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Microbiology

D-Index
119
Citations
50088
World Ranking
155
National Ranking
19

Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
50321
World Ranking
3907
National Ranking
388

Derrick W. Crook 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 Derrick W. Crook sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 471 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Derrick W. Crook 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 Derrick W. Crook sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Derrick W. Crook is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a strong focus on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study addressed in their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Clinical Biochemistry

Their primary research topics consist of:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Among the recent publications credited to Derrick W. Crook are:

  • "Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera" (2021), published in Cell
  • "Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-B.1.1.529 leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses" (2022), published in Cell
  • "Antibody escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 from vaccine and BA.1 serum" (2022), published in Cell
  • "Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum" (2021), published in Cell

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Tim Peto
  • Nicole Stoesser
  • David W. Eyre
  • A. Sarah Walker

Derrick W. Crook's research has been published in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Genomics
  • The Lancet Microbe
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution.

    Mario Juhas;Jan Roelof van der Meer;Muriel Gaillard;Rosalind M Harding

  • Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study

    Timothy M. Walker;Camilla L.C. Ip;Ruth H. Harrell;Jason T. Evans

  • Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera.

    D Zhou;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa;C Liu

  • Prospective evaluation of criteria for microbiological diagnosis of prosthetic-joint infection at revision arthroplasty. The OSIRIS Collaborative Study Group.

    Bridget L. Atkins;Nicholas Athanasou;Jonathan J. Deeks;Derrick W. M. Crook

  • Transforming clinical microbiology with bacterial genome sequencing

    Xavier Didelot;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Daniel J. Wilson;Daniel J. Wilson;Tim E. A. Peto

  • Fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for infection with Clostridium difficile in Europe, Canada, and the USA: a double-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

    Oliver A Cornely;Derrick W Crook;Roberto Esposito;André Poirier

  • Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae and Serotype- and Clone-Specific Differences in Invasive Disease Potential

    Angela B Brueggemann;Angela B Brueggemann;David T Griffiths;Emma Meats;Timothy Peto

  • Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing

    D W Eyre;M L Cule;D J Wilson;D Griffiths

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing System for Group B Streptococcus

    Nicola Jones;John F. Bohnsack;Shinji Takahashi;Karen A. Oliver

  • Whole-genome sequencing for prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility and resistance: a retrospective cohort study.

    Timothy M Walker;Thomas A Kohl;Shaheed V Omar;Jessica Hedge

  • Rapid antibiotic-resistance predictions from genome sequence data for Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    P Bradley;N C Gordon;T M Walker;L Dunn

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Rapid antibiotic-resistance predictions from genome sequence data for Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Phelim Bradley;N. Claire Gordon;Timothy M. Walker;Laura Dunn

  • A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis.

    Chiea C Khor;Stephen J Chapman;Stephen J Chapman;Fredrik O Vannberg;Aisling Dunne

  • PCR for capsular typing of Haemophilus influenzae.

    T. J. Falla;D. W. M. Crook;L. N. Brophy;D. Maskell

  • Impact of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccines on carriage and herd immunity

    Martin C. J. Maiden;Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón;Rachel Urwin;Stephen J. Gray

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Clostridium difficile

    David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Warren Fawley;Melina Kachrimanidou;Melina Kachrimanidou;Rory Bowden

  • Differences in outcome according to Clostridium difficile testing method: a prospective multicentre diagnostic validation study of C difficile infection

    Timothy D Planche;Kerrie A Davies;Pietro G Coen;John M Finney

  • Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens

    Xavier Didelot;A. Sarah Walker;Tim E. Peto;Derrick W. Crook;Derrick W. Crook

  • Treatment of first recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection: fidaxomicin versus vancomycin.

    Oliver A. Cornely;Mark A. Miller;Thomas J. Louie;Derrick W. Crook;Derrick W. Crook

  • Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK.

    Koen B. Pouwels;Koen B. Pouwels;Emma Pritchard;Emma Pritchard;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Nicole Stoesser

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

  • Tick-borne encephalitis.

    Uga Dumpis;Derrick Crook;Jarmo Oksi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Nicole Stoesser
Nicole Stoesser University of Oxford
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford
David W. Eyre
David W. Eyre University of Oxford
Daniel J. Wilson
Daniel J. Wilson University of Oxford
David H. Wyllie
David H. Wyllie Public Health England
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Kate E. Dingle
Kate E. Dingle University of Oxford
Philippa C. Matthews
Philippa C. Matthews University of Oxford
Rory Bowden
Rory Bowden Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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