William Kirby

21.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

William Kirby is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Kirby has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 7 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William Kirby's work include Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (8 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (6 papers) and Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods (3 papers). William Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (8 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (6 papers) and Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods (3 papers). William Kirby collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Kirby's co-authors include Marvin Turck, Alfred W. Bauer, J. C. Sherris, Jean L. Brodie, E. Jack Benner, John V. Bennett, Edward D. Ralph, William F. Hickey, J. T. Clarke and R Lüthy and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

William Kirby

23 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by a Standardized Singl... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1966 1966 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by a Standardized Single Disk Method
    1966 15.2k citations Alfred W. Bauer, William Kirby et al. American Journal of Clinical Pathology profile →
  2. Simplified, Accurate Method for Antibiotic Assay of Clinical Specimens
    1966 847 citations John V. Bennett, Jean L. Brodie et al. Applied Microbiology profile →
  3. Simplified, Accurate Method for Antibiotic Assay of Clinical Specimens
    1966 452 citations John V. Bennett, Jean L. Brodie et al. Applied Microbiology profile →

Peers

William Kirby
J. C. Sherris United States
Marvin Turck United States
Alfred W. Bauer United States
Stuart B. Levy United States
Julian Davies Canada
Martti Vaara Finland
Jean‐Marie Pagès France
Clinical
Laura J. V. Piddock United Kingdom
Jianzhong Shen China
J. C. Sherris United States
William Kirby
Citations per year, relative to William Kirby William Kirby (= 1×) peers J. C. Sherris

Countries citing papers authored by William Kirby

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Kirby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Kirby

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Kirby. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Kirby 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 Kirby. William Kirby is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richardson, J. D., William Swainson, & William Kirby. (2012). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Richardson, J. D., William Swainson, & William Kirby. (2012). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Richardson, J. D., William Swainson, & William Kirby. (2012). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Flynn, Stuart D., et al.. (1992). P-glycoprotein expression and multidrug resistance in adrenocortical carcinoma.. PubMed. 112(6). 981–6. 45 indexed citations
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Hickey, William F., et al.. (1985). Expression of Ia molecules by astrocytes during acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the Lewis rat. Cellular Immunology. 91(2). 528–535. 97 indexed citations
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Finegold, Sydney M. & William Kirby. (1984). INTRODUCTION: Changing Patterns of Hospital Infections. Implications for Therapy. The American Journal of Medicine. 77(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Ralph, Edward D. & William Kirby. (1975). Bioassay of Metronidazole with Either Anaerobic or Aerobic Incubation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 132(5). 587–591. 50 indexed citations
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Ralph, Edward D., J. T. Clarke, Robert Libke, R Lüthy, & William Kirby. (1974). Pharmacokinetics of Metronidazole as Determined by Bioassay. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 6(6). 691–696. 91 indexed citations
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Kirby, William. (1973). The U.E.: A Tale of Upper Canada. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 3 indexed citations
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Kirby, William, et al.. (1969). Clinical pharmacology and in vitro activity of phosphonomycin.. PubMed. 9. 332–7. 27 indexed citations
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Kirby, William. (1969). Monographia apum Angliae; or, An attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England. Readex Microprint eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Kirby, William. (1969). The golden dog : [Le chien d'or] A romance of old Quebec.
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Kirby, William, et al.. (1967). Comparative assessment of the broad-spectrum penicillins and other antibiotics. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Alfred W., William Kirby, J. C. Sherris, & Marvin Turck. (1966). Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by a Standardized Single Disk Method. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 45(4_ts). 493–496. 15219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bennett, John V., Jean L. Brodie, E. Jack Benner, & William Kirby. (1966). Simplified, Accurate Method for Antibiotic Assay of Clinical Specimens. Applied Microbiology. 14(2). 170–177. 847 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benner, E. Jack, et al.. (1965). Natural and Acquired Resistance of Klebsiella-Aerobacter to Cephalothin and Cephaloridine.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 119(2). 536–541. 30 indexed citations
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Kirby, William, et al.. (1964). The New Penicillins and Cephalosporins. Annual Review of Medicine. 15(1). 393–412. 19 indexed citations
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Kirby, William. (1956). Clinical and Laboratory Studies of Novobiocin, a New Antibiotic. Archives of Internal Medicine. 98(1). 1–1. 35 indexed citations
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Kirby, William. (1952). ANTIBIOTICS. Annual Review of Microbiology. 6(1). 387–410. 1 indexed citations
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Moll, Frédéric, et al.. (1951). TERRAMYCIN: CLINICAL, PHARMACOLOGIC, AND BACTERIOLOGIC STUDIES. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 221(3). 256–263. 17 indexed citations

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