# Topics and Trends in Most Cited Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Papers, Class of 2026

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## What topics and trends defined most-cited Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology research in the Class of 2026?

Salmonella and Campylobacter research in the Class of 2026 centers on antimicrobial resistance and serotype-specific surveillance, led by Salmonella Typhimurium and multidrug-resistant strains. Lytic phage therapeutics, Campylobacter jejuni, and One Health interventions emerged as rapidly expanding themes, while broad genomic profiling and legacy typing showed declining focus.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Field | Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology |
| Cohort label | Class of 2026 (2024 publications) |
| Papers analyzed | 3,311 |
| Papers ranked | 20 |
| Top topics in ranked papers | Antimicrobial resistance, Salmonella Typhimurium, multidrug resistance, Salmonella Typhi, One Health |
| Publication window | Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 |
| Eligibility | Research articles; reviews excluded |
| Citation window | 18 months post-publication |
| 18m citation range | 19–44 |
| Data source | OpenAlex · Retrieved Jul 2026 |
| License | CC BY 4.0 |

## Rankings

| Rank | Title | Authors | Corresponding authors | Affiliation | Journal | 18m citations | DOI |
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| 1 | Economic Burden of Foodborne Illnesses Acquired in the United States | Sandra Hoffmann, Alice E White, Robert B McQueen, Jae-Wan Ahn, Lauren B Gunn-Sandell, Elaine J Scallan Walter | Sandra Hoffmann | U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease | 44 | 10.1089/fpd.2023.0157 |
| 2 | Campylobacter jejuni-derived cytolethal distending toxin promotes colorectal cancer metastasis | Zhen He, Jing Yu, Junli Gong, Jinjie Wu, Xuan Zong, Zhanhao Luo, Xiaowen He, Wai Ming Cheng, Yugeng Liu, Chen Liu, Qiang Zhang, Lei Dai, Tao Ding, Beile Gao, Raad Z Gharaibeh, Jinlin Huang, Christian Jobin, Ping Lan | Jinlin Huang, Christian Jobin, Ping Lan | Sun Yat-sen University, China | Cell Host & Microbe | 42 | 10.1016/j.chom.2024.11.006 |
| 3 | Salmonella: Infection mechanism and control strategies | Juane Lu, Hao Wu, Shengbo Wu, Shengli Wang, Hongfei Fan, Haihua Ruan, Jianjun Qiao, Qinggele Caiyin, Mingzhang Wen | Qinggele Caiyin, Mingzhang Wen | Tianjin University, China | Microbiological Research | 42 | 10.1016/j.micres.2024.128013 |
| 4 | Reported Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food: Impact of Increased Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 1996–2023 | Hazel J Shah, Rachel H Jervis, Katie Wymore, Tamara Rissman, Bethany LaClair, Michelle M Boyle, Kirk Smith, Sarah Lathrop, Suzanne McGuire, Rosalie Trevejo, Marcy McMillian, Stic Harris, Joanna Zablotsky Kufel, Kennedy Houck, Carey E Lau, Carey J Devine, Dave Boxrud, Daniel L Weller | Hazel J Shah | Health Communication Specialists, United States | MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 40 | 10.15585/mmwr.mm7326a1 |
| 5 | Nationwide trends and features of human salmonellosis outbreaks in China | Zining Wang, Haiyang Zhou, Yuhao Liu, Chenghu Huang, Jiaqi Chen, Abubakar Siddique, Rui Yin, Chenghao Jia, Yan Li, Guoping Zhao, Min Yue | Min Yue | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Emerging Microbes & Infections | 40 | 10.1080/22221751.2024.2372364 |
| 6 | Population structure and antibiotic resistance of swine extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli from China | Xudong Li, Huifeng Hu, Yongwei Zhu, Taiquan Wang, Youlan Lu, Xiangru Wang, Zhong Peng, Ming Sun, Huanchun Chen, Jinshui Zheng, Chen Tan | Jinshui Zheng, Chen Tan | Huazhong Agricultural University, China | Nature Communications | 32 | 10.1038/s41467-024-50268-2 |
| 7 | Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study | Florian Marks, Justin Im, Se Eun Park, Gi Deok Pak, Hyon Jin Jeon, Lady Rosny Wandji Nana, Marie-France Phoba, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, Ondari D Mogeni, Biruk Yeshitela, Ursula Panzner, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza, Tigist Beyene, Michael Owusu-Ansah, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Melese Yeshambaw, Ashenafi Alemu, Oluwafemi J Adewusi, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Ellen Higginson, Akinlolu Adepoju, Sarah Agbi, Enoch G Cakpo, Veronica O Ogunleye, Gaëlle Nkoji Tunda, Odion O Ikhimiukor, Jules Mbuyamba, Trevor Toy, Francis Opoku Agyapong, Isaac Osei, John Amuasi, Tsiriniaina Jean Luco Razafindrabe, Tiana Mirana Raminosoa, Gabriel Nyirenda, Njariharinjakampionona Randriamampionona, Hyeong Won Seo, Hyejin Seo, Mohamadou Siribie, Megan E Carey, Michael Owusu, Christian G Meyer, Ndrainaharimira Rakotozandrindrainy, Nimarko Sarpong, Mathilde Razafindrakalia, Ravomialisoa Razafimanantsoa, Moussa Ouedraogo, Yeonseon J Kim, Jooah Lee, Raphaël M Zellweger, Sophie S Y Kang, Ju Yeon Park, John A Crump, Liselotte Hardy, Jan Jacobs, Denise O Garrett, Jason R Andrews, Nimesh Poudyal, Deok Ryun Kim, John D Clemens, Stephen G Baker, Jerome H Kim, Gordon Dougan, Jonathan D Sugimoto, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Aderemi Kehinde, Oluwafemi A Popoola, Vittal Mogasale, Robert F Breiman, William R MacWright, Abraham Aseffa, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Andrea Haselbeck, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Mekonnen Teferi, Abdramane Soura Bassiahi, Iruka N Okeke, Octavie Lunguya-Metila, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy | Florian Marks | International Vaccine Institute, South Korea | The Lancet Global Health | 30 | 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00007-x |
