Kaitlyn E. Kortright

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kaitlyn E. Kortright is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitlyn E. Kortright has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kaitlyn E. Kortright's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (4 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Kaitlyn E. Kortright is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (4 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Kaitlyn E. Kortright collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Kaitlyn E. Kortright's co-authors include Benjamin K. Chan, Paul E. Turner, Jonathan L. Koff, Mark Sistrom, Deepak Narayan, John E. Wertz, David F. Savage, Avi I. Flamholz, Dana C. Nadler and Thawatchai Chaijarasphong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kaitlyn E. Kortright

15 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Re... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2019 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
    2019 777 citations Kaitlyn E. Kortright, Benjamin K. Chan et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  2. Phage selection restores antibiotic sensitivity in MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    2016 512 citations Benjamin K. Chan, Mark Sistrom et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaitlyn E. Kortright United States 10 1.2k 682 444 281 258 15 1.6k
Barbara Maciejewska Poland 19 1.4k 1.1× 719 1.1× 475 1.1× 310 1.1× 193 0.7× 25 1.6k
Maya Merabishvili Belgium 20 1.5k 1.2× 646 0.9× 580 1.3× 242 0.9× 266 1.0× 32 1.8k
Jeroen Wagemans Belgium 24 1.3k 1.1× 697 1.0× 400 0.9× 190 0.7× 483 1.9× 75 1.8k
Grażyna Majkowska-Skrobek Poland 18 1.2k 1.0× 687 1.0× 490 1.1× 314 1.1× 176 0.7× 26 1.5k
Bob Blasdel Belgium 18 1.7k 1.4× 858 1.3× 577 1.3× 152 0.5× 358 1.4× 24 1.9k
Sílvio Roberto Branco Santos Portugal 22 1.2k 1.0× 702 1.0× 404 0.9× 145 0.5× 168 0.7× 38 1.6k
Fernando Gordillo Altamirano Australia 8 1.0k 0.9× 469 0.7× 386 0.9× 322 1.1× 173 0.7× 11 1.2k
Zhiqiang Mi China 22 820 0.7× 552 0.8× 359 0.8× 262 0.9× 120 0.5× 70 1.3k
Małgorzata Łobocka Poland 22 1.2k 1.0× 937 1.4× 404 0.9× 182 0.6× 343 1.3× 37 1.8k
Diana P. Pires Portugal 17 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 772 1.7× 285 1.0× 272 1.1× 35 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Cochrane, Christina, Benjamin K. Chan, Kaitlyn E. Kortright, et al.. (2024). Cystic Fibrosis Bacteriophage Study at Yale (CYPHY). A6808–A6808. 3 indexed citations
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Würstle, Silvia, Kaitlyn E. Kortright, Gail Stanley, et al.. (2024). Optimized preparation pipeline for emergency phage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa at Yale University. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2657–2657. 14 indexed citations
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Chan, Benjamin K., Kaitlyn E. Kortright, Christina Cochrane, et al.. (2023). 41 CYstic Fibrosis bacterioPHage study at Yale (CYPHY). Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 22. S22–S22. 1 indexed citations
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Kortright, Kaitlyn E., Benjamin K. Chan, Benjamin Evans, & Paul E. Turner. (2022). Arms race and fluctuating selection dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria coevolving with phage OMKO1. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(11). 1475–1487. 21 indexed citations
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Doub, James B., Akira Shishido, Uma Srikumaran, et al.. (2022). Salphage: salvage bacteriophage therapy for a recalcitrant Klebsiella pneumoniae prosthetic shoulder infection — a case report. Acta Orthopaedica. 93. 756–759. 18 indexed citations
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Kenney, Patrick A., Benjamin K. Chan, Kaitlyn E. Kortright, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination of N95 respirators for reuse. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(1). 45–47. 31 indexed citations
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Kortright, Kaitlyn E., et al.. (2021). Evolution of Bacterial Cross-Resistance to Lytic Phages and Albicidin Antibiotic. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 658374–658374. 26 indexed citations
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Chan, Benjamin K., Erin Bromage, Julianne H. Grose, et al.. (2021). The Use of Bacteriophages and Immunological Monitoring for the Treatment of a Case of Chronic Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 33(3). 139–154. 8 indexed citations
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Kortright, Kaitlyn E., Benjamin K. Chan, & Paul E. Turner. (2020). High-throughput discovery of phage receptors using transposon insertion sequencing of bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18670–18679. 94 indexed citations
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Kortright, Kaitlyn E., Benjamin K. Chan, Jonathan L. Koff, & Paul E. Turner. (2019). Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(2). 219–232. 777 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nadler, Dana C., et al.. (2016). Rapid construction of metabolite biosensors using domain-insertion profiling. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12266–12266. 91 indexed citations
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Chan, Benjamin K., Mark Sistrom, John E. Wertz, et al.. (2016). Phage selection restores antibiotic sensitivity in MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26717–26717. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chaijarasphong, Thawatchai, Robert J. Nichols, Kaitlyn E. Kortright, et al.. (2015). Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting Mediates Expression of the α-Carboxysome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(1). 153–164. 46 indexed citations
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Davies, Alexander E., Kaitlyn E. Kortright, & Kenneth B. Kaplan. (2015). Adenomatous polyposis colimutants dominantly activate Hsf1-dependent cell stress pathways through inhibition of microtubule dynamics. Oncotarget. 6(28). 25202–25216. 3 indexed citations

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