Kristy Horan

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kristy Horan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristy Horan has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kristy Horan's work include interferon and immune responses (13 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers). Kristy Horan is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (13 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers). Kristy Horan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United States. Kristy Horan's co-authors include Søren R. Paludan, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Andrew Bowie, Søren B. Jensen, Leonie Unterholzner, Cherilyn M. Sirois, Tsan Sam Xiao, Eicke Latz, Shruti Sharma and Tengchuan Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kristy Horan

43 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA

2010 1.3k citations Kristy Horan, Søren B. Jensen et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristy Horan Australia	24	2.4k	1.8k	1.0k	728	421	44	3.9k
William M. Schneider United States	20	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	943 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	569 1.4×	33	4.4k
Leonie Unterholzner United Kingdom	16	3.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	925 0.9×	774 1.1×	467 1.1×	19	4.4k
Kouji Kobiyama Japan	31	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	431 0.6×	295 0.7×	70	4.0k
Toru Okamoto Japan	37	860 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	706 1.0×	367 0.9×	123	4.0k
Fumihiko Takeshita Japan	37	4.5k 1.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	749 1.0×	493 1.2×	76	6.3k
Bryan R.G. Williams Australia	32	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	841 0.8×	725 1.0×	580 1.4×	66	5.2k
Nancy Hosken United States	19	3.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	375 0.5×	641 1.5×	31	5.9k
Meike Dittmann United States	15	1.8k 0.7×	1000 0.5×	859 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	401 1.0×	26	3.4k
Thomas Pertel United States	26	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	853 0.8×	597 0.8×	422 1.0×	37	3.5k
Florian Heil United States	9	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	669 0.7×	337 0.5×	606 1.4×	11	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kristy Horan

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Kristy Horan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kristy Horan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kristy Horan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Kristy Horan

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kristy Horan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kristy Horan. The network helps show where Kristy Horan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristy Horan

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Sherry, Norelle L., Jean Lee, Stefano Giulieri, et al.. (2025). Genomics for antimicrobial resistance—progress and future directions. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69(5). e0108224–e0108224. 7 indexed citations

Sherry, Norelle L., et al.. (2024). High incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Bhutan: A cohort study based on national TB surveillance data. IJID Regions. 13. 100471–100471. 1 indexed citations

Wilmot, Mathilda, Kerrie Stevens, Richard M. Cooper, et al.. (2024). Meningococcal C Disease Outbreak Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria meningitidis, Fiji. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(1). 32–40. 2 indexed citations

Higgs, Charlie, Kerrie Stevens, Janet Strachan, et al.. (2023). Comparison of contemporary invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates reveals new insights into circulating anti-microbial resistance determinants. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 67(11). e0078523–e0078523. 4 indexed citations

Sherry, Norelle L., Kristy Horan, Susan A. Ballard, et al.. (2023). An ISO-certified genomics workflow for identification and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Communications. 14(1). 60–60. 76 indexed citations

Horan, Kristy, Norelle L. Sherry, Ee Laine Tay, et al.. (2023). Whole genome sequencing of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 138. 46–53. 3 indexed citations

Higgs, Charlie, Norelle L. Sherry, Torsten Seemann, et al.. (2022). Optimising genomic approaches for identifying vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium transmission in healthcare settings. Nature Communications. 13(1). 509–509. 34 indexed citations

Meumann, Ella M., Kristy Horan, Anna P. Ralph, et al.. (2021). Tuberculosis in Australia's tropical north: a population-based genomic epidemiological study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 15. 100229–100229. 12 indexed citations

Baines, Sarah L., Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Glen P. Carter, et al.. (2020). Complete microbial genomes for public health in Australia and the Southwest Pacific. Microbial Genomics. 6(12). 7 indexed citations

10.

Ingle, Danielle J., Patiyan Andersson, Mary Valcanis, et al.. (2020). Prolonged Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Harboring bla _CTX-M-27 in Victoria, Australia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(12). 36 indexed citations

11.

Foroutan, Momeneh, Dharmesh D. Bhuva, Ruqian Lyu, et al.. (2018). Single sample scoring of molecular phenotypes. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 404–404. 254 indexed citations

12.

Dyson, Jennifer M., Sarah E. Conduit, Sandra J. Feeney, et al.. (2016). INPP5E regulates phosphoinositide-dependent cilia transition zone function. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(1). 247–263. 87 indexed citations

13.

Sun, Chenglong, Stefan Schattgen, Prapaporn Pisitkun, et al.. (2015). Evasion of Innate Cytosolic DNA Sensing by a Gammaherpesvirus Facilitates Establishment of Latent Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 194(4). 1819–1831. 80 indexed citations

14.

Hansen, Kathrine, Thaneas Prabakaran, Sofie E. Jørgensen, et al.. (2014). Listeria monocytogenes induces IFNβ expression through an IFI16‐, cGAS‐ and STING‐dependent pathway. The EMBO Journal. 33(15). 1654–1666. 201 indexed citations

15.

Reinert, Line S., Christian K. Holm, Marie B. Iversen, et al.. (2012). TLR3 deficiency renders astrocytes permissive to herpes simplex virus infection and facilitates establishment of CNS infection in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(4). 1368–1376. 129 indexed citations

16.

Holm, Christian K., Søren B. Jensen, Martin R. Jakobsen, et al.. (2012). Virus-cell fusion as a trigger of innate immunity dependent on the adaptor STING. Nature Immunology. 13(8). 737–743. 197 indexed citations

17.

Berg, R., Jesper Melchjorsen, Johanna Rintahaka, et al.. (2012). Genomic HIV RNA Induces Innate Immune Responses through RIG-I-Dependent Sensing of Secondary-Structured RNA. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29291–e29291. 116 indexed citations

18.

Rasmussen, Simon, Kristy Horan, Christian K. Holm, et al.. (2011). Activation of Autophagy by α-Herpesviruses in Myeloid Cells Is Mediated by Cytoplasmic Viral DNA through a Mechanism Dependent on Stimulator of IFN Genes. The Journal of Immunology. 187(10). 5268–5276. 84 indexed citations

19.

Ivetac, Ivan, Rajendra Gurung, Sandra Hakim, et al.. (2009). Regulation of PI(3)K/Akt signalling and cellular transformation by inositol polyphosphate 4‐phosphatase‐1. EMBO Reports. 10(5). 487–493. 62 indexed citations

20.

Astle, Megan V., Kristy Horan, Lisa M. Ooms, & Christina A. Mitchell. (2007). The inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases: traffic controllers, waistline watchers and tumour suppressors?. Biochemical Society Symposia. 74. 161–181. 23 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact