2026 Randall J. Olsen: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	56	14461	13296	6085	5447	212	10933

Overview

Randall J. Olsen is affiliated with Houston Methodist in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, animal science and zoology, and epidemiology.

Their work encompasses multiple main topics including:

Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Neonatal and Maternal Infections
Animal Virus Infections Studies
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Randall J. Olsen has published extensively across several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

American Journal Of Pathology (13 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
Infection and Immunity (3 publications)
Journal of Bacteriology (3 publications)
mBio (2 publications)

Some of the recent papers by Olsen are:

Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients with Convalescent Plasma, 2020, American Journal Of Pathology
Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Signals of Significantly Increased Vaccine Breakthrough, Decreased Hospitalization Rates, and Less Severe Disease in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Caused by the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Houston, Texas, 2022, American Journal Of Pathology
Significantly Decreased Mortality in a Large Cohort of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients Transfused Early with Convalescent Plasma Containing High-Titer Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike Protein IgG, 2020, American Journal Of Pathology
Delta Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Cause Significantly Increased Vaccine Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases in Houston, Texas, 2021, American Journal Of Pathology

Randall J. Olsen collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

James M. Musser (34 joint publications)
Matthew Ojeda Saavedra (17 joint publications)
Layne Pruitt (15 joint publications)
Prasanti Yerramilli (14 joint publications)
Luchang Zhu (14 joint publications)

Best Publications

Integrating Rapid Pathogen Identification and Antimicrobial Stewardship Significantly Decreases Hospital Costs

Katherine K. Perez;Randall J. Olsen;William L. Musick;Patricia L. Cernoch

444
Citations
Molecular dissection of the evolution of carbapenem-resistant multilocus sequence type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae

Frank R. DeLeo;Liang Chen;Stephen F. Porcella;Craig A. Martens

367
Citations
Integrating rapid diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship improves outcomes in patients with antibiotic- resistant Gram-negative bacteremia

Katherine K. Perez;Randall J. Olsen;William L. Musick;Patricia L. Cernoch

332
Citations
Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences.

Waleed Nasser;Stephen B. Beres;Randall J. Olsen;Melissa A. Dean

291
Citations
Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients with Convalescent Plasma.

Eric Salazar;Katherine K. Perez;Madiha Ashraf;Jian Chen

287
Citations
Using machine learning to predict antimicrobial MICs and associated genomic features for nontyphoidal Salmonella

Marcus Nguyen;Marcus Nguyen;S. Wesley Long;S. Wesley Long;Patrick F. McDermott;Randall J. Olsen;Randall J. Olsen

263
Citations
Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients with Convalescent Plasma Reveals a Signal of Significantly Decreased Mortality.

Eric Salazar;Paul A. Christensen;Edward A. Graviss;Duc T. Nguyen

244
Citations
Lung cancer biomarkers: present status and future developments.

Philip T. Cagle;Timothy Craig Allen;Randall J. Olsen

200
Citations
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Human Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Reveals Misidentification and Misunderstandings of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae

S. Wesley Long;S. Wesley Long;Sarah E. Linson;Matthew Ojeda Saavedra;Concepcion Cantu

190
Citations
Convalescent plasma anti–SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ectodomain and receptor-binding domain IgG correlate with virus neutralization

Eric Salazar;Suresh V. Kuchipudi;Paul A. Christensen;Todd Eagar

174
Citations
You can go home again: evidence from longitudinal data.

Patricia B. Reagan;Randall J. Olsen

173
Citations
Molecular Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Fasciitis

Randall J. Olsen;James M. Musser

166
Citations
Significantly Decreased Mortality in a Large Cohort of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients Transfused Early with Convalescent Plasma Containing High-Titer Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike Protein IgG.

Eric Salazar;Paul A Christensen;Edward A Graviss;Duc T Nguyen

163
Citations
Fertilizer Nitrogen and Crop Rotation in Relation to Movement of Nitrate Nitrogen Through Soil Profiles

R. J. Olsen;R. F. Hensler;O. J. Attoe;S. A. Witzel

159
Citations
Developing an in silico minimum inhibitory concentration panel test for Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Marcus Nguyen;Marcus Nguyen;Marcus Nguyen;Thomas Brettin;Thomas Brettin;S. Wesley Long;S. Wesley Long;James M. Musser;James M. Musser

159
Citations
PBP2a Mutations Causing High-Level Ceftaroline Resistance in Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

S. Wesley Long;Randall J. Olsen;Shrenik C. Mehta;Timothy G. Palzkill

159
Citations
On the Mechanism of Phosphorus‐Zinc Interaction in Corn Nutrition

D. D. Stukenholtz;R. J. Olsen;Gerald Gogan;R. A. Olson

156
Citations
Population genomic analysis of 1,777 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, Houston, Texas: Unexpected abundance of clonal group 307

S. Wesley Long;S. Wesley Long;Randall J. Olsen;Randall J. Olsen;Todd N. Eagar;Stephen B. Beres

140
Citations
Molecular mechanisms underlying group A streptococcal pathogenesis

Randall J. Olsen;Samuel A. Shelburne;James M. Musser

135
Citations
Portable, battery-operated, low-cost, bright field and fluorescence microscope.

Andrew R. Miller;Gregory L. Davis;Z. Maria Oden;Mohamad Reza Razavi

133
Citations