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Fabian H. Leendertz

Fabian H. Leendertz

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
13423
World Ranking
2312
National Ranking
172

Fabian H. Leendertz 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 Fabian H. Leendertz sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 238 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fabian H. Leendertz 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 Fabian H. Leendertz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fabian H. Leendertz is affiliated with the Robert Koch Institute in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases. Their research explores various aspects of epidemiology, molecular biology, ecology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, the subfields emphasized are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The main research topics addressed by Fabian H. Leendertz cover:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Viruses
  • Nature Communications

Fabian H. Leendertz has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, among whom are:

  • Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer
  • Roman M. Wittig
  • Livia Victoria Patrono
  • Jan F. Gogarten
  • Grit Schubert

Selected recent publications provide insight into the scope and focus of their work:

  • A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa, 2021, Science
  • Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks, 2021, Nature
  • Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE, 2020, Science
  • Monkeypox virus emergence in wild chimpanzees reveals distinct clinical outcomes and viral diversity, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Risk of human-to-wildlife transmission of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Mammal Review

Best Publications

  • Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes.

    Sophie Köndgen;Sophie Köndgen;Hjalmar Kühl;Paul K. N'Goran;Peter D. Walsh

  • Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

    Almudena Marí Saéz;Sabrina Weiss;Kathrin Nowak;Vincent Lapeyre

  • The origin of malignant malaria

    Stephen M. Rich;Fabian H. Leendertz;Guang Xu;Matthew LeBreton

  • Pathogens as drivers of population declines: The importance of systematic monitoring in great apes and other threatened mammals

    Fabian H. Leendertz;Georg Pauli;Kerstin Mätz-Rensing;Wayne Boardman

  • Anthrax kills wild chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest

    Fabian H. Leendertz;Heinz Ellerbrok;Christophe Boesch;Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann

  • Origin of the HIV-1 group O epidemic in western lowland gorillas

    Mirela D’arc;Mirela D’arc;Ahidjo Ayouba;Amandine Esteban;Gerald H. Learn

  • Novel staphylococcal species that form part of a Staphylococcus aureus-related complex: the non-pigmented Staphylococcus argenteus sp. nov. and the non-human primate-associated Staphylococcus schweitzeri sp. nov.

    Steven Y. C. Tong;Steven Y. C. Tong;Frieder Schaumburg;Matthew J. Ellington;Jukka Corander

  • Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data

    Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Rahel Sollmann;Andreas Wilting;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann

  • Characterization of Bacillus anthracis-Like Bacteria Isolated from Wild Great Apes from Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon

    Silke R. Klee;Muhsin Özel;Bernd Appel;Christophe Boesch

  • Carrion fly‐derived DNA as a tool for comprehensive and cost‐effective assessment of mammalian biodiversity

    Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer;Kevin Merkel;Nadine Kutzner;Hjalmar Kühl

  • A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa.

    Eduan Wilkinson;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Houriiyah Tegally;James E. San

  • Hantavirus in bat, Sierra Leone.

    Sabrina Weiss;Peter T. Witkowski;Brita Auste;Kathrin Nowak

  • Integrative Approaches to the Study of Primate Infectious Disease: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Global Health

    Thomas R. Gillespie;Charles L. Nunn;Charles L. Nunn;Charles L. Nunn;Fabian H. Leendertz;Fabian H. Leendertz

  • The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids.

    Silke R. Klee;Elzbieta B. Brzuszkiewicz;Herbert Nattermann;Holger Brüggemann

  • Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks.

    Alpha Kabinet Keita;Fara R. Koundouno;Martin Faye;Ariane Düx

  • Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest

    Constanze Hoffmann;Fee Zimmermann;Roman Biek;Hjalmar Kuehl

  • Assessing the Evidence Supporting Fruit Bats as the Primary Reservoirs for Ebola Viruses

    Siv Aina J. Leendertz;Jan F. Gogarten;Ariane Düx;Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer

  • Nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA: evidence for hybridization in colobine monkeys

    Christian Roos;Dietmar Zinner;Laura S Kubatko;Christiane Schwarz

  • Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate from a Wild Chimpanzee

    Mireia Coscolla;Astrid Lewin;Sonja Metzger;Kerstin Maetz-Rennsing

  • Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE

    Ariane Düx;Sebastian Lequime;Livia Victoria Patrono;Bram Vrancken

  • A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

    Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Houriiyah Tegally;James E San

  • Report Pandemic Human Viruses Cause Decline of Endangered Great Apes

    Peter D. Walsh;Svenja Schenk;Nancy Ernst;Roman Biek

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Roman M. Wittig
Roman M. Wittig Max Planck Society
Heinz Ellerbrok
Heinz Ellerbrok Robert Koch Institute
Bernhard Ehlers
Bernhard Ehlers Robert Koch Institute
Sandra Junglen
Sandra Junglen Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Georg Pauli
Georg Pauli Robert Koch Institute
Martha M. Robbins
Martha M. Robbins Max Planck Society
Thomas R. Gillespie
Thomas R. Gillespie Emory University
Andreas Nitsche
Andreas Nitsche Robert Koch Institute
Martine Peeters
Martine Peeters Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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