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D-Index
83
Citations
23512
World Ranking
1000
National Ranking
25

Duncan J. Maskell 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 Duncan J. Maskell sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 285 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Duncan J. Maskell 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 Duncan J. Maskell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Duncan J. Maskell is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has conducted research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their scholarly work spans molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, ecology, and food science.

Their main research topics include:

  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Maskell has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Microbial Genomics
  • BMC Biology
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Nature Microbiology

Major recent publications include:

  • "Large-scale genomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis", 2021, BMC Biology
  • "HAM-ART: An optimised culture-free Hi-C metagenomics pipeline for tracking antimicrobial resistance genes in complex microbial communities", 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • "Generation and Evaluation of a Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis Capsular Mutant", 2020, Infection and Immunity
  • "Modifying bacterial flagellin to evade Nod-like Receptor CARD 4 recognition enhances protective immunity against Salmonella", 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • "Mobility of antimicrobial resistance across serovars and disease presentations in non-typhoidal Salmonella from animals and humans in Vietnam", 2022, Microbial Genomics

Frequent collaborators in Duncan J. Maskell's research include:

  • Alexander W. Tucker
  • Paul R. Langford
  • Andrew N. Rycroft
  • Brendan W. Wren
  • Lucy A. Weinert

Best Publications

  • Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.

    Julian Parkhill;Mohammed Sebaihia;Andrew Preston;Lee D Murphy

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study.

    Laura García-Álvarez;Matthew T G Holden;Heather Lindsay;Cerian R Webb

  • Simultaneous assay of every Salmonella Typhi gene using one million transposon mutants

    Gemma C. Langridge;Minh Duy Phan;Daniel J. Turner;Timothy T. Perkins

  • Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature

    Peter R. Reeves;Matthew Hobbs;Miguel A. Valvano;Mikael Skurnik

  • High-throughput sequencing provides insights into genome variation and evolution in Salmonella Typhi

    Kathryn E. Holt;Julian Parkhill;Camila J. Mazzoni;Philippe Roumagnac

  • PCR for capsular typing of Haemophilus influenzae.

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

  • Comparative genome analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 and Salmonella Gallinarum 287/91 provides insights into evolutionary and host adaptation pathways.

    Nicholas R. Thomson;Debra J. Clayton;Daniel Windhorst;Georgios Vernikos

  • Distinguishable epidemics of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium DT104 in different hosts

    A. E. Mather;S. W. J. Reid;D. J. Maskell;J. Parkhill

  • Identification of host-specific colonization factors of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

    Eirwen Morgan;June D. Campbell;Sonya C. Rowe;Jennie Bispham

  • Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH)

    Roy Ronjon Chaudhuri;Andrew G Allen;Paul J Owen;Gil Shalom

  • Characterization of aromatic- and purine-dependent Salmonella typhimurium: attention, persistence, and ability to induce protective immunity in BALB/c mice.

    D. O'callaghan;D. Maskell;F. Y. Liew;C. S. F. Easmon

  • Reverse transcriptase-mediated tropism switching in Bordetella bacteriophage

    Minghsun Liu;Rajendar Deora;Sergei R. Doulatov;Mari Gingery

  • Salmonella: immune responses and vaccines

    Pietro Mastroeni;J. A. Chabalgoity;S. J. Dunstan;D. J. Maskell

  • Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Heidi Hauser;Mandy Sanders;Thi Hoa Ngo

  • 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

  • Genomic Evidence for the Evolution of Streptococcus equi: Host Restriction, Increased Virulence, and Genetic Exchange with Human Pathogens

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Zoe Heather;Romain Paillot;Karen F. Steward

  • Modelling within-Host Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Invasive Bacterial Disease

    Andrew J Grant;Olivier Restif;Trevelyan J McKinley;Mark Sheppard

  • Pilus‐facilitated adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells: modulation of adherence phenotype occurs concurrently with changes in primary amino acid sequence and the glycosylation status of pilin

    Mumtaz Virji;Jon R. Saunders;Gail Sims;Katherine Makepeace

  • A lethal role for lipid A in Salmonella infections

    Shahid A. Khan;Paul Everest;Spiros Servos;Neale Foxwell

  • Patterns of genome evolution that have accompanied host adaptation in Salmonella.

    Gemma C. Langridge;Maria Fookes;Thomas R. Connor;Theresa Feltwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Brendan W. Wren
Brendan W. Wren London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Paul R. Langford
Paul R. Langford Imperial College London
Pietro Mastroeni
Pietro Mastroeni University of Cambridge
Sarah Peters
Sarah Peters University of Manchester
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Clare E. Bryant
Clare E. Bryant University of Cambridge
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Paul Barrow
Paul Barrow University of Surrey

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