

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Occi, James, Patrice H. Gibbons, Emily Wong, & Douglas J. MacNeil. (1993). Insertion of Transposon Tn5seq1 into G+C-rich DNA of Streptomyces avermitilis: Generation of 8-, 9-, and 10-bp Duplications. Plasmid. 30(2). 167–169. 1 indexed citations

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Gewain, Keith M., James Occi, F Foor, & Douglas J. MacNeil. (1992). Vectors for generating nested deletions and facilitating subcloning G + C-rich DNA between Escherichia coli and Streptomyces sp.. Gene. 119(1). 149–150. 10 indexed citations

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Benson, S A, James Occi, & Barbara A. Sampson. (1988). Mutations that alter the pore function of the ompF porin of Escherichia coli K12. Journal of Molecular Biology. 203(4). 961–970. 108 indexed citations

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