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D-Index
55
Citations
8094
World Ranking
3888
National Ranking
1511

Ellena M. Peterson 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 Ellena M. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 195 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ellena M. Peterson 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 Ellena M. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ellena M. Peterson is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable contributions in Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Medicine, and Epidemiology. The research covers key topics including Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Infection Control in Healthcare, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and Global Health Workforce Issues.

Peterson has published extensively, with a frequent presence in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, where they have contributed five publications. Additional venues include the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved with two papers, as well as individual publications in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Genome Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • The Hidden Crisis in the Times of COVID-19: Critical Shortages of Medical Laboratory Professionals in Clinical Microbiology (2022, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in 28 Nursing Homes: An "Iceberg Effect" (2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
  • Inter-species geographic signatures for tracing horizontal gene transfer and long-term persistence of carbapenem resistance (2022, Genome Medicine)
  • Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalization (2023, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes (2024, JAMA)

Peterson frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications together. These include Susan S. Huang with 12 coauthored works, Gabrielle Gussin with 11, James A. McKinnell with 10, Raveena Singh with 10, and Cassiana E. Bittencourt with 9 published collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Rapid detection of single bacteria in unprocessed blood using Integrated Comprehensive Droplet Digital Detection

    Dong-Ku Kang;M. Monsur Ali;Kaixiang Zhang;Susan S. Huang

  • Vaccination with the Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein Can Elicit an Immune Response as Protective as That Resulting from Inoculation with Live Bacteria

    Sukumar Pal;Ellena M. Peterson;Luis M. de la Maza

  • Prevalence and Significance of Fluoroquinolone Resistant Escherichia coli in Patients Undergoing Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Needle Biopsy

    Michael A. Liss;Michael A. Liss;Alexandra Chang;Rosanne Santos;Amy Nakama-Peeples

  • Intravaginal inoculation of mice with the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis biovar results in infertility.

    L M de la Maza;S Pal;A Khamesipour;E M Peterson

  • The 7.5-kb plasmid present in Chlamydia trachomatis is not essential for the growth of this microorganism.

    Ellena M. Peterson;Brian A. Markoff;Julius Schachter;Luis M. de la Maza

  • The NOD/RIP2 pathway is essential for host defenses against Chlamydophila pneumoniae lung infection.

    Kenichi Shimada;Shuang Chen;Paul W. Dempsey;Rosalinda Sorrentino

  • Multi-institute analysis of carbapenem resistance reveals remarkable diversity, unexplained mechanisms, and limited clonal outbreaks

    Gustavo C Cerqueira;Ashlee M Earl;Christoph M Ernst;Yonatan H Grad;Yonatan H Grad

  • Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers

    Susan S Huang;Raveena Singh;James A McKinnell;Steven Park

  • Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare directly from primary BACTEC cultures by using acridinium-ester-labeled DNA probes.

    K D Evans;A S Nakasone;P A Sutherland;L M de la Maza

  • Chlamydia trachomatis Native Major Outer Membrane Protein Induces Partial Protection in Nonhuman Primates: Implication for a Trachoma Transmission-Blocking Vaccine

    Laszlo Kari;William M. Whitmire;Deborah D. Crane;Nathalie Reveneau

  • Direct identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium, and Mycobacterium intracellulare from amplified primary cultures in BACTEC media using DNA probes.

    E M Peterson;R Lu;C Floyd;A Nakasone

  • Monoclonal immunoglobulin A antibody to the major outer membrane protein of the Chalamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis biovar protects mice against a chlamydial genital challenge

    Sukumar Pal;Ida Theodor;Ellena M. Peterson;Luis M. de la Maza

  • Immunization with an acellular vaccine consisting of the outer membrane complex of Chlamydia trachomatis induces protection against a genital challenge.

    S Pal;I Theodor;E M Peterson;L M de la Maza

  • Immunization with the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis major outer membrane protein can elicit a protective immune response against a genital challenge.

    Sukumar Pal;I. D. A. Theodor;Ellena M. Peterson;Luis M. De La Maza

  • Role of neutrophils in controlling early stages of a Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

    N Barteneva;I Theodor;E M Peterson;L M de la Maza

  • TLR/MyD88 and liver X receptor alpha signaling pathways reciprocally control Chlamydia pneumoniae-induced acceleration of atherosclerosis.

    Yoshikazu Naiki;Rosalinda Sorrentino;Michelle H. Wong;Kathrin S. Michelsen

  • Vaccination of mice with DNA plasmids coding for the Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein elicits an immune response but fails to protect against a genital challenge.

    Sukumar Pal;Kerry M Barnhart;Qun Wei;Anna M Abai

  • Protective role of magnesium in the neutralization by antibodies of Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity.

    E. M. Peterson;Guangming Zhong;E. Carlson;L. M. De La Maza

  • MyD88 is pivotal for the early inflammatory response and subsequent bacterial clearance and survival in a mouse model of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia.

    Yoshikazu Naiki;Kathrin S. Michelsen;Nicolas W.J. Schröder;Randa Alsabeh

  • Rapid bacterial detection and antibiotic susceptibility testing in whole blood using one-step, high throughput blood digital PCR.

    Timothy J Abram;Hemanth Cherukury;Chen-Yin Ou;Tam Vu

  • The NOD/RIP2 Pathway Is Essential for Host Defenses Against Chlamydophila pneumoniae Lung Infection - eScholarship

    Kenichi Shimada;Shuang Chen;Paul W. Dempsey;Rosalinda Sorrentino

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis M. de la Maza
Luis M. de la Maza University of California, Irvine
Loren G. Miller
Loren G. Miller UCLA Medical Center
Moshe Arditi
Moshe Arditi Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ken Kleinman
Ken Kleinman University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert A. Weinstein
Robert A. Weinstein Rush University Medical Center
Peter Franks
Peter Franks University of California, Davis
Enrico Gratton
Enrico Gratton University of California, Irvine
David Wofsy
David Wofsy University of California, San Francisco
Vincent Mor
Vincent Mor Brown University
Michelle A. Digman
Michelle A. Digman University of California, Irvine

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