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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
135
Citations
69372
World Ranking
63
National Ranking
30

Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
70372
World Ranking
2067
National Ranking
1171

Barry N. Kreiswirth 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 Barry N. Kreiswirth sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 551 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.

Barry N. Kreiswirth 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 Barry N. Kreiswirth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 135 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Barry N. Kreiswirth is affiliated with the Center for Discovery and Innovation in the United States. Their research output spans several key fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have focused extensively on Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

Their main research topics center around antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases, with specific attention to:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium Research and Diagnosis
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Kreiswirth has authored numerous papers in leading scientific venues, frequently publishing in the following journals:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (19 publications)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases (14 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (13 publications)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases (10 publications)
  • mBio (7 publications)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Emerging Antimicrobial-Resistant High-Risk Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones ST307 and ST147, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Global epidemiology and clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and associated carbapenemases (POP): a prospective cohort study, 2023, The Lancet Microbe
  • Emergence of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Escape Variants in an Immunocompromised Host Undergoing Convalescent Plasma Treatment, 2021, mSphere
  • CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Carbapenemase Gene and Plasmid Curing in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Kreiswirth collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Liang Chen, Robert A. Bonomo, David van Duin, José R. Mediavilla, and Khalid M Dousa. These frequent coauthors have worked closely on topics related to antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Proposal for Standardization of Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Philip Supply;Philip Supply;Caroline Allix;Sarah Lesjean;Sarah Lesjean;Mara Cardoso-Oelemann;Mara Cardoso-Oelemann

  • Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Frank R DeLeo;Michael Otto;Barry N Kreiswirth;Henry F Chambers

  • The toxic shock syndrome exotoxin structural gene is not detectably transmitted by a prophage

    Barry N. Kreiswirth;Sven Löfdahl;Marsha J. Betley;Mary O'Reilly

  • Synthesis of staphylococcal virulence factors is controlled by a regulatory RNA molecule.

    R P Novick;H F Ross;S J Projan;J Kornblum

  • Restricted structural gene polymorphism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex indicates evolutionarily recent global dissemination

    Srinand Sreevatsan;Xi Pan;Kathryn E. Stockbauer;Nancy D. Connell

  • Combination of multiplex PCRs for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type assignment: rapid identification system for mec, ccr, and major differences in junkyard regions.

    Yoko Kondo;Teruyo Ito;Xiao Xue Ma;Shinya Watanabe

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity: mining the fourth international spoligotyping database (SpolDB4) for classification, population genetics and epidemiology

    Karine Brudey;Jeffrey R Driscoll;Leen Rigouts;Wolfgang M Prodinger

  • A small-molecule nitroimidazopyran drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis.

    C. Kendall Stover;Paul Warrener;Donald R. VanDevanter;David R. Sherman

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance

    Karen Bush;Patrice Courvalin;Gautam Dantas;Julian Davies

  • Evaluation of Protein A Gene Polymorphic Region DNA Sequencing for Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Strains

    B. Shopsin;B. Shopsin;M. Gomez;S. O. Montgomery;D. H. Smith

  • A glycolipid of hypervirulent tuberculosis strains that inhibits the innate immune response

    Michael B. Reed;Pilar Domenech;Claudia Manca;Hua Su

  • Role of External Bacterial Flora in the Pathogenesis of Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis

    Mark G. Speaker;Florence A. Milch;Mahendra K. Shah;William Eisner

  • Classification of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) : guidelines for reporting novel SCCmec elements.

    T. Ito;K. Hiramatsu;D. Oliviera;H. de Lencastre

  • Regulation of exoprotein gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by agr

    P. Recsei;B. Kreiswirth;M. O'Reilly;P. Schlievert

  • Is Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin the Major Virulence Determinant in Community‐Associated Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease?

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Michael Otto;Barun Mathema;Kevin R. Braughton

  • Insights into Mechanisms Used by Staphylococcus aureus to Avoid Destruction by Human Neutrophils

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Kevin R. Braughton;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Adeline R. Whitney

  • Global dissemination of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis W-Beijing family strains

    Pablo J. Bifani;Barun Mathema;Natalia E. Kurepina;Barry N. Kreiswirth

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gyrA and gyrB genes and detection of quinolone resistance mutations.

    H. E. Takiff;L. Salazar;C. Guerrero;W. Philipp

  • Cloning, characterization, and sequencing of an accessory gene regulator (agr) in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Hwei-Ling Peng;R. P. Novick;B. Kreiswirth;J. Kornblum

  • spa Typing Method for Discriminating among Staphylococcus aureus Isolates: Implications for Use of A Single Marker to Detect Genetic Micro- and Macrovariation

    Larry Koreen;Srinivas V. Ramaswamy;Edward A. Graviss;Steven Naidich

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang Chen
Liang Chen Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Barun Mathema
Barun Mathema Columbia University
Michael R. Jacobs
Michael R. Jacobs University Hospitals of Cleveland
James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Michael J. Satlin
Michael J. Satlin Cornell University
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University
Frank R. DeLeo
Frank R. DeLeo National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Cornelius J. Clancy
Cornelius J. Clancy University of Pittsburgh
Federico Perez
Federico Perez Case Western Reserve University

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