Steven D. Townsend

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Steven D. Townsend is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven D. Townsend has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 31 papers in Organic Chemistry and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Steven D. Townsend's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (33 papers), Neonatal and Maternal Infections (22 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (17 papers). Steven D. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (33 papers), Neonatal and Maternal Infections (22 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (17 papers). Steven D. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. Steven D. Townsend's co-authors include Kelly M. Craft, Rebecca E. Moore, Jennifer A. Gaddy, Johny M. Nguyen, Ryan S. Doster, David M. Aronoff, Samuel J. Danishefsky, Yong Guan, Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp and Suwei Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Steven D. Townsend

79 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Temporal development of the infant gut microbiome 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. Temporal development of the infant gut microbiome
    2019 192 citations Rebecca E. Moore, Steven D. Townsend profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven D. Townsend United States 27 920 846 488 386 199 80 2.2k
Lucia Nencioni Italy 36 1.4k 1.5× 222 0.3× 335 0.7× 712 1.8× 138 0.7× 94 3.7k
Gege Xu United States 24 2.3k 2.6× 626 0.7× 229 0.5× 311 0.8× 291 1.5× 59 3.3k
Angela M. Zivkovic United States 34 1.9k 2.0× 1.4k 1.6× 162 0.3× 825 2.1× 523 2.6× 90 3.9k
Peter Blackburn United States 23 1.4k 1.5× 299 0.4× 222 0.5× 443 1.1× 191 1.0× 45 2.7k
Nilofer Qureshi United States 33 1.6k 1.7× 237 0.3× 106 0.2× 696 1.8× 224 1.1× 83 4.3k
Sara M. Dann United States 31 1.9k 2.1× 243 0.3× 110 0.2× 371 1.0× 402 2.0× 52 4.1k
Ana I. Álvarez Spain 29 740 0.8× 272 0.3× 122 0.3× 141 0.4× 136 0.7× 92 3.0k
Sandra M. Newton United Kingdom 22 530 0.6× 349 0.4× 88 0.2× 704 1.8× 102 0.5× 42 2.4k
Yang Xu China 24 1.1k 1.2× 146 0.2× 172 0.4× 234 0.6× 88 0.4× 90 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven D. Townsend

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2025). Human milk as a complex natural product. Natural Product Reports. 42(2). 406–420. 2 indexed citations
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Moore, Rebecca E., Jacky Lu, Kristen N. Noble, et al.. (2023). The Utility of Human Milk Oligosaccharides against Group B Streptococcus Infections of Reproductive Tissues and Cognate Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. ACS Central Science. 9(9). 1737–1749. 7 indexed citations
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Moore, Rebecca E., Jacky Lu, Steven D. Townsend, et al.. (2023). Environmental Toxicant Exposure Paralyzes Human Placental Macrophage Responses to Microbial Threat. ACS Infectious Diseases. 9(12). 2401–2408. 3 indexed citations
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Doster, Ryan S., Jacky Lu, Rebecca E. Moore, et al.. (2022). Streptococcus agalactiae cadD alleviates metal stress and promotes intracellular survival in macrophages and ascending infection during pregnancy. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5392–5392. 20 indexed citations
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Gaddy, Jennifer A., et al.. (2022). Recent advances on human milk oligosaccharide antimicrobial activity. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 71. 102202–102202. 24 indexed citations
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Noble, Kristen N., Jacky Lu, Ryan S. Doster, et al.. (2021). Group B Streptococcus cpsE Is Required for Serotype V Capsule Production and Aids in Biofilm Formation and Ascending Infection of the Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(9). 2686–2696. 23 indexed citations
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Lu, Jacky, Rebecca E. Moore, Shannon D. Manning, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Human Milk Lactoferrin Compared to Bovine Lactoferrin against Multidrug Resistant and Susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(8). 2116–2126. 28 indexed citations
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Lu, Jacky, Rebecca E. Moore, Kelly M. Craft, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Susceptibility to the Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Human Milk Lactoferrin in Clinical Strains of Streptococcus agalactiae With Diverse Capsular and Sequence Types. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 740872–740872. 12 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2021). De novo synthesis of an l-lemonose thioglycoside donor from d-Threonine. Tetrahedron Letters. 73. 153097–153097. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Jacky, Ryan S. Doster, Kathryn P. Haley, et al.. (2020). Lactoferrin: A Critical Mediator of Both Host Immune Response and Antimicrobial Activity in Response to Streptococcal Infections. ACS Infectious Diseases. 6(7). 1615–1623. 32 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2020). Like mother, like microbe: human milk oligosaccharide mediated microbiome symbiosis. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48(3). 1139–1151. 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Jacky, Rebecca E. Moore, Alison J. Eastman, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D and Streptococci: The Interface of Nutrition, Host Immune Response, and Antimicrobial Activity in Response to Infection. ACS Infectious Diseases. 6(12). 3131–3140. 12 indexed citations
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Gaddy, Jennifer A., et al.. (2020). Synthetic Ellagic Acid Glycosides Inhibit Early Stage Adhesion of Streptococcus agalactiae Biofilms as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(44). 9923–9928. 13 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2020). Two-step conversion of unprotected oligosaccharides to generate bioorthogonal oligosaccharide tool compounds. MethodsX. 7. 100996–100996. 1 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2019). An effective reagent to functionalize alcohols with phosphocholine. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(4). 767–770. 8 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2019). Bioorthogonal human milk oligosaccharide probes for antimicrobial target identification within Streptococcus agalactiae. Carbohydrate Research. 488. 107895–107895. 10 indexed citations
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Townsend, Steven D., et al.. (2018). The DARK Side of Total Synthesis: Strategies and Tactics in Psychoactive Drug Production. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 9(10). 2307–2330. 25 indexed citations
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Sumaya, Ciro V., et al.. (1980). Comparison of trimethoprim-sulfa and rifampin in eradication of haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) infections in a day care center. Pediatric Research. 14. 5 indexed citations

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