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D-Index
53
Citations
13396
World Ranking
4050
National Ranking
63

John Lusingu 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 John Lusingu sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 134 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Lusingu 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 John Lusingu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Lusingu is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Parasitology.

Their recent publications highlight their involvement in areas related to infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and parasitology. Notable papers include:

  • The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes, 2023, Nature
  • Effect of monthly intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine with and without azithromycin versus monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa: a double-blind randomised, partly placebo-controlled trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school-aged children and pregnant women in endemic settings of sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Parasite Epidemiology and Control
  • Transmission of Cryptosporidium Species Among Human and Animal Local Contact Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multicountry Study, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria, submicroscopic parasitaemia and anaemia in Korogwe District, north-eastern Tanzania, 2021, Malaria Journal

John Lusingu frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Malaria Journal
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS ONE

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel T. R. Minja
  • Samwel Gesase
  • Christentze Schmiegelow
  • Vito Baraka
  • George Mtove

Thematically, their work mainly focuses on:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

This profile reflects John Lusingu's scientific engagement at the intersection of infectious disease epidemiology and public health, with a strong emphasis on malaria, maternal and child health, and parasitology topics.

Best Publications

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

    Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Joanne Katz;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Severe malaria is associated with parasite binding to endothelial protein C receptor

    Louise Turner;Thomas Lavstsen;Sanne S. Berger;Christian W. Wang

  • Estimating medium- and long-term trends in malaria transmission by using serological markers of malaria exposure

    C. J. Drakeley;P. H. Corran;P. G. Coleman;J. E. Tongren

  • Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E Vaccine against Malaria in Children 5 to 17 Months of Age

    Philip Bejon;John Lusingu;Ally Olotu;Amanda Leach

  • The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes

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  • Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine

    Daniel E Neafsey;Michal Juraska;Trevor Bedford;David Benkeser

  • The Prevotella copri Complex Comprises Four Distinct Clades Underrepresented in Westernized Populations

    Adrian Tett;Kun D. Huang;Francesco Asnicar;Hannah Fehlner-Peach

  • Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21 st standard: Analysis of CHERG datasets

    Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Naoko Kozuki;Simon Cousens;Gretchen A. Stevens

  • Plasmodium falciparum associated with severe childhood malaria preferentially expresses PfEMP1 encoded by group A var genes.

    Anja T.R. Jensen;Pamela Magistrado;Sarah Sharp;Louise Joergensen

  • Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial

    Michael T. White;Robert Verity;Jamie T. Griffin;Kwaku Poku Asante

  • Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domain cassettes 8 and 13 are associated with severe malaria in children

    Thomas Lavstsen;Louise Turner;Fredy Saguti;Pamela Magistrado;Pamela Magistrado

  • Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5-17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial.

    Ally Olotu;John Lusingu;John Lusingu;Amanda Leach;Marc Lievens

  • Structure-Guided Identification of a Family of Dual Receptor-Binding PfEMP1 that Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria

    Frank Lennartz;Yvonne Adams;Anja Bengtsson;Anja Bengtsson;Rebecca W. Olsen;Rebecca W. Olsen

  • Structural Conservation Despite Huge Sequence Diversity Allows EPCR Binding by the PfEMP1 Family Implicated in Severe Childhood Malaria

    Clinton K.Y. Lau;Louise Turner;Jakob S. Jespersen;Edward D. Lowe

  • Altitude-Dependent and -Independent Variations in Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence in Northeastern Tanzania

    Chris J. Drakeley;Ilona Carneiro;Hugh Reyburn;Robert Malima

  • Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age: individual participant level meta-analysis.

    Tanya Marchant;Barbara Willey;Joanne Katz;Siân Clarke

  • A progressive declining in the burden of malaria in north-eastern Tanzania

    Bruno P Mmbando;Bruno P Mmbando;Lasse S Vestergaard;Andrew Y Kitua;Martha M Lemnge

  • Immune evasion of Plasmodium falciparum by RIFIN via inhibitory receptors

    Fumiji Saito;Kouyuki Hirayasu;Takeshi Satoh;Christian W. Wang;Christian W. Wang

  • Sequential, Ordered Acquisition of Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Domains

    Gerald K. K. Cham;Louise Turner;John Lusingu;Lasse Vestergaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Thor G. Theander
Thor G. Theander University of Copenhagen
Thomas Lavstsen
Thomas Lavstsen University of Copenhagen
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Lars Hviid
Lars Hviid University of Copenhagen
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh
Ali Salanti
Ali Salanti Copenhagen University Hospital
Bertrand Lell
Bertrand Lell University of Tübingen

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