W. Edward Swords

3.0k total citations
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W. Edward Swords is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Edward Swords has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Microbiology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in W. Edward Swords's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (24 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (13 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (9 papers). W. Edward Swords is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (24 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (13 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (9 papers). W. Edward Swords collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. W. Edward Swords's co-authors include Bing Pang, Wenzhou Hong, Michael A. Apicella, Richard A. Juneau, W H Benjamin, Jeffrey N. Weiser, Chelsie E. Armbruster, John W. Foster, Wade A. Nichols and Andrew Preston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

W. Edward Swords

47 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Edward Swords United States 28 1.2k 900 727 393 355 47 2.4k
Laura A. Novotny United States 25 780 0.6× 722 0.8× 748 1.0× 318 0.8× 289 0.8× 52 2.0k
Joseph A. Jurcisek United States 30 1.1k 0.9× 866 1.0× 833 1.1× 356 0.9× 150 0.4× 45 2.2k
Kevin M. Mason United States 20 809 0.7× 515 0.6× 526 0.7× 178 0.5× 157 0.4× 36 1.5k
Wenzhou Hong United States 19 530 0.4× 530 0.6× 386 0.5× 284 0.7× 155 0.4× 36 1.4k
Michael S. Humphrys United States 20 946 0.8× 748 0.8× 939 1.3× 172 0.4× 266 0.7× 29 2.2k
W. Edward Swords United States 19 309 0.3× 486 0.5× 463 0.6× 213 0.5× 115 0.3× 41 1.3k
Niels Nørskov‐Lauritsen Denmark 25 489 0.4× 545 0.6× 580 0.8× 254 0.6× 215 0.6× 95 1.9k
Miriam Moscoso Spain 24 564 0.5× 796 0.9× 797 1.1× 75 0.2× 103 0.3× 47 1.9k
Alessandro Muzzi Italy 29 1.7k 1.4× 1.9k 2.2× 865 1.2× 100 0.3× 651 1.8× 57 3.3k
Francesco Iannelli Italy 30 977 0.8× 1.9k 2.1× 592 0.8× 146 0.4× 270 0.8× 69 2.8k

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All Works

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Phillips, Zachary N., Claudia Trappetti, Victoria Ozberk, et al.. (2022). Pneumococcal Phasevarions Control Multiple Virulence Traits, Including Vaccine Candidate Expression. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0091622–e0091622. 10 indexed citations
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Swords, W. Edward, et al.. (2022). Pseudomonas aeruginosa Promotes Persistence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia via Increased Adherence to Depolarized Respiratory Epithelium. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(1). e0384622–e0384622. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Xin, Jindong Li, Amit Gaggar, et al.. (2020). Haemophilus influenzaepersists in biofilm communities in a smoke-exposed ferret model of COPD. ERJ Open Research. 6(3). 200–2020. 13 indexed citations
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Muzny, Christina A., Christopher M. Taylor, W. Edward Swords, et al.. (2019). An Updated Conceptual Model on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Vaginosis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 220(9). 1399–1405. 182 indexed citations
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Thornton, Ruth B., Anders Håkansson, Derek W. Hood, et al.. (2019). Panel 7 – Pathogenesis of otitis media – a review of the literature between 2015 and 2019. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 130. 109838–109838. 7 indexed citations
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Peng, Tan Li, et al.. (2018). Mutations in bacterial genes induce unanticipated changes in the relationship between bacterial pathogens in experimental otitis media. Royal Society Open Science. 5(11). 180810–180810. 3 indexed citations
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Barenkamp, Stephen J., Tasnee Chonmaitree, Anders Håkansson, et al.. (2017). Panel 4: Report of the Microbiology Panel. Otolaryngology. 156(S4). S51–S62. 6 indexed citations
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Murrah, Kyle A., Bing Pang, Stephen H. Richardson, et al.. (2014). Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae causes otitis media during single-species infection and during polymicrobial infection with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Pathogens and Disease. 73(5). 28 indexed citations
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Haas, Karen M., et al.. (2013). Aging Promotes B-1b Cell Responses to Native, but Not Protein-Conjugated, Pneumococcal Polysaccharides: Implications for Vaccine Protection in Older Adults. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(1). 87–97. 23 indexed citations
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Pang, Bing, Wenzhou Hong, Nancy D. Kock, & W. Edward Swords. (2012). Dps promotes survival of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in biofilm communities in vitro and resistance to clearance in vivo. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2. 58–58. 27 indexed citations
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Hong, Wenzhou, Richard A. Juneau, Bing Pang, & W. Edward Swords. (2009). Survival of Bacterial Biofilms within Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promotes Nontypeable <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Persistence in the Chinchilla Model for Otitis Media. Journal of Innate Immunity. 1(3). 215–224. 106 indexed citations
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Doern, Christopher D., Amity L. Roberts, Wenzhou Hong, et al.. (2008). Biofilm formation by group A Streptococcus: a role for the streptococcal regulator of virulence (Srv) and streptococcal cysteine protease (SpeB). Microbiology. 155(1). 46–52. 57 indexed citations
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Hong, Wenzhou, Kevin M. Mason, Joseph A. Jurcisek, et al.. (2006). Phosphorylcholine Decreases Early Inflammation and Promotes the Establishment of Stable Biofilm Communities of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strain 86-028NP in a Chinchilla Model of Otitis Media. Infection and Immunity. 75(2). 958–965. 110 indexed citations
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Swords, W. Edward, Deborah L. Chance, Leah A. Cohn, et al.. (2002). Acylation of the Lipooligosaccharide ofHaemophilus influenzaeand Colonization: anhtrBMutation Diminishes the Colonization of Human Airway Epithelial Cells. Infection and Immunity. 70(8). 4661–4668. 42 indexed citations
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Starner, Timothy D., W. Edward Swords, Michael A. Apicella, & Paul B. McCray. (2002). Susceptibility of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae to Human β-Defensins Is Influenced by Lipooligosaccharide Acylation. Infection and Immunity. 70(9). 5287–5289. 60 indexed citations
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Swords, W. Edward, et al.. (1997). Bacterial phenotypes mediated bymviAand their relationship to the mouse virulence ofSalmonella typhimurium. Microbial Pathogenesis. 22(6). 353–362. 8 indexed citations
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Swords, W. Edward, Barbara Cannon, & W H Benjamin. (1997). Avirulence of LT2 strains of Salmonella typhimurium results from a defective rpoS gene. Infection and Immunity. 65(6). 2451–2453. 80 indexed citations
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Swords, W. Edward & W H Benjamin. (1994). Mouse Virulence Gene A (mviA+) Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Gene Expression in Salmonella typhimurium. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 730(1). 295–296. 5 indexed citations

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