| 8 | Interrogating Salmonella Typhi biofilm formation and dynamics to understand antimicrobial resistance | Aditya Upadhyay, Dharm Pal, Awanish Kumar | Dharm Pal, Awanish Kumar | National Institute of Technology, India | Life Sciences | 30 | 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122418 |
| 9 | Machine learning to attribute the source of Campylobacter infections in the United States: A retrospective analysis of national surveillance data | Ben Pascoe, Georgina Futcher, Johan Pensar, Sion C Bayliss, Evangelos Mourkas, Jessica K Calland, Matthew D Hitchings, Lavin A Joseph, Charlotte G Lane, Tiffany Greenlee, Nicolas Arning, Daniel J Wilson, Keith A Jolley, Jukka Corander, Martin C J Maiden, Craig T Parker, Kerry K Cooper, Erica B Rose, Kelli Hiett, Beau B Bruce, Samuel K Sheppard | Samuel K. Sheppard | University of Oxford, United Kingdom | Journal of Infection | 28 | 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106265 |
| 10 | Global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in food animals using priority drugs maps | Cheng Zhao, Yu Wang, Ranya Mulchandani, Thomas P Van Boeckel | Thomas P. Van Boeckel | ETH Zürich, Switzerland | Nature Communications | 27 | 10.1038/s41467-024-45111-7 |
| 11 | A One Health Perspective on <i>Salmonella</i> <i>enterica</i> Serovar Infantis, an Emerging Human Multidrug-Resistant Pathogen | Jennifer Mattock, Marie Anne Chattaway, Hassan Hartman, Timothy J Dallman, Anthony M Smith, Karen Keddy, Liljana Petrovska, Emma J Manners, Sanelisiwe T Duze, Shannon Smouse, Nomsa Tau, Ruth Timme, Dave J Baker, Alison E Mather, John Wain, Gemma C Langridge | Jennifer Mattock | University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Emerging infectious diseases | 27 | 10.3201/eid3004.231031 |
| 12 | Estimating the subnational prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A infections in 75 endemic countries, 1990–2019: a modelling study | GRAM Typhoid Collaborators | GRAM Typhoid Collaborators | University of Oxford, United Kingdom | The Lancet Global Health | 27 | 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00585-5 |
| 13 | Centralized industrialization of pork in Europe and America contributes to the global spread of Salmonella enterica | Heng Li, Yilei Wu, Dan Feng, Quangui Jiang, Shengkai Li, Jie Rong, Ling Zhong, Ulrich Methner, Laura Baxter, Sascha Ott, Daniel Falush, Zhenpeng Li, Xiangyu Deng, Xin Lu, Yi Ren, Biao Kan, Zhemin Zhou | Xin Lu, Yi Ren, Biao Kan, Zhemin Zhou | Soochow University, China | Nature Food | 27 | 10.1038/s43016-024-00968-1 |
| 14 | Benchmarking short and long read polishing tools for nanopore assemblies: achieving near-perfect genomes for outbreak isolates | Tu Luan, Seth Commichaux, Maria Hoffmann, Victor Jayeola, Jae Hee Jang, Mihai Pop, Hugh Rand, Yan Luo | Seth Commichaux | University of Maryland, United States | BMC Genomics | 26 | 10.1186/s12864-024-10582-x |
| 15 | Luteolin exhibits antimicrobial actions against Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli: Impairment of cell adhesion, membrane integrity, and energy metabolism | A.G.M.Sofi Uddin Mahamud, Md. Ashrafudoulla, Shamsun Nahar, Md Anamul Hasan Chowdhury, Si Hong Park, Sang‐Do Ha | Sang‐Do Ha | Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea | Food Control | 26 | 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110734 |
| 16 | Commensal E. coli limits Salmonella gut invasion during inflammation by producing toxin-bound siderophores in a tonB-dependent manner | Yassine Cherrak, Miguel Angel Salazar, Koray Yilmaz, Markus Kreuzer, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt | Yassine Cherrak, Miguel Angel Salazar, Koray Yilmaz, Markus Kreuzer, Wolf‐Dietrich Hardt | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | PLoS Biology | 23 | 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002616 |
| 17 | Salmonella Typhimurium screen identifies shifts in mixed-acid fermentation during gut colonization | Bidong D Nguyen, Anna Sintsova, Christopher Schubert, Andreas Sichert, Clio Scheidegger, Jana Näf, Julien Huttman, Verena Lentsch, Tim Keys, Christoph Rutschmann, Philipp Christen, Patrick Kiefer, Philipp Keller, Manja Barthel, Miguelangel Cuenca, Beat Christen, Uwe Sauer, Emma Slack, Julia A Vorholt, Shinichi Sunagawa, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt | Bidong D. Nguyen, Wolf‐Dietrich Hardt | ETH Zürich, Switzerland | Cell Host & Microbe | 22 | 10.1016/j.chom.2024.08.015 |
| 18 | A prophage competition element protects Salmonella from lysis | Molly R Sargen, Sophie Helaine | Sophie Hélaine | Harvard Medical School, United States | Cell Host & Microbe | 22 | 10.1016/j.chom.2024.10.012 |
| 19 | Characterization of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage with rough colony morphology and multidrug resistance | Ying Xiang, Kunpeng Zhu, Kaiyuan Min, Yaowen Zhang, Jiangfeng Liu, Kangkang Liu, Yiran Han, Xinge Li, Xinying Du, Xin Wang, Ying Huang, Xinping Li, Yuqian Peng, Chaojie Yang, Hongbo Liu, Hongbo Liu, Xiaoying Li, Hui Wang, Chao Wang, Qi Wang, Huiqun Jia, Mingjuan Yang, Ligui Wang, Yarong Wu, Yujun Cui, Fei Chen, Haiyan Yang, Stephen Baker, Xuebin Xu, Juntao Yang, Hongbin Song, Shaofu Qiu | Xuebin Xu, Juntao Yang, Hongbin Song, Shaofu Qiu | Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, China | Nature Communications | 20 | 10.1038/s41467-024-50331-y |
| 20 | Gut metabolite L-lactate supports <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> population expansion during acute infection | Ritam Sinha, Rhiannon M LeVeque, Sean M Callahan, Shramana Chatterjee, Nejc Stopnisek, Matti Kuipel, Jeremiah G Johnson, Victor J DiRita | Victor J. DiRita | Michigan State University, United States | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 19 | 10.1073/pnas.2316540120 |

