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D-Index
98
Citations
21867
World Ranking
466
National Ranking
215

Mary K. Estes 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 K. Estes sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 192 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mary K. Estes 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 K. Estes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mary K. Estes is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans over a broad range of subfields including Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology, and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Digestive system and related health

Mary K. Estes has contributed extensively to the research literature with notable papers that include:

  • New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids (2021, mSphere)
  • Bile acids and ceramide overcome the entry restriction for GII.3 human norovirus replication in human intestinal enteroids (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Genetic Manipulation of Human Intestinal Enteroids Demonstrates the Necessity of a Functional Fucosyltransferase 2 Gene for Secretor-Dependent Human Norovirus Infection (2020, mBio)
  • Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to Clostridioides difficile via the RadD Adhesin to Enhance Biofilm Formation in Intestinal Mucus (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • Human norovirus exhibits strain-specific sensitivity to host interferon pathways in human intestinal enteroids (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequently collaborating researchers include Robert L. Atmar, Sue E. Crawford, Sasirekha Ramani, Sarah E. Blutt, and Xi-Lei Zeng. These coauthors have repeatedly worked with Mary K. Estes on multiple publications.

The scientist's work appears prominently in several journals and publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • mBio
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Replication of human noroviruses in stem cell–derived human enteroids

    Khalil Ettayebi;Sue E. Crawford;Kosuke Murakami;James R. Broughman

  • Rotaviruses and their replication

    Unknown

  • Norovirus Vaccine Against Experimental Human GII.4 Virus Illness: A Challenge Study in Healthy Adults

    David I. Bernstein;Robert L. Atmar;G. Marshall Lyon;John J. Treanor

  • Protective Effect of Natural Rotavirus Infection in an Indian Birth Cohort

    Beryl P. Gladstone;Sasirekha Ramani;Indrani Mukhopadhya;Jayaprakash Muliyil

  • Prevention and cure of rotavirus infection via TLR5/NLRC4–mediated production of IL-22 and IL-18

    Benyue Zhang;Benoit Chassaing;Zhenda Shi;Robin Uchiyama

  • Stem Cell-Derived Human Intestinal Organoids as an Infection Model for Rotaviruses

    Stacy R. Finkbeiner;Xi-Lei Zeng;Budi Utama;Robert L. Atmar

  • Emerging themes in rotavirus cell entry, genome organization, transcription and replication.

    Hariharan Jayaram;M.K Estes;B.V.Venkataram Prasad

  • Epidemiology of human noroviruses and updates on vaccine development

    Sasirekha Ramani;Robert L. Atmar;Mary K. Estes

  • Noroviruses: The Most Common Pediatric Viral Enteric Pathogen at a Large University Hospital After Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccination.

    Hoonmo L. Koo;Frederick H. Neill;Mary K. Estes;Flor M. Munoz

  • Human enteroids as an ex-vivo model of host–pathogen interactions in the gastrointestinal tract

    Jennifer Foulke-Abel;Julie In;Olga Kovbasnjuk;Nicholas C. Zachos

  • Norwalk virus minor capsid protein VP2 associates within the VP1 shell domain.

    Sompong Vongpunsawad;B. V. Venkataram Prasad;Mary K. Estes

  • Tomato is a highly effective vehicle for expression and oral immunization with Norwalk virus capsid protein

    Xiuren Zhang;Norene A. Buehner;Anne M. Hutson;Mary K. Estes

  • Autophagy hijacked through viroporin-activated calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase-β signaling is required for rotavirus replication

    Sue E. Crawford;Joseph M. Hyser;Budi Utama;Mary K. Estes

  • Structural Analysis of Histo-Blood Group Antigen Binding Specificity in a Norovirus GII.4 Epidemic Variant: Implications for Epochal Evolution

    Sreejesh Shanker;Jae-Mun Choi;Banumathi Sankaran;Robert L. Atmar

  • Extraction of titanium from different titania precursors by the FFC Cambridge process

    Unknown

  • Filtration of Recombinant Norwalk Virus Particles and Bacteriophage MS2 in Quartz Sand: Importance of Electrostatic Interactions

    J. A. Redman;S. B. Grant;T. M. Olson;M. E. Hardy

  • Rotavirus Disrupts Calcium Homeostasis by NSP4 Viroporin Activity

    Joseph M. Hyser;Matthew R. Collinson-Pautz;Matthew R. Collinson-Pautz;Budi Utama;Mary K. Estes

  • Structure and Ionic-Transport Properties of Lithium-Containing Garnets Li3Ln3Te2O12 (Ln= Y, Pr, Nd, Sm-Lu)

    Unknown

  • Pathogenesis of rotavirus gastroenteritis.

    Mary K. Estes;Gagandeep Kang;Carl Q.‐Y. Zeng;Sue E. Crawford

  • Biochemical characterization of a smaller form of recombinant Norwalk virus capsids assembled in insect cells.

    L J White;M E Hardy;M K Estes

  • Ultrastructural Study of Rotavirus Replication in Cultured Cells

    Betty C. Altenburg;David Y. Graham;Mary Kolb Estes

  • Rotavirus vaccine administered parenterally induces protective immunity

    M E Conner;S E Crawford;C Barone;M K Estes

Frequent Co-Authors

Sue E. Crawford
Sue E. Crawford Baylor College of Medicine
David Y. Graham
David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine
Robert L. Atmar
Robert L. Atmar Baylor College of Medicine
B. V. Venkataram Prasad
B. V. Venkataram Prasad Baylor College of Medicine
Margaret E. Conner
Margaret E. Conner Baylor College of Medicine
Mark Donowitz
Mark Donowitz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)
Kim Y. Green
Kim Y. Green National Institutes of Health
Kazuhiko Katayama
Kazuhiko Katayama Kitasato University
Stephan S. Monroe
Stephan S. Monroe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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