Melissa Ayers

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Melissa Ayers is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Ayers has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Ayers's work include Hepatitis C virus research (4 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (2 papers). Melissa Ayers is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (4 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (2 papers). Melissa Ayers collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Czechia. Melissa Ayers's co-authors include Raymond Tellier, Dena Adachi, Grant Johnson, Ryan Draker, Martin Petric, Mel Krajden, Bonnie Henry, Patrick Doyle, Allison McGeer and Robert C. Brunham and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Hepatology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Ayers

11 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada

2003 867 citations Susan M. Poutanen, Donald E. Low et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Ayers Canada	9	847	505	157	152	145	11	1.4k
Jin Xu China	22	1.1k 1.3×	367 0.7×	144 0.9×	67 0.4×	130 0.9×	61	1.7k
Yi Luo United States	18	686 0.8×	770 1.5×	49 0.3×	97 0.6×	134 0.9×	72	1.5k
Svein Arne Nordbø Norway	24	745 0.9×	908 1.8×	204 1.3×	41 0.3×	233 1.6×	83	1.7k
Weigong Zhou United States	13	635 0.7×	674 1.3×	154 1.0×	199 1.3×	147 1.0×	18	1.7k
Ruth Link‐Gelles United States	26	1.0k 1.2×	1.4k 2.7×	69 0.4×	274 1.8×	75 0.5×	73	2.5k
Thushan I. de Silva United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.6×	497 1.0×	49 0.3×	123 0.8×	99 0.7×	91	2.2k
Zhiliang Hu China	16	1.7k 2.0×	342 0.7×	64 0.4×	339 2.2×	124 0.9×	69	2.4k
Anne Goffard France	19	897 1.1×	676 1.3×	55 0.4×	106 0.7×	97 0.7×	49	2.0k
Nicolás Dauby Belgium	20	720 0.9×	499 1.0×	88 0.6×	143 0.9×	71 0.5×	101	1.6k
Steve Black United States	20	335 0.4×	1.4k 2.8×	96 0.6×	29 0.2×	81 0.6×	27	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Ayers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Ayers

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Yea, Carmen, Melissa Ayers, & Raymond Tellier. (2009). Characterization of HCV Quasispecies in the Hypervariable Region 1 (HVR1) by In Vitro Translation and Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 510. 73–81. 1 indexed citations

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Ayers, Melissa, et al.. (2008). Amplification by long RT-PCR of near full-length norovirus genomes. Journal of Virological Methods. 149(2). 226–230. 15 indexed citations

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Feld, Jordan J., et al.. (2007). Hepatitis B virus DNA prediction rules for hepatitis B e antigen–negative chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology. 46(4). 1057–1070. 64 indexed citations

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Yea, Carmen, Jens Bukh, Melissa Ayers, et al.. (2007). Monitoring of Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies in Chronic Infection by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Mutation Detection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(3). 1053–1057. 8 indexed citations

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Ayers, Melissa, Dena Adachi, Grant Johnson, et al.. (2006). A single tube RT-PCR assay for the detection of mosquito-borne flaviviruses. Journal of Virological Methods. 135(2). 235–239. 54 indexed citations

6.

Kumar, Deepali, Dean D. Erdman, Shaf Keshavjee, et al.. (2005). Clinical Impact of Community‐Acquired Respiratory Viruses on Bronchiolitis Obliterans After Lung Transplant. American Journal of Transplantation. 5(8). 2031–2036. 192 indexed citations

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Adachi, Dena, Grant Johnson, Ryan Draker, et al.. (2004). Comprehensive detection and identification of human coronaviruses, including the SARS-associated coronavirus, with a single RT-PCR assay. Journal of Virological Methods. 122(1). 29–36. 44 indexed citations

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Poutanen, Susan M., Donald E. Low, Bonnie Henry, et al.. (2003). Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada. New England Journal of Medicine. 348(20). 1995–2005. 867 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Grant, et al.. (2003). Detection and Identification of Bartonella Species Pathogenic for Humans by PCR Amplification Targeting the Riboflavin Synthase Gene ( ribC ). Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(3). 1069–1072. 101 indexed citations

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Johnson, Grant, Daryl Dick, Melissa Ayers, Martin Petric, & Raymond Tellier. (2003). Detection and Species-Level Identification of Primate Herpesviruses with a Comprehensive PCR Test for Human Herpesviruses. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(3). 1256–1258. 4 indexed citations

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Ayers, Melissa, K.K.W. Siu, Eve A. Roberts, Alex M. Garvin, & Raymond Tellier. (2002). Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight (Mass Spectrometry) Mutation Detection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40(9). 3455–3462. 8 indexed citations

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