Marcel A. Behr

19.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
224 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Marcel A. Behr is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel A. Behr has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Infectious Diseases, 169 papers in Epidemiology and 62 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Marcel A. Behr's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (167 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (141 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (36 papers). Marcel A. Behr is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (167 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (141 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (36 papers). Marcel A. Behr collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Marcel A. Behr's co-authors include Peter M. Small, Dick Menzies, Serge Mostowy, Madhukar Pai, Christine Y. Turenne, Hugh Salamon, Wendy Gill, Gary K. Schoolnik, Michael A. Wilson and Sanket Rane and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marcel A. Behr

222 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Comparative Genomics of BCG Vaccines by Whole-Genome DNA Microarray

1999 1.2k citations Marcel A. Behr et al. profile →
Tuberculosis

2016 814 citations Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr et al. profile →
The BCG World Atlas: A Database of Global BCG Vaccination Policies and Practices

2011 379 citations Alice Zwerling, Marcel A. Behr et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis

2018 264 citations Marcel A. Behr, Paul H. Edelstein et al. profile →
Tuberculosis

2025 15 citations Marcel A. Behr, Dick Menzies et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel A. Behr Canada	57	9.1k	7.8k	3.2k	3.0k	2.9k	224	12.9k
Warwick J. Britton Australia	62	6.8k 0.7×	5.5k 0.7×	5.0k 1.5×	1.8k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	315	14.2k
Jerrold J. Ellner United States	66	9.0k 1.0×	7.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.2×	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	347	14.0k
Kris Huygen Belgium	57	6.7k 0.7×	6.1k 0.8×	4.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.5×	2.8k 1.0×	244	11.5k
Jaap T. van Dissel Netherlands	61	5.7k 0.6×	5.9k 0.8×	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	270	13.0k
Ian M. Orme United States	82	15.5k 1.7×	11.8k 1.5×	10.1k 3.1×	3.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.3×	288	22.0k
William R. Bishai United States	73	11.1k 1.2×	8.5k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	5.9k 2.1×	314	17.2k
JoAnne L. Flynn United States	81	17.0k 1.9×	12.4k 1.6×	9.7k 3.0×	5.0k 1.7×	4.3k 1.5×	205	23.8k
Brigitte Gicquel France	76	14.3k 1.6×	12.9k 1.7×	3.9k 1.2×	4.5k 1.5×	5.3k 1.9×	255	20.6k
W. Henry Boom United States	62	6.9k 0.8×	5.3k 0.7×	5.2k 1.6×	1.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	213	11.1k
Peter M. Small United States	51	10.9k 1.2×	9.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	5.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	133	13.5k

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Rufai, Syed Beenish, Fiona McIntosh, Andréanne Lupien, et al.. (2025). Virulence hierarchies within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(42). e2507104122–e2507104122.

Sun, Zhiqi, Andréanne Lupien, Zhongliang Xu, et al.. (2024). Discovery of benzo[c]phenanthridine derivatives with potent activity against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(11). e0124624–e0124624. 1 indexed citations

Churchyard, Gavin, Rein M G J Houben, Katherine Fielding, et al.. (2024). Implications of subclinical tuberculosis for vaccine trial design and global effect. The Lancet Microbe. 5(10). 100895–100895. 9 indexed citations

Harrison, Luke B., Vivek Kapur, & Marcel A. Behr. (2024). An imputed ancestral reference genome for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex better captures structural genomic diversity for reference-based alignment workflows. Microbial Genomics. 10(1). 5 indexed citations

Bannantine, John P., et al.. (2024). Genetic and chemical control of tuberculostearic acid production in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(5). e0050824–e0050824.

Lupien, Andréanne, et al.. (2022). Natural Products Lysobactin and Sorangicin A Show In Vitro Activity against Mycobacterium abscessus Complex. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0267222–e0267222. 1 indexed citations

García‐Basteiro, Alberto L., Richard G. White, Dereck Tait, et al.. (2022). End-point definition and trial design to advance tuberculosis vaccine development. European Respiratory Review. 31(164). 220044–220044. 12 indexed citations

McIntosh, Fiona, Ida Rosenkrands, Gregers Jungersen, et al.. (2021). In Vivo Antigen Expression Regulates CD4 T Cell Differentiation and Vaccine Efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. mBio. 12(2). 13 indexed citations

Duncan, Dustin, Andréanne Lupien, Marcel A. Behr, & Karine Auclair. (2021). Effect of pH on the antimicrobial activity of the macrophage metabolite itaconate. Microbiology. 167(5). 19 indexed citations

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Behr, Marcel A., Eva Kaufmann, Jacalyn Duffin, Paul H. Edelstein, & Lalita Ramakrishnan. (2021). Latent Tuberculosis: Two Centuries of Confusion.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 49 indexed citations

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Wang, Joyce, Fiona McIntosh, Daniel Houle, et al.. (2020). Heterologous Production of 1-Tuberculosinyladenosine in Mycobacterium kansasii Models Pathoevolution towards the Transcellular Lifestyle of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. 11(5). 12 indexed citations

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El‐Zein, Mariam, Walter H. Gotlieb, Lucy Gilbert, et al.. (2020). Dual staining for p16/Ki‐67 to detect high‐grade cervical lesions: Results from the Screening Triage Ascertaining Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Immunostain Testing study. International Journal of Cancer. 148(2). 492–501. 15 indexed citations

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Ackley, Sarah F., Robyn S. Lee, Lee Worden, et al.. (2019). Multiple exposures, reinfection and risk of progression to active tuberculosis. Royal Society Open Science. 6(3). 180999–180999. 8 indexed citations

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Kennedy, James, Angelia V. Bassenden, Silvia M. Vidal, et al.. (2019). ZBTB7B (ThPOK) Is Required for Pathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria and Protection against Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Infection and Immunity. 88(2). 4 indexed citations

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El‐Zein, Mariam, Karolina Louvanto, Lucy Gilbert, et al.. (2019). Predictive Value of HPV Testing in Self-collected and Clinician-Collected Samples Compared with Cytology in Detecting High-grade Cervical Lesions. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 28(7). 1134–1140. 22 indexed citations

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Gavino, Christina, Nancy Hamel, Catherine Legault, et al.. (2015). Impaired RASGRF1/ERK–mediated GM-CSF response characterizes CARD9 deficiency in French-Canadians. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 137(4). 1178–1188.e7. 63 indexed citations

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Zwerling, Alice, Marcel A. Behr, Aman Verma, et al.. (2011). The BCG World Atlas: A Database of Global BCG Vaccination Policies and Practices. PLoS Medicine. 8(3). e1001012–e1001012. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Tiantian, David Laperrière, Hafid Soualhine, et al.. (2009). Direct and Indirect Induction by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 of the NOD2/CARD15-Defensin β2 Innate Immune Pathway Defective in Crohn Disease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(4). 2227–2231. 299 indexed citations

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Brosch, Roland, Stephen V. Gordon, Thierry Garnier, et al.. (2007). Genome plasticity of BCG and impact on vaccine efficacy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(13). 5596–5601. 419 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Dao, et al.. (2003). Tuberculosis in the Inuit Community of Quebec, Canada. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(11). 1353–1357. 45 indexed citations

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