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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 60 3118 2855 1234 1096 199 13454

Gerardo R. Vasta publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gerardo R. Vasta between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gerardo R. Vasta published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 4.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2008. 7 of the 214 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2008. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 10 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 9 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 6 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 3 publications
1975 2025

214 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gerardo R. Vasta: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 3
1983 6
1984 10
1985 3
1986 4
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 9
1995 4
1996 4
1997 8
1998 5
1999 3
2000 4
2001 3
2002 9
2003 10
2004 6
2005 3
2006 5
2007 10
2008 14
2009 9
2010 7
2011 5
2012 5
2013 5
2014 6
2015 5
2016 3
2017 8
2018 1
2019 6
2020 8
2021 3
2022 5
2023 3
2024 4
2025 3
Total 214
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Gerardo R. Vasta 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 Gerardo R. Vasta 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, 195–204 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: 199 publications — 48th percentile

48% 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
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
195–204 234 199
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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Gerardo R. Vasta 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 Gerardo R. Vasta 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, 60 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: 60 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139 60
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

Gerardo R. Vasta is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these domains, their work focuses on specific areas such as immunology, molecular biology, oncology, endocrinology, and insect science.

Key topics addressed in their research include galectins and cancer biology, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, peptidase inhibition and analysis, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Methods in Molecular Biology, Glycobiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • The functional relevance of shrimp C-type lectins in host-pathogen interactions, 2020, Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • Scavenger receptor B2, a type III membrane pattern recognition receptor, senses LPS and activates the IMD pathway in crustaceans, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Galectins in Host-Pathogen Interactions: Structural, Functional and Evolutionary Aspects, 2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • Galectin-mediated immune recognition: Opsonic roles with contrasting outcomes in selected shrimp and bivalve mollusk species, 2020, Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • Glycan characterization of pregnancy-specific glycoprotein 1 and its identification as a novel Galectin-1 ligand, 2020, Glycobiology

Frequent collaborators within their research include Chiguang Feng, Jin-Xing Wang, Kelsey Abernathy, Lai-Xi Wang, and Satoshi Tasumi.

Best Publications

  • Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors

    C.D. Harvell;K. Kim;K. Kim;J.M. Burkholder;R.R. Colwell;R.R. Colwell

  • Roles of galectins in infection.

    Gerardo R. Vasta

  • Functions of cell surface galectin-glycoprotein lattices.

    Gabriel Adrián Rabinovich;Gabriel Adrián Rabinovich;Marta Alicia Toscano;Shawn S. Jackson;Gerardo R. Vasta

  • Galectins: matricellular glycan-binding proteins linking cell adhesion, migration, and survival.

    M. T. Elola;C. Wolfenstein-Todel;M. F. Troncoso;G. R. Vasta

  • Structure of S-lectin, a developmentally regulated vertebrate beta-galactoside-binding protein.

    Der-Ing Liao;Geeta Kapadia;Hafiz Ahmed;Gerardo R. Vasta

  • When Galectins Recognize Glycans: From Biochemistry to Physiology and Back Again

    Santiago Di Lella;Santiago Di Lella;Victoria Sundblad;Juan Pablo Cerliani;Carlos Manuel Alberto Guardia

  • C-type lectins and galectins mediate innate and adaptive immune functions: their roles in the complement activation pathway

    Gerardo R. Vasta;Michael Quesenberry;Hafiz Ahmed;Nuala O'Leary

  • Galectins as pattern recognition receptors: structure, function, and evolution.

    Gerardo R. Vasta

  • Structural and functional diversity of lectin repertoires in invertebrates, protochordates and ectothermic vertebrates.

    Gerardo R Vasta;Hafiz Ahmed;Eric W Odom

  • A Galectin of Unique Domain Organization from Hemocytes of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Is a Receptor for the Protistan Parasite Perkinsus marinus

    Satoshi Tasumi;Gerardo R. Vasta

  • Structural and functional diversity of the lectin repertoire in teleost fish: Relevance to innate and adaptive immunity

    Gerardo R. Vasta;Mihai Nita-Lazar;Barbara Giomarelli;Hafiz Ahmed

  • Binding of a C-type lectin's coiled-coil domain to the Domeless receptor directly activates the JAK/STAT pathway in the shrimp immune response to bacterial infection.

    Jie-Jie Sun;Jiang-Feng Lan;Xiao-Fan Zhao;Gerardo R. Vasta

  • A novel fucose recognition fold involved in innate immunity.

    Mario A. Bianchet;Eric W. Odom;Gerardo R. Vasta;L. Mario Amzel

  • A shrimp C-type lectin inhibits proliferation of the hemolymph microbiota by maintaining the expression of antimicrobial peptides.

    Xian-Wei Wang;Ji-Dong Xu;Xiao-Fan Zhao;Gerardo Raul Vasta

  • Galectins as self/non-self recognition receptors in innate and adaptive immunity: an unresolved paradox.

    Gerardo R. Vasta;Hafiz Ahmed;Mihai Nita-Lazar;Aditi Banerjee

  • Animal Lectins as Self/Non-Self Recognition Molecules.

    G. R. Vasta;H. Ahmed;N. E. Fink;M. T. Elola

  • Characterization of interleukin-1 activity in tunicates☆

    Gregory Beck;Gerardo R. Vasta;John J. Marchalonis;Gail S. Habicht

  • A lectin on the hemocyte membrane of the oyster (Crassostrea virginica).

    Gerardo R. Vasta;Thomas C. Cheng;John J. Marchalonis

  • Galectins in teleost fish: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model species to address their biological roles in development and innate immunity.

    Gerardo R. Vasta;Hafiz Ahmed;Shao J. Du;Davin Henrikson

  • In Vitro Culture of the Eastern Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus: Optimization of the Methodology

    Julie D Gauthier;Gerardo R Vasta

  • Continuous in Vitro Culture of the Eastern Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus

    Julie D. Gauthier;Gerardo R. Vasta

  • IN THE EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA

    Adam G. Marsh;Julie D. Gauthier;Gerardo R. Vasta

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Mario Amzel
L. Mario Amzel Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jin-Xing Wang
Jin-Xing Wang Shandong University
Gregory W. Warr
Gregory W. Warr Medical University of South Carolina
Lai-Xi Wang
Lai-Xi Wang University of Maryland, College Park
Gabriel A. Rabinovich
Gabriel A. Rabinovich Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute
Vikram N. Vakharia
Vikram N. Vakharia University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Xiao-Fan Zhao
Xiao-Fan Zhao Shandong University
Iain B. H. Wilson
Iain B. H. Wilson BOKU University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park

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