Ruth Lynfield

46.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
274 papers, 19.2k citations indexed

About

Ruth Lynfield is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Lynfield has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 19.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Epidemiology, 95 papers in Infectious Diseases and 64 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ruth Lynfield's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (71 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (64 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers). Ruth Lynfield is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (71 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (64 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers). Ruth Lynfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Australia. Ruth Lynfield's co-authors include Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Arthur Reingold, William Schaffner, Scott K. Fridkin, Nancy M. Bennett, Ann Thomas, Anne Schuchat, Cynthia G. Whitney and James L. Hadler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Lynfield

262 papers receiving 18.6k 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.

Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections

2014 2.9k citations Shelley S. Magill, Jonathan R. Edwards et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

2003 1.7k citations Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusDisease in Three Communities

2005 1.2k citations Scott K. Fridkin, Melissa Morrison et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Effect of Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

2006 653 citations Ruth Lynfield, William Schaffner et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007

2011 632 citations Cynthia G. Whitney, Elizabeth R. Zell et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Incidence of Pneumococcal Disease Due to Non–Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) Serotypes in the United States during the Era of Widespread PCV7 Vaccination, 1998–2004

2007 609 citations Lee H. Harrison, James L. Hadler et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study

2006 503 citations Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley et al. The Lancet profile →
Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis, 2005 to 2014

2016 300 citations Stephanie J. Schrag, Monica M. Farley et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015

2019 254 citations Susan Petit, Lee H. Harrison et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth Lynfield United States	59	10.8k	5.8k	5.0k	3.3k	2.0k	274	19.2k
Monica M. Farley United States	79	18.8k 1.7×	9.4k 1.6×	7.2k 1.4×	6.8k 2.1×	1.8k 0.9×	235	28.0k
William Schaffner United States	73	11.7k 1.1×	5.1k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	3.9k 1.2×	881 0.4×	453	21.1k
Lee H. Harrison United States	85	19.7k 1.8×	10.0k 1.7×	6.0k 1.2×	8.7k 2.6×	1.8k 0.9×	389	29.9k
Allison McGeer Canada	91	13.0k 1.2×	13.3k 2.3×	7.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.5×	581	30.4k
Daniel M. Musher United States	75	17.3k 1.6×	6.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	340	26.9k
Richard R. Facklam United States	69	10.7k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	7.2k 1.4×	4.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	239	18.6k
Tim Peto United Kingdom	74	6.5k 0.6×	7.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	258	17.8k
Peter C. Appelbaum United States	62	7.7k 0.7×	5.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	374	15.6k
Keith P. Klugman United States	79	18.5k 1.7×	4.2k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	6.6k 2.0×	926 0.5×	395	25.0k
Sheldon L. Kaplan United States	69	11.1k 1.0×	11.3k 2.0×	7.5k 1.5×	5.2k 1.6×	5.1k 2.5×	361	26.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Lynfield

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See, Isaac, Kelly A. Jackson, Kelly M Hatfield, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of nursing homes with high rates of invasive methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73(3). 849–858. 1 indexed citations

Rounds, Joshua, Jennifer L. Dale, Paula Snippes Vagnone, et al.. (2025). Cronobacter Surveillance in Minnesota, United States, 2002–2024. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 23(4). 232–238.

Leider, Jonathon P., Sarah Lim, Debra DeBruin, et al.. (2023). Using a web platform for equitable distribution of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: a case study in resource allocation. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1226935–1226935. 1 indexed citations

Cash‐Goldwasser, Shama, Nicholas Lehnertz, Jayne Griffith, et al.. (2023). Pharyngeal Co-Infections with Monkeypox Virus and Group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(9). 1855–1858. 2 indexed citations

Bower, William A., Katherine Hendricks, António R. Vieira, et al.. (2022). What Is Anthrax?. Pathogens. 11(6). 690–690. 26 indexed citations

Nadle, Joelle, Susan M. Ray, Ruth Lynfield, et al.. (2022). Increases in methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection incidence, 2016–2019. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(S1). s63–s64.

Kline, Kelly E., James L. Hadler, Kimberly Yousey‐Hindes, et al.. (2017). Impact of pregnancy on observed sex disparities among adults hospitalized with laboratory‐confirmed influenza, FluSurv‐NET, 2010‐2012. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 11(5). 404–411. 1 indexed citations

Magill, Shelley S., Lucy Wilson, Deborah Thompson, et al.. (2017). Reduction in the Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals, 2015 vs 2011. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4(suppl_1). S49–S49. 3 indexed citations

Davies, H. Dele, Carrie L. Byington, Yvonne Maldonado, et al.. (2016). Infectious Complications With the Use of Biologic Response Modifiers in Infants and Children. PEDIATRICS. 138(2). 32 indexed citations

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MacNeil, Jessica R., Nancy M. Bennett, Monica M. Farley, et al.. (2015). Epidemiology of Infant Meningococcal Disease in the United States, 2006-2012. PEDIATRICS. 135(2). e305–e311. 32 indexed citations

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Verani, Jennifer R., Nancy Spina, Ruth Lynfield, et al.. (2014). Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 123(4). 828–837. 38 indexed citations

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Saira, Kazima, Xudong Lin, Jay V. DePasse, et al.. (2013). Sequence Analysis of In Vivo Defective Interfering-Like RNA of Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic Virus. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Tosh, Pritish K., Sandra N. Bulens, Joelle Nadle, et al.. (2013). Characterization of Hospitalized Community-Onset Staphylococcus aureus Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Among Generally Healthy Persons 50 Years of Age or Younger. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 21(6). 359–365. 2 indexed citations

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DeVries, Aaron, Jane Harper, Andrew Murray, et al.. (2011). Vaccine-Derived Poliomyelitis 12 Years after Infection in Minnesota. New England Journal of Medicine. 364(24). 2316–2323. 60 indexed citations

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Como-Sabetti, Kathy, Kathleen Harriman, Scott K. Fridkin, Selina Jawahir, & Ruth Lynfield. (2010). Risk factors for community-associatedStaphylococcus aureusinfections: results from parallel studies including methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitiveS. aureuscompared to uninfected controls. Epidemiology and Infection. 139(3). 419–429. 21 indexed citations

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Gertz, Robert E., Zhongya Li, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta, et al.. (2010). Increased Penicillin Nonsusceptibility of Nonvaccine-Serotype Invasive Pneumococci Other than Serotypes 19A and 6A in Post-7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Era. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(5). 770–775. 97 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Katherine L., Orin S. Levine, Cynthia G. Whitney, et al.. (2006). Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.(Clinical report). The Lancet. 368(9546). 61 indexed citations

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Klevens, R. Monina, Melissa Morrison, Scott K. Fridkin, et al.. (2006). Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusand Healthcare Risk Factors. Emerging infectious diseases. 12(12). 1991–1993. 167 indexed citations

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Schrag, Stephanie J., Kathryn E. Arnold, Janet C. Mohle‐Boetani, et al.. (2003). Prenatal Screening for Infectious Diseases and Opportunities for Prevention. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 102(4). 753–760. 21 indexed citations

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Lynfield, Ruth & Roger B. Eaton. (1995). Teratogen update: Congenital toxoplasmosis. Teratology. 52(3). 176–180. 7 indexed citations

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