Michael Levin

39.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
321 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Levin is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Levin has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Epidemiology, 79 papers in Surgery and 75 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Michael Levin's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (52 papers), Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (44 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (41 papers). Michael Levin is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (52 papers), Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (44 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (41 papers). Michael Levin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Michael Levin's co-authors include Melanie J. Newport, Simon Nadel, Martin L. Hibberd, Robert S. Heyderman, Robert Booy, Nigel Klein, Clare Huxley, Catherine M. Hawrylowicz, Robert Williamson and Sara Huston and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Levin

313 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Clinical Characteristics of 58 Children With a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated With SARS-CoV-2

2020 1.2k citations Myrsini Kaforou, Adriana Tremoulet et al. profile →
Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection

2011 958 citations Michael Levin et al. profile →
A Mutation in the Interferon-γ –Receptor Gene and Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Infection

1996 911 citations Michael Levin et al. profile →
Interferon-γ –Receptor Deficiency in an Infant with Fatal Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection

1996 657 citations Emmanuelle Jouanguy, Frédéric Altare et al. profile →
COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents

2020 491 citations Li Jiang, Kun Tang et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

2021 196 citations Andrew McArdle, Ortensia Vito et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Levin United Kingdom	64	6.3k	4.8k	4.6k	4.1k	2.7k	321	17.7k
Nigel Klein United Kingdom	67	3.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	5.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	380	16.4k
Mads Melbye Denmark	84	6.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	4.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	535	24.1k
Susanna Esposito Italy	72	10.9k 1.7×	4.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	3.8k 1.4×	944	24.2k
Henry Masur United States	88	17.4k 2.8×	10.4k 2.2×	3.4k 0.7×	5.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	375	33.5k
J.W.M. van der Meer Netherlands	97	9.1k 1.4×	8.4k 1.7×	4.1k 0.9×	17.0k 4.2×	2.6k 1.0×	566	38.9k
Daniel M. Musher United States	75	17.3k 2.7×	6.9k 1.4×	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.2×	340	26.9k
David Ferguson United Kingdom	84	6.8k 1.1×	2.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	524	25.4k
Richard L. Simmons United States	91	6.3k 1.0×	3.5k 0.7×	7.6k 1.6×	5.9k 1.4×	3.2k 1.2×	592	32.6k
Martine De Vos Netherlands	55	4.0k 0.6×	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	346	15.8k
Kathryn M. Edwards United States	91	21.2k 3.4×	10.5k 2.2×	2.2k 0.5×	3.0k 0.7×	3.8k 1.4×	557	31.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Levin

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Channon‐Wells, Samuel, Dominic Habgood-Coote, Ortensia Vito, et al.. (2024). Integration and validation of host transcript signatures, including a novel 3-transcript tuberculosis signature, to enable one-step multiclass diagnosis of childhood febrile disease. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 802–802.

Korman, Howard, Mohit Mathur, Dakun Wang, et al.. (2023). Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction/Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Was Not Associated with Increased Antibiotic Resistance in Management of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 16. 2841–2848. 6 indexed citations

Melgar, Michael, Eleanor G. Seaby, Andrew McArdle, et al.. (2022). Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Understanding Differences in Results of Comparative Effectiveness Studies. ACR Open Rheumatology. 4(9). 804–810. 8 indexed citations

Halliday, Alice, Pooja Jain, Long Hoàng, et al.. (2021). New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(5). 1–160. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Li, Kun Tang, Michael Levin, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20(11). e276–e288. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

Shimizu, Chisato, Jihoon Kim, Hariklia Eleftherohorinou, et al.. (2019). HLA-C variants associated with amino acid substitutions in the peptide binding groove influence susceptibility to Kawasaki disease. Human Immunology. 80(9). 731–738. 7 indexed citations

Georgiadou, Athina, Hyun Jae Lee, Michael Walther, et al.. (2019). Modelling pathogen load dynamics to elucidate mechanistic determinants of host–Plasmodium falciparum interactions. Nature Microbiology. 4(9). 1592–1602. 16 indexed citations

Brent, Andrew, Christopher Nyundo, Evasius Bauni, et al.. (2018). Prospective Observational Study of Incidence and Preventable Burden of Childhood Tuberculosis, Kenya. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(3). 514–523. 1 indexed citations

Khor, Chiea Chuen, Sonia Dávila, Chisato Shimizu, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide linkage and association mapping identify susceptibility alleles in ABCC4 for Kawasaki disease. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(7). 467–472. 42 indexed citations

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Brent, Andrew, Monica Lakhanpaul, Matthew Thompson, et al.. (2011). Risk score to stratify children with suspected serious bacterial infection: observational cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 96(4). 361–367. 35 indexed citations

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Zenz, Werner, Michael Levin, Sergio Fanconi, et al.. (2004). Use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in children with meningococcal purpura fulminans: A retrospective study*. Critical Care Medicine. 32(8). 1777–1780. 35 indexed citations

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Smirnova, Irina, Navjiwan Mann, Annemiek Dols, et al.. (2003). Assay of locus-specific genetic load implicates rare Toll-like receptor 4 mutations in meningococcal susceptibility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(10). 6075–6080. 178 indexed citations

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Shenoy, Mohan, David Luyt, Christine Pierce, et al.. (2001). Accident and emergency/Intensive care. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 84(90001). 10a–13. 1 indexed citations

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Pathan, Nazima, Simon Nadel, & Michael Levin. (2000). Pathophysiology and Management of Meningococcal Septicaemia. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 34(5). 436–444. 6 indexed citations

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Robertson, Angela A. & Michael Levin. (1999). AIDS Knowledge, Condom Attitudes, and Risk-Taking Sexual Behavior of Substance-Abusing Juvenile Offenders on Probation or Parole. AIDS Education and Prevention. 11(5). 450–461. 46 indexed citations

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Ison, C, Michelle Cole, Rachel Galassini, et al.. (1999). Assessment of immune response to meningococcal disease: comparison of a whole-blood assay and the serum bactericidal assay. Microbial Pathogenesis. 27(4). 207–214. 35 indexed citations

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Pollard, Andrew J., Saul N. Faust, & Michael Levin. (1998). Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 32(4). 319–328. 6 indexed citations

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Jouanguy, Emmanuelle, Salma Lamhamedi‐Cherradi, Frédéric Altare, et al.. (1997). Partial interferon-gamma receptor 1 deficiency in a child with tuberculoid bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection and a sibling with clinical tuberculosis.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(11). 2658–2664. 282 indexed citations

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Levin, Michael, Phillip Holland, Tim Nokes, et al.. (1985). Platelet immune complex interaction in pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease and childhood polyarteritis.. BMJ. 290(6480). 1456–1460. 67 indexed citations

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Levin, Michael, et al.. (1980). Contribution to the theory of heat exchange due to a fluctuating electromagnetic field. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics. 52. 1054. 7 indexed citations

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