Sara D. Lawhon

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
163 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Sara D. Lawhon is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara D. Lawhon has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Infectious Diseases, 48 papers in Food Science and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sara D. Lawhon's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (37 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (25 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (22 papers). Sara D. Lawhon is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (37 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (25 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (22 papers). Sara D. Lawhon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Sara D. Lawhon's co-authors include Craig Altier, M. Mitsu Suyemoto, L. Garry Adams, Andreas J. Bäumler, Russell Maurer, Sebastian Winter, Parameth Thiennimitr, Richard Laughlin, Gabriel Gomez and Renée M. Tsolis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sara D. Lawhon

157 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Host-Derived Nitrate Boosts Growth of E. coli in the Inflamed Gut

2013 746 citations Sebastian Winter, Maria G. Winter et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara D. Lawhon United States	32	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	555	163	4.7k
Anderson Miyoshi Brazil	40	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	943 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	718 1.3×	175	5.5k
Ivan Rychlı́k Czechia	41	2.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	722 0.6×	323 0.6×	181	5.8k
Roberto M. La Ragione United Kingdom	44	1.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	634 1.1×	232	6.7k
John D. Klena United States	42	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	832 1.5×	189	6.1k
Sou‐ichi Makino Japan	40	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	130	4.6k
Karsten Tedin Germany	31	1.8k 1.0×	994 0.6×	764 0.6×	648 0.6×	747 1.3×	74	4.3k
Gireesh Rajashekara United States	35	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	618 0.6×	176 0.3×	146	3.9k
John Hwa Lee South Korea	32	831 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	788 0.7×	193 0.3×	224	4.2k
Torsten Hain Germany	44	2.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	758 0.6×	798 0.7×	481 0.9×	133	6.0k
Åsa Ljungh Sweden	45	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	980 0.7×	658 0.6×	319 0.6×	180	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara D. Lawhon

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Lawhon, Sara D., et al.. (2025). Isolation of Campylobacter upsaliensis From an Abscessed Hepatic Mass in a Dog. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 39(5). e70195–e70195. 1 indexed citations

Cheung, Gordon Y. C., et al.. (2024). Methicillin Resistance Elements in the Canine Pathogen Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Their Association with the Peptide Toxin PSM-mec. Antibiotics. 13(2). 130–130. 1 indexed citations

Hodo, Carolyn L., Jing Wu, Javier Vinasco, et al.. (2024). Diversity of Campylobacter spp. circulating in a rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta ) breeding colony using culture and molecular methods. mSphere. 9(11). e0056024–e0056024. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Jing, et al.. (2024). Contamination of liposomal bupivacaine during multi-dose usage in a clinical setting evaluated by culture and PCR. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11. 1365679–1365679.

Lawhon, Sara D., et al.. (2022). An ancient haplotype containing antimicrobial peptide gene variants is associated with severe fungal skin disease in Persian cats. PLoS Genetics. 18(2). e1010062–e1010062. 10 indexed citations

Ives, Samuel E., Keri N. Norman, Sara D. Lawhon, et al.. (2021). High-Resolution Genomic Comparisons within Salmonella enterica Serotypes Derived from Beef Feedlot Cattle: Parsing the Roles of Cattle Source, Pen, Animal, Sample Type, and Production Period. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(12). e0048521–e0048521. 11 indexed citations

Cooper, Kendal G., Audrey Chong, Laszlo Kari, et al.. (2021). Regulatory protein HilD stimulates Salmonella Typhimurium invasiveness by promoting smooth swimming via the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein McpC. Nature Communications. 12(1). 348–348. 20 indexed citations

Broadway, Paul R., J. A. Carroll, Nicole C Burdick Sanchez, et al.. (2020). Translocation of Orally Inoculated Salmonella Following Mild Immunosuppression in Holstein Calves and the Presence of the Salmonella in Ground Beef Samples. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 17(9). 533–540. 2 indexed citations

Little, Sara V., Andrew Hillhouse, & Sara D. Lawhon. (2020). Draft Genome Sequence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Isolated from a Canine Case of Diskospondylitis. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(26). 1 indexed citations

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Little, Sara V., Andrew Hillhouse, & Sara D. Lawhon. (2020). Whole-Genome Sequences of an Abortive Bacillus safensis Strain Isolated from a Mare’s Uterus. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(20). 2 indexed citations

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Little, Sara V., et al.. (2020). Whole-Genome Sequence of an Orf Virus Isolate Derived from a Cell Culture Infected with Contagious Ecthyma Vaccine. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(32). 3 indexed citations

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Little, Sara V., Andrew Hillhouse, & Sara D. Lawhon. (2020). Genome Sequence of a Weissella confusa Strain Isolated from the First Reported Case of Neonatal Sepsis in an Equid. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(9). 2 indexed citations

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Little, Sara V., et al.. (2020). Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae Isolated from a Canine Clinical Case of Prostatitis. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(13). 2 indexed citations

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Hillhouse, Andrew, et al.. (2020). MiSeq Sequencing of Salmonella enterica subsp. houtenae Isolates from a Dog Treated for Hind-Limb Paresis. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(32). 3 indexed citations

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Canver, Matthew C., Mark D. Gonzalez, Bradley Ford, et al.. (2019). Improved Performance of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of PBP2a in Non-Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcal Species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57(4). 12 indexed citations

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Cummings, Kevin J., et al.. (2018). Ciprofloxacin resistance among Campylobacter jejuni isolates obtained from shelter dogs in Texas. Zoonoses and Public Health. 66(3). 337–342. 11 indexed citations

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Cummings, Kevin J., et al.. (2017). Faecal Campylobacter shedding among dogs in animal shelters across Texas. Zoonoses and Public Health. 64(8). 623–627. 18 indexed citations

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Humphries, Romney M., Max T. Wu, Lars F. Westblade, et al.. (2016). In Vitro Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates of Human and Animal Origin. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54(5). 1391–1394. 12 indexed citations

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Winter, Sebastian, Maria G. Winter, Mariana N. Xavier, et al.. (2013). Host-Derived Nitrate Boosts Growth of E. coli in the Inflamed Gut. Science. 339(6120). 708–711. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arnold, Carolyn E., Angela I. Bordin, Sara D. Lawhon, et al.. (2011). Antimicrobial activity of gallium maltolate against Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: An in vitro study. Veterinary Microbiology. 155(2-4). 389–394. 37 indexed citations

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