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D-Index
70
Citations
19479
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1921
National Ranking
160

John W. McCauley 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 W. McCauley sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 219 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John W. McCauley 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 W. McCauley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John W. McCauley is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specialization in epidemiology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology. Additional areas of study include animal science and zoology as well as modeling and simulation.

The scientist's work extensively covers several specific topics, including:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

John W. McCauley has co-authored multiple publications with various frequent collaborators. These include Rodney S. Daniels, Ruth Harvey, Saira Hussain, Pramila Rijal, and Alain Townsend.

The scientist has published research in a range of venues with notable frequency in the following journals:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • eLife
  • Journal of General Virology
  • PLoS Pathogens

Selected recent publications of John W. McCauley include:

  • "Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans," 2020, Science
  • "A COVID-19 vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher multimerization of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain induces potent neutralising antibody responses," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Pandemic potential of highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4 A(H5) viruses," 2020, Reviews in Medical Virology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 S2-targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies," 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Pre-existing and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data - from vision to reality.

    Yuelong Shu;John McCauley

  • Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans

    Kevin W. Ng;Nikhil Faulkner;Georgina H. Cornish;Annachiara Rosa

  • Global circulation patterns of seasonal influenza viruses vary with antigenic drift.

    Trevor Bedford;Steven Riley;Ian G. Barr;Shobha Broor

  • Host species barriers to influenza virus infections.

    Thijs Kuiken;Edward C. Holmes;John McCauley;Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

  • Imino sugars inhibit the formation and secretion of bovine viral diarrhea virus, a pestivirus model of hepatitis C virus: Implications for the development of broad spectrum anti-hepatitis virus agents

    Nicole Zitzmann;Anand S. Mehta;Sandra Carrouée;Terry D. Butters

  • Integrating influenza antigenic dynamics with molecular evolution

    Trevor Bedford;Marc Suchard;Philippe Lemey;Gytis Dudas

  • Interferon action--sequence specificity of the ppp(A2'p)nA-dependent ribonuclease.

    Daniel H. Wreschner;Daniel H. Wreschner;John W. McCauley;John W. McCauley;John J. Skehel;Ian M. Kerr

  • Interaction of the influenza virus nucleoprotein with the cellular CRM1-mediated nuclear export pathway.

    Debra Elton;Martha Simpson-Holley;Kate Archer;Liz Medcalf

  • Multiple genetic reassortment of avian and human influenza A viruses in European pigs, resulting in the emergence of an H1N2 virus of novel genotype.

    I H Brown;P A Harris;J W McCauley;D J Alexander

  • Receptor Binding by an H7N9 Influenza Virus from Humans

    Xiaoli Xiong;Stephen R. Martin;Lesley F. Haire;Stephen A. Wharton

  • Evolution of the receptor binding properties of the influenza A(H3N2) hemagglutinin

    Yi Pu Lin;Xiaoli Xiong;Stephen A. Wharton;Stephen R. Martin

  • The NPro Product of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Inhibits DNA Binding by Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 and Targets It for Proteasomal Degradation

    Louise Hilton;Kartykayan Moganeradj;Gang Zhang;Yun-Hsiang Chen

  • Influenza type A in humans, mammals and birds: Determinants of virus virulence, host-range and interspecies transmission

    Susan J. Baigent;John W. McCauley

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • A COVID-19 vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher multimerization of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain induces potent neutralising antibody responses.

    T K Tan;P Rijal;P Rijal;R Rahikainen;A H Keeble

  • Glycosylation of haemagglutinin and stalk-length of neuraminidase combine to regulate the growth of avian influenza viruses in tissue culture.

    Susan J Baigent;John W McCauley

  • Receptor Binding by a Ferret-Transmissible H5 Avian Influenza Virus.

    Xiaoli Xiong;Peter J. Coombs;Stephen R. Martin;Junfeng Liu

  • Dynamics of Influenza Virus Infection and Pathology

    Roberto A. Saenz;Michelle Quinlivan;Debra Elton;Shona MacRae

  • Novel genotypes of H9N2 influenza A viruses isolated from poultry in Pakistan containing NS genes similar to highly pathogenic H7N3 and H5N1 viruses.

    Munir Iqbal;Tahir Yaqub;Kolli Srinath Reddy;John W. McCauley

  • Epidemiological, antigenic and genetic characteristics of seasonal influenza A(H1N1), A(H3N2) and B influenza viruses: basis for the WHO recommendation on the composition of influenza vaccines for use in the 2009-2010 northern hemisphere season

    Ian G Barr;John McCauley;Nancy Cox;Rod Daniels

  • Pre-existing and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans

    Kevin Ng;Nikhil Faulkner;Georgina Cornish;Annachiara Rosa

  • A COVID-19 vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher multimerization of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain induces potent neutralising antibody responses

    Tiong Kit Tan;Pramila Rijal;Pramila Rijal;Rolle Rahikainen;Anthony H. Keeble

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek J. Smith
Derek J. Smith University of Cambridge
Stephen R. Martin
Stephen R. Martin The Francis Crick Institute
Alain Townsend
Alain Townsend University of Oxford
Alan J. Hay
Alan J. Hay Medical Research Council
John J. Skehel
John J. Skehel The Francis Crick Institute
Colin A. Russell
Colin A. Russell University of Amsterdam
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Trevor Bedford
Trevor Bedford Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dayan Wang
Dayan Wang Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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