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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 55 3783 3472 109 100 142 13852

Chris Upton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chris Upton between 1981 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chris Upton published across 44 years, from 1981 to 2024, averaging 3.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2017. 2 of the 148 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2017. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 5 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 5 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 11 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 2 publications
1981 2024

148 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chris Upton: publications per year, 1981 to 2024
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 5
1987 5
1988 3
1989 1
1990 3
1991 3
1992 3
1993 4
1994 1
1995 5
1996 1
1997 3
1998 2
1999 3
2000 7
2001 1
2002 2
2003 4
2004 5
2005 7
2006 8
2007 9
2008 4
2009 6
2010 3
2011 10
2012 3
2013 1
2014 4
2015 5
2016 1
2017 11
2018 3
2019 3
2020 1
2021 3
2022 0
2023 0
2024 2
Total 148
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Chris Upton 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 Chris Upton 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, 135–144 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: 142 publications — 22nd percentile

22% 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
135–144 288 142
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
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Chris Upton 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 Chris Upton 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, 55 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: 55 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% 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 55
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
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Overview

Chris Upton is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada, with research focused primarily on medicine and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields including infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following main topics:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Their published works include research articles and preprints across several journals and venues. Notable recent papers are:

  • "Computational strategies to combat COVID-19: useful tools to accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus research" (2020) in Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • "The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Computational Strategies to Combat COVID-19: Useful Tools to Accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Research" (2020) in Preprints.org
  • "Complete Genome Sequencing and Comparative Phylogenomics of Nine African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Isolates of the Virulent East African p72 Genotype IX without Viral Sequence Enrichment" (2024) in Viruses
  • "Problems in the assembly and analysis of the kangaroopox virus-NSW isolate" (2024) in Scientific Reports

Chris Upton frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Franziska Hufsky, Kevin Lamkiewicz, Alexandre Almeida, Abdel Aouacheria, and Cecilia N. Arighi. This collaboration network highlights interdisciplinary interactions in virus research and computational biology.

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • Preprints.org
  • Viruses

Best Publications

  • The Genome Sequence of the SARS-associated Coronavirus

    Marco A. Marra;Steven J. M. Jones;Caroline R. Astell;Robert A. Holt

  • African swine fever virus replication and genomics

    Linda K. Dixon;David A.G. Chapman;Christopher L. Netherton;Chris Upton

  • Virulence differences between monkeypox virus isolates from West Africa and the Congo basin.

    Nanhai Chen;Guiyun Li;M. Kathryn Liszewski;John P. Atkinson

  • A new family of lipolytic enzymes

    Chris Upton;James T. Buckley

  • Encoding of a homolog of the IFN-gamma receptor by myxoma virus.

    Chris Upton;Karen Mossman;Grant McFadden

  • Review: Capripoxvirus Diseases: Current Status and Opportunities for Control

    E.S.M. Tuppurainen;Estelle Hildegard Venter;J.L. Shisler;G. Gari

  • Poxvirus Orthologous Clusters: toward Defining the Minimum Essential Poxvirus Genome

    Chris Upton;Stephanie Slack;Arwen L. Hunter;Angelika Ehlers

  • Comparison of the genome sequences of non-pathogenic and pathogenic African swine fever virus isolates.

    David A. G. Chapman;Vasily Tcherepanov;Chris Upton;Linda K. Dixon

  • Myxoma virus expresses a secreted protein with homology to the tumor necrosis factor receptor gene family that contributes to viral virulence.

    C. Upton;J.L. Macen;M. Schreiber;G. McFaddeni

  • Genome Annotation Transfer Utility (GATU): rapid annotation of viral genomes using a closely related reference genome.

    Vasily Tcherepanov;Angelika Ehlers;Chris Upton

  • Genomic analysis of highly virulent Georgia 2007/1 isolate of African swine fever virus.

    David A.G. Chapman;Alistair C. Darby;Melissa Da Silva;Chris Upton

  • T2 open reading frame from the Shope fibroma virus encodes a soluble form of the TNF receptor.

    Craig A. Smith;Terri Davis;Janis M. Wignall;Wenie S. Din

  • Poxviruses: past, present and future.

    E.J. Lefkowitz;C. Wang;C. Upton

  • Comparative genomic analysis of the family Iridoviridae : re-annotating and defining the core set of iridovirus genes

    Heather E Eaton;Julie Metcalf;Emily Penny;Vasily Tcherepanov

  • Species Specificity of Ectromelia Virus and Vaccinia Virus Interferon-γ Binding Proteins

    K. Mossman;C. Upton;C. Upton;R.M.L. Buller;G. McFadden

  • Phylogenomic analysis of 11 complete African swine fever virus genome sequences

    Etienne P. de Villiers;Carmina Gallardo;Marisa Arias;Melissa da Silva

  • The genomic sequence of ectromelia virus, the causative agent of mousepox.

    Nanhai Chen;Maria I. Danila;Zehua Feng;R.Mark L. Buller

  • SERP1, a serine proteinase inhibitor encoded by myxoma virus, is a secreted glycoprotein that interferes with inflammation

    Joanne L. Macen;Chris Upton;Nick Nation;Grant McFadden

  • A new family of lipolytic plant enzymes with members in rice, arabidopsis and maize

    D. J. Brick;M. J. Brumlik;J. T. Buckley;Jing-Xin Cao

  • JDotter: a Java interface to multiple dotplots generated by dotter

    Ryan Brodie;Rachel L. Roper;Chris Upton

  • A Full-Genome Phylogenetic Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Reveals a Novel Origin of Replication-Based Genotyping Scheme and Evidence of Recombination between Major Circulating Clades

    Geoffrey A. Peters;Shaun D. Tyler;Charles Grose;Alberto Severini;Alberto Severini

Frequent Co-Authors

Grant McFadden
Grant McFadden Arizona State University
Elliot J. Lefkowitz
Elliot J. Lefkowitz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Karen L. Mossman
Karen L. Mossman McMaster University
Inger K. Damon
Inger K. Damon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Linda K. Dixon
Linda K. Dixon The Pirbright Institute
Robert D. Burke
Robert D. Burke University of Victoria
Paula Traktman
Paula Traktman Medical University of South Carolina
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
Ben F. Koop
Ben F. Koop University of Victoria
Shane Raidal
Shane Raidal University of Melbourne

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