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Carolina Barillas-Mury 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 Carolina Barillas-Mury sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 123 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carolina Barillas-Mury 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 Carolina Barillas-Mury sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Carolina Barillas-Mury is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant concentration in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work addresses several key topics including mosquito-borne diseases and control, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, malaria research and control, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, immune responses and vaccinations, insect resistance and genetics, and HIV research and treatment.

Several notable publications by Carolina Barillas-Mury include:

  • BCG vaccine protection from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Potent Anti-Malarial Human Monoclonal Antibody Targets Circumsporozoite Protein Minor Repeats and Neutralizes Sporozoites in the Liver, 2020, Immunity
  • Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution, 2020, Science
  • Plasmodium falciparum evades immunity of anopheline mosquitoes by interacting with a Pfs47 midgut receptor, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Understanding pathogen survival and transmission by arthropod vectors to prevent human disease, 2022, Science

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alvaro Molina-Cruz (19 publications)
  • Ana Beatriz F. Barletta (17 publications)
  • Gaspar E. Cánepa (8 publications)
  • Octávio A. C. Talyuli (7 publications)
  • José M. C. Ribeiro (6 publications)

The scientist has published extensively in key venues with the highest number of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 10 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 7 publications
  • Nature Communications - 4 publications
  • Science - 3 publications
  • PLoS Pathogens - 3 publications

Among professional recognitions, Carolina Barillas-Mury was named a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017 and became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Immunity-Related Genes and Gene Families in Anopheles gambiae

    George K. Christophides;Evgeny Zdobnov;Carolina Barillas-Mury;Ewan Birney

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Immune-Related Genes and Pathways in Disease-Vector Mosquitoes

    Robert M. Waterhouse;Evgenia V. Kriventseva;Stephan Meister;Zhiyong Xi

  • Comparative genome and proteome analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster.

    Evgeny M. Zdobnov;Christian Von Mering;Ivica Letunic;David Torrents

  • Flavivirus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti.

    William C. Black;Kristine E. Bennett;Norma Gorrochótegui-Escalante;Carolina V. Barillas-Mury

  • Hemocyte differentiation mediates innate immune memory in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes.

    Janneth Rodrigues;Fábio André Brayner;Luiz Carlos Alves;Rajnikant Dixit

  • Genome expression analysis of Anopheles gambiae: Responses to injury, bacterial challenge, and malaria infection

    George Dimopoulos;George K. Christophides;Stephan Meister;Jörg Schultz

  • Molecular interactions between Anopheles stephensi midgut cells and Plasmodium berghei: the time bomb theory of ookinete invasion of mosquitoes

    Yeon Soo Han;Joanne Thompson;Fotis C. Kafatos;Carolina Barillas-Mury

  • BCG vaccine protection from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    Luis E. Escobar;Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Carolina Barillas-Mury

  • Malaria immunity in man and mosquito: insights into unsolved mysteries of a deadly infectious disease.

    Peter D Crompton;Jacqueline Moebius;Silvia Portugal;Michael Waisberg

  • The role of reactive oxygen species on Plasmodium melanotic encapsulation in Anopheles gambiae

    Sanjeev Kumar;George K. Christophides;Rafael Cantera;Bradley Charles

  • Directional gene expression and antisense transcripts in sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum

    María J López-Barragán;Jacob Lemieux;Mariam Quiñones;Kim C Williamson;Kim C Williamson

  • A Role for Insect Galectins in Parasite Survival

    Shaden Kamhawi;Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao;Van M. Pham;Sanjeev Kumar

  • A peroxidase/dual oxidase system modulates midgut epithelial immunity in Anopheles gambiae.

    Sanjeev Kumar;Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Lalita Gupta;Janneth Rodrigues

  • Reactive oxygen species modulate Anopheles gambiae immunity against bacteria and Plasmodium.

    Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Randall J. DeJong;Bradley Charles;Lalita Gupta

  • Anopheles gambiae Ag-STAT, a new insect member of the STAT family, is activated in response to bacterial infection.

    Carolina Barillas‐Mury;Yeon‐Soo Han;Douglas Seeley;Fotis C. Kafatos

  • The Role of Hemocytes in Anopheles gambiae Antiplasmodial Immunity

    Jose Luis Ramirez;Lindsey S. Garver;Fábio André Brayner;Luiz Carlos Alves

  • The Human Malaria Parasite Pfs47 Gene Mediates Evasion of the Mosquito Immune System

    Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Lindsey S. Garver;Amy Alabaster;Lois Bangiolo

  • The STAT Pathway Mediates Late-Phase Immunity against Plasmodium in the Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Lalita Gupta;Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Sanjeev Kumar;Janneth Rodrigues

  • Epithelial nitration by a peroxidase/NOX5 system mediates mosquito antiplasmodial immunity.

    Giselle de Almeida Oliveira;Joshua Lieberman;Carolina Barillas-Mury

  • Reactive oxygen species detoxification by catalase is a major determinant of fecundity in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Randall J. DeJong;Lisa M. Miller;Alvaro Molina-Cruz;Lalita Gupta

Frequent Co-Authors

Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University
George K. Christophides
George K. Christophides Imperial College London
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Imperial College London
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Oliver Billker
Oliver Billker Umeå University
José M. C. Ribeiro
José M. C. Ribeiro National Institutes of Health
Louis H. Miller
Louis H. Miller National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Jules A. Hoffmann
Jules A. Hoffmann University of Strasbourg
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge
Patrick E. Duffy
Patrick E. Duffy National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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