Ruth Lynfield

46.3k citations

274 papers · 19.2k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 59

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.05%
Microbiology top 0.02%
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines 32
Infectious Diseases top 0.1%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 57
Epidemiology top 0.05%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections 71
- Respiratory viral infections research 64
- Influenza Virus Research Studies 53
Clinical Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing 38
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments 51
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections 27

Co-authors: Monica M. Farley Lee H. Harrison Arthur Reingold William Schaffner Scott K. Fridkin Nancy M. Bennett Ann Thomas Anne Schuchat
Cited by: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Infectious Diseases
Journals: Open Forum Infectious Diseases (30 papers)Emerging infectious diseases (27 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (25 papers)
Partner nations: United States Kenya Australia

In The Last Decade

Ruth Lynfield

262 papers receiving 18.6k 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.

2019 JAMA Pediatrics
2016 PEDIATRICS
2014 New England Journal of Medicine
2011 New England Journal of Medicine
2007 The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2006 New England Journal of Medicine
2006 The Lancet
2005 New England Journal of Medicine
2003 New England Journal of Medicine

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1	Trends in Incidence and Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, Six Emerging Infections Program Surveillance Sites, 2005–2022 Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Holly M. Biggs,Rongxia Li,Kelly A. Jackson,Joelle Nadle,Susan Petit,Susan M. Ray,Ruth Lynfield,Kathryn Como‐Sabetti,Ghinwa Dumyati,Jacquelyn E. Murray,J. Wang,William Schaffner,James Baggs,Isaac See	2025	1
2	Meningococcal Disease in Persons With HIV Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2009–2019 Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Evandro Weber,Bernd Klingenberg,Henju Marjuki,Arthur Reingold,Meghan Barnes,Susan Petit,A.J. Scadeng,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Sarah A. Khanlian,Bridget J. Anderson,CR Bragdon,William Schaffner,Lucy A. McNamara,Mohamad Ashari Jaffarabadi	2024	2
3	Using a web platform for equitable distribution of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: a case study in resource allocation Frontiers in Public Health ·Jonathon P. Leider,Sarah Lim,Debra DeBruin,Kouji Sano,Barbara J. Smith,Umesh Ghimire,S Paulraj,Масалов Евгений Викторович,Ruth Lynfield,John L. Hick	2023	1
4	Secondary Cases of Invasive Disease Caused by Encapsulated and Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae — 10 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2011–2018 MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·Sara E. Oliver,Mohamad Ashari Jaffarabadi,Heidi M. Soeters,Arthur Reingold,Meghan Barnes,Susan Petit,Robert S. Boethxing,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Swapna Babu Budala,Kari Burzlaff,Ann Thomas,William Schaffner,Henju Marjuki,Xin Wang,Susan Hariri	2023	3
5	Increases in methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection incidence, 2016–2019 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Campbell Kc,Joelle Nadle,Susan M. Ray,Ruth Lynfield,Ghinwa Dumyati,Sundus H. Mohammad,William Schaffner,David A. Ham,Isaac See	2022	0
6	Acute Cardiovascular Events Associated With Influenza in Hospitalized Adults Annals of Internal Medicine ·Eric J. Chow,Melissa A. Rolfes,Alissa O’Halloran,Evan J. Anderson,Nancy M. Bennett,Laurie M. Billing,Shua J. Chai,Elizabeth Dufort,Rachel Herlihy,Sue Kim,Ruth Lynfield,Chelsea McMullen,Maya Monroe,William Schaffner,Melanie Spencer,H. Keipp Talbot,Ann Thomas,Kimberly Yousey‐Hindes,Carrie Reed,Shikha Garg	2020	86
7	Combating antibiotic resistance: a survey on the antibiotic-prescribing habits of dentists. PubMed ·Sara Tomczyk,啓文土谷,Stacy Holzbauer,Ruth Lynfield	2018	14
8	Reduction in the Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals, 2015 vs 2011 Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Shelley S. Magill,Lucy Wilson,Deborah Thompson,Susan M. Ray,Joelle Nadle,Ruth Lynfield,Sarah J. Janelle,Marion Kainer,Samantha Greissman,Ghinwa Dumyati,Zintars G. Beldavs,Jonathan R. Edwards	2017	3
9	Infectious Complications With the Use of Biologic Response Modifiers in Infants and Children PEDIATRICS ·H. Dele Davies,Carrie L. Byington,Yvonne Maldonado,Elizabeth D. Barnett,Kathryn M. Edwards,Ruth Lynfield,Flor M. Muñoz,Dawn Nolt,Ann‐Christine Nyquist,Mobeen H. Rathore,Mark H. Sawyer,William J. Steinbach,Tina Q. Tan,Theoklis E. Zaoutis	2016	32
