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D-Index
44
Citations
10440
World Ranking
5090
National Ranking
155

Jan M. Bell 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 Jan M. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 119 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan M. Bell 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 Jan M. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan M. Bell is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to antimicrobial resistance, bacterial identification, and susceptibility testing.

The main fields of study for Jan M. Bell include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, the subfields in which they have published are:

  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Endocrinology
  • Infectious Diseases

The main topics of Jan M. Bell's research include:

  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan M. Bell are:

  • Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GnSOP) Annual Report 2020 (2022), published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence
  • Inactivation, removal, and regrowth potential of opportunistic pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in recycled water systems (2021), published in Water Research
  • The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (2024), published in Microbiology Australia
  • Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2021), published in Microbial Genomics
  • Progress towards a coordinated, national paediatric antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme: Staphylococcus aureus, enterococcal and Gram-negative bacteraemia in Australia (2020), published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Jan M. Bell frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Geoffrey W. Coombs
  • Denise A Daley
  • Jonathan R. Iredell
  • Thomas Gottlieb
  • Alicia Fajardo Lubián

Their work has been published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Communicable Diseases Intelligence
  • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Infection Disease & Health
  • Water Research

Best Publications

  • Survey of Infections Due to Staphylococcus Species: Frequency of Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Isolates Collected in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Western Pacific Region for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997–1999

    D. J. Diekema;M. A. Pfaller;F. J. Schmitz;J. Smayevsky

  • Dissemination of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in the Community

    Keiko Okuma;Kozue Iwakawa;John D. Turnidge;Warren B. Grubb

  • Early Dissemination of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Indian Hospitals: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2006-2007

    Mariana Castanheira;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Dilip Mathai;Jan M. Bell

  • Evolution of multidrug resistance during Staphylococcus aureus infection involves mutation of the essential two component regulator WalKR.

    Benjamin P Howden;Christopher R E McEvoy;David L Allen;Kyra Y L Chua;Kyra Y L Chua

  • Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Australia: Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Isolates

    Jan M. Bell;James C. Paton;John Turnidge

  • Genetic Characterization of vanG, a Novel Vancomycin Resistance Locus of Enterococcus faecalis

    Stuart J. McKessar;Anne M. Berry;Jan M. Bell;John D. Turnidge

  • Dissemination of the Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene blaIMP-4 among Gram-Negative Pathogens in a Clinical Setting in Australia

    Anton Y. Peleg;Clare Franklin;Jan M. Bell;Denis W. Spelman

  • Regional variation in the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region (SENTRY 1998-2002).

    Yoichi Hirakata;Junichi Matsuda;Yoshitsugu Miyazaki;Shimeru Kamihira

  • Emergence and widespread dissemination of OXA-23, -24/40 and -58 carbapenemases among Acinetobacter spp. in Asia-Pacific nations: report from the SENTRY Surveillance Program.

    Rodrigo E Mendes;Jan M Bell;John D Turnidge;John D Turnidge;Mariana Castanheira

  • In vitro pharmacodynamics of colistin against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Anima Poudyal;Benjamin P. Howden;Jan M. Bell;Jan M. Bell;Wei Gao

  • Prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa: regional results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998–99)

    Jan M. Bell;John D. Turnidge;Ana C. Gales;Michael A. Pfaller

  • High Prevalence of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Hospitalized Patients in Asia-Pacific and South Africa: Results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1998-1999

    Jan M. Bell;John D. Turnidge

  • Genetic Diversity among Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Causing Outpatient Infections in Australia

    Geoffrey W. Coombs;Graeme R. Nimmo;Jan M. Bell;Flavia Huygens

  • Colistin hetero-resistance in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from the Western Pacific region in the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme

    Wing Yau;Roxanne J. Owen;Anima Poudyal;Jan M. Bell;Jan M. Bell

  • In vitro activities of ertapenem (MK-0826) against recent clinical bacteria collected in Europe and Australia.

    David M. Livermore;Michael W. Carter;Simone Bagel;Bernd Wiedemann

  • "Down the drain": carbapenem-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit patients and handwashing sinks

    Despina Kotsanas;W R P L I Wijesooriya;Tony M Korman;Elizabeth E Gillespie

  • Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of an Acquired Subgroup B3 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaAIM-1, and Its Unique Genetic Context in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Australia

    Dongeun Yong;Mark A. Toleman;Jan Bell;Brett Ritchie

  • Fusidic Acid Resistance Rates and Prevalence of Resistance Mechanisms among Staphylococcus spp. Isolated in North America and Australia, 2007-2008

    Mariana Castanheira;Amy A. Watters;Jan M. Bell;John D. Turnidge

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Australian Teaching Hospitals, 1989-1999

    Graeme R Nimmo;Jan M Bell;David Mitchell;Iain B Gosbell

  • Regional Resistance Surveillance Program Results for 12 Asia-Pacific Nations (2011)

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Myrna Mendoza;Kirnpal K. Banga Singh;Mariana Castanheira

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Turnidge
John D. Turnidge University of Adelaide
Ronald N. Jones
Ronald N. Jones JMI Laboratories
Geoffrey W. Coombs
Geoffrey W. Coombs Fiona Stanley Hospital
Peter Collignon
Peter Collignon Australian National University
Graeme R. Nimmo
Graeme R. Nimmo Griffith University
Helio S. Sader
Helio S. Sader JMI Laboratories
Philip M. Giffard
Philip M. Giffard Charles Darwin University
Mariana Castanheira
Mariana Castanheira JMI Laboratories
Rodrigo E. Mendes
Rodrigo E. Mendes JMI Laboratories

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