Ruth A. McAdam

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
23 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Ruth A. McAdam is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth A. McAdam has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 17 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ruth A. McAdam's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Ruth A. McAdam is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Ruth A. McAdam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Ruth A. McAdam's co-authors include Joanna Betts, Jeremy W. Dale, Peter W. M. Hermans, Ken Duncan, J D van Embden, Pauline T. Lukey, William R. Jacobs, Kathleen D. Eisenach, Jack T. Crawford and Carlos Martı́n and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ruth A. McAdam

23 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting: recommendations for a standardized methodology

1993 2.0k citations J D van Embden, M. Donald Cave et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
Evaluation of a nutrient starvation model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence by gene and protein expression profiling

2002 1.1k citations Joanna Betts, Pauline T. Lukey et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
An Outbreak of Tuberculosis with Accelerated Progression among Persons Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

1992 762 citations Charles L. Daley, Peter M. Small et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Transmission of Tuberculosis in New York City -- An Analysis by DNA Fingerprinting and Conventional Epidemiologic Methods

1994 646 citations David Alland, Gary Kalkut et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers

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Jeremy W. Dale United Kingdom

Alexander S. Pym South Africa

Kathleen D. Eisenach United States

Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius South Africa

Nalin Rastogi Guadeloupe

Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes Germany

Philip D. Butcher United Kingdom

Pablo Bifani United States

Philip Supply France

Lee W. Riley United States

Jeremy W. Dale United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth A. McAdam

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Downing, Katrina, Joanna Betts, Danielle I. Young, et al.. (2004). Global expression profiling of strains harbouring null mutations reveals that the five rpf-like genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis show functional redundancy. Tuberculosis. 84(3-4). 167–179. 71 indexed citations

Parish, Tanya, et al.. (2003). Gene Replacement in Mycobacteria by Using Incompatible Plasmids. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69(1). 517–523. 21 indexed citations

Betts, Joanna, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of a nutrient starvation model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence by gene and protein expression profiling. Molecular Microbiology. 43(3). 717–731. 1140 indexed citations breakdown →

McAdam, Ruth A., Selwyn Quan, Debbie A. Smith, et al.. (2002). Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv transposon library reveals insertions in 351 ORFs and mutants with altered virulence b bThe precise locations of all of the insertions examined in this study can be found as supplementary data in Microbiology Online (http://mic.sgmjournals.org).. Microbiology. 148(10). 2975–2986. 106 indexed citations

Gordhan, Bhavna G., et al.. (2002). Construction and Phenotypic Characterization of an Auxotrophic Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Defective in l -Arginine Biosynthesis. Infection and Immunity. 70(6). 3080–3084. 67 indexed citations

Machowski, Edith E., Ruth A. McAdam, Keith M. Derbyshire, & Valerie Mizrahi. (2000). Construction and application of mycobacterial reporter transposons. Gene. 253(1). 67–75. 11 indexed citations

Baulard, Alain R., Joanna Betts, Jean Engohang‐Ndong, et al.. (2000). Activation of the Pro-drug Ethionamide Is Regulated in Mycobacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(36). 28326–28331. 228 indexed citations

Betts, Joanna, et al.. (2000). Comparison of the proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv with clinical isolate CDC 1551. Microbiology. 146(12). 3205–3216. 75 indexed citations

Downing, Katrina, Ruth A. McAdam, & Valerie Mizrahi. (1999). Staphylococcus aureus nuclease is a useful secretion reporter for mycobacteria. Gene. 239(2). 293–299. 19 indexed citations

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Parish, Tanya, Bhavna G. Gordhan, Ruth A. McAdam, et al.. (1999). Production of mutants in amino acid biosynthesis genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by homologous recombination. Microbiology. 145(12). 3497–3503. 68 indexed citations

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Hewinson, R. Glyn, Stephen Michell, Wayne Russell, Ruth A. McAdam, & William R. Jacobs. (1996). Molecular Characterization of MPT83: a Seroreactive Antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Homology to MPT70. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 43(5). 490–499. 98 indexed citations

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Guleria, Indira, Rachel Teitelbaum, Ruth A. McAdam, et al.. (1996). Auxotrophic vaccines for tuberculosis. Nature Medicine. 2(3). 334–337. 138 indexed citations

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Balasubramanian, V., Martin S. Pavelka, Jean Martin, et al.. (1996). Allelic exchange in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with long linear recombination substrates. Journal of Bacteriology. 178(1). 273–279. 132 indexed citations

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McAdam, Ruth A., Torin R. Weisbrod, Jean Martin, et al.. (1995). In vivo growth characteristics of leucine and methionine auxotrophic mutants of Mycobacterium bovis BCG generated by transposon mutagenesis. Infection and Immunity. 63(3). 1004–1012. 178 indexed citations

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Alland, David, Gary Kalkut, Andrew R. Moss, et al.. (1994). Transmission of Tuberculosis in New York City -- An Analysis by DNA Fingerprinting and Conventional Epidemiologic Methods. New England Journal of Medicine. 330(24). 1710–1716. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

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Embden, J D van, M. Donald Cave, Jack T. Crawford, et al.. (1993). Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting: recommendations for a standardized methodology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31(2). 406–409. 2008 indexed citations breakdown →

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Daley, Charles L., Peter M. Small, Gisela Schecter, et al.. (1992). An Outbreak of Tuberculosis with Accelerated Progression among Persons Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. New England Journal of Medicine. 326(4). 231–235. 762 indexed citations breakdown →

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McAdam, Ruth A., Peter W. M. Hermans, Dick van Soolingen, et al.. (1990). Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis insertion sequence belonging to the IS3 family. Molecular Microbiology. 4(9). 1607–1613. 161 indexed citations

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Hermans, Peter W. M., Dick van Soolingen, Jeremy W. Dale, et al.. (1990). Insertion element IS986 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a useful tool for diagnosis and epidemiology of tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28(9). 2051–2058. 340 indexed citations

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McAdam, Ruth A., Dimitrios Goundis, & Kenneth B. M. Reid. (1988). A homozygous point mutation results in a stop codon in the C1q B-chain of a C1q-deficient individual. Immunogenetics. 27(4). 259–264. 43 indexed citations

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