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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 80 1143 1026 517 438 246 28557
Medicine 87 13543 12743 6886 6368 293 31551

Eric A. F. Simões publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric A. F. Simões between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric A. F. Simões published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2021. 34 of the 355 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2021. 1985: 2 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 6 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 14 publications
1985 2025

355 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric A. F. Simões: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 2
1986 2
1987 4
1988 2
1989 1
1990 1
1991 6
1992 2
1993 4
1994 3
1995 3
1996 3
1997 9
1998 4
1999 8
2000 3
2001 7
2002 5
2003 7
2004 3
2005 3
2006 4
2007 10
2008 6
2009 8
2010 11
2011 11
2012 12
2013 10
2014 8
2015 15
2016 18
2017 19
2018 10
2019 19
2020 16
2021 26
2022 17
2023 19
2024 20
2025 14
Total 355
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Eric A. F. Simões 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 Eric A. F. Simões sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 245–254 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 246 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160 246
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Eric A. F. Simões 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 Eric A. F. Simões sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 80 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57 80
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Eric A. F. Simões is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their body of research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and modeling and simulation.

Their research topics include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Eric A. F. Simões has published extensively, with a high number of works appearing in the following venues:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Several recent papers by Eric A. F. Simões include:

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis (2022), The Lancet
  • Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants (2023), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Single-Dose Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV in Preterm Infants (2020), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Evaluation of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age (2021), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study (2020), The Lancet Global Health

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Shabir A. Madhi
  • Heather J. Zar
  • Ashish Satav
  • Kena A. Swanson
  • Alejandra Gurtman

Best Publications

  • Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;D James Nokes;D James Nokes;Bradford D. Gessner;Mukesh K Dherani

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;W Abdullah Brooks;Mark Katz;Anna Roca

  • Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants.

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  • Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;Eric Af Simões;Igor Rudan;Bradford D Gessner

  • Respiratory syncytial virus infection

    Eric A F Simoes

  • Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study

    Katherine L. O'Brien;Henry C. Baggett;W. Abdullah Brooks;Daniel R. Feikin

  • Single-Dose Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV in Preterm Infants.

    M. Pamela Griffin;Yuan Yuan;Therese Takas;Joseph B. Domachowske

  • Evaluation of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age.

    Emmanuel B. Walter;Kawsar R. Talaat;Charu Sabharwal;Alejandra Gurtman

  • Environmental and demographic risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract disease.

    Eric A.F Simoes

  • Quality of hospital care for seriously ill children in less-developed countries

    Terry Nolan;Patria Angos;Antonio J L A Cunha;Lulu Muhe

  • Case-control study of the role of nutritional rickets in the risk of developing pneumonia in Ethiopian children

    Lulu Muhe;Sileshi Lulseged;Karen E Mason;Eric Af Simoes

  • The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine landscape: lessons from the graveyard and promising candidates.

    Natalie I Mazur;Deborah Higgins;Marta C Nunes;José A Melero

  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.

    Xin Wang;You Li;Katherine L. O'Brien;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Otitis media and its consequences: beyond the earache

    Anne Vergison;Ron Dagan;Adriano Arguedas;Jan Bonhoeffer

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination during Pregnancy and Effects in Infants

    Shabir A Madhi;Fernando P Polack;Pedro A Piedra;Flor M Munoz

  • Palivizumab prophylaxis, respiratory syncytial virus, and subsequent recurrent wheezing

    Eric A.F. Simoes;Jessie R. Groothuis;Xavier Carbonell-Estrany;Christian H.L. Rieger

  • Respiratory syncytial virus epidemics: the ups and downs of a seasonal virus.

    Lone Graff Stensballe;Jayanth K. Devasundaram;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Efficacy of nirsevimab against respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in preterm and term infants, and pharmacokinetic extrapolation to infants with congenital heart disease and chronic lung disease: a pooled analysis of randomised controlled trials

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  • Defining the Epidemiology and Burden of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Infants and Children in Western Countries

    Louis Bont;Paul A. Checchia;Brigitte Fauroux;Josep Figueras-Aloy

  • The effect of respiratory syncytial virus on subsequent recurrent wheezing in atopic and nonatopic children.

    Eric A.F. Simões;Xavier Carbonell-Estrany;Christian H.L. Rieger;Ian Mitchell

  • Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants

    Shabir A. Madhi;Clare L. Cutland;Locadiah Kuwanda;Adriana Weinberg

  • Otitis media and its consequences: beyond the earache

    Anne Vergison;Ron Dagan;Adriano Arguedas;Jan Bonhoeffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
Harish Nair
Harish Nair University of Edinburgh
Clare L. Cutland
Clare L. Cutland University of the Witwatersrand
Louis Bont
Louis Bont Utrecht University
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
Adriana Weinberg
Adriana Weinberg University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Keith P. Klugman
Keith P. Klugman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Evan J. Anderson
Evan J. Anderson Emory University
Kathleen M. Neuzil
Kathleen M. Neuzil University of Maryland, Baltimore
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh

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