Ruth I. Connor

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ruth I. Connor is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth I. Connor has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Infectious Diseases, 31 papers in Virology and 26 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ruth I. Connor's work include HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (14 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers). Ruth I. Connor is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (14 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers). Ruth I. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Ruth I. Connor's co-authors include Nathaniel R. Landau, Sunny Choe, Benjamin K. Chen, Kristine E. Sheridan, Daniel J. Ceradini, David D. Ho, William A. Paxton, D D Ho, Yaming Cao and Hiroshi Mohri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ruth I. Connor

62 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Change in Coreceptor Use Correlates with Disease Progress... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1997 1995 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Change in Coreceptor Use Correlates with Disease Progression in HIV-1–Infected Individuals
    1997 1.1k citations Ruth I. Connor et al. profile →
  2. Vpr Is Required for Efficient Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 in Mononuclear Phagocytes
    1995 1.1k citations Ruth I. Connor et al. Virology profile →

Peers

Ruth I. Connor
Jacqueline D. Reeves United States
J Michael Kilby United States
Birgitta Åsjö Sweden
Hendrik Streeck United States
J. Shawn Justement United States
Marina Caskey United States
Scott F. Sieg United States
Nancy A. Wilson United States
Shan‐Lu Liu United States
A S Fauci United States
Jacqueline D. Reeves United States
Ruth I. Connor
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All Works

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Brickley, Elizabeth B., Ruth I. Connor, Wendy Wieland‐Alter, et al.. (2025). Intestinal mucosal immune responses induced by novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 and Sabin monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine type 2: an analysis of data from four clinical trials. The Lancet Microbe. 6(6). 101028–101028. 1 indexed citations
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Brickley, Elizabeth B., Ruth I. Connor, Wendy Wieland‐Alter, et al.. (2025). Intestinal Mucosal Immune Responses to Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2 in Healthy Newborns. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(2). e352–e360. 1 indexed citations
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Connor, Ruth I., Mrunal Sakharkar, Chengzi I. Kaku, et al.. (2024). Characteristics and Functions of Infection-enhancing Antibodies to the N-terminal Domain of SARS-CoV-2. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 1–24. 3 indexed citations
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Sakharkar, Mrunal, Ruth I. Connor, Haley L. Dugan, et al.. (2023). Vaccination of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals expands a broad range of clonally diverse affinity-matured B cell lineages. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2249–2249. 5 indexed citations
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Sakharkar, Mrunal, C. Garrett Rappazzo, Wendy Wieland‐Alter, et al.. (2021). Prolonged evolution of the human B cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Science Immunology. 6(56). 102 indexed citations
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Butler, Savannah E., Andrew R. Crowley, Harini Natarajan, et al.. (2021). Distinct Features and Functions of Systemic and Mucosal Humoral Immunity Among SARS-CoV-2 Convalescent Individuals. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 618685–618685. 74 indexed citations
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Reyn, C. Fordham von, Timothy Lahey, Robert D. Arbeit, et al.. (2017). Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated whole cell tuberculosis vaccine booster in adults primed with BCG: A randomized, controlled trial of DAR-901. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0175215–e0175215. 51 indexed citations
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Wright, Peter F., Ruth I. Connor, Wendy Wieland‐Alter, et al.. (2016). Vaccine-induced mucosal immunity to poliovirus: analysis of cohorts from an open-label, randomised controlled trial in Latin American infants. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(12). 1377–1384. 38 indexed citations
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Hendricks, Kristy, Richard Waddell, Isaac Maro, et al.. (2014). Brief Report. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 67(5). 569–572. 2 indexed citations
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Langa, Susana, Antonio Maldonado‐Barragán, Susana Delgado, et al.. (2012). Characterization of Lactobacillus salivarius CECT 5713, a strain isolated from human milk: from genotype to phenotype. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 94(5). 1279–1287. 40 indexed citations
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Housman, Molly L., et al.. (2012). Breast Milk from Tanzanian Women Has Divergent Effects on Cell-Free and Cell-Associated HIV-1 Infection In Vitro. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43815–e43815. 9 indexed citations
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Metzner, Karin J., James Μ. Binley, Agegnehu Gettie, et al.. (2006). Tenofovir treatment augments anti-viral immunity against drug-resistant SIV challenge in chronically infected rhesus macaques. Retrovirology. 3(1). 97–97. 13 indexed citations
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Donahoe, Sean M., Walter J. Moretto, Rachel V. Samuel, et al.. (2000). Direct Measurement of CD8+ T Cell Responses in Macaques Infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. Virology. 272(2). 347–356. 30 indexed citations
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Henderson, Andrew J., Ruth I. Connor, & Kathryn Calame. (1996). C/EBP Activators Are Required for HIV-1 Replication and Proviral Induction in Monocytic Cell Lines. Immunity. 5(1). 91–101. 100 indexed citations
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Connor, Ruth I. & David D. Ho. (1994). Transmission and Pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(4). 321–323. 27 indexed citations
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Connor, Ruth I., et al.. (1993). Biological Cloning of Functionally Diverse Quasispecies of HIV-1. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(6). 541–546. 25 indexed citations
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Connor, Ruth I., Li Shen, & M W Fanger. (1990). Evaluation of the antibody-dependent cytotoxic capabilities of individual human monocytes. Role of FcgammaRI and FcgammaRII and the effects of cytokines at the single cell level.. The Journal of Immunology. 145(5). 1483–1489. 36 indexed citations

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