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D-Index
61
Citations
13284
World Ranking
3000
National Ranking
268

George E. Griffin 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 George E. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George E. Griffin 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 George E. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

George E. Griffin is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with notable contributions to subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

Griffin's recent publications demonstrate a focus on Vitamin D and its implications for health, particularly in relation to COVID-19. Significant papers include:

  • "Vitamin D and COVID-19: evidence and recommendations for supplementation" (2020), published in Royal Society Open Science
  • "Perspective: Vitamin D supplementation prevents rickets and acute respiratory infections when given as daily maintenance but not as intermittent bolus: implications for COVID-19" (2021), published in Clinical Medicine

Other research records linked to their domain of interest feature related topics such as vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity, as well as broader public health considerations, including the sharing of health data beyond the European Union.

Their frequent collaborators include Jonathan M. Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian, Rose Anne Kenny, Martin Hewison, and Julian M. Hopkin, suggesting engagement with a diverse network of researchers in allied areas.

Griffin has published extensively in several academic journals, with Clinical Medicine and Journal of Internal Medicine being recurring venues. Other publications appear in Royal Society Open Science, Nature Medicine, and Stem Cell Reports.

The main research topics evident in Griffin's work cover:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • HIV Research and Treatment

This body of work reflects a consistent emphasis on nutritional elements in disease prevention and the ethical, regulatory, and operational issues within clinical research and healthcare management.

Best Publications

  • Activation of HIV gene expression during monocyte differentiation by induction of NF-kB

    George E. Griffin;Kwanyee Leung;Thomas M. Folks;Steven Kunkel

  • Acute systemic inflammation impairs endothelium-dependent dilatation in humans.

    Aroon D. Hingorani;Jenny Cross;Rajesh K. Kharbanda;Michael J. Mullen

  • Combination antifungal therapies for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a randomised trial

    Annemarie E Brouwer;Adul Rajanuwong;Wirongrong Chierakul;George E Griffin

  • Energy expenditure and wasting in human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    D C Macallan;C Noble;C Baldwin;S A Jebb

  • Reduced risk of atopy among school-age children infected with geohelminth parasites in a rural area of the tropics.

    Philip J. Cooper;Martha E. Chico;Laura C. Rodrigues;Marisol Ordonez

  • Parameters of human immunodeficiency virus infection of human cervical tissue and inhibition by vaginal virucides.

    Peter Greenhead;Peter Hayes;Patricia S. Watts;Ken G. Laing

  • Soluble Forms of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)2 Capable of Modulating TLR2 Signaling Are Present in Human Plasma and Breast Milk

    Emmanuel LeBouder;Julia E. Rey-Nores;Neil K. Rushmere;Martin Grigorov

  • In vivo kinetics of human natural killer cells: the effects of ageing and acute and chronic viral infection

    Yan Zhang;Diana L. Wallace;Catherine M. De Lara;Hala Ghattas

  • Human Infection with Ascaris lumbricoides Is Associated with Suppression of the Interleukin-2 Response to Recombinant Cholera Toxin B Subunit following Vaccination with the Live Oral Cholera Vaccine CVD 103-HgR

    Philip J. Cooper;Martha Chico;Carlos Sandoval;Ivan Espinel

  • Blockade of Attachment and Fusion Receptors Inhibits HIV-1 Infection of Human Cervical Tissue

    Qinxue Hu;Ines Frank;Vennansha Williams;John J. Santos

  • Human infection with Ascaris lumbricoides is associated with a polarized cytokine response.

    Philip J. Cooper;Martha E. Chico;Carlos Sandoval;Ivan Espinel

  • Mycobacterial 65-kD heat shock protein induces release of proinflammatory cytokines from human monocytic cells.

    J. S. Friedland;R. Shattock;D. G. Remick;G. E. Griffin

  • Rapid Turnover of Effector-Memory CD4 T Cells in Healthy Humans

    Derek C. Macallan;Diana Wallace;Yan Zhang;Catherine de Lara

  • Inhibition of HIV-1 infection of primary CD4+ T-cells by gene editing of CCR5 using adenovirus-delivered CRISPR/Cas9.

    Chang Li;Xinmeng Guan;Tao Du;Wei Jin

  • Prolonged elevation of interleukin-8 and interleukin-6 concentrations in plasma and of leukocyte interleukin-8 mRNA levels during septicemic and localized Pseudomonas pseudomallei infection.

    J S Friedland;Y Suputtamongkol;D G Remick;W Chaowagul

  • Prospective analysis of patterns of weight change in stage IV human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    D C Macallan;C Noble;C Baldwin;M Foskett

  • Allergic symptoms, atopy, and geohelminth infections in a rural area of Ecuador.

    Philip J. Cooper;Martha E. Chico;Martin Bland;George E. Griffin

  • B-cell kinetics in humans: rapid turnover of peripheral blood memory cells

    Derek C. Macallan;Derek C. Macallan;Derek C. Macallan;Diana L. Wallace;Diana L. Wallace;Diana L. Wallace;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang;Hala Ghattas;Hala Ghattas;Hala Ghattas

  • Albendazole Treatment of Children with Ascariasis Enhances the Vibriocidal Antibody Response to the Live Attenuated Oral Cholera Vaccine CVD 103-HgR

    Philip J. Cooper;Martha E. Chico;Genevieve Losonsky;Carlos Sandoval

  • In vivo T lymphocyte dynamics in humans and the impact of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection

    Becca Asquith;Yan Zhang;Angelina J. Mosley;Catherine M. de Lara

  • Detection of plasma tumor necrosis factor, interleukins 6, and 8 during the Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction of relapsing fever.

    Yeheyis Negussie;Daniel G. Remick;Laura E. DeForge;Steven L. Kunkel

  • Plasma proinflammatory cytokine concentrations, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) III scores and survival in patients in an intensive care unit

    J. S. Friedland;J. C. Porter;S. Daryanani;J. M. Bland

  • Secretion of interleukin-8 following phagocytosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by human monocyte cell lines.

    Jon S. Friedland;Daniel G. Remick;Rubin Shattock;George E. Griffin

  • Acute systemic inflammation impairs endothelium-dependent dilatation in humans

    AD Hingorani;K Bhagat;M Palacios;GE Griffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin J. Shattock
Robin J. Shattock Imperial College London
Jon S. Friedland
Jon S. Friedland St George's, University of London
Daniel G. Remick
Daniel G. Remick Boston University
Stephen D. Lawn
Stephen D. Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Becca Asquith
Becca Asquith Imperial College London
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Marinos Elia
Marinos Elia University of Southampton
David F. Tough
David F. Tough GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford

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