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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 48 4643 4272 1794 1608 85 11165

Eric F. Donaldson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric F. Donaldson between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric F. Donaldson published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2022. 3 of the 114 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2022. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 5 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
2002 2025

114 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric F. Donaldson: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 0
2004 0
2005 1
2006 4
2007 4
2008 11
2009 3
2010 6
2011 4
2012 9
2013 5
2014 12
2015 4
2016 1
2017 5
2018 4
2019 5
2020 5
2021 4
2022 18
2023 5
2024 2
2025 1
Total 114
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Eric F. Donaldson 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 F. Donaldson 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, 85–94 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: 85 publications — 2nd percentile

2% 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 85
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
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 F. Donaldson 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 F. Donaldson 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, 48 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: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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 48
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
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 F. Donaldson is affiliated with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in the United States. Their work focuses primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Among the recent papers associated with Eric F. Donaldson are:

  • "Toward best practice in cancer mutation detection with whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Establishing community reference samples, data and call sets for benchmarking cancer mutation detection using whole-genome sequencing," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Association Between Seroclearance of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Benefit-risk assessment for brincidofovir for the treatment of smallpox: U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Evaluation," 2021, Antiviral Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Eric F. Donaldson include:

  • Ralph S. Baric
  • Boyd L. Yount
  • Rachel L. Graham
  • Timothy P. Sheahan
  • Sudhakar Agnihothram

Eric F. Donaldson's publications have appeared in several venues, most notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence

    Vineet D. Menachery;Boyd L. Yount;Kari Debbink;Sudhakar Agnihothram

  • A decade after SARS: strategies for controlling emerging coronaviruses

    Rachel L. Graham;Eric F. Donaldson;Ralph S. Baric

  • Mechanisms of GII.4 Norovirus Persistence in Human Populations

    Lisa C. Lindesmith;Eric F. Donaldson;Anna D. LoBue;Jennifer L. Cannon;Jennifer L. Cannon

  • Coronaviruses: an RNA proofreading machine regulates replication fidelity and diversity.

    Mark R. Denison;Rachel L. Graham;Eric F. Donaldson;Lance D. Eckerle

  • Viral shape-shifting: Norovirus evasion of the human immune system

    Eric F. Donaldson;Lisa C. Lindesmith;Anna D. LoBue;Ralph S. Baric

  • Norovirus pathogenesis: mechanisms of persistence and immune evasion in human populations.

    Eric F. Donaldson;Lisa C. Lindesmith;Anna D. Lobue;Ralph S. Baric

  • Evidence Supporting a Zoonotic Origin of Human Coronavirus Strain NL63

    Jeremy Huynh;Shimena Li;Boyd Yount;Alexander Smith

  • Reverse genetics with a full-length infectious cDNA of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

    Trevor Scobey;Boyd L. Yount;Amy C. Sims;Eric F. Donaldson

  • Synthetic recombinant bat SARS-like coronavirus is infectious in cultured cells and in mice.

    Michelle M. Becker;Rachel Lauren Graham;Eric F. Donaldson;Barry Rockx

  • Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants

    Damon Deming;Timothy Sheahan;Mark Heise;Boyd Yount

  • Immunogenetic Mechanisms Driving Norovirus GII.4 Antigenic Variation

    Lisa C. Lindesmith;Martina Beltramello;Eric F. Donaldson;Davide Corti

  • Metagenomic Analysis of the Viromes of Three North American Bat Species: Viral Diversity among Different Bat Species That Share a Common Habitat

    Donaldson Ef;Haskew An;Gates Je;Huynh J

  • Clinical evidence and bioinformatics characterization of potential hepatitis C virus resistance pathways for sofosbuvir

    Eric F. Donaldson;Patrick R. Harrington;Julian J. O'Rear;Lisa K. Naeger

  • SARS-CoV and emergent coronaviruses: viral determinants of interspecies transmission

    Meagan Bolles;Eric Donaldson;Ralph Baric

  • Norovirus GII.4 Strain Antigenic Variation

    Lisa C. Lindesmith;Eric F. Donaldson;Ralph S. Baric

  • Emergence of a Norovirus GII.4 Strain Correlates with Changes in Evolving Blockade Epitopes

    Lisa C. Lindesmith;Verónica Costantini;Jesica Swanstrom;Kari Debbink

  • Emergence of New Pandemic GII.4 Sydney Norovirus Strain Correlates With Escape From Herd Immunity

    Kari Debbink;Lisa C. Lindesmith;Eric F. Donaldson;Veronica Costantini

  • Genetic Mapping of a Highly Variable Norovirus GII.4 Blockade Epitope: Potential Role in Escape from Human Herd Immunity

    Kari Debbink;Eric F. Donaldson;Lisa C. Lindesmith;Ralph S. Baric

  • Molecular Determinants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Pathogenesis and Virulence in Young and Aged Mouse Models of Human Disease

    Matthew Frieman;Boyd Yount;Sudhakar Agnihothram;Carly Page

  • Culturing the unculturable: human coronavirus HKU1 infects, replicates, and produces progeny virions in human ciliated airway epithelial cell cultures.

    Krzysztof Pyrc;Amy C. Sims;Ronald Dijkman;Maarten Jebbink

  • Guidance for design and endpoints of clinical trials in chronic hepatitis B - Report from the 2019 EASL-AASLD HBV Treatment Endpoints Conference.

    Markus Cornberg;Anna Suk-Fong Lok;Norah A Terrault;Fabien Zoulim

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph S. Baric
Ralph S. Baric University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Boyd Yount
Boyd Yount University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy C. Sims
Amy C. Sims University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Timothy P. Sheahan
Timothy P. Sheahan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Raymond J. Pickles
Raymond J. Pickles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Antonio Lanzavecchia Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare
Vineet D. Menachery
Vineet D. Menachery The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Davide Corti
Davide Corti Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)
Mark R. Denison
Mark R. Denison Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jan Vinjé
Jan Vinjé Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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