Thomas R. Connor

22.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
76 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas R. Connor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Connor has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Connor's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). Thomas R. Connor is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). Thomas R. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Finland. Thomas R. Connor's co-authors include Simon R. Harris, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D. Bentley, Nicholas J. Croucher, Andrew J. Page, Jacqueline A. Keane, Aidan Delaney, Jukka Corander, Harold Swerdlow and Anna Bertoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas R. Connor

69 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombina... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2014 2012 2013 2012 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombinant bacterial whole genome sequences using Gubbins
    2014 1.6k citations Andrew J. Page, Thomas R. Connor et al. profile →
  2. A tale of three next generation sequencing platforms: comparison of Ion torrent, pacific biosciences and illumina MiSeq sequencers
    2012 1.3k citations Simon R. Harris, Thomas R. Connor et al. profile →
  3. Hierarchical and Spatially Explicit Clustering of DNA Sequences with BAPS Software
    2013 419 citations Thomas R. Connor, David M. Aanensen et al. profile →
  4. Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice
    2012 404 citations Simon Clare, Thomas R. Connor et al. profile →
  5. A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins
    2020 222 citations Neil Crickmore, Colin Berry et al. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology profile →

Peers

Thomas R. Connor
Jian Yang China
Sandra Reuter Germany
María Fookes United Kingdom
Nouri L. Ben Zakour Australia
Jacqueline A. Keane United Kingdom
Josée Harel Canada
Andrew J. Page United Kingdom
Derek Pickard United Kingdom
Paul H. M. Savelkoul Netherlands
Jianguo Xu China
Jian Yang China
Thomas R. Connor
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas R. Connor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morriss, Arthur, Guy Robinson, Rachel M. Chalmers, Simone M. Cacciò, & Thomas R. Connor. (2025). Parapipe: a pipeline for parasite next-generation sequencing data analysis applied to Cryptosporidium. Access Microbiology. 7(8).
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Bull, Matthew, Mandy Wootton, Lim Jones, et al.. (2024). Genomic epidemiology reveals geographical clustering of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 associated with bacteraemia in Wales. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1371–1371. 8 indexed citations
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Postans, Mark, Nicole Pacchiarini, Jiao Song, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection with the Omicron or Delta variant in Wales, UK. PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0309645–e0309645.
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Pacchiarini, Nicole, Clare Sawyer, Christopher J. Williams, et al.. (2022). Epidemiological analysis of the first 1000 cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 lineage BA.1 (B.1.1.529, Omicron) compared with co‐circulating Delta in Wales, UK. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(6). 986–993. 12 indexed citations
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O’Toole, Áine, Verity Hill, Ben Jackson, et al.. (2022). Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). e0000704–e0000704. 13 indexed citations
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Adamson, James P., Nicole Pacchiarini, Thomas R. Connor, et al.. (2022). A large outbreak of COVID-19 in a UK prison, October 2020 to April 2021. Epidemiology and Infection. 150. 1–27. 3 indexed citations
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Attwood, Stephen W., Sarah C. Hill, David M. Aanensen, Thomas R. Connor, & Oliver G. Pybus. (2022). Phylogenetic and phylodynamic approaches to understanding and combating the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Nature Reviews Genetics. 23(9). 547–562. 78 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Lauren A., Hibo Asad, Grant Hall, et al.. (2022). Detailed analysis of in-hospital transmission of SARS-CoV-2 using whole genome sequencing. Journal of Hospital Infection. 131. 23–33.
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Jones, C. Hal, Gordon Webster, Alex J. Mullins, et al.. (2021). Kill and cure: genomic phylogeny and bioactivity of Burkholderia gladioli bacteria capable of pathogenic and beneficial lifestyles. Microbial Genomics. 7(1). 32 indexed citations
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Mullins, Alex J., Gordon Webster, Hak Joong Kim, et al.. (2021). Discovery of the Pseudomonas Polyyne Protegencin by a Phylogeny-Guided Study of Polyyne Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Diversity. mBio. 12(4). e0071521–e0071521. 21 indexed citations
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Jones, Davey L., Marcos Quintela‐Baluja, David W. Graham, et al.. (2020). Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19. The Science of The Total Environment. 749. 141364–141364. 259 indexed citations
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Crickmore, Neil, Colin Berry, Suresh Panneerselvam, et al.. (2020). A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 186. 107438–107438. 222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Southgate, Joel, Matthew Bull, Joanne Watkins, et al.. (2019). Influenza classification from short reads with VAPOR facilitates robust mapping pipelines and zoonotic strain detection for routine surveillance applications. Bioinformatics. 36(6). 1681–1688. 4 indexed citations
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Petrovska, Liljana, Alison E. Mather, Manal AbuOun, et al.. (2016). Microevolution of Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium during Epidemic, United Kingdom, 2005–2010. Emerging infectious diseases. 22(4). 617–624. 133 indexed citations
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Okoro, Chinyere K., Lars Barquist, Thomas R. Connor, et al.. (2015). Signatures of Adaptation in Human Invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 Populations from Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(3). e0003611–e0003611. 100 indexed citations
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Fleming, Vicki M., Thomas R. Connor, Jukka Corander, et al.. (2013). Historical Zoonoses and Other Changes in Host Tropism of Staphylococcus aureus, Identified by Phylogenetic Analysis of a Population Dataset. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62369–e62369. 48 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lu, Thomas R. Connor, David M. Aanensen, Brian G. Spratt, & Jukka Corander. (2011). Bayesian semi-supervised classification of bacterial samples using MLST databases. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 302–302. 18 indexed citations
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Hanage, William P., Christophe Fraser, Jing Tang, Thomas R. Connor, & Jukka Corander. (2009). Hyper-Recombination, Diversity, and Antibiotic Resistance in Pneumococcus. Science. 324(5933). 1454–1457. 133 indexed citations

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