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Alexander L. Greninger

Alexander L. Greninger

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
75
Citations
26157
World Ranking
1479
National Ranking
647

Alexander L. Greninger 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 Alexander L. Greninger sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 544 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander L. Greninger 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 Alexander L. Greninger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alexander L. Greninger is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases. Subfields in which they have contributed extensively include Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Physiology.

The main topics addressed in their research involve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including detection and testing methods, clinical research studies related to COVID-19, respiratory viral infections, viral gastroenteritis, syphilis diagnosis and treatment, and herpesvirus infections and treatments.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Covid-19 in Critically Ill Patients in the Seattle Region - Case Series, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with SHERLOCK One-Pot Testing, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Performance Characteristics of the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG Assay and Seroprevalence in Boise, Idaho, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Neutralizing Antibodies Correlate with Protection from SARS-CoV-2 in Humans during a Fishery Vessel Outbreak with a High Attack Rate, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Comparative Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assays Using Seven Different Primer-Probe Sets and One Assay Kit, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Keith R. Jerome (135 coauthored works)
  • Pavitra Roychoudhury (114 coauthored works)
  • Meei-Li Huang (73 coauthored works)
  • Hong Xie (69 coauthored works)
  • Nicole A. P. Lieberman (55 coauthored works)

Greninger's work has been published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 111 publications
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases with 30 publications
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology with 27 publications
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases with 20 publications
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases with 17 publications

Among awards, Alexander L. Greninger has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1965.

Best Publications

  • Covid-19 in Critically Ill Patients in the Seattle Region - Case Series.

    Pavan K Bhatraju;Bijan J Ghassemieh;Michelle Nichols;Richard Kim

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with SHERLOCK One-Pot Testing.

    Julia Joung;Alim Ladha;Makoto Saito;Nam Gyun Kim

  • Efficacy and Safety of NVX-CoV2373 in Adults in the United States and Mexico

    Unknown

  • Rapid metagenomic identification of viral pathogens in clinical samples by real-time nanopore sequencing analysis

    Alexander L. Greninger;Samia N. Naccache;Scot Federman;Guixia Yu

  • Performance Characteristics of the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG Assay and Seroprevalence in Boise, Idaho.

    Andrew Bryan;Gregory Pepper;Mark H. Wener;Susan L. Fink

  • Neutralizing Antibodies Correlate with Protection from SARS-CoV-2 in Humans during a Fishery Vessel Outbreak with a High Attack Rate.

    Amin Addetia;Katharine H.D. Crawford;Katharine H.D. Crawford;Adam Dingens;Haiying Zhu

  • A cloud-compatible bioinformatics pipeline for ultrarapid pathogen identification from next-generation sequencing of clinical samples

    Samia N. Naccache;Scot Federman;Narayanan Veeraraghavan;Matei Zaharia

  • Comparative Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assays Using Seven Different Primer-Probe Sets and One Assay Kit.

    Arun K. Nalla;Amanda M. Casto;Amanda M. Casto;Meei Li W. Huang;Garrett A. Perchetti

  • Erratum to: Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: the continuing case for reference genome sequencing

    Alexander L. Greninger;Kevin Messacar;Thelma Dunnebacke;Samia N. Naccache

  • De novo emergence of a remdesivir resistance mutation during treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

    Unknown

  • A novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain associated with acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA (2012–14): a retrospective cohort study

    Alexander L Greninger;Samia N Naccache;Kevin Messacar;Anna Clayton

  • Point-of-care testing for COVID-19 using SHERLOCK diagnostics

    Julia Joung;Alim Ladha;Makoto Saito;Michael Segel

  • SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad, and durable neutralizing antibody responses

    Unknown

  • Recovery of divergent avian bornaviruses from cases of proventricular dilatation disease: identification of a candidate etiologic agent.

    Amy L Kistler;Ady Gancz;Susan Clubb;Peter Skewes-Cox

  • Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States.

    Joseph R. Fauver;Mary E. Petrone;Emma B. Hodcroft;Emma B. Hodcroft;Kayoko Shioda

  • Characterization of orally efficacious influenza drug with high resistance barrier in ferrets and human airway epithelia

    Mart Toots;Jeong-Joong Yoon;Robert M. Cox;Michael Hart

  • The Perils of Pathogen Discovery: Origin of a Novel Parvovirus-Like Hybrid Genome Traced to Nucleic Acid Extraction Spin Columns

    Samia N. Naccache;Alexander L. Greninger;Deanna Lee;Lark L. Coffey

  • Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Washington state.

    Trevor Bedford;Trevor Bedford;Alexander L. Greninger;Alexander L. Greninger;Pavitra Roychoudhury;Pavitra Roychoudhury;Lea M. Starita

  • Dynamics of Neutralizing Antibody Titers in the Months After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection.

    Katharine H D Crawford;Katharine H D Crawford;Adam S Dingens;Rachel Eguia;Caitlin R Wolf

  • Genomic surveillance reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into Northern California.

    Xianding Deng;Wei Gu;Scot Federman;Louis du Plessis

  • In vivo antiviral host transcriptional response to SARS-CoV-2 by viral load, sex, and age.

    Nicole A.P. Lieberman;Vikas Peddu;Hong Xie;Lasata Shrestha

  • Comparison of Commercially Available and Laboratory-Developed Assays for In Vitro Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Laboratories.

    Joshua A. Lieberman;Gregory Pepper;Samia N. Naccache;Meei Li Huang;Meei Li Huang

  • Neutralizing antibodies correlate with protection from SARS-CoV-2 in humans during a fishery vessel outbreak with high attack rate

    Amin Addetia;Katharine Hd Crawford;Adam Dingens;Haiying Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith R. Jerome
Keith R. Jerome Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Charles Y. Chiu
Charles Y. Chiu University of California, San Francisco
Joseph L. DeRisi
Joseph L. DeRisi University of California, San Francisco
Anna Wald
Anna Wald University of Washington
David M. Koelle
David M. Koelle University of Washington
Meei Li Huang
Meei Li Huang University of Washington
Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital
Amalia Magaret
Amalia Magaret University of Washington
Helen Y. Chu
Helen Y. Chu University of Washington
Jesse D. Bloom
Jesse D. Bloom Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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