Karen P. Acker

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 526 citations indexed

About

Karen P. Acker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen P. Acker has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 526 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Karen P. Acker's work include Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (4 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (4 papers). Karen P. Acker is often cited by papers focused on Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (4 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (4 papers). Karen P. Acker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Morocco. Karen P. Acker's co-authors include Jin-Young Han, Priyanka Tiwari, Aimee Parow, Christine M. Salvatore, Patricia DeLaMora, M Brandler, Jennifer DiPace, Jenny C. Jin, Alice Prince and Tania Wong Fok Lung and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, The Journal of Pediatrics and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Karen P. Acker

17 papers receiving 513 citations

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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.

Neonatal management and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observation cohort study

2020 196 citations Christine M. Salvatore, Jin-Young Han et al. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen P. Acker United States	7	214	199	119	119	78	19	526
Marcel Andrée Germany	9	611 2.9×	298 1.5×	72 0.6×	16 0.1×	25 0.3×	18	914
Allen Jankeel United States	15	294 1.4×	45 0.2×	121 1.0×	46 0.4×	23 0.3×	28	540
Jeffrey Seow United Kingdom	12	286 1.3×	105 0.5×	130 1.1×	88 0.7×	20 0.3×	29	621
Luanda Mara da Silva Oliveira Brazil	13	86 0.4×	63 0.3×	93 0.8×	72 0.6×	16 0.2×	31	501
Benjamin Lefèvre France	14	87 0.4×	33 0.2×	101 0.8×	297 2.5×	43 0.6×	47	603
Ruth Corrigan United Kingdom	8	131 0.6×	57 0.3×	57 0.5×	293 2.5×	72 0.9×	18	623
Yao Xiao China	12	153 0.7×	32 0.2×	44 0.4×	50 0.4×	24 0.3×	40	420
Gillian Hale United States	10	434 2.0×	68 0.3×	52 0.4×	563 4.7×	97 1.2×	18	740
A Fourmaintraux France	11	526 2.5×	46 0.2×	107 0.9×	607 5.1×	127 1.6×	28	830
Cara E. Morin United States	11	51 0.2×	31 0.2×	87 0.7×	45 0.4×	86 1.1×	62	498

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19 of 19 papers shown

Acker, Karen P., Xiaoyue Ma, Hannah J. Joyce, et al.. (2025). Retrospective Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of a Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in Pediatrics. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 14(11).

Saiman, Lisa, Karen P. Acker, Harjot Singh, et al.. (2025). P-1610. Assessing the Impact of Reflex Urine Cultures in Pediatrics. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Phillips, Kathryn E., Karen P. Acker, Jin-Young Han, et al.. (2025). Trichosporon inkin meningitis in a pediatric patient diagnosed via metagenomic sequencing. PubMed. 2(1).

Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2025). Infection prevention and control for measles in healthcare settings. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 46(7). 684–691. 1 indexed citations

Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2025). Epidemiology of Pediatric Viral Illnesses Before, During, and After the “Tripledemic” Viral Surge. Pediatric Emergency Care. 41(9). 679–686. 1 indexed citations

Geneslaw, Andrew S., Christine A. Capone, Sareen Shah, et al.. (2023). Early Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. PEDIATRICS. 152(3). 6 indexed citations

Han, Jin-Young, S M Hauft, Vivien Yap, et al.. (2023). A quality improvement initiative to reduce antibiotic use in transient tachypnea of the newborn. Journal of Perinatology. 44(1). 119–124. 3 indexed citations

Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2022). COVID-19 is Observed in Older Children During the Omicron Wave in New York City. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 64(2). 195–199. 6 indexed citations

Halabi, Katia C., Barbara Ross, Karen P. Acker, et al.. (2022). Successful diagnostic stewardship for Clostridioides difficile testing in pediatrics. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(2). 186–190. 3 indexed citations

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Acker, Karen P., Deborah A. Levine, Mathew Varghese, et al.. (2022). Indications for Hospitalization in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Infection during the Omicron Wave in New York City. Children. 9(7). 1043–1043. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, He S., Sabrina Racine‐Brzostek, Karen P. Acker, et al.. (2021). Association of Age With SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response. JAMA Network Open. 4(3). e214302–e214302. 116 indexed citations

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Salvatore, Christine M., Jin-Young Han, Karen P. Acker, et al.. (2020). Neonatal management and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observation cohort study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 4(10). 721–727. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2020). PPE during a pandemic: The experience of obtaining PPE and lessons learned from a department of obstetrics and gynecology in New York city. Seminars in Perinatology. 44(6). 151293–151293. 3 indexed citations

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Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2020). Infectious Diseases Diagnoses of Children Admitted With Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 During an Outbreak in New York City. Clinical Pediatrics. 59(14). 1293–1295. 1 indexed citations

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Spencer, R.C., et al.. (2020). COVID-19 Inflammatory Syndrome With Clinical Features Resembling Kawasaki Disease. PEDIATRICS. 146(3). 12 indexed citations

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Acker, Karen P., Tania Wong Fok Lung, Emily West, et al.. (2019). Strains of Staphylococcus aureus that Colonize and Infect Skin Harbor Mutations in Metabolic Genes. iScience. 19. 281–290. 31 indexed citations

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Lung, Tania Wong Fok, Ian R. Monk, Karen P. Acker, et al.. (2019). Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants impair host immunity by activating host cell glycolysis and inducing necroptosis. Nature Microbiology. 5(1). 141–153. 91 indexed citations

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Acker, Karen P., Stephanie A. Schnell, Jennifer Hammond, et al.. (2017). Scalp Lesions in a Pediatric Patient with Hyper IgM Syndrome: Clinical and Histologic Mimicry of Cryptococcus neoformans Infection. The Journal of Pediatrics. 192. 256–258. 4 indexed citations

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Acker, Karen P., et al.. (2009). Solving a Hamiltonian Path Problem with a bacterial computer. Journal of Biological Engineering. 3(1). 11–11. 42 indexed citations

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