M. Joseph Colston

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

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M. Joseph Colston is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Joseph Colston has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Infectious Diseases, 50 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in M. Joseph Colston's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (47 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (45 papers) and Leprosy Research and Treatment (14 papers). M. Joseph Colston is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (47 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (45 papers) and Leprosy Research and Treatment (14 papers). M. Joseph Colston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and United States. M. Joseph Colston's co-authors include Douglas B. Lowrie, Ricardo E. Tascon, Evangelos Stavropoulos, David Feldman, Kay W. Colston, Stewart T. Cole, Thomas Bodmer, Federica Marchesi, L Matter and Amalio Telenti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

M. Joseph Colston

89 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Detection of rifampicin-resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1993 1.0k citations Douglas B. Lowrie, M. Joseph Colston et al. profile →
1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D₃AND MALIGNANT MELANOMA: THE PRESENCE OF RECEPTORS AND INHIBITION OF CELL GROWTH IN CULTURE

1981 452 citations M. Joseph Colston et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Joseph Colston United Kingdom	40	3.3k	3.0k	1.9k	1.0k	858	90	5.8k
Caroline Demangel France	42	2.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	744 0.9×	88	6.2k
Gregory J. Bancroft United Kingdom	49	2.1k 0.6×	3.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 2.4×	374 0.4×	99	6.9k
Rui Appelberg Portugal	43	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	977 0.5×	2.4k 2.3×	493 0.6×	122	5.6k
Adeline R. Whitney United States	37	3.7k 1.1×	827 0.3×	3.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.5×	196 0.2×	40	6.9k
Michael U. Shiloh United States	25	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	284 0.3×	37	4.6k
Eva Medina Germany	44	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.7k 2.6×	389 0.5×	128	6.6k
Chinnaswamy Jagannath United States	33	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	416 0.5×	83	4.0k
Scott D. Kobayashi United States	43	2.0k 0.6×	706 0.2×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	160 0.2×	76	5.4k
Isabelle Vergne United States	26	1.5k 0.5×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	308 0.4×	37	4.9k
Erwin Schurr Canada	47	3.5k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	166	6.7k

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Sander, Peter, Mandana Rezwan, Barry Walker, et al.. (2004). Lipoprotein processing is required for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis^†. Molecular Microbiology. 52(6). 1543–1552. 111 indexed citations

Ragno, Silvia, Maria Romanò, Steven Howell, et al.. (2001). Changes in gene expression in macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis : a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach. Immunology. 104(1). 99–108. 116 indexed citations

Nath, Indira, Alagarsamy Lakku Reddi, Mandvi Bharadwaj, et al.. (2000). Dysregulation of IL-4 expression in lepromatous leprosy patients with and without erythema nodosum leprosum. Leprosy Review. 71. S130–7. 9 indexed citations

González-y-Merchand, Jorge A., M. Joseph Colston, & Robert A. Cox. (1999). Effects of Growth Conditions on Expression of Mycobacterial murA and tyrS Genes and Contributions of Their Transcripts to Precursor rRNA Synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(15). 4617–4627. 15 indexed citations

Thompson, S. J., et al.. (1998). An immunodominant epitope from mycobacterial 65-kDa heat shock protein protects against pristane-induced arthritis.. PubMed. 160(9). 4628–34. 34 indexed citations

Papavinasasundaram, Kadamba, M. Joseph Colston, & Elaine O. Davis. (1998). Construction and complementation of a recA deletion mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis reveals that the intein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA does not affect RecA function. Molecular Microbiology. 30(3). 525–534. 71 indexed citations

Ragno, Silvia, M. Joseph Colston, Douglas B. Lowrie, et al.. (1997). Protection of rats from adjuvant arthritis by immunization with naked dna encoding for mycobacterial heat shock protein 65. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 40(2). 277–283. 58 indexed citations

Papavinasasundaram, Kadamba, Farahnaz Movahedzadeh, Jacquie T. Keer, et al.. (1997). Mycobacterial recA is cotranscribed with a potential regulatory gene called recX. Molecular Microbiology. 24(1). 141–153. 64 indexed citations

Colston, M. Joseph. (1996). The molecular basis of mycobacterial infection. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 17(4). 385–454. 5 indexed citations

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Colston, M. Joseph & E. O. Davis. (1994). The ins and outs of protein splicing elements. Molecular Microbiology. 12(3). 359–363. 39 indexed citations

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Franzblau, Scott G., Ashis Biswas, Peter Jenner, & M. Joseph Colston. (1992). Double-blind evaluation of BACTEC and Buddemeyer-type radiorespirometric assays for in vitro screening of antileprosy agents. Leprosy Review. 63(2). 125–33. 16 indexed citations

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Kempsell, Karen E., et al.. (1992). The nucleotide sequence of the promoter, 16S rRNA and spacer region of the ribosomal RNA operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparison with Mycobacterium leprae prefnsor rRNA. Journal of General Microbiology. 138(8). 1717–1727. 83 indexed citations

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Thangaraj, Harry, et al.. (1989). Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence ofMycobacterium lepraemanganese superoxide dismutase. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(20). 8378–8378. 15 indexed citations

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Colston, M. Joseph, G.A. Ellard, J Grosset, et al.. (1988). Characteristics of the multiplication of dapsone-resistant strains of Mycobacterium leprae in mice. Leprosy Review. 59(1). 5–10.

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Colston, M. Joseph, et al.. (1988). HLA-DR4 restricted lymphocyte proliferation to a Mycobacterium tuberculosis extract in rheumatoid arthritis and healthy subjects.. The Journal of Immunology. 140(6). 1844–1850. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Young Nam & M. Joseph Colston. (1986). The measurement of adenylate energy charge (AEC) in mycobacteria, includingMycobacterium leprae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 35(2-3). 279–281. 7 indexed citations

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McDOUGALL, A. C., et al.. (1984). Leprosy in the Nude Mouse. Pathobiology. 52(1-2). 154–157. 4 indexed citations

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Sharp, Adam & M. Joseph Colston. (1984). The regulation of macrophage activity in congenitally athymic mice. European Journal of Immunology. 14(1). 102–105. 26 indexed citations

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Dawson, Peter J., Larry Kluskens, M. Joseph Colston, & A H Fieldsteel. (1982). Transplantation of human malignant tumors to the athymic rat. Cancer. 50(6). 1151–1154. 12 indexed citations

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Colston, M. Joseph, et al.. (1980). Intermittent Chemotherapy of Experimental Leprosy in Mice. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 29(1). 103–108. 6 indexed citations

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