Margaret M. C. Lam

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
25 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Margaret M. C. Lam is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret M. C. Lam has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Medicine, 11 papers in Endocrinology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Margaret M. C. Lam's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (19 papers), Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research (7 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers). Margaret M. C. Lam is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (19 papers), Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research (7 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers). Margaret M. C. Lam collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Margaret M. C. Lam's co-authors include Kathryn E. Holt, Kelly L. Wyres, Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, Louise Cerdeira, Stephen C. Watts, Adam Jenney, Sylvain Brisse, Claire L. Gorrie and Sebastián Duchêne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Microbiology and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Margaret M. C. Lam

23 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Population genomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae

2020 662 citations Kelly L. Wyres, Margaret M. C. Lam et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
A genomic surveillance framework and genotyping tool for Klebsiella pneumoniae and its related species complex

2021 593 citations Margaret M. C. Lam, Ryan R. Wick et al. Nature Communications profile →
Kaptive 2.0: updated capsule and lipopolysaccharide locus typing for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex

2022 146 citations Margaret M. C. Lam, Ryan R. Wick et al. Microbial Genomics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margaret M. C. Lam Australia	18	2.4k	1.0k	995	674	638	25	3.2k
Seydina M. Diene France	29	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	890 0.9×	479 0.7×	536 0.8×	119	3.3k
Brian M. Forde Australia	27	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	888 0.9×	588 0.9×	371 0.6×	81	3.7k
Marco Maria D’Andrea Italy	28	2.5k 1.0×	890 0.9×	948 1.0×	642 1.0×	368 0.6×	71	3.3k
Ning Dong China	27	2.2k 0.9×	843 0.8×	862 0.9×	424 0.6×	373 0.6×	79	2.9k
Xiaogang Xu China	30	1.7k 0.7×	724 0.7×	682 0.7×	746 1.1×	411 0.6×	117	3.0k
María Tomás Spain	35	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 2.1×	1.3k 1.3×	535 0.8×	285 0.4×	106	4.6k
Alejandro Beceiro Spain	29	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	560 0.8×	298 0.5×	94	3.8k
Patrick McGann United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	893 0.9×	729 0.7×	369 0.5×	238 0.4×	98	3.0k
Pierre Bogaerts Belgium	37	2.3k 1.0×	763 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	638 0.9×	963 1.5×	111	3.4k
Antonio Doménech‐Sánchez Spain	19	2.5k 1.1×	801 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	455 0.7×	420 0.7×	46	3.1k

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Chen, Yahua, et al.. (2025). Essentiality of the virulence plasmid-encoded factors in disease pathogenesis of the major lineage of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae varies in different infection niches. EBioMedicine. 115. 105683–105683. 7 indexed citations

Miner, Taryn A., et al.. (2025). The acquisition of rmpADC can increase virulence of classical Klebsiella pneumoniae in the absence of other hypervirulence-associated genes. mBio. 17(1). e0312225–e0312225.

Lam, Margaret M. C., et al.. (2025). Pan-genus analysis and typing of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter. PubMed. 3(1). 65–65.

Lam, Margaret M. C. & Mohammad Hamidian. (2024). Examining the role of Acinetobacter baumannii plasmid types in disseminating antimicrobial resistance. PubMed. 2(1). 1–1. 17 indexed citations

Strahilevitz, Jacob, Yair Motro, Violeta Temper, et al.. (2024). In vivo selection of carbapenem resistance during persistent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395 bloodstream infection due to OmpK36 deletion. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(8). e0066324–e0066324. 1 indexed citations

Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer, Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, et al.. (2023). Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbial Genomics. 9(2). 30 indexed citations

Lam, Margaret M. C., et al.. (2022). Detection and Typing of Plasmids in Acinetobacter baumannii Using rep Genes Encoding Replication Initiation Proteins. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(1). e0247822–e0247822. 35 indexed citations

Gorrie, Claire L., Mirjana Mirčeta, Ryan R. Wick, et al.. (2022). Genomic dissection of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in hospital patients reveals insights into an opportunistic pathogen. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3017–3017. 101 indexed citations

Lam, Margaret M. C., Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, Kathryn E. Holt, & Kelly L. Wyres. (2022). Kaptive 2.0: updated capsule and lipopolysaccharide locus typing for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex. Microbial Genomics. 8(3). 146 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Lu, Yingbo Shen, Junyao Jiang, et al.. (2022). Distinct increase in antimicrobial resistance genes among Escherichia coli during 50 years of antimicrobial use in livestock production in China. Nature Food. 3(3). 197–205. 85 indexed citations

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Lam, Margaret M. C., Ryan R. Wick, Stephen C. Watts, et al.. (2021). A genomic surveillance framework and genotyping tool for Klebsiella pneumoniae and its related species complex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4188–4188. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wyres, Kelly L., To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Margaret M. C. Lam, et al.. (2020). Genomic surveillance for hypervirulence and multi-drug resistance in invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae from South and Southeast Asia. Genome Medicine. 12(1). 11–11. 188 indexed citations

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Wyres, Kelly L., Margaret M. C. Lam, & Kathryn E. Holt. (2020). Population genomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 18(6). 344–359. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wyres, Kelly L., Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, et al.. (2019). Distinct evolutionary dynamics of horizontal gene transfer in drug resistant and virulent clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae. PLoS Genetics. 15(4). e1008114–e1008114. 229 indexed citations

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Lam, Margaret M. C., Ryan R. Wick, Kelly L. Wyres, et al.. (2018). Genetic diversity, mobilisation and spread of the yersiniabactin-encoding mobile element ICEKp in Klebsiella pneumoniae populations. Microbial Genomics. 4(9). 228 indexed citations

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Lam, Margaret M. C., Kelly L. Wyres, Sebastián Duchêne, et al.. (2018). Population genomics of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal-group 23 reveals early emergence and rapid global dissemination. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2703–2703. 210 indexed citations

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Buultjens, Andrew H., Margaret M. C. Lam, Susan A. Ballard, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium. PeerJ. 5. e2916–e2916. 34 indexed citations

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Ablordey, Anthony, Koen Vandelannoote, Miriam Eddyani, et al.. (2015). Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(3). e0003681–e0003681. 18 indexed citations

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Holmes, Natasha E., Susan A. Ballard, Margaret M. C. Lam, et al.. (2013). Genomic analysis of teicoplanin resistance emerging during treatment of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections in solid organ transplant recipients including donor-derived cases. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 68(9). 2134–2139. 13 indexed citations

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Howden, Benjamin P., Kathryn E. Holt, Margaret M. C. Lam, et al.. (2013). Genomic Insights to Control the Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. mBio. 4(4). 178 indexed citations

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