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D-Index
92
Citations
28791
World Ranking
11383
National Ranking
5834

Mathuram Santosham publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mathuram Santosham sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 381 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Mathuram Santosham D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mathuram Santosham sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 2014 - Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Overview

Mathuram Santosham is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Health, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Among recent publications, the following papers are highlighted:

  • "The need for COVID-19 research in low- and middle-income countries," 2020, Global Health Research and Policy
  • "Differential COVID-19-attributable mortality and BCG vaccine use in countries," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Product review of the rotavirus vaccines ROTASIIL, ROTAVAC, and Rotavin-M1," 2020, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • "Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19," 2020, BMJ Global Health

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mathuram Santosham include:

  • Eric D. McCollum
  • Samir K. Saha
  • Abdullah H Baqui
  • Laura L. Hammitt
  • Tim Colbourn

Santosham has published multiple articles in several venues, including:

  • Vaccine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Global Health
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Global Health

The scientist has received awards such as the Prince Mahidol Award in 2017 and the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal from the Sabin Vaccine Institute in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Safety and Efficacy of a Pentavalent Human–Bovine (WC3) Reassortant Rotavirus Vaccine

    Timo Vesikari;David O Matson;Penelope Dennehy;Pierre Van Damme

  • Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide.

    FE Andre;R Booy;HL Bock;J Clemens

  • Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

    Abdullah H Baqui;Abdullah H Baqui;Shams El-Arifeen;Gary L Darmstadt;Saifuddin Ahmed

  • Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Vishwajeet Kumar;Saroj Mohanty;Aarti Kumar;Rajendra P Misra

  • Efficacy and safety of seven-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in American Indian children: group randomised trial

    Katherine L O'Brien;Lawrence H Moulton;Raymond Reid;Robert Weatherholtz

  • Long-term Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in American Indians and Alaska Natives: A 60-Year Follow-up Study

    Naomi E. Aronson;Mathuram Santosham;George W. Comstock;Robin S. Howard

  • Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Miguel A Chavez;Navid Shams;Laura E Ellington;Neha Naithani

  • Estimating the protective concentration of anti-pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antibodies.

    George R. Siber;Ih Chang;Sherryl Baker;Philip Fernsten

  • Maternal influenza vaccination and effect on influenza virus infection in young infants.

    Angelia A. Eick;Timothy M. Uyeki;Alexander Klimov;Henrietta Hall

  • The efficacy in Navajo infants of a conjugate vaccine consisting of Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide and Neisseria meningitidis outer-membrane protein complex.

    Mathuram Santosham;M Wolff;R Reid;M Hohenboken

  • Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries.

    Gary L. Darmstadt;M. Mao-Qiang;E. Chi;S. K. Saha

  • Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Colonization among Immunized and Unimmunized Children in a Community-Randomized Trial

    Katherine L. O'Brien;Eugene V. Millar;Elizabeth R. Zell;Melinda Bronsdon

  • Zinc for severe pneumonia in very young children: double-blind placebo-controlled trial

    W Abdullah Brooks;W Abdullah Brooks;M Yunus;Mathuram Santosham;MA Wahed

  • Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease.

    Mathuram Santosham;Aruna Chandran;Sean Fitzwater;Christa Fischer-Walker

  • Research priorities for the reduction of perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing country communities.

    William Moss;Gary L Darmstadt;Gary L Darmstadt;David R Marsh;Robert E Black

  • Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial

    W. Abdullah Brooks;Mathuram Santosham;Aliya Naheed;Doli Goswami

  • Rates, timing and causes of neonatal deaths in rural India: implications for neonatal health programmes

    Abdullah Baqui;G. L. Darmstadt;Elizabeth Williams;Vishwajeet Kumar

  • Oral rehydration therapy of infantile diarrhea: a controlled study of well-nourished children hospitalized in the United States and Panama.

    Mathuram Santosham;Robert S. Daum;Ludwig Dillman;Jose L. Rodriguez

  • Effect of topical treatment with skin barrier-enhancing emollients on nosocomial infections in preterm infants in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled trial.

    Gary L Darmstadt;Gary L Darmstadt;Samir K Saha;Samir K Saha;Asm Nawshad Uddin Ahmed;Mak Azad Chowdhury

  • The worldwide impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

    Sean P. Fitzwater;Aruna Chandran;Mathuram Santosham;Hope L. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E Black
Robert E Black Johns Hopkins University
Abdullah H. Baqui
Abdullah H. Baqui Johns Hopkins University
Katherine L. O’Brien
Katherine L. O’Brien Johns Hopkins University
Gary L. Darmstadt
Gary L. Darmstadt Stanford University
Shams El Arifeen
Shams El Arifeen International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Lawrence H. Moulton
Lawrence H. Moulton Johns Hopkins University
Peter J. Winch
Peter J. Winch Johns Hopkins University
Umesh D. Parashar
Umesh D. Parashar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
R. Bradley Sack
R. Bradley Sack Johns Hopkins University
Cynthia G. Whitney
Cynthia G. Whitney Emory University

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