S E West

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

S E West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, S E West has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in S E West's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). S E West is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). S E West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. S E West's co-authors include T D Wilkins, J.R. Vercellotti, A A Salyers, Laura J. Runyen-Janecky, Barbara H. Iglewski, Allen K. Sample, P. Frederick Sparling, Herbert P. Schweizer, Daniel J. Hassett and Dennis E. Ohman and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Nucleic Acids Research and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

S E West

35 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fermentation of mucin and plant polysaccharides by strains of Bacteroides from the human colon

1977 552 citations A A Salyers, J.R. Vercellotti et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Construction of improved Escherichia-Pseudomonas shuttle vectors derived from pUC18/19 and sequence of the region required for their replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1994 512 citations S E West, Herbert P. Schweizer et al. Gene profile →
Fermentation of mucins and plant polysaccharides by anaerobic bacteria from the human colon

1977 370 citations A A Salyers, S E West et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S E West United States	25	2.4k	1.3k	655	526	526	35	3.8k
Abigail A. Salyers United States	30	1.4k 0.6×	599 0.5×	501 0.8×	304 0.6×	454 0.9×	80	2.7k
Fernando C. Soncini Argentina	29	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	633 1.0×	1.3k 2.5×	1.4k 2.6×	55	4.1k
Gerald D. Shockman United States	45	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	386 0.6×	230 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	142	5.7k
Donald G. Guiney United States	39	1.8k 0.8×	968 0.8×	635 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	1.3k 2.5×	73	5.0k
Gabriella Pessi Switzerland	34	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	438 0.7×	562 1.1×	541 1.0×	66	4.6k
Kyoung‐Hee Choi South Korea	25	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	741 1.1×	653 1.2×	616 1.2×	73	4.4k
Alain Dufour France	32	1.8k 0.8×	876 0.7×	383 0.6×	344 0.7×	485 0.9×	67	2.8k
Alain Stintzi Canada	36	1.6k 0.7×	755 0.6×	375 0.6×	539 1.0×	1.3k 2.5×	61	3.8k
Gregory T. Robertson United States	27	2.6k 1.1×	956 0.8×	445 0.7×	672 1.3×	297 0.6×	59	5.2k
Karsten Tedin Germany	31	1.8k 0.8×	747 0.6×	332 0.5×	648 1.2×	994 1.9×	74	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hayes, Don, S E West, Michael J. Rock, et al.. (2010). Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children with cystic fibrosis diagnosed through newborn screening: Assessment of clinic exposures and microbial genotypes. Pediatric Pulmonology. 45(7). 708–716. 11 indexed citations

Hartmann, Faye A., David G. White, S E West, Robert D. Walker, & Douglas J. DeBoer. (2005). Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus intermedius carriage by healthy dogs and comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns to isolates from dogs with pyoderma. Veterinary Microbiology. 108(1-2). 119–131. 41 indexed citations

West, S E, Lan Zeng, Michael R. Kosorok, et al.. (2002). Respiratory Infections With Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Children With Cystic Fibrosis. JAMA. 287(22). 2958–2958. 149 indexed citations

Runyen-Janecky, Laura J., et al.. (2002). Effect of vfr mutation on global gene expression and catabolite repression control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology. 148(5). 1561–1569. 83 indexed citations

Dasgupta, Nandini, Evan P. Ferrell, Kristen J. Kanack, S E West, & Reuben Ramphal. (2002). fleQ , the Gene Encoding the Major Flagellar Regulator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Is σ ⁷⁰ Dependent and Is Downregulated by Vfr, a Homolog of Escherichia coli Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(19). 5240–5250. 96 indexed citations

Kosorok, Michael R., Lan Zeng, S E West, et al.. (2001). Acceleration of lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis afterPseudomonas aeruginosaacquisition. Pediatric Pulmonology. 32(4). 277–287. 59 indexed citations

Hassett, Daniel J., James G. Elkins, Timothy R. McDermott, et al.. (1999). Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa controls expression of catalase and superoxide dismutase genes and mediates biofilm susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide. Molecular Microbiology. 34(5). 1082–1093. 327 indexed citations

Hartmann, Faye A. & S E West. (1997). Utilization of both phenotypic and molecular analyses to investigate an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella anatum in horses.. PubMed. 61(3). 173–81. 11 indexed citations

Hartmann, Faye A., Robert J. Callan, Sheila M. McGuirk, & S E West. (1996). Control of an outbreak of salmonellosis caused by drug-resistant Salmonella anatum in horses at a veterinary hospital and measures to prevent future infections. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 209(3). 629–631. 47 indexed citations

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West, S E, et al.. (1995). Construction of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-Escherichia coli cosmid cloning vector [Gene 160 (1995) 81–86]. Gene. 160(1). 87–88. 2 indexed citations

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West, S E. (1994). [29] Isolation of genes involved in iron acquisition by cloning and complementation of Escherichia coli mutants. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 235. 363–372. 1 indexed citations

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West, S E, et al.. (1994). Construction of improved Escherichia-Pseudomonas shuttle vectors derived from pUC18/19 and sequence of the region required for their replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gene. 148(1). 81–86. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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West, S E & Barbara H. Iglewski. (1988). Codon usage inPseudomonas aeruginosa. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(19). 9323–9335. 219 indexed citations

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West, S E & P. Frederick Sparling. (1987). Aerobactin utilization by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and cloning of a genomic DNA fragment that complements Escherichia coli fhuB mutations. Journal of Bacteriology. 169(8). 3414–3421. 74 indexed citations

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Lederman, Muriel, et al.. (1980). In vitro production of human fecal mutagen. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology. 79(2). 115–124. 35 indexed citations

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West, S E & T D Wilkins. (1980). Vaspar broth-disk procedure for antibiotic susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 17(2). 288–291. 25 indexed citations

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West, S E, et al.. (1977). Neonatal salmonella meningitis complicated by cerebral abscesses.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 127(2). 142–5. 34 indexed citations

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Salyers, A A, J.R. Vercellotti, S E West, & T D Wilkins. (1977). Fermentation of mucin and plant polysaccharides by strains of Bacteroides from the human colon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 33(2). 319–322. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Salyers, A A, S E West, J.R. Vercellotti, & T D Wilkins. (1977). Fermentation of mucins and plant polysaccharides by anaerobic bacteria from the human colon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 34(5). 529–533. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilkins, T D & S E West. (1976). Medium-dependent inhibition of Peptostreptococcus anaerobius by sodium polyanetholsulfonate in blood culture media. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 3(4). 393–396. 28 indexed citations

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