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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 51 4289 3944 1654 1479 135 12848

Mary F. Kearney publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mary F. Kearney between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mary F. Kearney published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2019. 15 of the 149 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2019. 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 8 publications
2004 2025

149 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mary F. Kearney: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 2
2005 1
2006 3
2007 1
2008 1
2009 3
2010 7
2011 8
2012 7
2013 8
2014 11
2015 5
2016 7
2017 10
2018 4
2019 20
2020 8
2021 16
2022 5
2023 7
2024 7
2025 8
Total 149
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Mary F. Kearney 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 Mary F. Kearney 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, 135–144 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: 135 publications — 19th percentile

19% 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
135–144 288 135
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
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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Mary F. Kearney 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 Mary F. Kearney 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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 51
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
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

Mary F. Kearney is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a strong specialization in infectious diseases and virology. Their work spans molecular biology, epidemiology, and immunology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying complex viral infections.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Mary F. Kearney has contributed to multiple publications, often in collaboration with frequent co-authors. Notable co-authors include John W. Mellors, John M. Coffin, Michael J. Bale, Jason W. Rausch, and Adam A. Capoferri.

Frequent venues for publication include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • mBio
  • UNC Libraries

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Mary F. Kearney include:

  • HIV-1 viremia not suppressible by antiretroviral therapy can originate from large T cell clones producing infectious virus, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viremia Is Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Severity and Predicts Clinical Outcomes, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Low genetic diversity may be an Achilles heel of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Integration in oncogenes plays only a minor role in determining the in vivo distribution of HIV integration sites before or during suppressive antiretroviral therapy, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Dynamic Shifts in the HIV Proviral Landscape During Long Term Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Implications for Persistence and Control of HIV Infections, 2020, Viruses

Best Publications

  • Administration of vorinostat disrupts HIV-1 latency in patients on antiretroviral therapy

    N. M. Archin;A. L. Liberty;A. D. Kashuba;S. K. Choudhary

  • Specific HIV integration sites are linked to clonal expansion and persistence of infected cells

    F. Maldarelli;X. Wu;L. Su;F. R. Simonetti

  • Single-strand specificity of APOBEC3G accounts for minus-strand deamination of the HIV genome.

    Qin Yu;Renate König;Satish Pillai;Kristopher Chiles

  • Multiple, Linked Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Mutations in Treatment-Experienced Patients Are Missed by Standard Genotype Analysis

    Sarah Palmer;Mary Kearney;Frank Maldarelli;Elias K. Halvas

  • Treatment intensification does not reduce residual HIV-1 viremia in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy

    J. B. Dinoso;S. Y. Kim;A. M. Wiegand;S. E. Palmer;S. E. Palmer

  • B-108 Specific HIV integration sites are linked to clonal expansion and persistence of infected cells

    Frank Maldarelli;Xiaolin Wu;Ling Su;Francesco Simonetti

  • Clonally expanded CD4+ T cells can produce infectious HIV-1 in vivo

    Francesco R. Simonetti;Michele D. Sobolewski;Elizabeth Fyne;Wei Shao

  • Histone deacetylase inhibitor romidepsin induces HIV expression in CD4 T cells from patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy at concentrations achieved by clinical dosing.

    Datsen George Wei;Vicki Chiang;Elizabeth Fyne;Mini Balakrishnan

  • The Effect of Raltegravir Intensification on Low-level Residual Viremia in HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Rajesh T. Gandhi;Lu Zheng;Ronald J. Bosch;Ellen S. Chan

  • Proviruses with identical sequences comprise a large fraction of the replication-competent HIV reservoir.

    John K. Bui;John K. Bui;Michele D. Sobolewski;Brandon F. Keele;Jonathan Spindler

  • HIV-1 Expression Within Resting CD4+ T Cells After Multiple Doses of Vorinostat

    Nancy M. Archin;Rosalie Bateson;Manoj K. Tripathy;Amanda M. Crooks

  • Immediate antiviral therapy appears to restrict resting CD4+ cell HIV-1 infection without accelerating the decay of latent infection.

    Nancie M. Archin;Naveen K. Vaidya;Naveen K. Vaidya;Jo Ann D. Kuruc;Abigail L. Liberty

  • Short-course raltegravir intensification does not reduce persistent low-level viremia in patients with HIV-1 suppression during receipt of combination antiretroviral therapy

    D. McMahon;J. Jones;A. Wiegand;S. J. Gange

  • Lack of Detectable HIV-1 Molecular Evolution during Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

    Mary F. Kearney;Jonathan Spindler;Wei Shao;Sloane Yu

  • HIV-1 persistence following extremely early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during acute HIV-1 infection: An observational study

    Timothy J. Henrich;Hiroyu Hatano;Oliver Bacon;Louise E. Hogan

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Population Genetics and Adaptation in Newly Infected Individuals

    M. Kearney;M. Kearney;F. Maldarelli;W. Shao;J. B. Margolick

  • Majority of CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood of HIV-1–infected individuals contain only one HIV DNA molecule

    Lina Josefsson;Martin S. King;Barbro Makitalo;Johan Brännström

  • Single-cell analysis of HIV-1 transcriptional activity reveals expression of proviruses in expanded clones during ART.

    Ann Wiegand;Jonathan Spindler;Feiyu F. Hong;Wei Shao

  • HIV populations are large and accumulate high genetic diversity in a nonlinear fashion

    Frank Maldarelli;Mary Kearney;Sarah Palmer;Robert Stephens

  • Blinded, Multicenter Comparison of Methods To Detect a Drug-Resistant Mutant of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 at Low Frequency

    Elias K. Halvas;Grace M. Aldrovandi;Peter Balfe;Ingrid A. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Coffin
John M. Coffin Tufts University
John W. Mellors
John W. Mellors University of Pittsburgh
Frank Maldarelli
Frank Maldarelli National Institutes of Health
Sarah Palmer
Sarah Palmer University of Sydney
Stephen Hughes
Stephen Hughes National Cancer Institute
Brandon F. Keele
Brandon F. Keele National Institutes of Health
Rebecca Hoh
Rebecca Hoh University of California, San Francisco
David M. Margolis
David M. Margolis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vineet N. KewalRamani
Vineet N. KewalRamani National Institutes of Health

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