William Bourn

403 total citations
15 papers, 317 citations indexed

About

William Bourn is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bourn has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 317 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Infectious Diseases, 6 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William Bourn's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers). William Bourn is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers). William Bourn collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Kenya and United Kingdom. William Bourn's co-authors include Anna‐Lise Williamson, Enid Shephard, Paul D. van Helden, Nyasha Chin’ombe, Gordon D. Brown, Paul R. Meyers, Carolyn Williamson, Lafras M. Steyn, Albert D. Beyers and A. Duncan Steele and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

William Bourn

14 papers receiving 311 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Bourn South Africa 10 143 128 96 95 76 15 317
Virginia Martin Spain 11 140 1.0× 120 0.9× 90 0.9× 47 0.5× 126 1.7× 16 391
Guozhi Wang China 12 125 0.9× 212 1.7× 107 1.1× 139 1.5× 20 0.3× 50 385
Coloma Costas Spain 11 165 1.2× 52 0.4× 70 0.7× 22 0.2× 14 0.2× 12 367
Rapatbhorn Patrapuvich Thailand 9 123 0.9× 45 0.4× 88 0.9× 123 1.3× 19 0.3× 18 453
Adam Ritchie United Kingdom 8 178 1.2× 88 0.7× 40 0.4× 82 0.9× 72 0.9× 16 340
Robin A. Ross United States 11 143 1.0× 91 0.7× 109 1.1× 35 0.4× 33 0.4× 18 328
Marielena Mata United States 6 86 0.6× 35 0.3× 46 0.5× 164 1.7× 79 1.0× 6 384
Ky V. Hoang United States 11 143 1.0× 84 0.7× 54 0.6× 52 0.5× 10 0.1× 19 321
Hongliang Yang China 11 109 0.8× 171 1.3× 108 1.1× 77 0.8× 6 0.1× 26 385
Rodolfo Valdés Cuba 12 236 1.7× 53 0.4× 54 0.6× 81 0.9× 30 0.4× 54 382

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Bourn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Bourn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Bourn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Bourn based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Bourn. William Bourn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Bourn, William, et al.. (2024). Micro-Doppler Signature Classification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using FMCW Radar. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Chapman, Rosamund, William Bourn, Enid Shephard, et al.. (2014). The Use of Directed Evolution to Create a Stable and Immunogenic Recombinant BCG Expressing a Modified HIV-1 Gag Antigen. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e103314–e103314. 10 indexed citations
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Chin’ombe, Nyasha, William Bourn, Anna‐Lise Williamson, & Enid Shephard. (2009). Oral vaccination with a recombinant Salmonella vaccine vector provokes systemic HIV-1 subtype C Gag-specific CD4+ Th1 and Th2 cell immune responses in mice. Virology Journal. 6(1). 87–87. 21 indexed citations
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Chin’ombe, Nyasha, William Bourn, Anna‐Lise Williamson, & Enid Shephard. (2009). An oral recombinant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium mutant elicits systemic antigen-specific CD8+ T cell cytokine responses in mice. Gut Pathogens. 1(1). 9–9. 9 indexed citations
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Bourn, William, et al.. (2007). Creation and characterisation of a high-copy-number version of the pAL5000 mycobacterial replicon. Tuberculosis. 87(6). 481–488. 18 indexed citations
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Bourn, William, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of recombinant BCG expressing rotavirus VP6 as an anti-rotavirus vaccine. Vaccine. 25(18). 3646–3657. 29 indexed citations
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Mo, Yongkai, Natalie Quanquin, Uma Devi Ranganathan, et al.. (2007). Genetic Alteration ofMycobacterium smegmatisTo Improve Mycobacterium-Mediated Transfer of Plasmid DNA into Mammalian Cells and DNA Immunization. Infection and Immunity. 75(10). 4804–4816. 8 indexed citations
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Burgers, Wendy A., Enid Shephard, William Bourn, et al.. (2006). Design and preclinical evaluation of a multigene human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C DNA vaccine for clinical trial. Journal of General Virology. 87(2). 399–410. 43 indexed citations
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Chege, Gerald K., et al.. (2005). The immune response of the Chacma baboon to Bacille Calmette Guerin: development of a primate model for BCG-based vaccine research. Vaccine. 23(50). 5783–5791. 11 indexed citations
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Wiid, Ian, et al.. (2002). O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase DNA repair in mycobacteria: pathogenic and non-pathogenic species differ. Tuberculosis. 82(2-3). 45–53. 5 indexed citations
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Warren, Robin M., M. Richardson, Samantha L. Sampson, et al.. (2001). Molecular evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: phylogenetic reconstruction of clonal expansion. Tuberculosis. 81(4). 291–302. 20 indexed citations
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Bourn, William. (2001). Modular assembly: more a process than an engineering technique. Assembly Automation. 21(1). 51–54. 1 indexed citations
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Meyers, Paul R., William Bourn, Lafras M. Steyn, et al.. (1998). Novel Method for Rapid Measurement of Growth of Mycobacteria in Detergent-Free Media. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 36(9). 2752–2754. 45 indexed citations
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Bourn, William, et al.. (1995). Computer assisted identification and classification of streptomycete promoters. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(18). 3696–3703. 68 indexed citations

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