10	Epidemiology of Infant Meningococcal Disease in the United States, 2006-2012 PEDIATRICS ·Jessica R. MacNeil,Nancy M. Bennett,Monica M. Farley,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Megin Nichols,桂子村杉,Arthur Reingold,William Schaffner,Ann Thomas,Tracy Pondo,Leonard W. Mayer,Thomas A. Clark,Amanda Cohn	2015	32
11	Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Jennifer R. Verani,Nancy Spina,Ruth Lynfield,William Schaffner,Lee H. Harrison,Masuzo Ueno,Stepy Thomas,寿史藤川,Karen Scherzinger,Deborah Aragon,Susan Petit,Jamie H. Thompson,Klaus Reinartz,R. A. Carey,Lesley McGee,Emily Weston,Stephanie J. Schrag	2014	38
12	Sequence Analysis of In Vivo Defective Interfering-Like RNA of Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic Virus UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Kazima Saira,Xudong Lin,Jay V. DePasse,Rebecca Halpin,Alan Twaddle,Timothy B. Stockwell,Brian Angus,Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri,Marina Delfino,Vivien G. Dugan,Dominic E. Dwyer,Matthew S. Freiberg,Andrzej Horban,Marcelo Losso,Ruth Lynfield,Deborah Wentworth,Edward C. Holmes,Richard T. Davey,David E. Wentworth,Elodie Ghedin	2013	2
13	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 ·Pritish K. Tosh,Sandra N. Bulens,Joelle Nadle,Ghinwa Dumyati,Ruth Lynfield,William Schaffner,Susan M. Ray,Seema Jain,Scott K. Fridkin,Dawn Sievert	2013	2
14	The Burden of Invasive Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis in the United States, 2005–2008 The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Emily Weston,Tracy Pondo,Melissa Lewis,田原久美,Craig Morin,Conrad Schmidt,熊谷幹男,Mirasol Apostol,桂子村杉,Monica M. Farley,Ruth Lynfield,Art Reingold,Nellie I. Hansen,Barbara J. Stoll,Andi L. Shane,Elizabeth R. Zell,Stephanie J. Schrag	2011	373
15	Vaccine-Derived Poliomyelitis 12 Years after Infection in Minnesota New England Journal of Medicine ·Aaron DeVries,Jane Harper,Andrew Murray,Catherine Lexau,Lynn Bahta,Ø Sandbakk,Elizabeth Cebelinski,Susan Fuller,Susan Kline,Gregory S. Wallace,Jing Shaw,Cara C. Burns,Ruth Lynfield	2011	60
16	Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in Children Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2003–2008 The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Fatimah S. Dawood,Anthony E. Fiore,Laurie Kamimoto,Elhag Abugabr Elhag,Arthur Reingold,Ken Gershman,James Meek,James L. Hadler,Kathryn E. Arnold,Patricia Ryan,Ruth Lynfield,Craig Morin,Jan Baumbach,Shelley M. Zansky,Nancy M. Bennett,Ann Thomas,William Schaffner,David Kirschke,Lyn Finelli	2010	50
17	Revisiting the Need for Vaccine Prevention of Late-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Hannah Jordan,Monica M. Farley,Allen S. Craig,Janet C. Mohle‐Boetani,Lee H. Harrison,Susan Petit,Ruth Lynfield,Ann Thomas,Shelley M. Zansky,Kenneth Gershman,Bernadette Albanese,William Schaffner,Stephanie J. Schrag	2008	145
18	Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusand Healthcare Risk Factors Emerging infectious diseases ·R. Monina Klevens,Melissa Morrison,Scott K. Fridkin,Arthur Reingold,Susan Petit,Ken Gershman,Susan M. Ray,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Ghinwa Dumyati,John M. Townes,Allen S. Craig,Gregory E. Fosheim,Linda K. McDougal,Fred C. Tenover	2006	167
19	Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.(Clinical report) The Lancet ·Katherine L. O’Brien,Orin S. Levine,Cynthia G. Whitney,S Ytsma,Monica M. Farley,Lioudmilla Sharova,Allen S. Craig,Ruth Lynfield,Ann‐Christine Nyquist,Kenneth Gershman,Marietta Vázquez,Nancy M. Bennett,Arthur Reingold,Ann Thomas,Mary P. Glodé,Elizabeth R. Zell,James H. Jorgensen,Bernard Beall,Anne Schuchat	2006	61
20	Prenatal Screening for Infectious Diseases and Opportunities for Prevention Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Stephanie J. Schrag,Kathryn E. Arnold,Janet C. Mohle‐Boetani,Ruth Lynfield,Elizabeth R. Zell,Karen Stefonek,Heather Noga,Allen S. Craig,Laurie Thomson Sanza,Glenda Smith,Anne Schuchat	2003	21

About Ruth Lynfield

Ruth Lynfield is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 274 papers that have together received 19.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (71 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (64 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (53 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (51 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (38 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (32 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (1.2k citations), Microbiology (3.3k citations) and Infectious Diseases (5.8k citations). Ruth Lynfield has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Australia. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Emerging infectious diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, PEDIATRICS and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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