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19547
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Joseph J. Gillespie publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph J. Gillespie sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 98 publications — 5th percentile

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Joseph J. Gillespie D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph J. Gillespie sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 1st percentile

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Overview

Joseph J. Gillespie is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work covers several key subfields such as Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad exploration of biological interactions and disease mechanisms.

Joseph J. Gillespie's main research topics include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

The scientist has published extensively in several journals and preprint platforms. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • mSphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Joseph J. Gillespie has also maintained collaborations with numerous co-authors, notably including:

  • Victoria I. Verhoeve (15 joint publications)
  • Timothy Driscoll (12 joint publications)
  • Abdu F. Azad (9 joint publications)
  • M. Sayeedur Rahman (6 joint publications)
  • Courtney E. Chandler (6 joint publications)

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Evolution of Wolbachia mutualism and reproductive parasitism: insight from two novel strains that co-infect cat fleas (2020, PeerJ)
  • Risk1, a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Effector, Promotes Rickettsia typhi Intracellular Survival (2020, mBio)
  • A chromosome-level assembly of the cat flea genome uncovers rampant gene duplication and genome size plasticity (2020, BMC Biology)
  • The Impact of Robotic-Assisted Surgery on Team Performance: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review (2020, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
  • Discovery of a Diverse Set of Bacteria That Build Their Cell Walls without the Canonical Peptidoglycan Polymerase aPBP (2021, mBio)

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • PATRIC, the bacterial bioinformatics database and analysis resource

    Alice R. Wattam;David Abraham;Oral Dalay;Terry Disz

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • Phylogeny of Gammaproteobacteria

    Kelly P. Williams;Joseph J. Gillespie;Bruno W. S. Sobral;Eric K. Nordberg

  • Characteristics of the nuclear (18S, 5.8S, 28S and 5S) and mitochondrial (12S and 16S) rRNA genes of Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera): structure, organization, and retrotransposable elements.

    J. J. Gillespie;J. S. Johnston;J. J. Cannone;Robin Gutell

  • PATRIC: the Comprehensive Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource with a Focus on Human Pathogenic Species

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Alice R. Wattam;Stephen A. Cammer;Joseph L. Gabbard

  • Mechanism of Radiation-Induced Bystander Effect: Role of the Cyclooxygenase-2 Signaling Pathway

    Hongning Zhou;Vladimir N. Ivanov;Joseph Gillespie;Charles R. Geard

  • Plasmids and Rickettsial Evolution: Insight from Rickettsia felis

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Magda S. Beier;M. Sayeedur Rahman;Nicole C. Ammerman

  • Rickettsia phylogenomics: unwinding the intricacies of obligate intracellular life.

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Kelly Williams;Maulik Shukla;Eric E. Snyder

  • A Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont Is a Potential Vitamin Source for the Lone Star Tick

    Todd A Smith;Timothy Driscoll;Joseph J Gillespie;Rahul Raghavan

  • Multigene phylogeny reveals eusociality evolved twice in vespid wasps

    Heather M. Hines;James H. Hunt;Timothy K. O'Connor;Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie

  • A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Vinita Joardar;Kelly P. Williams;Kelly P. Williams;Timothy Driscoll

  • A Secondary Structural Model of the 28S rRNA Expansion Segments D2 and D3 for Chalcidoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

    Joseph J. Gillespie;James B. Munro;John M. Heraty;Matthew J. Yoder

  • PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center

    E. E. Snyder;N. Kampanya;J. Lu;E. K. Nordberg

  • Secretome of obligate intracellular Rickettsia

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Simran J. Kaur;M. Sayeedur Rahman;Kristen Rennoll-Bankert

  • Structural alignment of 18S and 28S rDNA sequences provides insights into phylogeny of Phytophaga (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea and Chrysomeloidea)

    Adriana E. Marvaldi;Catherine N. Duckett;Karl M. Kjer;Joseph J. Gillespie

  • Comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic position of Theileria equi.

    Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Mathangi Thiagarajan;David R. Herndon;Joshua D. Ramsay

  • Phylogenomics reveals a diverse Rickettsiales type IV secretion system.

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Kelly A. Brayton;Kelly P. Williams;Marco A. Quevedo Diaz

  • Opinions on multiple sequence alignment, and an empirical comparison of repeatability and accuracy between POY and structural alignment.

    Karl M. Kjer;Joseph J. Gillespie;Karen A. Ober

  • An anomalous type IV secretion system in Rickettsia is evolutionarily conserved.

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Nicole C. Ammerman;Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick;M. Sayeedur Rahman

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdu F. Azad
Abdu F. Azad University of Maryland, Baltimore
Bruno W. S. Sobral
Bruno W. S. Sobral Virginia Tech
Anthony I. Cognato
Anthony I. Cognato Michigan State University
Douglas W. Tallamy
Douglas W. Tallamy University of Delaware
Robin R. Gutell
Robin R. Gutell The University of Texas at Austin
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Joseph L. Gabbard
Joseph L. Gabbard Virginia Tech
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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