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D-Index
66
Citations
12119
World Ranking
2451
National Ranking
991

Frances D. Gillin 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 Frances D. Gillin sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 144 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frances D. Gillin 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 Frances D. Gillin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frances D. Gillin is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a focus on scientific research, although specific details on recent publications or research topics are not available.

Information related to frequent co-authors or common publication venues for Frances D. Gillin is not documented, which could indicate a more independent research trajectory or limited publicly recorded collaborations.

The record does not highlight any particular main fields or subfields of study, nor does it list main topics of work. Similarly, there are no entries documenting book publications or awards received by Frances D. Gillin.

There is no indication that Frances D. Gillin is deceased, and current affiliation suggests ongoing involvement in academic or research activities at the University of California, San Diego.

Best Publications

  • Genomic minimalism in the early diverging intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.

    Hilary G. Morrison;Andrew G. McArthur;Frances D. Gillin;Stephen B. Aley

  • A mitochondrial-like chaperonin 60 gene in Giardia lamblia: Evidence that diplomonads once harbored an endosymbiont related to the progenitor of mitochondria

    Roger Aj;Svärd Sg;Tovar J;Clark Cg

  • 8-Azaguanine resistance in mammalian cells. I. Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase.

    F. D. Gillin;D. J. Roufa;A. L. Beaudet;C. T. Caskey

  • Nitric Oxide Production by Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Competition for Arginine as Potential Determinants of Host Defense Against the Lumen-Dwelling Pathogen Giardia lamblia

    L Eckmann;F Laurent;T D Langford;M L Hetsko

  • Cell biology of the primitive eukaryote Giardia lamblia.

    F D Gillin;D S Reiner;J M McCaffery

  • Restriction-Endonuclease Analysis of DNA from 15 Giardia Isolates Obtained from Humans and Animals

    Theodore E. Nash;Thomas McCutchan;David Keister;John B. Dame

  • Killing of Giardia lamblia by cryptdins and cationic neutrophil peptides.

    S B Aley;M Zimmerman;M Hetsko;M E Selsted

  • Central importance of immunoglobulin A in host defense against Giardia spp.

    T. Dianne Langford;Michael P. Housley;Marianne Boes;Jianzhu Chen

  • Chronic giardiasis: studies on drug sensitivity, toxin production, and host immune response

    Phillip D. Smith;Frances D. Gillin;William M. Spira;Theodore E. Nash

  • The Giardia genome project database

    Andrew G. McArthur;Hilary G. Morrison;Julie E.J. Nixon;Nora Q.E. Passamaneck

  • Release of metabolic enzymes by Giardia in response to interaction with intestinal epithelial cells.

    Emma Ringqvist;J.E. Daniel Palm;J.E. Daniel Palm;Hanna Skarin;Adrian B. Hehl

  • Encystation and expression of cyst antigens by Giardia lamblia in vitro

    Frances D. Gillin;David S. Reiner;Michael J. Gault;Herndon Douglas

  • Excystation of in vitro-derived Giardia lamblia cysts.

    S. E. M. Boucher;F. D. Gillin

  • Giardia lamblia: the roles of bile, lactic acid, and pH in the completion of the life cycle in vitro.

    Frances D. Gillin;Shayne E. Boucher;Steven S. Rossi;David S. Reiner

  • Sorting of cyst wall proteins to a regulated secretory pathway during differentiation of the primitive eukaryote, Giardia lamblia.

    D. S. Reiner;M. Mccaffery;F. D. Gillin

  • Isolation and expression of the gene for a major surface protein of Giardia lamblia.

    Frances D. Gillin;Per Hagblom;Julia Harwood;Stephen B. Aley

  • Human milk kills parasitic intestinal protozoa

    Frances D. Gillin;David S. Reiner;Chi-Sun Wang

  • Bruceantin, a potent amoebicide from a plant, Brucea antidysenterica.

    F D Gillin;D S Reiner;M Suffness

  • The minimal kinome of Giardia lamblia illuminates early kinase evolution and unique parasite biology

    Gerard Manning;David S Reiner;David S Reiner;Tineke Lauwaet;Michael Dacre

  • Human milk oligosaccharides reduce Entamoeba histolytica attachment and cytotoxicity in vitro.

    Evelyn Jantscher-Krenn;Tineke Lauwaet;Laura A. Bliss;Sharon L. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Staffan G. Svärd
Staffan G. Svärd Uppsala University
Lars Eckmann
Lars Eckmann University of California, San Diego
Andrew G. McArthur
Andrew G. McArthur McMaster University
Theodore E. Nash
Theodore E. Nash National Institutes of Health
Mitchell L. Sogin
Mitchell L. Sogin Marine Biological Laboratory
J. Michael McCaffery
J. Michael McCaffery Johns Hopkins University
Phillip D. Smith
Phillip D. Smith University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith Johns Hopkins University
Lars Bode
Lars Bode University of California, San Diego
Sharon L. Reed
Sharon L. Reed University of California, San Diego

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