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David Greenberg 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 David Greenberg sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 235 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Greenberg 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 David Greenberg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Greenberg is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and has a substantial body of work primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research specialty includes Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Health, and Emergency Medicine. The focus on respiratory infections and related diseases is a defining aspect of their academic contribution.

Greenberg's main topics of study encompass:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Among recent academic papers authored or co-authored by Greenberg are:

  • "Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Israel Associated With Suppression of Seasonal Respiratory Viruses, Despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study" (2021), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for unravelling the causative association between respiratory viruses and pneumococcus-associated disease in young children: a prospective study" (2023), published in EBioMedicine
  • "Post-13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Dynamics in Young Children of Serotypes Included in Candidate Extended-Spectrum Conjugate Vaccines" (2020), published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Calling for an immediate release of captive children in Gaza" (2023), published in The Lancet
  • "Decline in pneumococcal disease in young children during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with suppression of seasonal respiratory viruses, despite persistent pneumococcal carriage: A prospective cohort study" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Greenberg include:

  • Ron Dagan
  • Shalom Ben-Shimol
  • Noga Givon-Lavi
  • Dana Danino
  • Bart Adriaan van der Beek

Greenberg's research has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • Vaccine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

This profile reflects Greenberg's sustained involvement in medical research focusing on infectious respiratory diseases, vaccine-related studies, and associated epidemiological investigations.

Best Publications

  • Standardized interpretation of paediatric chest radiographs for the diagnosis of pneumonia in epidemiological studies

    Thomas Cherian;E. Kim Mulholland;John B. Carlin;Harald Ostensen

  • Reduction of Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Pneumococci during the Second Year of Life by a Heptavalent Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine

    Ron Dagan;Rimma Melamed;Marie Muallem;Lolita Piglansky

  • Comparative Immunogenicity and Efficacy of 13-Valent and 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Reducing Nasopharyngeal Colonization: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial

    Ron Dagan;Scott Patterson;Christine Juergens;David Greenberg

  • Comparison of human metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized young children.

    Dana G Wolf;David Greenberg;Davina Kalkstein;Yonat Shemer-Avni

  • Introduction and proliferation of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A clones that cause acute otitis media in an unvaccinated population.

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;David Greenberg

  • Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Israel Associated with Suppression of seasonal Respiratory Viruses, despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study

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  • Prospective Study To Determine Clinical Relevance of Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Sera of Children by PCR

    Ron Dagan;Ofra Shriker;Inbal Hazan;Eugene Leibovitz

  • Clinical Definitions of Pertussis: Summary of a Global Pertussis Initiative Roundtable Meeting, February 2011

    James D. Cherry;Tina Tan;Tina Tan;Carl Heinz Wirsing Von König;Kevin D. Forsyth

  • New Pertussis Vaccination Strategies beyond Infancy: Recommendations by the Global Pertussis Initiative

    Kevin D Forsyth;Magda Campins-Marti;Jaime Caro;James D Cherry

  • Near-elimination of otitis media caused by 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) serotypes in southern Israel shortly after sequential introduction of 7-valent/13-valent PCV.

    Shalom Ben-Shimol;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;Simon Raiz

  • Site-specific disease potential of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in pediatric invasive disease, acute otitis media and acute conjunctivitis.

    Dror S Shouval;David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Nurith Porat

  • Impaired bacteriologic response to oral cephalosporins in acute otitis media caused by pneumococci with intermediate resistance to penicillin.

    Ron Dagan;Oren Abramson;Eugene Leibovitz;Ruth Lang

  • Early eradication of pathogens from middle ear fluid during antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media is associated with improved clinical outcome.

    Ron Dagan;Eugene Leibovitz;David Greenberg;Pablo Yagupsky

  • The contribution of smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae carriage in children and their mothers.

    David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Arnon Broides;Irena Blancovich

  • Immune Responses and Antibody Decay after Immunization of Adolescents and Adults with an Acellular Pertussis Vaccine: The APERT Study

    Thuan Le;James D. Cherry;Swei Ju Chang;Maria Deloria Knoll

  • Dynamics of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization during the first days of antibiotic treatment in pediatric patients

    Ron Dagan;Eugene Leibovitz;David Greenberg;Pablo Yagupsky

  • Antibiotic therapy for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: do we know when, what and for how long to treat?

    Susanna Esposito;Robert Cohen;Javier Diez J.D. Domingo;Oana Falup O.F. Pecurariu

  • Early impact of sequential introduction of 7-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on IPD in Israeli children <5 years: an active prospective nationwide surveillance.

    Shalom Ben-Shimol;David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Yechiel Schlesinger

  • Bacteriologic Response to Oral Cephalosporins: Are Established Susceptibility Breakpoints Appropriate in the Case of Acute Otitis Media?

    Ron Dagan;Oren Abramson;Eugene Leibovitz;David Greenberg

  • Clinical and Bacterial Characteristics of Acute Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Children in the Antibiotic Resistance Era

    Nava Buznach;Ron Dagan;David Greenberg

  • Bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of high dose amoxicillin for therapy of acute otitis media in children.

    Lolita Piglansky;Eugene Leibovitz;Simon Raiz;David Greenberg

  • High Prevalence of “Simkania Z,” a Novel Chlamydia-like Bacterium, in Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis

    Simona Kahane;David Greenberg;Maureen G. Friedman;Hava Haikin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Dagan
Ron Dagan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Noga Givon-Lavi
Noga Givon-Lavi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Eugene Leibovitz
Eugene Leibovitz Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Pablo Yagupsky
Pablo Yagupsky Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Yossef Av-Gay
Yossef Av-Gay University of British Columbia
William C. Gruber
William C. Gruber Pfizer (United States)
Daniel A. Scott
Daniel A. Scott Pfizer (United States)
Susanna Esposito
Susanna Esposito University of Parma
Dana G. Wolf
Dana G. Wolf Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Antonio Piralla
Antonio Piralla Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione

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