Katherine McMahan

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 646 citations indexed

About

Katherine McMahan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine McMahan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 646 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Katherine McMahan's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers). Katherine McMahan is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers). Katherine McMahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Katherine McMahan's co-authors include Dan H. Barouch, Catherine Jacob-Dolan, Jingyou Yu, Ai‐ris Y. Collier, Jinyan Liu, Abishek Chandrashekar, Daniel Sellers, Michelle A. Lifton, Cindy Wu and Julia Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Katherine McMahan

14 papers receiving 636 citations

Hit Papers

Vaccines elicit highly conserved cellular immunity to SAR... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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. Vaccines elicit highly conserved cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron
    2022 270 citations Jinyan Liu, Abishek Chandrashekar et al. Nature profile →
  2. Reduced pathogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in hamsters
    2022 119 citations Katherine McMahan, Victoria Giffin et al. Med profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine McMahan United States 11 502 160 128 112 67 16 646
Abishek Chandrashekar United States 8 365 0.7× 138 0.9× 77 0.6× 100 0.9× 39 0.6× 14 454
Pinkus Tober‐Lau Germany 11 429 0.9× 72 0.5× 158 1.2× 63 0.6× 56 0.8× 27 581
Gira Patel United States 11 286 0.6× 118 0.7× 208 1.6× 128 1.1× 37 0.6× 23 645
For Yue Tso United States 14 245 0.5× 78 0.5× 75 0.6× 84 0.8× 25 0.4× 27 492
Kathleen M. Wragg Australia 10 338 0.7× 238 1.5× 112 0.9× 18 0.2× 73 1.1× 24 542
Angelique Hœlzemer Germany 6 620 1.2× 144 0.9× 151 1.2× 14 0.1× 53 0.8× 7 734
Ria Lassaunière Denmark 12 265 0.5× 80 0.5× 58 0.5× 42 0.4× 15 0.2× 33 442
Catherine Jacob-Dolan United States 10 434 0.9× 116 0.7× 121 0.9× 13 0.1× 50 0.7× 16 532
Mona Sadat Larijani Iran 11 225 0.4× 38 0.2× 77 0.6× 30 0.3× 42 0.6× 43 321
Annemarie Laumaea Canada 10 245 0.5× 100 0.6× 39 0.3× 50 0.4× 33 0.5× 19 431

Countries citing papers authored by Katherine McMahan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katherine McMahan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine McMahan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Katherine McMahan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Katherine McMahan 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 Katherine McMahan. Katherine McMahan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Lasrado, Ninaad, Annika Rössler, I. McConnell, et al.. (2025). Immunogenicity of JN.1 and KP.2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Vaccine. 69. 127997–127997.
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Aïd, Malika, Katherine McMahan, Michael L. Doyle, et al.. (2025). Long COVID involves activation of proinflammatory and immune exhaustion pathways. Nature Immunology. 27(1). 61–71.
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Collier, Ai‐ris Y., Katherine McMahan, Catherine Jacob-Dolan, et al.. (2024). Decline of Mpox Antibody Responses After Modified Vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic Vaccination. JAMA. 332(19). 1669–1669. 12 indexed citations
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Lasrado, Ninaad, Marjorie Rowe, Katherine McMahan, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 mRNA booster vaccination elicits limited mucosal immunity. Science Translational Medicine. 16(770). eadp8920–eadp8920. 16 indexed citations
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Collier, Ai‐ris Y., Catherine Brown, Katherine McMahan, et al.. (2022). Characterization of immune responses in fully vaccinated individuals after breakthrough infection with the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant. Science Translational Medicine. 14(641). eabn6150–eabn6150. 43 indexed citations
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Cooper, Amanda, Abishek Chandrashekar, Krishnendu Chakraborty, et al.. (2022). A genetically engineered, stem-cell-derived cellular vaccine. Cell Reports Medicine. 3(12). 100843–100843. 1 indexed citations
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Mahrokhian, Shant H., Lisa H. Tostanoski, Catherine Jacob-Dolan, et al.. (2022). Durability and expansion of neutralizing antibody breadth following Ad26.COV2.S vaccination of mice. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 23–23. 6 indexed citations
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McMahan, Katherine, Victoria Giffin, Lisa H. Tostanoski, et al.. (2022). Reduced pathogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in hamsters. Med. 3(4). 262–268.e4. 119 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Jinyan, Abishek Chandrashekar, Daniel Sellers, et al.. (2022). Vaccines elicit highly conserved cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron. Nature. 603(7901). 493–496. 270 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nkolola, Joseph P., Jingyou Yu, Huahua Wan, et al.. (2022). A bivalent SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody combination does not affect the immunogenicity of a vector-based COVID-19 vaccine in macaques. Science Translational Medicine. 14(665). eabo6160–eabo6160. 4 indexed citations
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Jacob-Dolan, Catherine, Jared Feldman, Katherine McMahan, et al.. (2021). Coronavirus-Specific Antibody Cross Reactivity in Rhesus Macaques following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Infection. Journal of Virology. 95(11). 12 indexed citations
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Vidal, Samuel J., Ai‐ris Y. Collier, Jingyou Yu, et al.. (2021). Correlates of Neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern by Early Pandemic Sera. Journal of Virology. 95(14). e0040421–e0040421. 24 indexed citations
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Tostanoski, Lisa H., Lisa E. Gralinski, David R. Martinez, et al.. (2021). Protective Efficacy of Rhesus Adenovirus COVID-19 Vaccines against Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Virology. 95(23). e0097421–e0097421. 13 indexed citations
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Abbink, Peter, Noe B. Mercado, Joseph P. Nkolola, et al.. (2019). Lack of therapeutic efficacy of an antibody to α 4 β 7 in SIVmac251-infected rhesus macaques. Science. 365(6457). 1029–1033. 18 indexed citations
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Jülg, Boris, Po-Ting Liu, Kshitij Wagh, et al.. (2017). Protection against a mixed SHIV challenge by a broadly neutralizing antibody cocktail. Science Translational Medicine. 9(408). 96 indexed citations
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Denton, Kyle, Alexis Carlson, Thomas Carroll, et al.. (2013). Identification of a possible respiratory arsenate reductase in Denitrovibrio acetiphilus, a member of the phylum Deferribacteres. Archives of Microbiology. 195(9). 661–670. 12 indexed citations

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