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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 152 30 16 747 79518
Medicine 153 1051 603 754 80077

Bernard Roizman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bernard Roizman between 1956 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bernard Roizman published across 70 years, from 1956 to 2025, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 94 publications in 2007. 1 of the 766 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1956 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 94. Peak 94 publications in 2007. 1956: 1 publication 1957: 2 publications 1958: 5 publications 1959: 4 publications 1960: 8 publications 1961: 8 publications 1962: 6 publications 1963: 4 publications 1964: 4 publications 1965: 6 publications 1966: 3 publications 1967: 5 publications 1968: 8 publications 1969: 8 publications 1970: 8 publications 1971: 7 publications 1972: 12 publications 1973: 10 publications 1974: 11 publications 1975: 18 publications 1976: 8 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 11 publications 1979: 11 publications 1980: 15 publications 1981: 14 publications 1982: 12 publications 1983: 11 publications 1984: 10 publications 1985: 15 publications 1986: 19 publications 1987: 13 publications 1988: 15 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 14 publications 1992: 14 publications 1993: 23 publications 1994: 17 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 27 publications 1997: 22 publications 1998: 18 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 19 publications 2002: 22 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 94 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1956 2025

766 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bernard Roizman: publications per year, 1956 to 2025
Year Publications
1956 1
1957 2
1958 5
1959 4
1960 8
1961 8
1962 6
1963 4
1964 4
1965 6
1966 3
1967 5
1968 8
1969 8
1970 8
1971 7
1972 12
1973 10
1974 11
1975 18
1976 8
1977 5
1978 11
1979 11
1980 15
1981 14
1982 12
1983 11
1984 10
1985 15
1986 19
1987 13
1988 15
1989 7
1990 11
1991 14
1992 14
1993 23
1994 17
1995 10
1996 27
1997 22
1998 18
1999 17
2000 21
2001 19
2002 22
2003 15
2004 11
2005 12
2006 12
2007 94
2008 10
2009 11
2010 7
2011 6
2012 5
2013 9
2014 9
2015 5
2016 3
2017 2
2018 4
2019 5
2020 2
2021 0
2022 0
2023 4
2024 0
2025 1
Total 766
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Bernard Roizman 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 Bernard Roizman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 679+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 747 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99 747
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Bernard Roizman 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 Bernard Roizman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 127+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 152 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95 152
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2008 - ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology DNA Viruses
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1979 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Bernard Roizman is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed to multiple research areas within medicine and biochemistry. Their work spans fields such as molecular biology, epidemiology, and infectious diseases, with a primary focus on viral infections and their broader implications in public health.

Roizman's research topics include zoonotic diseases and public health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, viral infections and outbreaks research, extracellular vesicles in disease, herpesvirus infections and treatments, RNA regulation and disease, and respiratory viral infections research.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Roizman include:

  • Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet
  • hnRNPA2B1 Associated with Recruitment of RNA into Exosomes Plays a Key Role in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Release from Infected Cells, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • The Story behind the Science: On the discovery of respiratory syncytial virus, 2025, mBio

Frequent publication venues where Roizman's work appears include The Lancet, Journal of Virology, and mBio.

Among frequent coauthors are Charles H. Calisher, Dennis Carroll, Rita R. Colwell, Ronald B Corley, and Peter Daszak.

Throughout their career, Roizman has received several recognitions in the scientific community. These include election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1979, a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology with a citation for DNA Viruses in 1992, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991, Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2001, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004, the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2008, and they were named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Herpesvirus Macromolecular Synthesis I. Cascade Regulation of the Synthesis of Three Groups of Viral Proteins

    Robert W. Honess;Bernard Roizman

  • Herpes simplex virus infections

    Richard J Whitley;Bernard Roizman

  • Herpes Simplex Viruses

    Richard J. Whitley;David W. Kimberlin;Bernard Roizman

  • The order Herpesvirales.

    Andrew J. Davison;Richard Eberle;Bernhard Ehlers;Gary S. Hayward

  • Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus Strains Differing in their Effects on Social Behaviour of Infected Cells

    Pilarica M. Ejercito;E. D. Kieff;B. Roizman

  • The γ134.5 protein of herpes simplex virus 1 complexes with protein phosphatase 1α to dephosphorylate the α subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 and preclude the shutoff of protein synthesis by double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase

    Bin He;Martin Gross;Bernard Roizman

  • Mapping of herpes simplex virus-1 neurovirulence to gamma 134.5, a gene nonessential for growth in culture

    Joany Chou;Earl R. Kern;Richard J. Whitley;Bernard Roizman

  • Herpes simplex viruses.

    R. J. Whitley;B. Roizman

  • Human Herpesviruses: Biology, Therapy, and Immunoprophylaxis

    Ann Arvin;Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume;Edward Mocarski;Patrick S. Moore

  • Regulation of herpesvirus macromolecular synthesis: sequential transition of polypeptide synthesis requires functional viral polypeptides.

    R. W. Honess;Bernard Roizman

  • Proteins Specified by Herpes Simplex Virus V. Purification and Structural Proteins of the Herpesvirion

    Patricia G. Spear;Bernard Roizman

  • The proteins specified by herpes simplex virus: I. Time of synthesis, transfer into nuclei, and properties of proteins made in productively infected cells

    Patricia G. Spear;Bernard Roizman

  • Proteins specified by herpes simplex virus. XII. The virion polypeptides of type 1 strains.

    Jochen W. Heine;Jochen W. Heine;Robert W. Honess;Robert W. Honess;Enzo Cassai;Enzo Cassai;Bernard Roizman;Bernard Roizman

  • Infection with herpes-simplex viruses 1 and 2. II.

    André J. Nahmias;Bernard Roizman

  • An interferon-related gene signature for DNA damage resistance is a predictive marker for chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer

    Ralph R. Weichselbaum;Hemant Ishwaran;Taewon Yoon;Dimitry S. A. Nuyten

  • Regulation of α genes of herpes simplex virus: Expression of chimeric genes produced by fusion of thymidine kinase with α gene promoters

    Leonard E. Post;Susan Mackem;Bernard Roizman

  • The gamma 1(34.5) gene of herpes simplex virus 1 precludes neuroblastoma cells from triggering total shutoff of protein synthesis characteristic of programed cell death in neuronal cells.

    Joany Chou;Bernard Roizman

  • Characterization of the herpes simplex virion-associated factor responsible for the induction of alpha genes.

    W Batterson;B Roizman

  • Recovery from infants with respiratory illness of a virus related to chimpanzee coryza agent (CCA). I. Isolation, properties and characterization.

    Robert Chanock;Bernard Roizman;Ruth Myers

  • A generalized technique for deletion of specific genes in large genomes: a gene 22 of herpes simplex virus 1 is not essential for growth

    Leonard E. Post;Bernard Roizman

  • Size, Composition, and Structure of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Herpes Simplex Virus Subtypes 1 and 2

    Elliott D. Kieff;Steven L. Bachenheimer;Bernard Roizman

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward S. Mocarski
Edward S. Mocarski Emory University
Patrick S. Moore
Patrick S. Moore University of Pittsburgh
Koichi Yamanishi
Koichi Yamanishi Osaka University
Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago
Richard J. Whitley
Richard J. Whitley University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patricia G. Spear
Patricia G. Spear Northwestern University
Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume
Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume University of Bologna
Andre J. Nahmias
Andre J. Nahmias Emory University
Joel D. Baines
Joel D. Baines Cornell University
David M. Knipe
David M. Knipe Harvard University

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