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Microbiology

D-Index
92
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40484
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611
National Ranking
282

Medicine

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95
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Albert I. Ko 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 Albert I. Ko sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 363 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Albert I. Ko 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 Albert I. Ko sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Albert I. Ko is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a strong focus on viral infections and disease control. Key topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Albert I. Ko has published numerous papers with recent notable ones addressing COVID-19 and related viral research. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics" (2020), published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Diverse functional autoantibodies in patients with COVID-19" (2021), published in Nature

The main venues for their research publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators of Albert I. Ko include:

  • Akiko Iwasaki
  • Federico Costa
  • Arnau Casanovas-Massana
  • Nathan D. Grubaugh
  • Shelli Farhadian

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19.

    Carolina Lucas;Patrick Wong;Jon Klein;Tiago B R Castro

  • Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review.

    Federico Costa;José E Hagan;Juan Calcagno;Michael Kane

  • Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes.

    Takehiro Takahashi;Mallory K. Ellingson;Patrick Wong;Benjamin Israelow

  • Pathways to zoonotic spillover

    Raina K. Plowright;Colin R. Parrish;Hamish McCallum;Peter J. Hudson

  • Leptospira : the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen

    Albert I. Ko;Cyrille Goarant;Mathieu Picardeau

  • Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil

    Albert I Ko;Albert I Ko;Mitermayer Galvào Reis;Cibele M Ribeiro Dourado;Warren D Johnson

  • Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics.

    Jordan Peccia;Alessandro Zulli;Doug E. Brackney;Nathan D. Grubaugh

  • Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2.

    Anne L. Wyllie;John Fournier;Arnau Casanovas-Massana;Melissa Campbell

  • Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR primer-probe sets.

    Chantal B.F. Vogels;Anderson F. Brito;Anne L. Wyllie;Joseph R. Fauver

  • Diverse Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with COVID-19.

    Eric Y. Wang;Tianyang Mao;Jon Klein;Yile Dai

  • Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control.

    Scott C. Weaver;Federico Costa;Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco;Albert I. Ko

  • Ocular Findings in Infants With Microcephaly Associated With Presumed Zika Virus Congenital Infection in Salvador, Brazil.

    de Paula Freitas B;de Oliveira Dias;Prazeres J;Sacramento Ga

  • Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination

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  • Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements.

    Jason Corburn;David Vlahov;Blessing Mberu;Lee Riley

  • Comparative Genomics of Two Leptospira interrogans Serovars Reveals Novel Insights into Physiology and Pathogenesis

    A. L. T. O. Nascimento;A. I. Ko;A. I. Ko;E. A. L. Martins;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello

  • Impact of environment and social gradient on Leptospira infection in urban slums.

    Renato B. Reis;Guilherme S. Ribeiro;Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh;Francisco S. Santana

  • Zika Virus Infection — After the Pandemic

    Didier Musso;Albert I Ko;David Baud

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection of the placenta.

    Hillary Hosier;Shelli F. Farhadian;Raffaella A. Morotti;Uma Deshmukh

  • Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years

    Paul R. Torgerson;José E. Hagan;Federico Costa;Juan Calcagno

  • Regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of androgen hydroxylations catalyzed by cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from phenobarbital-induced rat liver.

    D J Waxman;A Ko;C Walsh

  • Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise.

    Manoel Sarno;Gielson A. Sacramento;Ricardo Khouri;Mateus S. do Rosário

  • Diverse Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with COVID-19

    Eric Y Wang;Tianyang Mao;Jon Klein;Yile Dai

  • Leptospirosis

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki Yale University
Nathan D. Grubaugh
Nathan D. Grubaugh Yale University
Chantal B. F. Vogels
Chantal B. F. Vogels Yale University
Charles S. Dela Cruz
Charles S. Dela Cruz Yale University
David A. Haake
David A. Haake University of California, Los Angeles
Peter J. Diggle
Peter J. Diggle Lancaster University
Mathieu Picardeau
Mathieu Picardeau Institut Pasteur
James E. Childs
James E. Childs Yale University
Lee W. Riley
Lee W. Riley University of California, Berkeley

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