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Microbiology

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78
Citations
20691
World Ranking
1296
National Ranking
573

Medicine

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Citations
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Edward L. Murphy 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 Edward L. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 278 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward L. Murphy 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 Edward L. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Edward L. Murphy is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with focused work in Immunology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's work covers multiple themes, including:

  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Roberta Bruhn, Karin van den Berg, Marion Vermeulen, Michael P. Busch, and Brian Custer.

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Transfusion
  • Vox Sanguinis
  • Transfusion Clinique et Biologique
  • Viruses
  • Transfusion Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • Systemic cytokines and GlycA discriminate disease status and predict corticosteroid response in HTLV-1-associated neuroinflammation, 2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Vulnerability to APOBEC3G linked to the pathogenicity of deltaretroviruses, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • HIV incidence in South African blood donors from 2012 to 2016: a comparison of estimation methods, 2020, Vox Sanguinis
  • Undisclosed HIV status and antiretroviral therapy use among South African blood donors, 2021, Transfusion
  • An assessment of hepatitis B virus prevalence in South African young blood donors born after the implementation of the infant hepatitis B virus immunization program: Implications for transfusion safety, 2021, Transfusion

Best Publications

  • Global epidemiology of HTLV-I infection and associated diseases.

    Fernando A Proietti;Anna Bárbara F Carneiro-Proietti;Bernadette C Catalan-Soares;Edward L Murphy;Edward L Murphy

  • Factors associated with postpartum hemorrhage with vaginal birth.

    Combs Ca;Murphy El;Laros Rk

  • Highly active antiretroviral therapy decreases mortality and morbidity in patients with advanced HIV disease.

    Edward L. Murphy;Ann C. Collier;Leslie A. Kalish;Susan F. Assmann

  • Transfusion-related acute lung injury: Incidence and risk factors

    Pearl Toy;Ognjen Gajic;Peter Bacchetti;Mark R. Looney

  • Modelling the risk of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in persons infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type I.

    E. L. Murphy;B. Hanchard;J. P. Figueroa;W. N. Gibbs

  • The effect of previous pregnancy and transfusion on HLA alloimmunization in blood donors: implications for a transfusion-related acute lung injury risk reduction strategy

    Darrell J. Triulzi;Steven Kleinman;Ram M. Kakaiya;Michael. P. Busch

  • Natural history of "high-risk" bundle-branch block: final report of a prospective study.

    John H. McAnulty;Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola;Edward Murphy;Henry DeMots

  • Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus among monogamous heterosexual couples: The HCV partners study

    Norah A. Terrault;Jennifer L. Dodge;Edward L. Murphy;Edward L. Murphy;John E. Tavis

  • Sexual transmission of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I).

    E L Murphy;J P Figueroa;W N Gibbs;A Brathwaite

  • Factors associated with hemorrhage in cesarean deliveries.

    Combs Ca;Murphy El;Laros Rk

  • Proposal for diagnostic criteria of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM)

    Carlos M. De Castro-Costa;Abelardo Q. C. Araújo;Márcio M. Barreto;Osvaldo M. Takayanagui

  • Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in United States blood donors

    Edward L. Murphy;Stephen M. Bryzman;Simone A. Glynn;Dannie I. Ameti

  • Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

    Rajendra H. Mehta;Jeffrey D. Leimberger;Sean van Diepen;James Meza

  • Risk Factors for Skin and Soft-Tissue Abscesses among Injection Drug Users: A Case-Control Study

    Edward L. Murphy;Deborah DeVita;Hui Liu;Eric Vittinghoff

  • A prospective study of transmission by transfusion of HTLV-I and risk factors associated with seroconversion

    A Manns;R J Wilks;E L Murphy;G Haynes

  • The epidemiology and disease outcomes of human T-lymphotropic virus type II.

    Diana F Roucoux;Edward L Murphy

  • Iron deficiency in blood donors: the REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) study.

    Ritchard G. Cable;Simone A. Glynn;Joseph E. Kiss;Alan E. Mast

  • Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Seroprevalence in Jamaica I. Demographic Determinants

    E L Murphy;J P Figueroa;W N Gibbs;M Holding-Cobham

  • The consequences of temporary deferral on future whole blood donation.

    Brian Custer;Artina Chinn;Nora V Hirschler;Michael P Busch

  • Prevalence and clinical features of HTLV neurologic disease in the HTLV Outcomes Study

    J. R. Orland;J. Engstrom;J. Fridey;R. A. Sacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Busch
Michael P. Busch University of California, San Francisco
George B. Schreiber
George B. Schreiber Westat (United States)
Steven Kleinman
Steven Kleinman University of British Columbia
James W. Smith
James W. Smith McMaster University
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
William A. Blattner
William A. Blattner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Antoine Gessain
Antoine Gessain Institut Pasteur
Renaud Mahieux
Renaud Mahieux École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
George Garratty
George Garratty American Red Cross
Michael A. Matthay
Michael A. Matthay University of California, San Francisco

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