William J. Fitzsimmons

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 548 citations indexed

About

William J. Fitzsimmons is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Fitzsimmons has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 548 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William J. Fitzsimmons's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (7 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers). William J. Fitzsimmons is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (7 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers). William J. Fitzsimmons collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bangladesh. William J. Fitzsimmons's co-authors include Adam S. Lauring, John T. McCrone, Emily T. Martin, Joshua G. Petrie, Andrew L. Valesano, Elisa Visher, Krista R. Wigginton, Christopher Blair, Peter J. Arts and Arnold S. Monto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Virology, PLoS Biology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

William J. Fitzsimmons

17 papers receiving 536 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.

Wastewater-Based Detection of Two Influenza Outbreaks

2022 116 citations Marlene K. Wolfe, Dorothea Duong et al. Environmental Science & Technology Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Fitzsimmons United States	12	323	215	104	73	50	18	548
Clinton R. Paden United States	14	376 1.2×	247 1.1×	68 0.7×	25 0.3×	29 0.6×	23	646
Hannelore Willkommen Germany	11	296 0.9×	103 0.5×	138 1.3×	113 1.5×	28 0.6×	33	529
Julia R. Port United States	16	451 1.4×	115 0.5×	88 0.8×	28 0.4×	108 2.2×	32	629
Young‐Jae Si South Korea	13	411 1.3×	309 1.4×	94 0.9×	17 0.2×	65 1.3×	33	642
Fuminari Miura Japan	13	239 0.7×	164 0.8×	175 1.7×	42 0.6×	21 0.4×	26	505
Lirong Zou China	17	440 1.4×	476 2.2×	132 1.3×	125 1.7×	36 0.7×	48	748
Laura Klenow United States	12	258 0.8×	189 0.9×	124 1.2×	35 0.5×	24 0.5×	19	457
Cornelius Roemer Switzerland	5	555 1.7×	112 0.5×	237 2.3×	34 0.5×	14 0.3×	6	679
Hilda Montero Mexico	12	222 0.7×	123 0.6×	148 1.4×	48 0.7×	21 0.4×	31	452
Su Hui Catherine Teo Singapore	6	448 1.4×	72 0.3×	95 0.9×	39 0.5×	10 0.2×	8	591

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18 of 18 papers shown

Bendall, Emily E., Yuwei Zhu, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2024). Influenza A virus within-host evolution and positive selection in a densely sampled household cohort over three seasons. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae084–veae084. 2 indexed citations

Lauring, Adam S., Andrew L. Valesano, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2023). Investigating Epidemiologic and Molecular Links Between Patients With Community- and Hospital-Acquired Influenza A: 2017–2018 and 2019–2020, Michigan. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(2). ofad061–ofad061. 1 indexed citations

Fitzsimmons, William J., et al.. (2023). A rapid and flexible microneutralization assay for serological assessment of influenza viruses. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(4). e13141–e13141. 4 indexed citations

Wolfe, Marlene K., Dorothea Duong, Kevin Bakker, et al.. (2022). Wastewater-Based Detection of Two Influenza Outbreaks. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 9(8). 687–692. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

Dimcheff, Derek E., Andrew L. Valesano, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2021). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Total and Subgenomic RNA Viral Load in Hospitalized Patients. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(8). 1287–1293. 29 indexed citations

Valesano, Andrew L., Derek E. Dimcheff, Christopher Blair, et al.. (2021). Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts. PLoS Pathogens. 17(4). e1009499–e1009499. 59 indexed citations

Sage, Valerie Le, Jennifer E. Jones, Karen A. Kormuth, et al.. (2021). Pre-existing heterosubtypic immunity provides a barrier to airborne transmission of influenza viruses. PLoS Pathogens. 17(2). e1009273–e1009273. 20 indexed citations

Valesano, Andrew L., William J. Fitzsimmons, Christopher Blair, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Reveals Little Spread From a Large University Campus to the Surrounding Community. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(11). ofab518–ofab518. 11 indexed citations

Wigginton, Krista R., Peter J. Arts, Herek L. Clack, et al.. (2020). Validation of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Decontamination Methods Available at a Large University Hospital. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(2). ofaa610–ofaa610. 29 indexed citations

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Arts, Peter J., Kathryn Langenfeld, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2020). Humidity and Deposition Solution Play a Critical Role in Virus Inactivation by Heat Treatment of N95 Respirators. mSphere. 5(5). 25 indexed citations

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Valesano, Andrew L., Mami Taniuchi, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2020). The Early Evolution of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Is Shaped by Strong Positive Selection and Tight Transmission Bottlenecks. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(1). 32–43.e4. 17 indexed citations

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Levine, Min Z., Emily T. Martin, Joshua G. Petrie, et al.. (2019). Antibodies Against Egg- and Cell-Grown Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses in Adults Hospitalized During the 2017–2018 Influenza Season. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 219(12). 1904–1912. 26 indexed citations

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Valesano, Andrew L., William J. Fitzsimmons, John T. McCrone, et al.. (2019). Influenza B Viruses Exhibit Lower Within-Host Diversity than Influenza A Viruses in Human Hosts. Journal of Virology. 94(5). 47 indexed citations

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Fitzsimmons, William J., Robert J. Woods, John T. McCrone, et al.. (2018). A speed–fidelity trade-off determines the mutation rate and virulence of an RNA virus. PLoS Biology. 16(6). e2006459–e2006459. 74 indexed citations

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Pauly, Matthew D., Daniel M. Lyons, William J. Fitzsimmons, & Adam S. Lauring. (2017). Epistatic Interactions within the Influenza A Virus Polymerase Complex Mediate Mutagen Resistance and Replication Fidelity. mSphere. 2(4). 12 indexed citations

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Visher, Elisa, et al.. (2016). The Mutational Robustness of Influenza A Virus. PLoS Pathogens. 12(8). e1005856–e1005856. 70 indexed citations

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Fitzsimmons, William J.. (2013). Human common fragile sites, identification, and analysis of breaks using saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Fitzsimmons, William J., et al.. (2002). The Pharmacologic Treatment of Human Polyomavirus Infection. 5. S88–S97. 6 indexed citations

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