L G Wayne

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

L G Wayne is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, L G Wayne has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Epidemiology, 30 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in L G Wayne's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (47 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (28 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (8 papers). L G Wayne is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (47 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (28 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (8 papers). L G Wayne collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Belgium. L G Wayne's co-authors include Micah I. Krichevsky, D J Brenner, Erko Stackebrandt, O. Kandler, R. G. E. Murray, Rita R. Colwell, Hans G. Trüper, Patrick A. D. Grimont, William Moore and M. P. Starr and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

L G Wayne

65 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Appro... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1996 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics
    1987 6.5k citations L G Wayne et al. profile →
  2. An in vitro model for sequential study of shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through two stages of nonreplicating persistence
    1996 889 citations L G Wayne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L G Wayne United States 28 6.5k 3.4k 2.8k 2.8k 1.7k 66 10.1k
Jörg Hacker Germany 73 8.4k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 4.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 252 18.7k
David E. Minnikin United Kingdom 50 12.2k 1.9× 5.5k 1.6× 3.1k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.7× 223 17.3k
Glenn D. Roberts United States 50 3.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 4.5k 1.6× 4.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.7× 147 10.3k
Issar Smith United States 54 5.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 3.5k 1.2× 4.4k 1.6× 572 0.3× 178 10.2k
Abraham L. Sonenshein United States 67 8.8k 1.3× 3.7k 1.1× 921 0.3× 3.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 176 14.0k
Christine Pourcel France 44 5.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.7× 3.7k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 966 0.6× 139 10.9k
David A. Rasko United States 60 6.6k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 2.8k 1.0× 864 0.5× 195 13.5k
Scott A. Beatson Australia 48 5.6k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 156 13.8k
Herbert P. Schweizer United States 57 9.1k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 751 0.3× 2.0k 1.1× 201 15.5k
Fernando de la Cruz Spain 63 6.8k 1.0× 4.4k 1.3× 804 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 237 13.9k

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All Works

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Raab, Ronald W., et al.. (2011). ald of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Encodes both the Alanine Dehydrogenase and the Putative Glycine Dehydrogenase. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(5). 1045–1054. 47 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, et al.. (1998). Nitrate reduction as a marker for hypoxic shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tubercle and Lung Disease. 79(2). 127–132. 114 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1994). Dormancy ofMycobacterium tuberculosis and latency of disease. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 13(11). 908–914. 307 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, Robert C. Good, Anthony H. Tsang, et al.. (1993). Serovar Determination and Molecular Taxonomic Correlation in Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum: A Cooperative Study of the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonomy. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43(3). 482–489. 48 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, Zeta M. Blacklock, H L David, et al.. (1991). Fourth Report of the Cooperative, Open-Ended Study of Slowly Growing Mycobacteria by the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonomy. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 41(4). 463–472. 63 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G & Gilbert A. Diaz. (1985). Identification of mycobacteria by specific precipitation of catalase with absorbed sera. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 21(5). 721–725. 9 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, et al.. (1984). Diagnostic probability matrix for identification of slowly growing mycobacteria in clinical laboratories. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 20(4). 722–729. 17 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1984). Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on Requests for Opinions Published in 1982. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34(2). 272–273. 1 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1981). Numerical Taxonomy and Cooperative Studies: Roles and Limits. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 3(5). 822–828. 4 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, Leonardo R. Andrade, S. Froman, et al.. (1978). A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Mycobacterium gastri, Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium marinum. Journal of General Microbiology. 109(2). 319–327. 18 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, H. C. Engbæk, H. W. B. Engel, et al.. (1974). Highly Reproducible Techniques for Use in Systematic Bacteriology in the Genus Mycobacterium: Tests for Pigment, Urease, Resistance to Sodium Chloride, Hydrolysis of Tween 80, and  -Galactosidase. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24(4). 412–419. 55 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1970). On The Identity of Mycobacterium Gordonae Bojalil and the So-Called Tap Water Scotochromogenes. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 20(2). 149–153. 8 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G, et al.. (1969). Mycobacteria: a guide to nomenclatural usage.. PubMed. 100(5). 732–4. 16 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1962). Two varieties of Mycobacterium kansasii with different clinical significance.. PubMed. 86. 651–6. 34 indexed citations
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Wayne, L G. (1959). Quantitative aspects of neutral red reactions of typical and atypical mycobacteria.. PubMed. 79(4). 526–30. 7 indexed citations
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