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84047
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1679
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Ian Roberts publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Roberts sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 772 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Ian Roberts D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Roberts sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1994 - WH Pierce Prize, The Society for Applied Microbiology

Overview

Ian Roberts is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these areas, their work focuses particularly on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Biotechnology, and Immunology.

The scientist's research involves a variety of topics. These include Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Frequent publication venues for Ian Roberts include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Kidney International
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Physical Biology

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Ian Roberts are:

  • Membrane potentials, oxidative stress and the dispersal response of bacterial biofilms to 405 nm light (2020, Physical Biology)
  • A Phase I/IIa study of autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells immunotherapy in kidney transplant recipients (2022, Kidney International)
  • Regulatory RNAs: A Universal Language for Inter-Domain Communication (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Regulation of Escherichia coli Group 2 Capsule Gene Expression: A Mini Review and Update (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Human mast cells exhibit an individualized pattern of antimicrobial responses (2020, Immunity Inflammation and Disease)

Ian Roberts collaborates frequently with several researchers. The most frequent co-authors include Thomas Andrew Waigh, Emmanuel U. Akabuogu, Rok Krašovec, Richard K. Grencis, and Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martorelli.

Throughout their career, Ian Roberts has been recognized with awards such as the WH Pierce Prize from The Society for Applied Microbiology in 1994 and was elected as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: systematic review

    Phil Edwards;Ian Roberts;Mike Clarke;Carolyn DiGuiseppi

  • Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires

    Philip James Edwards;Ian Roberts;Mike J Clarke;Carolyn DiGuiseppi

  • Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients

    Pablo Perel;Ian Roberts;Katharine Ker

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Effect of early tranexamic acid administration on mortality, hysterectomy, and other morbidities in women with post-partum haemorrhage (WOMAN): an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Haleema Shakur;Ian Roberts;Bukola Fawole;Rizwana Chaudhri

  • Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport

    James Woodcock;Phil Edwards;Cathryn Tonne;Ben G Armstrong

  • Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: development and international validation of prognostic scores based on admission characteristics.

    Ewout W Steyerberg;Nino Mushkudiani;Pablo Perel;Isabella Butcher

  • Banff '05 Meeting Report: differential diagnosis of chronic allograft injury and elimination of chronic allograft nephropathy ('CAN').

    K. Solez;R. B. Colvin;L. C. Racusen;B. Sis

  • Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients.

    Pablo Perel;Miguel Arango;Tim Clayton

  • The importance of early treatment with tranexamic acid in bleeding trauma patients: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-2 randomised controlled trial.

    Ian Roberts;Haleema Shakur;Adefemi Afolabi

  • Effect of intravenous corticosteroids on death within 14 days in 10008 adults with clinically significant head injury (MRC CRASH trial): randomised placebo-controlled trial.

    Ian Roberts;David Yates;Peter Sandercock;Barbara Farrell

  • The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: Rationale, clinicopathological correlations, and classification

    Daniel C. Cattran;Rosanna Coppo;H. Terence Cook;John Feehally

  • Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis

    Katharine Ker;Phil Edwards;Pablo Perel;Haleema Shakur

  • What influences recruitment to randomised controlled trials? A review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies.

    Alison Mary McDonald;Rosemary C. Knight;Marion Kay Campbell;Vikki Entwistle

  • The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

    Sarah Catherine Walpole;David Prieto-Merino;Phil Edwards;John Cleland

  • A RING-type ubiquitin ligase family member required to repress follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

    Carola G. Vinuesa;Matthew C. Cook;Constanza Angelucci;Vicki Athanasopoulos

  • THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION IN BACTERIA

    Ian S. Roberts

  • Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial

    Caroline Free;Rosemary Knight;Steven Robertson;Robyn Whittaker

  • Biomedical research: increasing value, reducing waste

    Malcolm R. Macleod;Susan Michie;Ian Roberts;Ulrich Dirnagl

  • Health and Climate Change 2 Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport

    J Woodcock;P Edwards;C Tonne;BG Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pablo Perel
Pablo Perel University of London
Carolyn DiGuiseppi
Carolyn DiGuiseppi University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Beverley J. Hunt
Beverley J. Hunt Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Peter Sandercock
Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh
Ann Oakley
Ann Oakley University College London
Diana Elbourne
Diana Elbourne London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andy Haines
Andy Haines London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter J. Friend
Peter J. Friend University of Oxford
Philip M.W. Bath
Philip M.W. Bath University of Nottingham

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