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Microbiology

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80
Citations
28557
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1143
National Ranking
517

Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
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World Ranking
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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.

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55 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.

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.

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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.

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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