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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
16512
World Ranking
9568
National Ranking
728

Derek Pickard 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 Derek Pickard sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 165 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Derek Pickard 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 Derek Pickard sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

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

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

Overview

Derek Pickard is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, ecology, endocrinology, food science, and molecular medicine.

The primary topics of Derek Pickard's work include:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Escherichia coli research studies

Notable recent papers published by Derek Pickard cover a range of microbial and genomic research questions. These include:

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Capsule-Targeting Depolymerase from a Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteriophage (2021, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Genomic surveillance of Escherichia coli ST131 identifies local expansion and serial replacement of subclones (2020, Microbial Genomics)
  • The architecture and stabilisation of flagellotropic tailed bacteriophages (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains (2023, Nature Microbiology)
  • Epitopes in the capsular polysaccharide and the porin OmpK36 receptors are required for bacteriophage infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae (2023, Cell Reports)

Derek Pickard frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gordon Dougan
  • Nicholas R. Thomson
  • Rhys A. Dunstan
  • Trevor Lithgow
  • Rebecca S. Bamert

Publication venues where Derek Pickard's work commonly appears include:

  • Microbial Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Scientific Reports
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • Emergence and global spread of epidemic healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile.

    Miao He;Fabio Miyajima;Paul Roberts;Louise Ellison

  • Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice

    Trevor D. Lawley;Simon Clare;Alan W. Walker;Mark D. Stares

  • Gut inflammation can boost horizontal gene transfer between pathogenic and commensal Enterobacteriaceae.

    Bärbel Stecher;Rémy Denzler;Lisa Maier;Florian Bernet

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • The Clostridium difficile spo0A Gene Is a Persistence and Transmission Factor

    Laura J. Deakin;Simon Clare;Robert P. Fagan;Lisa F. Dawson

  • The role of a stress‐response protein in Salmonella typhimurium virulence

    K. Johnson;I. Charles;G. Dougan;D. Pickard

  • Shigella sonnei genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis indicate recent global dissemination from Europe.

    Kathryn E Holt;Stephen Baker;François-Xavier Weill;Edward C Holmes;Edward C Holmes

  • Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Danilo Gomes Moriel;Isabella Bertoldi;Angela Spagnuolo;Sara Marchi

  • Interaction of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium with Intestinal Organoids Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Jessica L. Forbester;David Goulding;Ludovic Vallier;Ludovic Vallier;Nicholas Hannan

  • Use of the nirB promoter to direct the stable expression of heterologous antigens in Salmonella oral vaccine strains: development of a single-dose oral tetanus vaccine.

    S. N. Chatfield;I. G. Charles;A. J. Makoff;M. D. Oxer

  • Proteomic and Genomic Characterization of Highly Infectious Clostridium difficile 630 Spores

    Trevor D. Lawley;Nicholas J. Croucher;Lu Yu;Simon Clare

  • A Strand-Specific RNA–Seq Analysis of the Transcriptome of the Typhoid Bacillus Salmonella Typhi

    Timothy T. Perkins;Robert A. Kingsley;Maria C. Fookes;Paul P. Gardner

  • Characterization of Salmonella enterica derivatives harboring defined aroC and Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 type III secretion system (ssaV) mutations by immunization of healthy volunteers.

    Zoë Hindle;Steven N. Chatfield;Jo Phillimore;Matthew Bentley

  • Identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) clades with long-term global distribution

    Astrid von Mentzer;Thomas Richard Connor;Lothar H. Wieler;Torsten Semmler

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of protective outer membrane protein P.69 from Bordetella pertussis

    I. G. Charles;G. Dougan;D. Pickard;S. Chatfield

  • Evaluation of Salmonella typhimurium strains harbouring defined mutations in htrA and aroA in the murine salmonellosis model.

    Steven N. Chatfield;Karen Strahan;Derek Pickard;Ian G. Charles

  • Composition, Acquisition, and Distribution of the Vi Exopolysaccharide-Encoding Salmonella enterica Pathogenicity Island SPI-7

    Derek Pickard;John Wain;Stephen Baker;Alexandra Line

  • Characterization of defined ompR mutants of Salmonella typhi: ompR is involved in the regulation of Vi polysaccharide expression.

    D. Pickard;Jingli Li;M. Roberts;D. Maskell

  • An extended genotyping framework for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the cause of human typhoid

    Vanessa K Wong;Stephen Baker;Thomas R Connor;Derek Pickard

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Neil F. Fairweather
Neil F. Fairweather Imperial College London
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Ian G. Charles
Ian G. Charles University of East Anglia
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
John Wain
John Wain University of East Anglia
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Gad Frankel
Gad Frankel Imperial College London
Richard A. Strugnell
Richard A. Strugnell University of Melbourne
Duncan J. Maskell
Duncan J. Maskell University of Melbourne

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Best Scientists Citing Derek Pickard

Gordon Dougan

Gordon Dougan

University of Cambridge

Publications: 179

Kathryn E. Holt

Kathryn E. Holt

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Publications: 74

Julian Parkhill

Julian Parkhill

University of Cambridge

Publications: 68

Stephen Baker

Stephen Baker

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Publications: 64

Nicholas R. Thomson

Nicholas R. Thomson

Wellcome Sanger Institute

Publications: 61

Myron M. Levine

Myron M. Levine

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications: 55

Roy Curtiss

Roy Curtiss

University of Florida

Publications: 53

Robert A. Kingsley

Robert A. Kingsley

University of East Anglia

Publications: 42

Andreas J. Bäumler

Andreas J. Bäumler

University of California, Davis

Publications: 42

Gad Frankel

Gad Frankel

Imperial College London

Publications: 39

Richard W. Titball

Richard W. Titball

University of Exeter

Publications: 38

Michael McClelland

Michael McClelland

University of California, Irvine

Publications: 37

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John Wain

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Publications: 34

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Publications: 32

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