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D-Index
57
Citations
11140
World Ranking
3591
National Ranking
115

David M. Whiley 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 M. Whiley sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 317 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David M. Whiley 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 M. Whiley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David M. Whiley is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia with a research focus spanning medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their work encompasses significant contributions to subfields including microbiology, epidemiology, physiology, infectious diseases, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary topics of Whiley's research include reproductive tract infections research, syphilis diagnosis and treatment, bacterial infections and vaccines, blood groups and transfusion, microbial infections and disease research, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Sexual Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Whiley include:

  • Emma L. Sweeney
  • Monica M Lahra
  • Steven G. Badman
  • John Kaldor
  • Patrick N. A. Harris

Recent published papers with respective years and venues are:

  • Global phylogeny of Treponema pallidum lineages reveals recent expansion and spread of contemporary syphilis, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • A Gonococcal Vaccine Has the Potential to Rapidly Reduce the Incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection Among Urban Men Who Have Sex With Men, 2021, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • MicroPIPE: validating an end-to-end workflow for high-quality complete bacterial genome construction, 2021, BMC Genomics
  • Combination Therapy for Mycoplasma genitalium, and New Insights Into the Utility of parC Mutant Detection to Improve Cure, 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • parC Variants in Mycoplasma genitalium: Trends over Time and Association with Moxifloxacin Failure, 2022, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections.

    Anne M Gaynor;Michael D Nissen;David M Whiley;Ian M Mackay

  • Cooperative Recognition of Internationally Disseminated Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strain.

    Monica M. Lahra;Irene Martin;Walter Demczuk;Amy V. Jennison

  • Molecular Assays for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus

    Ian M. Mackay;Kevin C. Jacob;Daniel Woolhouse;Katharine Waller

  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: An Ongoing Challenge

    David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;John W. Tapsall;Theo P. Sloots;Theo P. Sloots;Theo P. Sloots

  • A Sensitive, Specific, and Cost-Effective Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase-PCR Assay for the Detection of Seven Common Respiratory Viruses in Respiratory Samples

    Melanie W. Syrmis;Melanie W. Syrmis;David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;Marion Thomas;Ian M. Mackay;Ian M. Mackay

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Typing for Antimicrobial Resistance, a Novel Antimicrobial Resistance Multilocus Typing Scheme for Tracking Global Dissemination of N. gonorrhoeae Strains.

    W. Demczuk;S. Sidhu;M. Unemo;D. M. Whiley

  • Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

    Stephen B. Lambert;David M. Whiley;Nicholas T. O'Neill;Emily C. Andrews

  • A new multidrug-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia.

    Monica M. Lahra;Nathan Ryder;David M. Whiley

  • Two cases of failed ceftriaxone treatment in pharyngeal gonorrhoea verified by molecular microbiological methods

    John Tapsall;Phillip Read;Christopher Carmody;Christopher Bourne

  • Comparison of DNA extraction methods for microbial community profiling with an application to pediatric bronchoalveolar lavage samples.

    Dana Willner;Joshua Daly;David Whiley;David Whiley;Keith Grimwood;Keith Grimwood

  • Diversity of penA Alterations and Subtypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains from Sydney, Australia, That Are Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone

    David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;E. Athena Limnios;Sanghamitra Ray;Theo P. Sloots

  • Use of whole genome sequencing to investigate an increase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among women in urban areas of Australia.

    Cameron Buckley;Brian M. Forde;Ella Trembizki;Monica M. Lahra

  • Genetic characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to both ceftriaxone and azithromycin

    David M Whiley;Amy Jennison;Julie Pearson;Monica M Lahra

  • Emerging respiratory agents: New viruses for old diseases?

    T.P. Sloots;T.P. Sloots;D.M. Whiley;D.M. Whiley;S.B. Lambert;S.B. Lambert;M.D. Nissen;M.D. Nissen

  • Detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus by real-time RT-PCR.

    David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;Seweryn Bialasiewicz;Seweryn Bialasiewicz;Cheryl Bletchly;Cassandra E. Faux;Cassandra E. Faux

  • Detection and Differentiation of Human Polyomaviruses JC and BK by LightCycler PCR

    David M. Whiley;Ian M. Mackay;Theo P. Sloots

  • Sequence variation in primer targets affects the accuracy of viral quantitative PCR

    David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;Theo P. Sloots;Theo P. Sloots;Theo P. Sloots

  • Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the ecfX and the gyrB genes

    Snehal N. Anuj;David M. Whiley;Timothy J. Kidd;Scott C. Bell

  • A real-time, quantitative PCR method using hydrolysis probes for the monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum load in experimentally infected human volunteers

    Rebecca J Rockett;Sarah J Tozer;Chris Peatey;Seweryn Bialasiewicz

  • Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance

    Namraj Goire;Monica M Lahra;Marcus Y Chen;Basil Donovan

  • Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in respiratory specimens from children and adults

    Seweryn Bialasiewicz;Stephen B. Lambert;David M. Whiley;Michael D. Nissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Theo P. Sloots
Theo P. Sloots University of Queensland
Michael D. Nissen
Michael D. Nissen University of Queensland
Stephen B. Lambert
Stephen B. Lambert Australian National University
Keith Grimwood
Keith Grimwood Griffith University
John M. Kaldor
John M. Kaldor University of New South Wales
Ian M. Mackay
Ian M. Mackay University of Queensland
Graeme R. Nimmo
Graeme R. Nimmo Griffith University
Sepehr N. Tabrizi
Sepehr N. Tabrizi Royal Women's Hospital
Christopher K. Fairley
Christopher K. Fairley Monash University
Scott C. Bell
Scott C. Bell University of Queensland

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