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D-Index
48
Citations
7498
World Ranking
4705
National Ranking
1817

Andrew G. Plaut 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 Andrew G. Plaut sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 110 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew G. Plaut 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 Andrew G. Plaut sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew G. Plaut is affiliated with Tufts Medical Center in the United States. Their professional activities are centered within this institution, contributing to the medical and scientific community there.

In 2003, Andrew G. Plaut received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), marking a notable distinction in their career.

Best Publications

  • Studies of intestinal microflora. II. Microorganisms of the small intestine and their relations to oral and fecal flora.

    Sherwood L. Gorbach;Andrew G. Plaut;Laila Nahas;Louis Weinstein

  • The IgA1 Proteases of Pathogenic Bacteria

    Andrew G. Plaut

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae and neisseria meningitidis: extracellular enzyme cleaves human immunoglobulin A.

    Plaut Ag;Gilbert Jv;Artenstein Ms;Capra Jd

  • Studies of intestinal microflora. V. Fecal microbial ecology in ulcerative colitis and regional enteritis: relationship to severity of disease and chemotherapy.

    Sherwood L. Gorbach;Laila Nahas;Andrew G. Plaut;Louis Weinstein

  • Method of regulating glucose metabolism, and reagents related thereto

    William W. Bachovchin;Andrew G. Plaut;Daniel J. Drucker

  • Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans

    Davide Serruto;Tiziana Spadafina;Laura Ciucchi;Lisa A. Lewis

  • Inhibition of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV (DP-IV) by Xaa-boroPro dipeptides and use of these inhibitors to examine the role of DP-IV in T-cell function.

    G R Flentke;E Munoz;B T Huber;A G Plaut

  • IgA protease production as a characteristic distinguishing pathogenic from harmless neisseriaceae

    Martha H. Mulks;Andrew G. Plaut

  • Secretory Immunity and the Bacterial IgA Proteases

    Stephen J. Kornfeld;Andrew G. Plaut

  • Human milk lactoferrin inactivates two putative colonization factors expressed by Haemophilus influenzae

    Jiazhou Qiu;David R. Hendrixson;Edward N. Baker;Timothy F. Murphy

  • Diarrhea in American infants and young children in the community setting: incidence, clinical presentation and microbiology.

    Louis Vernacchio;Richard M Vezina;Allen A Mitchell;Samuel M Lesko

  • Inhibition of IgA1 proteinases from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Hemophilus influenzae by peptide prolyl boronic acids.

    W W Bachovchin;A G Plaut;G R Flentke;M Lynch

  • Protein Hpn: cloning and characterization of a histidine-rich metal-binding polypeptide in Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter mustelae

    J V Gilbert;J Ramakrishna;F W Sunderman;A Wright

  • Human milk lactoferrin is a serine protease that cleaves Haemophilus surface proteins at arginine-rich sites.

    D. R. Hendrixson;J. Qiu;S. C. Shewry;D. L. Fink

  • Immunoglobulin M: Pentameric Fcμ Fragments Released by Trypsin at Higher Temperatures

    Andrew G. Plaut;Thomas B. Tomasi

  • Differential susceptibility of human IgA immunoglobulins to streptococcal IgA protease.

    Andrew G. Plaut;Richard Wistar;J. Donald Capra

  • Identification, cloning, and sequencing of the immunoglobulin A1 protease gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    J H Wani;J V Gilbert;A G Plaut;J N Weiser

  • Isolation of an Enzyme from Streptococcus Sanguis Which Specifically Cleaves IgA

    Andrew G. Plaut;Robert J. Genco;Thomas B. Tomasi

  • Microbial IgA Proteases

    Andrew G. Plaut

  • Pneumococcal IgA1 protease subverts specific protection by human IgA1.

    Edward N. Janoff;Jeffrey B. Rubins;Claudine Fasching;Darlene Charboneau

  • Human Immunoglobulin A: Production of an Fc Fragment by an Enteric Microbial Proteolytic Enzyme

    Satish K. Mehta;Andrew G. Plaut;Nickolas J. Calvanico;Thomas B. Tomasi

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Bachovchin
William W. Bachovchin Tufts University
Thomas B. Tomasi
Thomas B. Tomasi Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Gerald T. Keusch
Gerald T. Keusch Boston University
Michael E. Lamm
Michael E. Lamm Case Western Reserve University
Daniel J. Drucker
Daniel J. Drucker Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Joseph W. St. Geme
Joseph W. St. Geme Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Sherwood L. Gorbach
Sherwood L. Gorbach Tufts University
Robert J. Genco
Robert J. Genco University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Louis Weinstein
Louis Weinstein Tufts University
Jeffrey N. Weiser
Jeffrey N. Weiser New York University

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