2026 Joseph B. McCormick: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	82	1062	956	483	412	247	22633
Medicine	88	13201	12425	6728	6223	341	27251

Overview

Joseph B. McCormick is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research spans several fields within medicine and biological sciences, focusing primarily on epidemiology, genetics, and cardiovascular medicine.

The main areas of study for McCormick include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of specialization encompass:

Epidemiology
Genetics
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Molecular Biology

The research topics covered by McCormick's work include:

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Their publication record highlights multiple recent papers, including:

"Gut microbiome features associated with liver fibrosis in Hispanics, a population at high risk for fatty liver disease" (2021, Hepatology)
"SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and COVID-19 disease severity are associated with genetic variants affecting gene expression in a variety of tissues" (2021, Cell Reports)
"Bile Acid Changes Associated With Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis in the Mexican-American Population of South Texas" (2020, Hepatology Communications)
"An evaluation of lipid profile and pro-inflammatory cytokines as determinants of cardiovascular disease in those with diabetes: a study on a Mexican American cohort" (2021, Scientific Reports)
"Elevated Glycated Hemoglobin Is Associated With Liver Fibrosis, as Assessed by Elastography, in a Population-Based Study of Mexican Americans" (2020, Hepatology Communications)

Joseph B. McCormick frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Susan P. Fisher-Hoch
Miryoung Lee
Kari E. North
Heather M. Highland
Hung-Hsin Chen

They have published extensively in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Circulation
Scientific Reports
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

Multicollinearity in Regression Analyses Conducted in Epidemiologic Studies.

Kristina P. Vatcheva;MinJae Lee;Joseph B. McCormick;Mohammad H. Rahbar

1398
Citations
Lassa fever. Effective therapy with ribavirin.

Joseph B Mccormick;I. J. King;P. A. Webb;C. L. Scribner

1341
Citations
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN A HETEROSEXUAL POPULATION IN ZAIRE

Peter Piot;Henri Taelman;Kapita Bila Minlangu;N. Mbendi

776
Citations
A Prospective Study of the Epidemiology and Ecology of Lassa Fever

Joseph B. McCormick;Patricia A. Webb;John W. Krebs;Karl M. Johnson

752
Citations
Defective humoral responses and extensive intravascular apoptosis are associated with fatal outcome in Ebola virus-infected patients.

Sylvain Baize;Eric M. Leroy;M.-C. Georges-Courbot;Monique Capron

693
Citations
Ebola virus disease in southern Sudan: hospital dissemination and intrafamilial spread

Roy C. Baron;Joseph B. McCormick;Osman A. Zubeir

575
Citations
Human asymptomatic Ebola infection and strong inflammatory response.

E M Leroy;S Baize;V E Volchkov;S P Fisher-Hoch

550
Citations
A Case-Control Study of the Clinical Diagnosis and Course of Lassa Fever

Joseph B. McCormick;Isabel J. King;Patricia A. Webb;Karl M. Johnson

501
Citations
Review of cases of nosocomial Lassa fever in Nigeria: the high price of poor medical practice

Susan P Fisher-Hoch;O. Tomori;A. Nasidi;G. I. Perez-Oronoz

458
Citations
Type 2-diabetes is associated with elevated levels of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and adiponectin and low levels of leptin in a population of Mexican Americans: A cross-sectional study

S. Mirza;Monir Hossain;Christine Mathews;Perla Martinez

429
Citations
Genomic heterogeneity of AIDS retroviral isolates from North America and Zaire.

Steven Benn;Rosamond Rutledge;Thomas Folks;Jonathan Gold

346
Citations
The relationship between therapeutic injections and high prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Hafizabad, Pakistan.

S. P. Luby;K. Qamruddin;A. A. Shah;A. Omair

338
Citations
Clinical Sequencing Uncovers Origins and Evolution of Lassa Virus

Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;B. Jesse Shapiro;B. Jesse Shapiro;B. Jesse Shapiro;Christian B. Matranga;Rachel Sealfon;Rachel Sealfon

336
Citations
Lassa fever.

Unknown

334
Citations
Serologic and Immunologic Studies in Patients With AIDS in North America and Africa: The Potential Role of Infectious Agents as Cofactors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Thomas C. Quinn;Peter Piot;Joseph B. McCormick;Fred M. Feinsod

323
Citations
Unsafe injections and the transmission of hepatitis B and C in a periurban community in Pakistan

Aamir J. Khan;Stephen P. Luby;Fariyal Fikree;Anita Karim

319
Citations
Clinical Virology of Lassa Fever in Hospitalized Patients

Karl M. Johnson;Karl M. Johnson;Joseph B. McCormick;Joseph B. McCormick;Patricia A. Webb;Patricia A. Webb;Ethleen S. Smith;Ethleen S. Smith

319
Citations
Crimean Congo-Haemorrhagic Fever treated with oral ribavirin

J. A. Khan;S. Rehman;Susan P Fisher-Hoch;S. Mirza

307
Citations
Persistent Infection with West Nile Virus Years after Initial Infection

Kristy Murray;Christopher Walker;Emily Herrington;Jessica A. Lewis

296
Citations
Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission II. Descriptive epidemiology of malaria infection and disease among children.

P B Bloland;D A Boriga;T K Ruebush;J B McCormick

291
Citations
Descriptive analysis of Ebola virus proteins

Luanne H. Elliott;Michael P. Kiley;Joseph B. McCormick

278
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl M. Johnson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jean-Paul Gonzalez Georgetown University

Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University

Stephen P. Luby Stanford University

Craig L. Hanis The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Kristian G. Andersen Scripps Research Institute

Anthony Sanchez University of Perpignan

Peter Piot London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University

David H. Walker The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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