## Topic trends

### What Topics Define the Class of 2026?

Research in the Class of 2026 is prominently anchored by antimicrobial resistance (0.24 normalized frequency) and multidrug resistance (0.22), reflecting an intense global focus on combating drug-resistant foodborne pathogens. Epidemiological characterization centers heavily on specific serotypes, led by Salmonella Typhimurium (0.22), Salmonella Typhi (0.12), and Salmonella Enteritidis (0.10). Genomic surveillance methods, particularly whole genome sequencing (0.10) and the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes (0.12), provide high-resolution insights into strain transmission and resistome evolution across food production chains. Concurrently, the One Health framework (0.10) serves as an overarching paradigm connecting human clinical isolates with animal reservoirs and agricultural environments. Additional key topics include zoonotic transmission dynamics and target pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni (0.08) and Salmonella Infantis (0.08), alongside emerging investigative areas like lytic phage applications (0.08) and intestinal inflammation (0.06). Together, these themes demonstrate a shift from descriptive outbreak reports toward genomic-backed, interdisciplinary surveillance strategies aimed at controlling recalcitrant enteric pathogens across global food supply networks.

*Leading research themes*

### How Did Topics Shift from the Class of 2025 to the Class of 2026?

Comparison between the Class of 2025 and Class of 2026 reveals significant thematic repositioning in foodborne pathogen research. Antimicrobial resistance priorities intensified, with multidrug resistance rising from 0.14 to 0.22 normalized frequency (+57% relative increase) and general antimicrobial resistance expanding to 0.24. Novel therapeutic and biocontrol avenues surged, highlighted by lytic phage (0.08 frequency, up from 0) as researchers explore alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Additional expanding focus areas included Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella Infantis, and zoonotic transmission, each doubling in normalized frequency from 0.04 to 0.08. Public health modeling also gained traction, evidenced by new appearances of the Global Burden of Disease study (0.06) and enteric fever (0.06). Conversely, whole genome sequencing saw a decline in explicit topic frequency from 0.24 to 0.10, indicating its transition from a novel standalone research topic into standard methodological infrastructure. Traditional focus areas like typhoid fever (0.10 to 0.06) and Salmonella Enteritidis (0.14 to 0.10) also moderated, reflecting a broader pivot toward multi-drug resistant serotypes and alternative antimicrobial strategies.

*How topics shifted year over year*

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