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Dennis H. Bamford

Dennis H. Bamford

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Microbiology
Finland
2025
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Molecular Biology
Finland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
87
Citations
24128
World Ranking
809
National Ranking
6

Molecular Biology

D-Index
87
Citations
23592
World Ranking
809
National Ranking
2

Dennis H. Bamford 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 Dennis H. Bamford sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 435 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dennis H. Bamford 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 Dennis H. Bamford sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Dennis H. Bamford is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their main research topics involve atmospheric aerosols and clouds, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, cryospheric studies and observations, smart materials for construction, icing and de-icing technologies, and indoor air quality and microbial exposure.

Recent significant publications include:

  • Ice nucleation by viruses and their potential for cloud glaciation, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • Measurement report: Introduction to the HyICE-2018 campaign for measurements of ice-nucleating particles and instrument inter-comparison in the Hyytiälä boreal forest, 2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Bioaerosols in the atmosphere at two sites in Northern Europe in spring 2021: Outline of an experimental campaign, 2022, Environmental Research
  • Effects of temperature and salinity on bubble-bursting aerosol formation simulated with a bubble-generating chamber, 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Cold-Active Shewanella glacialimarina TZS-4T nov. Features a Temperature-Dependent Fatty Acid Profile and Putative Sialic Acid Metabolism, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Bamford include Nina S. Atanasova, Jonathan Duplissy, Michael P. Adams, Zoé Brasseur, and Benjamin J. Murray.

The scientist has published multiple works in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and Environmental Research.

Awards received by Dennis H. Bamford include membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • A Mechanism for Initiating RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerization

    Sarah J. Butcher;Jonathan M. Grimes;Eugeny V. Makeyev;Dennis H. Bamford

  • What does structure tell us about virus evolution

    Dennis H Bamford;Jonathan M Grimes;David I Stuart

  • Viral Evolution Revealed by Bacteriophage PRD1 and Human Adenovirus Coat Protein Structures

    Stacy D Benson;Jaana K.H Bamford;Dennis H Bamford;Roger M Burnett

  • qiRNA is a new type of small interfering RNA induced by DNA damage

    Heng Chi Lee;Shwu Shin Chang;Swati Choudhary;Antti P. Aalto

  • Structure Unifies the Viral Universe

    Nicola G.A. Abrescia;Dennis H. Bamford;Jonathan M. Grimes;David I. Stuart

  • Does Common Architecture Reveal a Viral Lineage Spanning All Three Domains of Life

    Stacy D. Benson;Jaana K.H. Bamford;Dennis H. Bamford;Roger M. Burnett

  • Insights into assembly from structural analysis of bacteriophage PRD1

    Nicola G. A. Abrescia;Joseph J. B. Cockburn;Joseph J. B. Cockburn;Jonathan M. Grimes;Geoffrey C. Sutton

  • Genomics of Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses: Dynamics within the Prokaryotic Virosphere

    Mart Krupovic;David Prangishvili;Roger W. Hendrix;Dennis H. Bamford

  • Do viruses form lineages across different domains of life

    Dennis H. Bamford

  • Cellular RNA-dependent RNA polymerase involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing has two distinct activity modes.

    Eugene V. Makeyev;Dennis H. Bamford

  • The enigmatic archaeal virosphere.

    David Prangishvili;Dennis H. Bamford;Patrick Forterre;Jaime Iranzo

  • Virus evolution: how far does the double |[beta]|-barrel viral lineage extend?

    Mart Krupovic;Dennis H Bamford

  • Stages of polymyxin B interaction with the Escherichia coli cell envelope.

    Rimantas Daugelavičius;Rimantas Daugelavičius;Elena Bakiene;Dennis H. Bamford

  • Replicase activity of purified recombinant protein P2 of double‐stranded RNA bacteriophage φ6

    Eugeny V. Makeyev;Dennis H. Bamford

  • Initiation of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerization

    Alberdina A. van Dijk;Eugene V. Makeyev;Dennis H. Bamford

  • Global network of specific virus-host interactions in hypersaline environments.

    Nina S. Atanasova;Elina Roine;Aharon Oren;Dennis H. Bamford

  • Evolution of viral structure.

    Dennis H. Bamford;Roger M. Burnett;David I. Stuart

  • Atomic Snapshots of an RNA Packaging Motor Reveal Conformational Changes Linking ATP Hydrolysis to RNA Translocation

    Erika J. Mancini;Denis E. Kainov;Jonathan M. Grimes;Roman Tuma

  • Intermediates in the assembly pathway of the double-stranded RNA virus φ6

    S.J. Butcher;T. Dokland;P.M. Ojala;D.H. Bamford

Frequent Co-Authors

David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford
Jonathan M. Grimes
Jonathan M. Grimes University of Oxford
Sarah J. Butcher
Sarah J. Butcher University of Helsinki
Mart Krupovic
Mart Krupovic Université Paris Cité
Leonard Mindich
Leonard Mindich Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jarkko Hantula
Jarkko Hantula Natural Resources Institute Finland
George J. Thomas
George J. Thomas University of Missouri–Kansas City
Ilkka Julkunen
Ilkka Julkunen University of Turku
Jaana K. H. Bamford
Jaana K. H. Bamford University of Jyväskylä
Vesa M. Olkkonen
Vesa M. Olkkonen University of Helsinki

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