Stephen T. Abedon

13.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
96 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen T. Abedon is a scholar working on Ecology, Microbiology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen T. Abedon has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Microbiology and 31 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen T. Abedon's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (94 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (33 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (31 papers). Stephen T. Abedon is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (94 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (33 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (31 papers). Stephen T. Abedon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Stephen T. Abedon's co-authors include Catherine Loc-Carrillo, Paul Hyman, Benjamin K. Chan, Elizabeth Kutter, Sarah J. Kuhl, Bob Blasdel, Matthew B. Sullivan, Katarzyna Danis‐Wlodarczyk, Cristina Howard‐Varona and Katherine R. Hargreaves and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen T. Abedon

96 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Pros and cons of phage therapy 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2011 2013 2010 2017 200 400 600
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.

  1. Pros and cons of phage therapy
    2011 720 citations Catherine Loc-Carrillo, Stephen T. Abedon PubMed profile →
  2. Phage treatment of human infections
    2011 682 citations Stephen T. Abedon et al. PubMed profile →
  3. Phage Cocktails and the Future of Phage Therapy
    2013 674 citations Stephen T. Abedon, Catherine Loc-Carrillo et al. profile →
  4. Bacteriophage Host Range and Bacterial Resistance
    2010 566 citations Paul Hyman, Stephen T. Abedon Advances in applied microbiology profile →
  5. Lysogeny in nature: mechanisms, impact and ecology of temperate phages
    2017 537 citations Cristina Howard‐Varona, Stephen T. Abedon et al. profile →
  6. Phage Therapy in Clinical Practice: Treatment of Human Infections
    2010 496 citations Stephen T. Abedon et al. profile →
  7. Translating phage therapy into the clinic: Recent accomplishments but continuing challenges
    2023 76 citations Katarzyna Danis‐Wlodarczyk, Stephen T. Abedon et al. profile →

Peers

Stephen T. Abedon
Elizabeth Kutter United States
Jean‐Paul Pirnay Belgium
Andrew M. Kropinski Canada
Beata Weber‐Dąbrowska Poland
Alexander Sulakvelidze United States
Daniël De Vos Belgium
Martha R. J. Clokie United Kingdom
José R. Penadés Spain
R K Selander United States
Laurent Debarbieux France
Elizabeth Kutter United States
Stephen T. Abedon
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen T. Abedon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2025). Breadth of Depth of Bacteriophage Antibacterial Activity. 3(2). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2025). Optical Density-Based Methods in Phage Biology: Titering, Lysis Timing, Host Range, and Phage-Resistance Evolution. Viruses. 17(12). 1573–1573. 2 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2023). Automating Predictive Phage Therapy Pharmacology. Antibiotics. 12(9). 1423–1423. 3 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2023). How Simple Maths Can Inform Our Basic Understanding of Phage Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 77(Supplement_5). S401–S406. 12 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2022). Pathways to Phage Therapy Enlightenment, or Why I Have Become a Scientific Curmudgeon. PubMed Central. 3(2). 95–97. 5 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T., Katarzyna Danis‐Wlodarczyk, Daniel J. Wozniak, & Matthew B. Sullivan. (2021). Improving Phage-Biofilm In Vitro Experimentation. Viruses. 13(6). 1175–1175. 30 indexed citations
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Hyman, Paul, Gareth Trubl, & Stephen T. Abedon. (2020). Virus-Like Particle: Evolving Meanings in Different Disciplines. PubMed. 2(1). 11–15. 12 indexed citations
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Howard‐Varona, Cristina, Dean Vik, Natalie Solonenko, et al.. (2018). Fighting Fire with Fire: Phage Potential for the Treatment of E. coli O157 Infection. Antibiotics. 7(4). 101–101. 16 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2016). Bacteriophage exploitation of bacterial biofilms: phage preference for less mature targets?. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 363(3). fnv246–fnv246. 55 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T., et al.. (2013). Archaeal Viruses, Not Archaeal Phages: An Archaeological Dig. Archaea. 2013. 1–10. 7 indexed citations
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Allen, Heather K. & Stephen T. Abedon. (2013). That's disturbing! An exploration of the bacteriophage biology of change. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. 295–295. 5 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2012). Thinking about microcolonies as phage targets. PubMed. 2(3). 200–204. 12 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2011). Phage Therapy Pharmacology. Advances in applied microbiology. 77. 1–40. 99 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2011). Lysis from without. PubMed. 1(1). 46–49. 293 indexed citations
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Loc-Carrillo, Catherine & Stephen T. Abedon. (2011). Pros and cons of phage therapy. PubMed. 1(2). 111–114. 720 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hyman, Paul & Stephen T. Abedon. (2010). Bacteriophage Host Range and Bacterial Resistance. Advances in applied microbiology. 70. 217–248. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abedon, Stephen T.. (2009). Chapter 1 Phage Evolution and Ecology. Advances in applied microbiology. 67. 1–45. 88 indexed citations
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Abedon, Stephen T., et al.. (2007). Optimizing bacteriophage plaque fecundity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 249(3). 582–592. 59 indexed citations
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Dennehy, John J., Stephen T. Abedon, & Paul E. Turner. (2007). HOST DENSITY IMPACTS RELATIVE FITNESS OF BACTERIOPHAGE Φ6 GENOTYPES IN STRUCTURED HABITATS. Evolution. 61(11). 2516–2527. 21 indexed citations

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