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D-Index
49
Citations
13846
World Ranking
4519
National Ranking
1745

Kirsten St. George 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 Kirsten St. George sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 160 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kirsten St. George 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 Kirsten St. George sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kirsten St. George is affiliated with the New York State Department of Health in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, respiratory viral infections research, virus-based gene therapy research, animal virus infections studies, and influenza virus research studies.

Some of the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Kirsten St. George include:

  • Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, 2020, published in mBio
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch, 2021, published in Wellcome Open Research
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2, 2021, published in Wellcome Open Research
  • COVID-19 Testing, Epidemic Features, Hospital Outcomes, and Household Prevalence, New York State-March 2020, 2020, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States, 2021, published in Cell

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Daryl M. Lamson
  • Erica Lasek-Nesselquist
  • Jonathan Plitnick
  • Alexis Russell
  • Sara B. Griesemer

Kirsten St. George's publications have appeared in various venues, with a notable number of contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Journal of Clinical Virology

Best Publications

  • Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans

    Rebecca J. Garten;C. Todd Davis;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Bo Shu

  • Human Rhinoviruses

    Unknown

  • Infections With Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A(H1N1) Virus in the United States

    Nila J. Dharan;Larisa V. Gubareva;John J. Meyer;Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo

  • Single-Reaction Genomic Amplification Accelerates Sequencing and Vaccine Production for Classical and Swine Origin Human Influenza A Viruses

    Bin Zhou;Bin Zhou;Matthew E. Donnelly;Derek T. Scholes;Kirsten St. George

  • Large-scale sequencing of human influenza reveals the dynamic nature of viral genome evolution

    Elodie Ghedin;Naomi A. Sengamalay;Martin Shumway;Jennifer Zaborsky

  • Whole-Genome Analysis of Human Influenza A Virus Reveals Multiple Persistent Lineages and Reassortment among Recent H3N2 Viruses

    Edward C Holmes;Elodie Ghedin;Naomi Miller;Jill Taylor

  • Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.

    Robin Patel;Esther Babady;Elitza S. Theel;Gregory A. Storch

  • MassTag Polymerase-Chain-Reaction Detection of Respiratory Pathogens, Including a New Rhinovirus Genotype, That Caused Influenza-Like Illness in New York State during 2004–2005

    Daryl Lamson;Neil Renwick;Vishal Kapoor;Zhiqiang Liu

  • Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918.

    Martha I. Nelson;Cécile Viboud;Lone Simonsen;Ryan T. Bennett

  • Stochastic processes are key determinants of short-term evolution in influenza a virus.

    Martha I Nelson;Lone Simonsen;Cecile Viboud;Mark A Miller

  • Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children — Alabama, October 2021–February 2022

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  • Global surveillance of emerging influenza virus genotypes by mass spectrometry

    Rangarajan Sampath;Kevin L. Russell;Christian Massire;Mark W. Eshoo

  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2

    Áine O'Toole;Verity Hill;Oliver G. Pybus;Alexander Watts

  • COVID-19 Testing, Epidemic Features, Hospital Outcomes, and Household Prevalence, New York State-March 2020.

    Eli S Rosenberg;Elizabeth M Dufort;Debra S Blog;Eric W Hall

  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch.

    Áine O'Toole;Verity Hill;Oliver G. Pybus;Alexander Watts

  • The early diversification of influenza A/H1N1pdm.

    Martha Nelson;David Spiro;David Wentworth;Eric Beck

  • Comparison of Quantitative Cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR in Plasma and CMV Antigenemia Assay: Clinical Utility of the Prototype AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR Test in Transplant Recipients

    Angela M. Caliendo;Kirsten St. George;Shaw-Yi Kao;Jessica Allega

  • Chikungunya Fever in the United States: A Fifteen Year Review of Cases

    Katherine B. Gibney;Marc Fischer;Harry E. Prince;Laura D. Kramer

  • Cytomegalovirus PP65 antigenemia monitoring as a guide for preemptive therapy : A cost effective strategy for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in adult liver transplant recipients

    Shimon Kusne;Paolo Grossi;William Irish;Kirsten St. George

  • Laboratory Diagnosis of Zika Virus Infection.

    Marie Louise Landry;Kirsten St. George

  • Molecular Epidemiology and Brief History of Emerging Adenovirus 14—Associated Respiratory Disease in the United States

    Adriana E. Kajon;Xiaoyan Lu;Dean D. Erdman;Janice Louie

  • Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus RNA in Pregnant Women.

    Dana Meaney-Delman;Titilope Oduyebo;Kara N D Polen;Jennifer L White

  • Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States.

    Tara Alpert;Anderson F. Brito;Erica Lasek-Nesselquist;Erica Lasek-Nesselquist;Jessica Rothman

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Rinaldo
Charles R. Rinaldo University of Pittsburgh
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Elodie Ghedin
Elodie Ghedin National Institutes of Health
David E. Wentworth
David E. Wentworth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Larisa V. Gubareva
Larisa V. Gubareva Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Lone Simonsen
Lone Simonsen Roskilde University
Christine C. Ginocchio
Christine C. Ginocchio Qiagen (United States)
Martha I. Nelson
Martha I. Nelson National Institutes of Health
Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health

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