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D-Index
51
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10115
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4313
National Ranking
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Alison A. Weiss publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison A. Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 124 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Alison A. Weiss D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison A. Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alison A. Weiss is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Key subfields include infectious diseases, endocrinology, molecular biology, ecology, and immunology.

Their work covers several main topics such as Escherichia coli research studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, gut microbiota and health, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and digestive system and related health.

Frequent publication venues for Alison A. Weiss include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cell stem cell
  • Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Alison A. Weiss has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • David L. Lentz
  • Trinity L. Hamilton
  • Nicholas P. Dunning
  • Eric J. Tepe
  • Stephanie A. Meyers

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Alison A. Weiss are:

  • "Probiotic Properties of Escherichia coli Nissle in Human Intestinal Organoids" (2020, mBio)
  • "Development of functional resident macrophages in human pluripotent stem cell-derived colonic organoids and human fetal colon" (2023, Cell stem cell)
  • "Molecular genetic and geochemical assays reveal severe contamination of drinking water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Tikal" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Tissue Responses to Shiga Toxin in Human Intestinal Organoids" (2020, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
  • "Environmental DNA reveals arboreal cityscapes at the Ancient Maya Center of Tikal" (2021, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • Virulence factors of Bordetella pertussis.

    and A A Weiss;E L Hewlett

  • Tn5-induced mutations affecting virulence factors of Bordetella pertussis.

    A A Weiss;E L Hewlett;G A Myers;S Falkow

  • Surfactant proteins A and D inhibit the growth of Gram-negative bacteria by increasing membrane permeability

    Huixing Wu;Alexander Kuzmenko;Sijue Wan;Lyndsay Schaffer

  • Molecular characterization of an operon required for pertussis toxin secretion

    Alison A. Weiss;Frederick D. Johnson;Drusilla L. Burns

  • Genetic analysis of phase change in Bordetella pertussis.

    A A Weiss;S Falkow

  • Shiga toxin subtypes display dramatic differences in potency.

    Cynthia A. Fuller;Christine A. Pellino;Michael J. Flagler;Jane E. Strasser;Jane E. Strasser

  • Pertussis Toxin and Extracytoplasmic Adenylate Cyclase as Virulence Factors of Bordetella pertussis

    Alison A. Weiss;Erik L. Hewlett;Gwendolyn A. Myers;Stanley Falkow

  • Characterization of Two Adhesins of Bordetella pertussis for Human Ciliated Respiratory-Epithelial Cells

    E. Tuomanen;A. Weiss

  • Cloning and sequencing of a Bordetella pertussis serum resistance locus.

    R C Fernandez;A A Weiss

  • A zinc-dependent adhesion module is responsible for intercellular adhesion in staphylococcal biofilms

    Deborah G. Conrady;Cristin C. Brescia;Katsunori Horii;Alison A. Weiss

  • Different Classes of Antibiotics Differentially Influence Shiga Toxin Production

    Colleen Marie McGannon;Cynthia Ann Fuller;Alison Ann Weiss

  • Adenylate cyclase toxin is critical for colonization and pertussis toxin is critical for lethal infection by Bordetella pertussis in infant mice.

    M. S. M. Goodwin;A. A. Weiss

  • Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin and hemolytic activities require a second gene, cyaC, for activation.

    E M Barry;A A Weiss;I E Ehrmann;M C Gray

  • Invasion of HeLa 229 cells by virulent Bordetella pertussis.

    C A Ewanowich;A R Melton;A A Weiss;R K Sherburne

  • Inhibition of monocyte oxidative responses by Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin.

    R D Pearson;P Symes;M Conboy;A A Weiss

  • Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Can Contribute to the Production of Shiga Toxin

    Shantini D. Gamage;Jane E. Strasser;Claudia L. Chalk;Alison A. Weiss

  • Lethal infection by Bordetella pertussis mutants in the infant mouse model.

    A A Weiss;M S Goodwin

  • Genetic analysis of a region of the Bordetella pertussis chromosome encoding filamentous hemagglutinin and the pleiotropic regulatory locus vir.

    S Stibitz;A A Weiss;S Falkow

  • Environmental regulation of expression of virulence determinants in Bordetella pertussis.

    A R Melton;A A Weiss

  • Intestinal organoids model human responses to infection by commensal and Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli.

    Sayali S. Karve;Suman Pradhan;Doyle V. Ward;Alison A. Weiss

  • Fluorescent labels influence phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis by human neutrophils.

    Christine L. Weingart;Gina Broitman-Maduro;Gary Dean;Simon Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik L. Hewlett
Erik L. Hewlett University of Virginia
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow Stanford University
Francis X. McCormack
Francis X. McCormack University of Cincinnati
Simon Silver
Simon Silver University of Illinois at Chicago
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Lawrence Steinman
Lawrence Steinman Stanford University
Joel I. Ward
Joel I. Ward University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Oswald
Eric Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
V. L. Christensen
V. L. Christensen North Carolina State University

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