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Gary Kobinger 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 Gary Kobinger sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 308 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary Kobinger 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 Gary Kobinger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gary Kobinger is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work extensively covers several topics including:

  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Kobinger's research has been published in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals and platforms:

  • Microorganisms
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Recent notable papers include:

  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic, 2020, The Lancet
  • Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Asia, Africa and Europe, 2021, Microorganisms
  • COVID-19: viral-host interactome analyzed by network based-approach model to study pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Hypercoagulopathy and Adipose Tissue Exacerbated Inflammation May Explain Higher Mortality in COVID-19 Patients With Obesity, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • COVID-19 disease-Temporal analyses of complete blood count parameters over course of illness, and relationship to patient demographics and management outcomes in survivors and non-survivors: A longitudinal descriptive cohort study, 2020, PLoS ONE

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Hugues Fausther-Bovendo, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Gary Wong, Robert Kozak, and George Babuadze.

Kobinger has also contributed to academic books, including titles published by Springer Science+Business Media. One example is the book "Zika Virus" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Reversion of advanced Ebola virus disease in nonhuman primates with ZMapp

    Xiangguo Qiu;Gary Wong;Jonathan Audet;Alexander Bello

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

    Claudio L. Afonso;Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Krisztián Bányai;Yīmíng Bào

  • Nanozyme-strip for rapid local diagnosis of Ebola.

    Demin Duan;Kelong Fan;Dexi Zhang;Shuguang Tan

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos;Ashley C. Banyard;Christopher F. Basler

  • Successful Treatment of Ebola Virus–Infected Cynomolgus Macaques with Monoclonal Antibodies

    Xiangguo Qiu;Jonathan Audet;Gary Wong;Stephane Pillet

  • Filovirus-pseudotyped lentiviral vector can efficiently and stably transduce airway epithelia in vivo.

    Gary P. Kobinger;Daniel J. Weiner;Daniel J. Weiner;Qian-Chun Yu;James M. Wilson

  • Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Gaël D. Maganga;Jimmy Kapetshi;Nicolas Berthet;Benoît Kebela Ilunga

  • Safety and immunogenicity of an anti-Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus DNA vaccine: a phase 1, open-label, single-arm, dose-escalation trial.

    Kayvon Modjarrad;Christine C. Roberts;Kristin T. Mills;Amy R. Castellano

  • Pre-existing immunity against Ad vectors: humoral, cellular, and innate response, what's important?.

    Hugues Fausther-Bovendo;Gary P Kobinger

  • VSV-EBOV rapidly protects macaques against infection with the 2014/15 Ebola virus outbreak strain

    Andrea Marzi;Shelly J. Robertson;Elaine Haddock;Friederike Feldmann

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler;Sina Bavari

  • Targeted Transduction Patterns in the Mouse Brain by Lentivirus Vectors Pseudotyped with VSV, Ebola, Mokola, LCMV, or MuLV Envelope Proteins

    Deborah J. Watson;Deborah J. Watson;Gary P. Kobinger;Marco A. Passini;Marco A. Passini;James M. Wilson

  • A synthetic consensus anti–spike protein DNA vaccine induces protective immunity against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in nonhuman primates

    Karuppiah Muthumani;Darryl Falzarano;Emma L. Reuschel;Colleen Tingey

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of an Anti-Zika Virus DNA Vaccine - Preliminary Report.

    Pablo Tebas;Christine C. Roberts;Kar Muthumani;Emma L. Reuschel

  • Human Adaptation of Ebola Virus during the West African Outbreak

    Richard A. Urbanowicz;Richard A. Urbanowicz;C. Patrick McClure;C. Patrick McClure;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Amadou A. Sall

  • Transmission of Ebola Viruses: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

    Michael T. Osterholm;Kristine A. Moore;Nicholas S. Kelley;Lisa M. Brosseau

  • A Role for Fc Function in Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody-Mediated Protection against Ebola Virus.

    Bronwyn M. Gunn;Wen Han Yu;Marcus M. Karim;Jennifer M. Brannan

  • Molecular determinants of human neutralizing antibodies isolated from a patient infected with Zika virus

    Qihui Wang;Huabing Yang;Huabing Yang;Xiaoqing Liu;Lianpan Dai

  • Targeted Prostaglandin E2 Inhibition Enhances Antiviral Immunity through Induction of Type I Interferon and Apoptosis in Macrophages

    François Coulombe;Joanna Jaworska;Mark Verway;Fanny Tzelepis

  • Structures of protective antibodies reveal sites of vulnerability on Ebola virus

    Charles D. Murin;Marnie L. Fusco;Zachary A. Bornholdt;Xiangguo Qiu

  • Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates

    Hana M. Weingartl;Hana M. Weingartl;Carissa Embury-Hyatt;Charles Nfon;Anders Leung

  • Nasal Delivery of an Adenovirus-Based Vaccine Bypasses Pre-Existing Immunity to the Vaccine Carrier and Improves the Immune Response in Mice

    Maria A. Croyle;Ami Patel;Ami Patel;Kaylie N. Tran;Michael Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Xiangguo Qiu
Xiangguo Qiu Public Health Agency of Canada
Gary Wong
Gary Wong Public Health Agency of Canada
James M. Wilson
James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania
David B. Weiner
David B. Weiner The Wistar Institute
Niranjan Y. Sardesai
Niranjan Y. Sardesai University of Pennsylvania
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Friederike Feldmann
Friederike Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Erica Ollmann Saphire
Erica Ollmann Saphire La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

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