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D-Index
67
Citations
11832
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2327
National Ranking
196

Brian D. Robertson 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 Brian D. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian D. Robertson 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 Brian D. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian D. Robertson is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers several main topics, including Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Immune responses and vaccinations, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Brian D. Robertson has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Virulence, and Wellcome Open Research.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian D. Robertson include:

  • Galleria mellonella-intracellular bacteria pathogen infection models: the ins and outs (2023), published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Ultra-Short Antimicrobial Peptoids Show Propensity for Membrane Activity Against Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of inflammasomes reduces the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in macrophages (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Innate Immune Responses of Galleria mellonella to Mycobacterium bovis BCG Challenge Identified Using Proteomic and Molecular Approaches (2021), published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Approaches to treating tuberculosis by encapsulating metal ions and anti-mycobacterial drugs utilizing nano- and microparticle technologies (2020), published in Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian D. Robertson include Nitya Krishnan, Paul R. Langford, Masanori Asai, Yan-Wen Li, and Sandra M. Newton.

The body of work contributed by Brian D. Robertson reflects a considerable engagement with research on tuberculosis and related infectious diseases. Their contributions also extend into understanding immune responses in invertebrate models and the development of antimicrobial strategies, focusing on both molecular mechanisms and applied therapeutic approaches.

Best Publications

  • Tuberculosis: a problem with persistence

    Graham R. Stewart;Brian D. Robertson;Douglas B. Young

  • Optimisation of bioluminescent reporters for use with mycobacteria.

    Nuria Andreu;Andrea Zelmer;Taryn Fletcher;Paul T. Elkington

  • Three pathways for trehalose biosynthesis in mycobacteria.

    Koen A. L. De Smet;Anthony Weston;Ivor N. Brown;Douglas B. Young

  • A functional role for the two-pore domain potassium channel TASK-1 in cerebellar granule neurons.

    Julie A. Millar;Lynne Barratt;Andrew P. Southan;Karen M. Page

  • MMP-1 drives immunopathology in human tuberculosis and transgenic mice

    Paul Elkington;Takayuki Shiomi;Ronan Breen;Robert K. Nuttall

  • Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

    Rebuma Firdessa;Stefan Berg;Elena Hailu;Esther Schelling

  • Mycobacterial mutants with defective control of phagosomal acidification

    Graham R Stewart;Janisha Patel;Brian D Robertson;Aaron Rae

  • Control of Glutamine Metabolism By the Tumor Suppressor Rb

    Miriam R. Reynolds;Andrew N. Lane;Brian Robertson;Sharen Kemp

  • Genetic variation in pathogenic bacteria

    Brian D. Robertson;Thomas F. Meyer

  • Prolongation of inhibitory postsynaptic currents by pentobarbitone, halothane and ketamine in CA1 pyramidal cells in rat hippocampus.

    Peter W. Gage;Brian Robertson

  • Tetracycline-inducible gene regulation in mycobacteria

    Marian C. J. Blokpoel;Helen N. Murphy;Ronan O'Toole;Siouxsie Wiles

  • The mechanisms and consequences of the extra-pulmonary dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Nitya Krishnan;Brian D. Robertson;Guy Thwaites

  • Sensitive detection of gene expression in mycobacteria under replicating and non-replicating conditions using optimized far-red reporters.

    Paul Carroll;Lise J. Schreuder;Julian Muwanguzi-Karugaba;Siouxsie Wiles;Siouxsie Wiles

  • The Burden of Mycobacterial Disease in Ethiopian Cattle: Implications for Public Health

    Stefan Berg;Rebuma Firdessa;Meseret Habtamu;Endalamaw Gadisa

  • Gonococcal Resistance to β-Lactams and Tetracycline Involves Mutation in Loop 3 of the Porin Encoded at the penB Locus

    M. J. Gill;S. Simjee;K. Al-Hattawi;B. D. Robertson

  • Unusual features of the cell cycle in mycobacteria: polar-restricted growth and the snapping-model of cell division.

    Niren R. Thanky;Douglas B. Young;Brian D. Robertson

  • Electrophysiological characterization of voltage-gated K(+) currents in cerebellar basket and purkinje cells: Kv1 and Kv3 channel subfamilies are present in basket cell nerve terminals.

    Andrew P. Southan;Brian Robertson

  • The OtsAB Pathway Is Essential for Trehalose Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Helen N. Murphy;Graham R. Stewart;Vladimir V. Mischenko;Alexander S. Apt

  • Inhibitory post‐synaptic currents in rat hippocampal CA1 neurones.

    G L Collingridge;P W Gage;B Robertson

  • Contribution of genes from the capsule gene complex (cps) to lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis and serum resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

    Sven Hammerschmidt;Carola Birkholz;Ulrich Zähringer;Brian D. Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas B. Young
Douglas B. Young Imperial College London
Paul R. Langford
Paul R. Langford Imperial College London
Rick M. Maizels
Rick M. Maizels University of Glasgow
Gobena Ameni
Gobena Ameni United Arab Emirates University
Abraham Aseffa
Abraham Aseffa Armauer Hansen Research Institute
R. Glyn Hewinson
R. Glyn Hewinson Aberystwyth University
Stephen V. Gordon
Stephen V. Gordon University College Dublin
Tanya Parish
Tanya Parish Seattle Children's Hospital
Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Matthias Frosch
Matthias Frosch University of Würzburg

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