A news report by Phoenix’s Arizona Family Channel 3 noted that a review of COVID-related research that was generated by scientists from Arizona universities found that the University of Arizona led with 21 studies in the top 50.
Of those 50 studies, numbers 8, 12, 20, 37, 44 and 50 involved faculty and research staff from the Department of Medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Across the full range of studies, teamwork proved to be the most valuable asset toward discovery.
The list was compiled by the analytics company Clarivate based on citations in footnotes of scholarly research related to the pandemic, which was declared over in early May. The company’s top 50 studies covered a range of disciplines and topics, including vaccines, experimental treatments and epidemiology.
Bhupinder Natt, MD, an associate professor in the Pulmonary division, Critical Care Medicine Program director and medical director of the Medicine ICU at Banner – University Medical Center South, and Marvin Slepian, MD, Regents professor in the Division of Cardiology, director of the Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation, and UArizona Sarver Heart Center and BIO5 Institute member, each had two papers they co-authored among the top 50 cited from the state’s universities.
The Department of Medicine-connected studies were as follows (DOM personnel names in bold):
No. 8
“SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes” (April 2020) | Authors: Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Ken Knox, Carlos Tafich-Rios, Bhupinder Natt, Deepta Bhattacharya; Mindy Fain – Publication: GeroScience, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 505-514; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 310; Total Citations: 328
No. 12
“COVID-19-related Genes in Sputum Cells in Asthma Relationship to Demographic Features and Corticosteroids” (July 2021) | Authors: Michael Peters, Satria Sajuthi, Peter Deford, Stephanie Christenson, Cydney Rios, Michael Montgomery, Prescott Woodruff, David Mauger, Serpil Erzurum, Mats Johannson, Loren Denlinger, Nizar Jarjour, Mario Castro, Annette Hastie, Wendy Moore, Victor Ortega, Eugene Bleecker, Sally Wenzel, Elliot Israel, Bruce Levy, Max Siebold, John Fahy – Publication: American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 202, No. 1, pp. 83-90; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 285; Total Citations: 296
No. 20
“Orthogonal SARS-CoV-2 Serological Assays Enable Surveillance of Low-Prevalence Communities and Reveal Durable Humoral Immunity” (November 2020) | Tyler Ripperger, Jennifer Uhrlaub, Makiko Watanabe, Rachel Wong, Yvonne Castaneda, Hannah Pizzato, Mallory Thompson, Christine Bradshaw, Craig Weinkauf, Christian Bime, Heidi Erickson, Ken Knox, Billie Bixby, Sairam Parthasarathy, Sachin Chaudhary, Bhupinder Natt, Elaine Cristan, Tammer El Aini, Franz Rischard, Janet Campion, Madhav Chopra, Michael Insel, Afshin Sam, James Knepler, Andrew Capaldi, Catherine Spier, Michael Dake, Taylor Edwards, Matthew Kaplan, Serena Scott, Cameron Hypes, Jarrod Mosier, David Harris, Bonnie LaFleur, Ryan Sprissler, Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Deepta Bhattacharya – Publication: Immunity, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 925+; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 201; Total Citations: 203
No. 37
“Continuation versus discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a prospective, randomised, open-label trial” (March 2021) | Authors: Jordana Cohen, Thomas Hanff, Preethi William, Nancy Sweitzer, Nelson Rosado-Santander, Carola Medina, Juan Rodriquez-Mori, Nicolas Renna, Jaime Adrade-Villanueva, Alejandro Barbagelata, Roberto Cristodulo-Cortez, Omar Diaz-Cucho, Jonas Spaak, Carlos Alfonso, Renzo Valdivia-Vega, Mirko Villavicencio-Carranza, Ricardo Ayala-Garcia, Carlos Castro-Callirgos, Luz Gonzalez-Hernandez, Eduardo Bernales-Salas, Johanna Coacalla-Guerra, Cynthia Salinas-Herrera, Liliana Nicolosi, Mauro Basconcel, James Byrd, Tiffany Sharkoski, Luis Bendezu-Huasasquiche, Jesse Chittams, Daniel Edmonston, Charles Vasquez, Julio Chirinos – Publication: Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 275-284; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 129; Total Citations: 131
No. 44
“Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Treatment of Severe Pulmonary and Cardiac Compromise in Coronavirus Disease 2019: Experience with 32 Patients” (July 2020) | Authors: Jeffrey Jacobs, Alfred Stammers, James St. Louis, J.W. Awori Hayanga, Michael Firstenberg, Linda Mongero, Eric Tesdahl, Keshava Rajagopal, Faisal Cheema, Tom Coley, Vinay Badhwar, Anthony Sestokas, Marvin Slepian – Publication: Geroscience, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 505-514; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 118; Total Citations: 119
No. 50
“The Structural and Social Determinants of the Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the US COVID-19 Pandemic” (October 2020) | Authors: Jeffrey Jacobs, Alfred Stammers, James St. Louis, J.W. Awori Hayanga, Michael Firstenberg, Linda Mongero, Eric Tesdahl, Keshava Rajagopal, Faisal Cheema, Tom Coley, Vinay Badhwar, Anthony Sestokas, Marvin Slepian – Publication: American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 202, No. 7, pp. 943-949; Citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection: 106; Total Citations: 106
For the full top 50 list of cited articles, see this link: https://www.azfamily.com/2023/05/24/these-arizona-scientists-had-most-impactful-covid-research (or click here). You can also visit our Media Mentions webpage for more such citations.