Thomas E. Besser

14.7k total citations
223 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Besser is a scholar working on Food Science, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Besser has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Food Science, 78 papers in Endocrinology and 76 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Besser's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (84 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (68 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (58 papers). Thomas E. Besser is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (84 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (68 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (58 papers). Thomas E. Besser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and New Zealand. Thomas E. Besser's co-authors include Dale D. Hancock, Daniel H. Rice, Douglas R. Call, Margaret A. Davis, Phillip I. Tarr, Lori C. Pritchett, Clive C. Gay, Clive C. Gay, Catherine Gay and John Gay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Besser

220 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas E. Besser United States	61	4.2k	4.1k	3.8k	2.1k	1.7k	223	11.1k
Dale D. Hancock United States	51	3.2k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	134	7.3k
Lucas Domı́nguez Spain	54	1.3k 0.3×	4.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	976 0.5×	879 0.5×	448	11.3k
Jaap A. Wagenaar Netherlands	65	1.6k 0.4×	6.7k 1.6×	5.8k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	662 0.4×	317	14.3k
Carlton Gyles Canada	54	6.5k 1.5×	4.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	637 0.3×	393 0.2×	179	10.7k
Paula J. Fedorka–Cray United States	57	2.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	6.2k 1.6×	666 0.3×	572 0.3×	237	9.4k
Roger Stephan Switzerland	63	5.6k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	5.8k 1.5×	525 0.2×	927 0.5×	554	15.8k
Patrick Boerlin Canada	52	2.5k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	516 0.2×	316 0.2×	154	9.0k
Paul Barrow United Kingdom	62	2.3k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	7.8k 2.1×	621 0.3×	253 0.1×	242	12.1k
Martin J. Woodward United Kingdom	57	3.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	492 0.2×	240 0.1×	227	9.0k
John Elmerdahl Olsen Denmark	52	2.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	4.2k 1.1×	300 0.1×	529 0.3×	375	10.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas E. Besser

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Cassirer, E. Frances, et al.. (2025). Fatal interactions: pneumonia in bighorn lambs following experimental exposure to carriers of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 63(2). e0132824–e0132824.

Cassirer, E. Frances & Thomas E. Besser. (2025). Outcomes of Selective Removals for Control of Pneumonia in a Bighorn Sheep Metapopulation. Ecology and Evolution. 15(5). e70869–e70869.

Walsh, Daniel P., et al.. (2020). Removal of chronic Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carrier ewes eliminates pneumonia in a bighorn sheep population. Ecology and Evolution. 10(7). 3491–3502. 30 indexed citations

Manlove, Kezia R., L. M. Sampson, Benny Borremans, et al.. (2019). Epidemic growth rates and host movement patterns shape management performance for pathogen spillover at the wildlife–livestock interface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1782). 20180343–20180343. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Anyun, Douglas R. Call, Thomas E. Besser, et al.. (2019). β-lactam resistance genes in bacteriophage and bacterial DNA from wastewater, river water, and irrigation water in Washington State. Water Research. 161. 335–340. 36 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhe, et al.. (2017). Microcin PDI regulation and proteolytic cleavage are unique among known microcins. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42529–42529. 16 indexed citations

Beyenal, Haluk, et al.. (2017). Osmotic Compounds Enhance Antibiotic Efficacy against Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm Communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(19). 16 indexed citations

Besser, Thomas E., E. Frances Cassirer, Kathleen A. Potter, et al.. (2014). Epizootic Pneumonia of Bighorn Sheep following Experimental Exposure to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110039–e110039. 44 indexed citations

Rao, Sangeeta, Joyce Van Donkersgoed, Valerie Bohaychuk, et al.. (2009). Antimicrobial Drug Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Enteric Bacteria Among Cattle from Alberta Feedlots. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 7(4). 449–457. 33 indexed citations

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Middleton, John R., Lawrence K. Fox, John Gay, J. W. Tyler, & Thomas E. Besser. (2002). Influence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain-type on Mammary Quarter Milk Somatic Cell Count and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase Activity in Cattle from Eight Dairies. Journal of Dairy Science. 85(5). 1133–1140. 24 indexed citations

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Besser, Thomas E., et al.. (1999). Ecology of Shigatoxic E. coli 0157 and Prospects for On-farm Control. American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings. 6–9. 2 indexed citations

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Besser, Thomas E. & Clive C. Gay. (1999). Failure of Passive Transfer in Calves. American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings. 170–173. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Margaret A., Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, et al.. (1999). Changes in Antimicrobial Resistance among Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates from Humans and Cattle in the Northwestern United States, 1982–1997. Emerging infectious diseases. 5(6). 802–806. 91 indexed citations

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Wyatt, Carol R., et al.. (1999). Phenotypic comparison of ileal intraepithelial lymphocyte populations of suckling and weaned calves. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 67(3). 213–222. 15 indexed citations

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Rice, Daniel H., et al.. (1997). Escherichia coli O157 in Cull Dairy Cows on Farm and at Slaughter. Journal of Food Protection. 60(11). 1386–1387. 27 indexed citations

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Fox, Lawrence K., et al.. (1996). Evaluation of a coagulase-negative variant of Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of intramammary infections in a herd of dairy cattle. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 209(6). 1143–1146. 25 indexed citations

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Roberson, Jerry R., Lawrence K. Fox, Dale D. Hancock, John Gay, & Thomas E. Besser. (1996). Prevalence of coagulase-positive staphylococci, other than Staphylococcus aureus, in bovine mastitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 57(1). 54–58. 40 indexed citations

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Besser, Thomas E., et al.. (1992). Evaluation of colostral IgGl absorption in newborn calves after treatment with alkalinizing agents. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 53(1). 83–86. 6 indexed citations

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Besser, Thomas E., O. Szenci, & Clive C. Gay. (1990). Decreased colostral immunoglobulin absorption in calves with postnatal respiratory acidosis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 196(8). 1239–1243. 85 indexed citations

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Szenci, O. & Thomas E. Besser. (1990). Changes in blood gas and acid-base values of bovine venous blood during storage. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 197(4). 471–474. 20 indexed citations

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