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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 78 1272 1145 110 103 220 23177

John Wain publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John Wain between 1969 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John Wain published across 58 years, from 1969 to 2026, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2013. 6 of the 247 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2013. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 1 publication
1969 2026

247 publications in total across all disciplines

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John Wain: publications per year, 1969 to 2026
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 3
1998 8
1999 3
2000 4
2001 11
2002 5
2003 2
2004 5
2005 9
2006 9
2007 13
2008 16
2009 9
2010 10
2011 11
2012 13
2013 17
2014 12
2015 8
2016 8
2017 6
2018 3
2019 5
2020 13
2021 8
2022 12
2023 6
2024 7
2025 5
2026 1
Total 247
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John Wain 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 Wain sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 215–224 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 220 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.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198 220
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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John Wain 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 Wain sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73 78
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Bacteria
  • DNA

His primary areas of investigation include Microbiology, Salmonella typhi, Typhoid fever, Genetics and Salmonella. His Microbiology research focuses on Internal medicine and how it relates to Coinfection. His Salmonella typhi research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Veterinary medicine, Interquartile range and Incidence.

The Typhoid fever study combines topics in areas such as Antibacterial agent, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Chloramphenicol and Ofloxacin. The various areas that he examines in his Salmonella study include Genetic variation, Molecular evolution, Phylogenetic tree and Virulence. His Salmonella enterica study which covers Phylogenetics that intersects with Subspecies.

His most cited work include:

  • Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms (1067 citations)
  • Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms (1067 citations)
  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18 (1059 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

John Wain spends much of his time researching Microbiology, Salmonella typhi, Typhoid fever, Genetics and Salmonella. His study of Serotype is a part of Microbiology. His work investigates the relationship between Serotype and topics such as Salmonella enterica that intersect with problems in Enterobacteriaceae.

His Salmonella typhi research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Chloramphenicol, Antibiotic resistance and Drug resistance. His Typhoid fever research includes elements of Ofloxacin, Internal medicine, Antibacterial agent and Immunology. His work deals with themes such as Veterinary medicine and Genomic island, which intersect with Salmonella.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Microbiology (58.70%)
  • Salmonella typhi (43.72%)
  • Typhoid fever (46.96%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Whole genome sequencing (12.15%)
  • Microbiology (58.70%)
  • Genetics (30.77%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Whole genome sequencing, Microbiology, Genetics, Genome and Gene. His research in Whole genome sequencing intersects with topics in Salmonella typhi, Salmonella enterica, Outbreak, Genomics and Computational biology. His Salmonella typhi study incorporates themes from Mutation, Wild type and Virology.

His studies in Microbiology integrate themes in fields like Genotype and Escherichia coli. His work carried out in the field of Genetics brings together such families of science as Gut flora and Serotype. His research investigates the link between Genome and topics such as DNA sequencing that cross with problems in Multiplex.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Identification of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance directly from clinical urines by nanopore-based metagenomic sequencing (171 citations)
  • Nanopore metagenomics enables rapid clinical diagnosis of bacterial lower respiratory infection. (99 citations)
  • Nanopore metagenomics enables rapid clinical diagnosis of bacterial lower respiratory infection. (99 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Bacteria
  • DNA

His primary areas of study are Nanopore sequencing, Genetics, Metagenomics, Nanopore and Microbiology. His Genetics study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Gut flora. His Microbiology research incorporates themes from Multilocus sequence typing and Escherichia coli.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Genomic island and Salmonella. His work on Salmonella enterica is typically connected to Context as part of general Salmonella study, connecting several disciplines of science. His Plasmid research includes themes of Salmonella typhi and Typhoid fever.

Best Publications

  • Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms

    Nicholas J Loman;Raju V Misra;Timothy J Dallman;Chrystala Constantinidou

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • A study of typhoid fever in five asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls

    R Leon Ochiai;Camilo J Acosta;M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday;Dong Baiqing

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing as a Replacement for Serotyping in Salmonella enterica

    Mark Achtman;John Wain;John Wain;François Xavier Weill;Satheesh Nair;Satheesh Nair

  • Simultaneous assay of every Salmonella Typhi gene using one million transposon mutants

    Gemma C. Langridge;Minh Duy Phan;Daniel J. Turner;Timothy T. Perkins

  • Nanopore metagenomics enables rapid clinical diagnosis of bacterial lower respiratory infection.

    Themoula Charalampous;Gemma L Kay;Gemma L Kay;Hollian Richardson;Alp Aydin

  • High-throughput sequencing provides insights into genome variation and evolution in Salmonella Typhi

    Kathryn E. Holt;Julian Parkhill;Camila J. Mazzoni;Philippe Roumagnac

  • MinION nanopore sequencing identifies the position and structure of a bacterial antibiotic resistance island.

    Philip M Ashton;Satheesh Nair;Tim J Dallman;Salvatore Rubino

  • Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chinyere K. Okoro;Robert A. Kingsley;Thomas Richard Connor;Simon R. Harris

  • Salmonella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, is approximately 50,000 years old.

    Claire Kidgell;Ulrike Reichard;John Wain;Bodo Linz

  • Quinolone-resistant Salmonella typhi in Viet Nam: molecular basis of resistance and clinical response to treatment

    John Wain;Nguyen T. T. Hoa;Nguyen T. Chinh;Ha Vinh

  • Quantitation of Bacteria in Blood of Typhoid Fever Patients and Relationship between Counts and Clinical Features, Transmissibility, and Antibiotic Resistance

    J Wain;T S Diep;V A Ho;A M Walsh;A M Walsh

  • Identification of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance directly from clinical urines by nanopore-based metagenomic sequencing

    K. Schmidt;S. Mwaigwisya;L. C. Crossman;M. Doumith

  • International Spread of an Epidemic Population of Salmonella enterica Serotype Kentucky ST198 Resistant to Ciprofloxacin

    Simon Le Hello;Rene S. Hendriksen;Benoit Doublet;Ian Fisher

  • Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Asia and Molecular Mechanism of Reduced Susceptibility to the Fluoroquinolones

    Tran Thuy Chau;James Ian Campbell;James Ian Campbell;Claudia M. Galindo;Nguyen Van Minh Hoang

  • Typhoid fever: pathogenesis and disease.

    Deborah House;Anne Bishop;Christopher Parry;Gordon Dougan

  • Quantitation of Bacteria in Bone Marrow from Patients with Typhoid Fever: Relationship between Counts and Clinical Features

    John Wain;John Wain;Phan Van Be Bay;H. A. Vinh;Nguyen M. Duong

  • Salmonella Paratyphi A Rates, Asia

    R. Leon Ochiai;XuanYi Wang;Lorenz von Seidlein;Jin Yang

  • An H-NS-like stealth protein aids horizontal DNA transmission in bacteria.

    Marie Doyle;Maria Fookes;Al Ivens;Michael W. Mangan

  • Pseudogene accumulation in the evolutionary histories of Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A and Typhi.

    Kathryn E Holt;Nicholas R Thomson;John Wain;Gemma C Langridge

  • Value of a Single-Tube Widal Test in Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Vietnam

    Christopher M. Parry;Christopher M. Parry;Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hoa;To Song Diep;John Wain;John Wain

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Parry
Christopher M. Parry Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Tran Tinh Hien
Tran Tinh Hien University of Oxford
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
David M. Livermore
David M. Livermore University of East Anglia

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