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Microbiology
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2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best female scientists D-index 146 Citations 84,714 893 World Ranking 117 National Ranking 74
Microbiology D-index 135 Citations 69,389 708 World Ranking 30 National Ranking 16

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

2006 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her in-depth research that has contributed to a greater understanding of the ecology, physiology, and evolution of marine microbes, most notably Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of pandemic cholera, and which has elucidated critical links between environmental and human health.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.

2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1988 - ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, American Society for Microbiology

1985 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Bacteria
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Rita R. Colwell focuses on Microbiology, Vibrio cholerae, Ecology, Cholera and Bacteria. She has researched Microbiology in several fields, including Microcosm, Vibrio, Viable but nonculturable, Biofilm and Virulence. Her research in Vibrio cholerae intersects with topics in Plankton, Veterinary medicine, Serotype and Vibrionaceae.

Rita R. Colwell interconnects Microbial ecology and Outbreak in the investigation of issues within Ecology. The various areas that Rita R. Colwell examines in her Cholera study include Disease reservoir, Copepod and Zooplankton. Her studies deal with areas such as Biochemistry and Escherichia coli as well as Bacteria.

Her most cited work include:

  • Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in the environment. (1941 citations)
  • Virioplankton: viruses in aquatic ecosystems (1628 citations)
  • DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae (1589 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Rita R. Colwell mainly focuses on Microbiology, Vibrio cholerae, Bacteria, Cholera and Ecology. Within one scientific family, Rita R. Colwell focuses on topics pertaining to Vibrio under Microbiology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Vibrio vulnificus. Her Vibrio cholerae study combines topics in areas such as Serotype, Cholera toxin and Plankton.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Seawater, Food science and Biochemistry. Her Cholera study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Outbreak. Her study in Estuary, Zooplankton and Phytoplankton is done as part of Ecology.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Microbiology (51.94%)
  • Vibrio cholerae (42.29%)
  • Bacteria (23.08%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Microbiology (51.94%)
  • Cholera (27.26%)
  • Vibrio cholerae (42.29%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Microbiology, Cholera, Vibrio cholerae, Microbiome and Metagenomics. Her Microbiology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Pseudomonas exotoxin, Dysbiosis and Virulence. The concepts of her Virulence study are interwoven with issues in Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacteria, Pathogen and Genotype.

Rita R. Colwell combines subjects such as Climatology, Environmental health, Outbreak, Public health and Water resources with her study of Cholera. Her work deals with themes such as Estuary, Ecology and Vibrio, which intersect with Vibrio cholerae. Her Metagenomics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Zoology, Computational biology, Shotgun sequencing and Microbial population biology.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic (170 citations)
  • Comprehensive benchmarking and ensemble approaches for metagenomic classifiers. (164 citations)
  • Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. (109 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Bacteria
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Microbiology, Metagenomics, Microbiome, Vibrio cholerae and Antibiotic resistance. Rita R. Colwell interconnects Coinfection, Infectious dose, Virology and Virulence in the investigation of issues within Microbiology. The various areas that Rita R. Colwell examines in her Microbiome study include Microorganism, Proteobacteria and Best practice.

Rita R. Colwell has researched Vibrio cholerae in several fields, including Cholera and Plasmid, Host chromosome. Her Cholera study incorporates themes from Sanitation, Cholera toxin, Outbreak, Public health and Plankton. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Multiple drug resistance and Drug resistance.

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Best Publications

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics

L. G. Wayne;D. J. Brenner;R. R. Colwell;P. A. D. Grimont.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (1987)

7210 Citations

Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in the environment.

J G Leahy;R R Colwell.
Microbiological Research (1990)

3505 Citations

Virioplankton: viruses in aquatic ecosystems

KE Wommack;RR Colwell.
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews (2000)

2454 Citations

Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors

C.D. Harvell;K. Kim;K. Kim;J.M. Burkholder;R.R. Colwell;R.R. Colwell.
Science (1999)

2257 Citations

Survival strategies of bacteria in the natural environment.

D B Roszak;R R Colwell.
Microbiological Research (1987)

2253 Citations

DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae

John F. Heidelberg;Jonathan A. Eisen;William C. Nelson;Rebecca A. Clayton.
Nature (2000)

2097 Citations

Global Climate and Infectious Disease: The Cholera Paradigm*

Rita R. Colwell.
Science (1996)

1715 Citations

Survival and viability of nonculturableEscherichia coli andVibrio cholerae in the estuarine and marine environment.

Huai Shu Xu;N. Roberts;F. L. Singleton;R. W. Attwell.
Microbial Ecology (1982)

1239 Citations

Viable but Non-Culturable Vibrio cholerae and Related Pathogens in the Environment: Implications for Release of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms

R. R. Colwell;P. R. Brayton;D. J. Grimes;D. B. Roszak.
Nature Biotechnology (1985)

942 Citations

Effects of Global Climate on Infectious Disease: the Cholera Model

Erin K. Lipp;Anwar Huq;Anwar Huq;Rita R. Colwell;Rita R. Colwell.
Clinical Microbiology Reviews (2002)

918 Citations

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