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Bryan T. Grenfell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bryan T. Grenfell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 456 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bryan T. Grenfell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bryan T. Grenfell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Bryan T. Grenfell is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with a significant focus on Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. Additionally, their research covers Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as well as general Health studies.

The major topics of their research include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Influenza virus research studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models, respiratory viral infections research, and viral infections and vectors.

Grenfell has contributed to numerous publications, with a frequent presence in several well-known venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Science, UNC Libraries, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Grenfell include C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Sang Woo Park, Chadi M. Saad-Roy, Rachel E. Baker, and Simon A. Levin.

Notable recent papers that feature their work are:

  • "An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China," 2020, Science
  • "The impact of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on the future dynamics of endemic infections," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Disease and healthcare burden of COVID-19 in the United States," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19," 2020, Science
  • "The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology," 2020, Nature Communications

Their career has received recognition through several fellowships. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals

    Thomas Van Boeckel;Charles C Brower;Marius Gilbert;Bryan Bt Grenfell;Bryan Bt Grenfell

  • Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data

    Thomas P Van Boeckel;Sumanth Gandra;Ashvin Ashok;Quentin Caudron

  • Inverse density dependence and the Allee effect

    Franck Courchamp;Tim Clutton-Brock;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

    Huaiyu Tian;Yonghong Liu;Yidan Li;Chieh Hsi Wu

  • Unifying the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of pathogens.

    Bryan T. Grenfell;Oliver G. Pybus;Julia R. Gog;James L. N. Wood

  • Age, Sex, Density, Winter Weather, and Population Crashes in Soay Sheep

    Tim Coulson;Edward A. Catchpole;Steve D. Albon;Byron J. T. Morgan

  • Dynamics of the 2001 UK foot and mouth epidemic: stochastic dispersal in a heterogeneous landscape

    Matt J. Keeling;Mark E. J. Woolhouse;Darren J. Shaw;Louise Matthews

  • Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza

    Cécile Viboud;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;David L. Smith;Lone Simonsen

  • Ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations

    B. T. Grenfell;Andrew P. Dobson

  • A simple model for complex dynamical transitions in epidemics.

    David J. D. Earn;David J. D. Earn;Pejman Rohani;Benjamin M. Bolker;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental United States.

    Jeffrey Shaman;Virginia E. Pitzer;Virginia E. Pitzer;Virginia E. Pitzer;Cécile Viboud;Bryan T. Grenfell;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • When individual behaviour matters: homogeneous and network models in epidemiology

    Shweta Bansal;Bryan T Grenfell;Bryan T Grenfell;Lauren Ancel Meyers;Lauren Ancel Meyers

  • Ecology of wildlife diseases

    P.J. Hudson;A.P. Rizzoli;B.T. Grenfell;J.A.P. Heesterbeek

  • Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals

    Thomas P. Van Boeckel;Emma E. Glennon;Emma E. Glennon;Dora Chen;Dora Chen;Marius Gilbert

  • Meta) population dynamics of infectious diseases

    Bryan Grenfell;John Harwood

  • Epidemic dynamics at the human-animal interface

    James O. Lloyd-Smith;James O. Lloyd-Smith;Dylan George;Dylan George;Kim M. Pepin;Virginia E. Pitzer;Virginia E. Pitzer

  • Noisy Clockwork: Time Series Analysis of Population Fluctuations in Animals

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities

    Per Arneberg;Arne Skorping;Bryan Grenfell;Andrew F. Read;Andrew F. Read

  • Dynamics of measles epidemics: Estimating scaling of transmission rates using a time series sir model

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bärbel F. Finkenstädt;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Re-assessing the global prevalence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis.

    E. Michael;D. A. P. Bundy;B. T. Grenfell

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf Princeton University
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Donald A.P. Bundy
Donald A.P. Bundy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Pejman Rohani
Pejman Rohani University of Georgia
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization

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