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D-Index
107
Citations
56521
World Ranking
270
National Ranking
124

Barbara E. Murray 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 Barbara E. Murray sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 378 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Barbara E. Murray 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 Barbara E. Murray sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2017 - Alexander Fleming Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Overview

Barbara E. Murray was affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research intersected primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covered various main topics, including:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

Murray published extensively in several venues known for infectious disease and microbiology research. The frequent publication venues included:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries

Among recent papers, key publications included:

  • "Resistance in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci," 2020, Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
  • "COVID-19-Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining," 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Genomic Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in Latin America: Revisiting The Global VRE Population Structure," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the 70S ribosome from Enterococcus faecalis," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Cardiac Microlesions Form During Severe Bacteremic Enterococcus faecalis Infection," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist included:

  • Kavindra V. Singh
  • César A. Arias
  • An Q Dinh
  • Haroon Saloojee
  • Lorena Díaz

Murray was recognized with the Alexander Fleming Award by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing.

    F. C. Tenover;R. D. Arbeit;R. V. Goering;P. A. Mickelsen

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children

    Catherine Liu;Arnold Bayer;Sara E. Cosgrove;Robert S. Daum

  • The life and times of the Enterococcus.

    Barbara E. Murray

  • The rise of the Enterococcus : beyond vancomycin resistance

    Cesar A. Arias;Barbara E. Murray;Barbara E. Murray

  • Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs in the 21st Century — A Clinical Super-Challenge

    Cesar A Arias;Barbara E Murray

  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections

    Barbara E. Murray

  • 10 × '20 Progress—Development of New Drugs Active Against Gram-Negative Bacilli: An Update From the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Helen W. Boucher;George H. Talbot;Daniel K. Benjamin;Daniel K. Benjamin;John Bradley;John Bradley

  • Comparison of genomic DNAs of different enterococcal isolates using restriction endonucleases with infrequent recognition sites.

    B E Murray;K V Singh;J D Heath;B R Sharma

  • A simple model host for identifying Gram-positive virulence factors

    Danielle A. Garsin;Costi D. Sifri;Eleftherios Mylonakis;Xiang Qin

  • Nosocomial outbreak due to Enterococcus faecium highly resistant to vancomycin, penicillin, and gentamicin.

    Sandra Handwerger;Sandra Handwerger;Beth Raucher;Beth Raucher;David Altarac;David Altarac;Jean Monka;Jean Monka

  • Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence

    Xiang Qin;Kavindra V. Singh;George M. Weinstock;Barbara E. Murray

  • Management of multidrug-resistant enterococcal infections.

    Cesar A. Arias;German A. Contreras;German A. Contreras;Barbara E. Murray

  • Endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis

    Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy;Kavindra V. Singh;Jouko Sillanpää;Danielle A. Garsin

  • Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci

    Cesar A. Arias;Cesar A. Arias;Diana Panesso;Diana Panesso;Danielle M. McGrath;Xiang Qin

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Enterococcus faecalis Reveals Hospital-Adapted Genetic Complexes in a Background of High Rates of Recombination

    Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa;Marc J. M. Bonten;D. Ashley Robinson;Janetta Top

  • Emergence and management of drug-resistant enterococcal infections

    Cesar A Arias;Barbara E Murray

  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from nosocomial, community, and animal sources in the United States.

    Teresa M. Coque;John F. Tomayko;Steven C. Ricke;Pablo C. Okhyusen

  • A Potential Virulence Gene, hylEfm, Predominates in Enterococcus faecium of Clinical Origin

    Louis B. Rice;Lenore Carias;Susan Rudin;Carl Vael

  • Characterization of fsr, a regulator controlling expression of gelatinase and serine protease in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF.

    Xiang Qin;Kavindra V. Singh;George M. Weinstock;Barbara E. Murray

  • An Enterococcus faecalis ABC Homologue (Lsa) Is Required for the Resistance of This Species to Clindamycin and Quinupristin-Dalfopristin

    Kavindra V. Singh;George M. Weinstock;George M. Weinstock;Barbara E. Murray

  • Influence of Oral Glycopeptides on the Fecal Flora of Human Volunteers: Selection of Highly Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci

    Philippe Van der Auwera;Nelly Pensart;Volkan Korten;Barbara E. Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Kavindra V. Singh
Kavindra V. Singh The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
George M. Weinstock
George M. Weinstock The Jackson Laboratory
Magnus Höök
Magnus Höök Texas A&M Health Science Center
Michael J. Rybak
Michael J. Rybak Wayne State University
Teresa M. Coque
Teresa M. Coque Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Herbert L. DuPont
Herbert L. DuPont The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres University of La Rioja
Xiang Qin
Xiang Qin Baylor College of Medicine
George Sakoulas
George Sakoulas University of California, San Diego

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