Victor L. Yu

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Victor L. Yu is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor L. Yu has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Endocrinology, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Victor L. Yu's work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (77 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (35 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (30 papers). Victor L. Yu is often cited by papers focused on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (77 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (35 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (30 papers). Victor L. Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Australia. Victor L. Yu's co-authors include Janet E. Stout, Jason E. Stout, Yusen Eason Lin, Radisav D. Vidić, Robert R. Muder, Richard M. Vickers, Paul W. Muraca, David L. Paterson, Michele Best and Anne von Gottberg and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Victor L. Yu

110 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Distribution ofLegionellaSpecies and Serogroups Isolated by Culture in Patients with Sporadic Community‐Acquired Legionellosis: An International Collaborative Survey

2002 520 citations Victor L. Yu, Joseph F. Plouffe et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victor L. Yu United States	48	4.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.3k	1.3k	111	7.2k
Janet E. Stout United States	37	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	262 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	88	4.4k
Keizo Yamaguchi Japan	44	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	236 0.1×	2.3k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	256	6.4k
Matthew J. Arduino United States	50	997 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	439 0.2×	636 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	162	8.1k
R. Marre Germany	48	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	186 0.1×	854 0.6×	2.4k 1.8×	175	6.4k
Barry S. Fields United States	55	5.9k 1.4×	3.4k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	268 0.2×	2.1k 1.6×	147	9.2k
Carl F. Marrs United States	43	1.4k 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	238 0.1×	1.3k 1.0×	2.6k 2.0×	147	6.3k
Pentti Huovinen Finland	50	754 0.2×	1.9k 0.9×	285 0.2×	2.8k 2.1×	3.1k 2.4×	205	10.5k
Stefania Stefani Italy	47	893 0.2×	3.2k 1.5×	253 0.1×	2.8k 2.1×	1.8k 1.4×	363	10.7k
Hongwei Zhou China	27	1.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	236 0.1×	4.9k 3.7×	925 0.7×	97	6.8k
Giovanni Di Bonaventura Italy	36	1.3k 0.3×	3.1k 1.4×	160 0.1×	765 0.6×	738 0.6×	119	6.3k

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Yu, Victor L., et al.. (2016). Spectrophotometric determination of acyclovir in the suppository. Der pharma chemica. 8(2). 356–360. 2 indexed citations

Zuravleff, Jeffrey J., Victor L. Yu, John W. Shonnard, John D. Rihs, & Michele Best. (2015). Legionella pneumophila Contamination of a Hospital Humidifier. American Review of Respiratory Disease.

Yu, Victor L., et al.. (2006). Legionella: macrolides or quinolones?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 12. 25–30. 50 indexed citations

Lin, Yusen Eason, et al.. (2006). Effect of flow regimes on the presence of Legionella within the biofilm of a model plumbing system. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 101(2). 437–442. 52 indexed citations

Lin, Yusen Eason, Radisav D. Vidić, Janet E. Stout, & Victor L. Yu. (2002). Negative Effect of High pH on Biocidal Efficacy of Copper and Silver Ions in Controlling Legionella pneumophila. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(6). 2711–2715. 98 indexed citations

Yu, Victor L., Joseph F. Plouffe, Maddalena Castellani Pastoris, et al.. (2002). Distribution ofLegionellaSpecies and Serogroups Isolated by Culture in Patients with Sporadic Community‐Acquired Legionellosis: An International Collaborative Survey. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 186(1). 127–128. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

Paterson, David L., Lütfiye Mülazımoğlu, José María Casellas, et al.. (2000). Epidemiology of Ciprofloxacin Resistance and Its Relationship to Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase Production in Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Causing Bacteremia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 30(3). 473–478. 318 indexed citations

Singh, Nina & Victor L. Yu. (2000). Rational Empiric Antibiotic Prescription in the ICU. CHEST Journal. 117(5). 1496–1499. 54 indexed citations

Yu, Victor L.. (2000). Nosocomial legionellosis. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 13(4). 385–388. 18 indexed citations

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Yu, Victor L.. (1998). Resolving the Controversy on Environmental Cultures for Legionella : A Modest Proposal. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(12). 893–897. 20 indexed citations

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Kovács, Klára, David L. Paterson, & Victor L. Yu. (1998). Antimicrobial therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Therapeutic issues; resistance; pneumonia; endocarditis; and infections of the GI tract, bone and joint, and urinary tract. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 15(6). 385–394. 3 indexed citations

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Grandis, Jennifer R., et al.. (1997). Lack of serologic evidence for Helicobacter pylori infection in head and neck cancer. Head & Neck. 19(3). 216–218. 35 indexed citations

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File, Thomas M., John G. Bartlett, Gail H. Cassell, et al.. (1997). THE IMPORTANCE OF CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE AS A PATHOGEN. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 6(Supplement 2). S28–S31. 8 indexed citations

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Stout, Jason E., et al.. (1995). Comparison of culture methods for monitoring Legionella species in hospital potable water systems and recommendations for standardization of such methods. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33(8). 2118–2123. 77 indexed citations

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Vickers, Richard M., et al.. (1993). Growth of 28 Legionella species on selective culture media: a comparative study. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31(10). 2764–2768. 69 indexed citations

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Vickers, Richard M., John D. Rihs, & Victor L. Yu. (1992). Clinical demonstration of isolation of Nocardia asteroides on buffered charcoal-yeast extract media. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 30(1). 227–228. 14 indexed citations

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Fang, Guodong, Jason E. Stout, Victor L. Yu, et al.. (1990). Community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella dumoffii in a patient with hairy cell leukemia. Infection. 18(6). 383–385. 15 indexed citations

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Fang, Guodong, Victor L. Yu, & Richard M. Vickers. (1989). Disease Due to the Legionellaceae (Other than Legionella pneumophila). Medicine. 68(2). 116–116. 138 indexed citations

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Stout, Jason E., J Joly, M F Para, et al.. (1988). Comparison of Molecular Methods for Subtyping Patients and Epidemiologically Linked Environmental Isolates of Legionella pneumophila. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 157(3). 486–495. 62 indexed citations

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Rihs, John D., et al.. (1985). Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from blood with the BACTEC system: a prospective study yielding positive results. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 22(3). 422–424. 42 indexed citations

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