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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
11312
World Ranking
15560
National Ranking
427

David Ellis 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 David Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 143 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Ellis 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 David Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Ellis is a researcher affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia with work spanning Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Engineering. Their research covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Gastroenterology, Physiology, Mechanical Engineering, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in Ellis's research include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Recent publications by Ellis feature studies on the effects of sleep fragmentation on gut microbiota and intestinal morphology, investigations into microbiome alterations, and analyses of neurological and fungal disease frameworks.

  • Temporal and region-specific effects of sleep fragmentation on gut microbiota and intestinal morphology in Sprague Dawley rats, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Identification of sleep fragmentation-induced gut microbiota alteration and prediction of functional impact in Sprague Dawley rats harboring microbiome derived from multiple human donors, 2022, Sleep Science
  • The Spectrum of MORC2-Related Disorders: A Potential Link to Cockayne Syndrome, 2023, Pediatric Neurology
  • Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion, 2024, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Direct Energy Deposition Grcop-42 Copper Alloy: Characterization and Size Effects, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Ellis's frequent co-authors include Judy C. Triplett, Amber Braddock, Erin Roberts, Victor Chan, and Katherine H. Ingram. Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as Gut Microbes, Pediatric Neurology, Sleep Science, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Study, 1997 to 2007: a 10.5-Year Analysis of Susceptibilities of Candida Species to Fluconazole and Voriconazole as Determined by CLSI Standardized Disk Diffusion

    M. A. Pfaller;D. J. Diekema;D. L. Gibbs;V. A. Newell

  • Natural habitat of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii.

    D H Ellis;T J Pfeiffer

  • Epidemiology and Host- and Variety-Dependent Characteristics of Infection Due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New Zealand

    Sharon Chen;Tania Sorrell;Graeme Nimmo;Bryan Speed

  • Amphotericin B: spectrum and resistance.

    David Ellis

  • The Case for Adopting the "Species Complex" Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis.

    Kyung J. Kwon-Chung;John E. Bennett;Brian L. Wickes;Wieland Meyer

  • International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi.

    Laszlo Irinyi;Carolina Serena;Dea Garcia-Hermoso;Michael Arabatzis

  • Molecular typing of global isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans by polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA — a pilot study to standardize techniques on which to base a detailed epidemiological survey

    Wieland Meyer;Krystyna Marszewska;Mitra Amirmostofian;Ricardo Pereira Igreja

  • Treatment of Scedosporiosis with Voriconazole: Clinical Experience with 107 Patients

    Peter Troke;Koldo Aguirrebengoa;Carmen Arteaga;David Ellis

  • Not just little adults: candidemia epidemiology, molecular characterization, and antifungal susceptibility in neonatal and pediatric patients.

    Christopher C. Blyth;Sharon C. A. Chen;Monica A. Slavin;Carol Serena

  • Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Eucalyptus tereticornis

    T.J. Pfeiffer;D.H. Ellis

  • Clinical Features of Human Infection with Scedosporium inflatum

    Gillian M. Wood;Joseph G. McCormack;David B. Muir;David H. Ellis

  • Candidemia in nonneutropenic critically ill patients: risk factors for non-albicans Candida spp.

    E Geoffrey Playford;Deborah Marriott;Quoc Nguyen;Sharon Chen

  • Active surveillance for candidemia, Australia.

    Sharon Chen;Monica Slavin;Quoc Nguyen;Deborah Marriott

  • Interlaboratory Comparison of Results of Susceptibility Testing with Caspofungin against Candida and Aspergillus Species

    Frank C. Odds;Mary Motyl;Roberto Andrade;Jacques Bille

  • The location and analysis of melanins in the cell walls of some soil fungi

    D. H. Ellis;D. A. Griffiths

  • Hexadecylphosphocholine (Miltefosine) Has Broad-Spectrum Fungicidal Activity and Is Efficacious in a Mouse Model of Cryptococcosis

    Fred Widmer;Lesley C. Wright;Daniel Obando;Rosemary Handke

  • Concordance of clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii by random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis and PCR fingerprinting.

    Tania C. Sorrell;Sharon C. A. Chen;Patricia Ruma;Wieland Meyer

  • An assessment of the efficiency of fungal DNA extraction methods for maximizing the detection of medically important fungi using PCR.

    A. Karakousis;L. Tan;D. Ellis;H. Alexiou

  • Multicenter Evaluation of a New Disk Agar Diffusion Method for Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi with Voriconazole, Posaconazole, Itraconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin

    A. Espinel-Ingroff;B. Arthington-Skaggs;N. Iqbal;D. Ellis

  • Candida albicans Strain Maintenance, Replacement, and Microvariation Demonstrated by Multilocus Sequence Typing

    Frank Christopher Odds;Amanda Denise Davidson;Mette Dorph Jacobsen;Arianna Tavanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Tania C. Sorrell
Tania C. Sorrell University of Sydney
Sharon C.-A. Chen
Sharon C.-A. Chen Westmead Hospital
Deborah Marriott
Deborah Marriott Ascension Health
Monica A. Slavin
Monica A. Slavin Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Jacques Bille
Jacques Bille University of Lausanne
Daniel J. Diekema
Daniel J. Diekema University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney

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John R. Perfect

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Publications: 55

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Shawn R. Lockhart

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Ferry Hagen

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