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J. Ross Fitzgerald

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12589
World Ranking
13767
National Ranking
1076

J. Ross Fitzgerald publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Ross Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 124 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

J. Ross Fitzgerald D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Ross Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

J. Ross Fitzgerald is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also in Medicine. The scientist's work is distributed across various subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Ecology, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas, notably:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

J. Ross Fitzgerald has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Amy C. Pickering
  • Joana Alves
  • Fiona A. Sargison
  • Gonzalo Yebra
  • Bryan A. Wee

The scientist has published in a variety of journals, with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Nature Communications
  • Microbial Genomics
  • PLoS Pathogens

Recent notable papers include:

  • Diversity and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis: current understanding and future perspectives, 2022, BMC Veterinary Research
  • Outcomes of respiratory viral-bacterial co-infection in adult hospitalized patients, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • Multiclonal human origin and global expansion of an endemic bacterial pathogen of livestock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • RNase III CLASH in MRSA uncovers sRNA regulatory networks coupling metabolism to toxin expression, 2022, Nature Communications
  • One Health: a multifaceted concept combining diverse approaches to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus Aureus: Insights Into the Origin of Methicillin-Resistant Strains and the Toxic Shock Syndrome Epidemic

    J. Ross Fitzgerald;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Stacy M. Mackie;Steven R. Gill

  • The interaction of bacterial pathogens with platelets.

    J Ross Fitzgerald;Timothy J Foster;Dermot Cox

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Li Yang Hsu;Li Yang Hsu;Kevin Kurt;Lucy A. Weinert;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Recent human-to-poultry host jump, adaptation, and pandemic spread of Staphylococcus aureus

    Bethan V. Lowder;Caitriona M. Guinane;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Characterization of a Putative Pathogenicity Island from Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Encoding Multiple Superantigens

    J. Ross Fitzgerald;Steven R. Monday;Timothy J. Foster;Gregory A. Bohach

  • Population Genetic Structure of the Staphylococcus intermedius Group: Insights into agr Diversification and the Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Strains

    Jeanette Bannoehr;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Andrew S. Waller;Luca Guardabassi

  • Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus: origin, evolution and public health threat

    J. Ross Fitzgerald

  • Molecular Correlates of Host Specialization in Staphylococcus aureus

    Lisa Herron-Olson;J. Ross Fitzgerald;James M. Musser;Vivek Kapur

  • Genome hypermobility by lateral transduction.

    John Chen;Nuria Quiles-Puchalt;Yin Ning Chiang;Rodrigo Bacigalupe

  • Molecular Diagnostic Identification of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

    Jeanette Bannoehr;Alessia Franco;Manuela Iurescia;Antonio Battisti

  • A novel core genome-encoded superantigen contributes to lethality of community-associated MRSA necrotizing pneumonia

    Gillian J. Wilson;Keun Seok Seo;Robyn A. Cartwright;Timothy Connelley

  • Gene exchange drives the ecological success of a multi-host bacterial pathogen

    Emily J. Richardson;Emily J. Richardson;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Ewan M. Harrison;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Livestock Origin for a Human Pandemic Clone of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Laura E. Spoor;Paul R. McAdam;Lucy A. Weinert;Andrew Rambaut

  • Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Paul R. McAdam;Kate E. Templeton;Giles F. Edwards;Matthew T. G. Holden

  • Evolutionary genomics of staphylococcus aureus reveals insights into the origin and molecular basis of ruminant host adaptation

    Caitriona M. Guinane;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Maria A. Tormo-Mas;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Roles for fibrinogen, immunoglobulin and complement in platelet activation promoted by Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A

    Anthony Loughman;J. Ross Fitzgerald;Marian P. Brennan;Judy Higgins

  • In Vitro Serial Passage of Staphylococcus aureus: Changes in Physiology, Virulence Factor Production, and agr Nucleotide Sequence

    Greg A. Somerville;Stephen B. Beres;J. Ross Fitzgerald;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Population genomics of bacterial host adaptation.

    Samuel K. Sheppard;David S. Guttman;J. Ross Fitzgerald

  • Fibronectin-binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus mediate activation of human platelets via fibrinogen and fibronectin bridges to integrin GPIIb/IIIa and IgG binding to the FcγRIIa receptor

    J. Ross Fitzgerald;Anthony Loughman;Fiona Keane;Marian Brennan

Frequent Co-Authors

José R. Penadés
José R. Penadés Imperial College London
Timothy J. Foster
Timothy J. Foster Campden BRI (United Kingdom)
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Yves Le Loir
Yves Le Loir INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Luca Guardabassi
Luca Guardabassi University of Copenhagen
Jaap A. Wagenaar
Jaap A. Wagenaar Utrecht University
Patrick M. Schlievert
Patrick M. Schlievert University of Iowa
Livia Visai
Livia Visai University of Pavia

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