Sandra Lester

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Sandra Lester is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Lester has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Lester's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (4 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (3 papers). Sandra Lester is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (4 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (3 papers). Sandra Lester collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Sandra Lester's co-authors include Kui Li, Baoming Liu, Nan L. Li, Yang Shen, Jie Wang, Natalie J. Thornburg, Brandi Freeman, Lisa Mills, Christopher J. Lindsell and Ruidong Miao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Lester

9 papers receiving 804 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.

Toll-Like Receptors in Antiviral Innate Immunity

2013 566 citations Sandra Lester, Kui Li Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Lester United States	6	373	289	238	176	59	9	810
Adam Hage United States	10	331 0.9×	371 1.3×	222 0.9×	133 0.8×	45 0.8×	20	715
Ashley Zani United States	13	317 0.8×	274 0.9×	195 0.8×	166 0.9×	41 0.7×	18	633
Puck B. van Kasteren Netherlands	15	355 1.0×	451 1.6×	300 1.3×	214 1.2×	101 1.7×	32	1.0k
Maria Blasi United States	16	263 0.7×	266 0.9×	305 1.3×	196 1.1×	115 1.9×	35	884
Carles Martínez‐Romero United States	15	375 1.0×	400 1.4×	343 1.4×	386 2.2×	71 1.2×	25	1.0k
In Su Cheon United States	18	523 1.4×	187 0.6×	208 0.9×	238 1.4×	81 1.4×	34	954
Xiaomei Sun China	13	133 0.4×	214 0.7×	161 0.7×	119 0.7×	29 0.5×	46	539
Åsa Hidmark Germany	14	266 0.7×	239 0.8×	106 0.4×	87 0.5×	31 0.5×	23	605
David J Vigerust United States	13	221 0.6×	258 0.9×	336 1.4×	407 2.3×	25 0.4×	25	1.0k
Tanja M. Kaptein Netherlands	13	719 1.9×	334 1.2×	552 2.3×	278 1.6×	66 1.1×	21	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Lester

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandra Lester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Lester

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandra Lester. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandra Lester based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sandra Lester. Sandra Lester is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Pinto, Lígia A., Ribhi M. Shawar, Troy J. Kemp, et al.. (2022). A Trans-Governmental Collaboration to Independently Evaluate SARS-CoV-2 Serology Assays. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(1). e0156421–e0156421. 10 indexed citations

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Stumpf, Megan M., Brandi Freeman, Lisa Mills, et al.. (2022). Examination of Common Coronavirus Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2-Infected and Uninfected Participants in a Household Transmission Investigation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(7). ofac212–ofac212. 1 indexed citations

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Wadhwa, Ashutosh, Sherry Yin, Brandi Freeman, et al.. (2021). Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ELISA and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG nucleocapsid protein assays for detection of antibodies. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0255208–e0255208. 4 indexed citations

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McCulloch, Denise J., Michael L. Jackson, James P. Hughes, et al.. (2021). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Seattle, Washington: October 2019–April 2020. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0252235–e0252235. 2 indexed citations

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Stubblefield, William B., H. Keipp Talbot, Leora R. Feldstein, et al.. (2020). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Healthcare Personnel During the First Month of Caring for Patients With COVID-19—Nashville, Tennessee. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(9). 1645–1648. 72 indexed citations

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Lester, Sandra, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Michael A. Whitt, et al.. (2019). Middle East respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) spike (S) protein vesicular stomatitis virus pseudoparticle neutralization assays offer a reliable alternative to the conventional neutralization assay in human seroepidemiological studies. Access Microbiology. 1(9). e000057–e000057. 10 indexed citations

7.

Lester, Sandra & Kui Li. (2013). Toll-Like Receptors in Antiviral Innate Immunity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 426(6). 1246–1264. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Shufeng, Chao Qiu, Ruidong Miao, et al.. (2013). MCPIP1 restricts HIV infection and is rapidly degraded in activated CD4+ T cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 19083–19088. 62 indexed citations

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Shen, Yang, Nan L. Li, Jie Wang, et al.. (2012). TRIM56 Is an Essential Component of the TLR3 Antiviral Signaling Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(43). 36404–36413. 83 indexed citations

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