Justin Merritt

5.0k total citations
108 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Justin Merritt is a scholar working on Periodontics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Merritt has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Periodontics, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 48 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Justin Merritt's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (57 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (46 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers). Justin Merritt is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (57 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (46 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers). Justin Merritt collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Chile. Justin Merritt's co-authors include Fengxia Qi, Jens Kreth, Wenyuan Shi, Zhoujie Xie, Toshinori Okinaga, Guoqing Niu, Sylvio Redanz, Maxwell H. Anderson, Steven D. Goodman and Jinman Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Justin Merritt

103 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Justin Merritt United States 35 2.0k 1.7k 1.2k 716 494 108 3.7k
Jacqueline Abranches United States 35 2.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 964 1.3× 490 1.0× 83 4.3k
Zezhang T. Wen United States 33 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 722 1.0× 397 0.8× 66 4.1k
L. Jeannine Brady United States 35 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 722 1.0× 315 0.6× 85 4.2k
José A. Lemos United States 39 2.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 897 1.8× 109 5.7k
Robert G. Quivey United States 32 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 767 0.6× 588 0.8× 385 0.8× 75 2.9k
R.R.B. Russell United Kingdom 37 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 688 1.0× 332 0.7× 102 4.6k
Haroun N. Shah United Kingdom 38 1.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.2× 977 0.8× 786 1.1× 320 0.6× 143 5.0k
Tsute Chen United States 32 2.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 658 0.5× 390 0.5× 232 0.5× 91 3.7k
Yung-Hua Li Canada 17 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 747 0.6× 445 0.6× 288 0.6× 27 2.7k
Marlise I. Klein Brazil 34 3.4k 1.7× 1.6k 0.9× 743 0.6× 707 1.0× 429 0.9× 83 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Justin Merritt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Merritt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Justin Merritt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Justin Merritt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Justin Merritt. Justin Merritt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baker, Jonathon L., et al.. (2025). Shining Light on Oral Biofilm Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH): Probing the Accuracy of In Situ Biogeography Studies. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 40(4). 137–146.
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Kreth, Jens, Emily Helliwell, Puthayalai Treerat, & Justin Merritt. (2024). Molecular commensalism: how oral corynebacteria and their extracellular membrane vesicles shape microbiome interactions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1410786–1410786. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Mingzhe, et al.. (2024). Reexamining the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies in clinical and experimental studies. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2415490–2415490. 7 indexed citations
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Higashi, Dustin L., et al.. (2023). Employing Cloning-Independent Mutagenesis of Parvimonas micra for the Study of Cell Wall Biogenesis. Methods in molecular biology. 2727. 57–67. 3 indexed citations
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Helliwell, Emily, Dongseok Choi, Justin Merritt, & Jens Kreth. (2023). Environmental influences on Streptococcus sanguinis membrane vesicle biogenesis. The ISME Journal. 17(9). 1430–1444. 8 indexed citations
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Merritt, Justin, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Identification of Novel sRNAs in Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(4). e0057721–e0057721. 5 indexed citations
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Treerat, Puthayalai, Brian E. McGuire, Elizabeth Palmer, et al.. (2022). Oral microbiome diversity: The curious case of Corynebacterium sp. isolation. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 37(5). 167–179. 5 indexed citations
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Higashi, Dustin L., Sean McGuire, Yasser M. AbdelRahman, et al.. (2022). Development of the First Tractable Genetic System for Parvimonas micra, a Ubiquitous Pathobiont in Human Dysbiotic Disease. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(2). e0046522–e0046522. 10 indexed citations
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Mu, Rong, David A. Anderson, Justin Merritt, Hui Wu, & Jens Kreth. (2021). Post‐translational modification of Streptococcus sanguinis SpxB influences protein solubility and H 2 O 2 production. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 36(5). 267–277. 10 indexed citations
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Treerat, Puthayalai, Sylvio Redanz, Sylvio Redanz, et al.. (2020). Synergism between Corynebacterium and Streptococcus sanguinis reveals new interactions between oral commensals. The ISME Journal. 14(5). 1154–1169. 36 indexed citations
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Florez, Fernando Luís Esteban, et al.. (2020). Optimization of a real-time high-throughput assay for assessment of Streptococcus mutans metabolism and screening of antibacterial dental adhesives. Dental Materials. 36(3). 353–365. 13 indexed citations
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Hao, Tingting, Zhoujie Xie, Min Wang, et al.. (2019). An anaerobic bacterium host system for heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3665–3665. 41 indexed citations
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Kreth, Jens, Nan Liu, Zhiyun Chen, & Justin Merritt. (2015). RNA regulators of host immunity and pathogen adaptive responses in the oral cavity. Microbes and Infection. 17(7). 493–504. 5 indexed citations
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Merritt, Justin, Zhiyun Chen, Nan Liu, & Jens Kreth. (2014). Posttranscriptional Regulation of Oral Bacterial Adaptive Responses. Current Oral Health Reports. 1(1). 50–58. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinman, Chenggang Wu, I‐Hsiu Huang, Justin Merritt, & Fengxia Qi. (2011). Differential response of Streptococcus mutans towards friend and foe in mixed-species cultures. Microbiology. 157(9). 2433–2444. 56 indexed citations
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Kreth, Jens, Justin Merritt, & Fengxia Qi. (2009). Bacterial and Host Interactions of Oral Streptococci. DNA and Cell Biology. 28(8). 397–403. 177 indexed citations
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Merritt, Justin, Fengxia Qi, & Wenyuan Shi. (2006). Milk Helps Build Strong Teeth and Promotes Oral Health. Journal of the California Dental Association. 34(5). 361–366. 33 indexed citations
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Merritt, Justin, Jens Kreth, Fengxia Qi, Richard Sullivan, & Wenyuan Shi. (2004). Non-disruptive, real-time analyses of the metabolic status and viability of Streptococcus mutans cells in response to antimicrobial treatments. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 61(2). 161–170. 43 indexed citations
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Merritt, Justin, et al.. (2001). Bacterial Biofilm and Dentistry. Journal of the California Dental Association. 29(5). 355–360. 4 indexed citations

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