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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
12564
World Ranking
16019
National Ranking
1266

Michael R. Barer 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 Michael R. Barer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 195 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael R. Barer 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 Michael R. Barer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael R. Barer is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a notable concentration in infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology. Barer's work also touches on molecular biology and surgery.

The scientist's major topics of study include tuberculosis research and epidemiology, infection control and ventilation, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, pneumonia and respiratory infections, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research.

Frequent co-authors in Barer's research include Manish Pareek, Caroline Williams, Daniel Pan, Shirley Sze, and Christopher E. Brightling.

Barer has contributed to several prominent publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Microbe
  • Journal of Infection
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael R. Barer include:

  • Inflammatory Endotype-associated Airway Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Stability and Exacerbations: A Multicohort Longitudinal Analysis, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis output and detection of subclinical disease by face-mask sampling: prospective observational studies, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Lung microbiome composition and bronchial epithelial gene expression in patients with COPD versus healthy individuals: a bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and host transcriptomic analysis, 2021, The Lancet Microbe
  • The sputum microbiome is distinct between COPD and health, independent of smoking history, 2020, Respiratory Research
  • Transmission of monkeypox/mpox virus: A narrative review of environmental, viral, host, and population factors in relation to the 2022 international outbreak, 2023, Journal of Medical Virology

Best Publications

  • Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Identification of Biologic Clusters and Their Biomarkers

    Mona Bafadhel;Susan McKenna;Sarah Terry;Vijay Mistry

  • Viability and activity in readily culturable bacteria: a review and discussion of the practical issues

    Douglas B. Kell;Arseny S. Kaprelyants;Arseny S. Kaprelyants;Dieter H. Weichart;Colin R. Harwood

  • Blood Eosinophils to Direct Corticosteroid Treatment of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Mona Bafadhel;Susan McKenna;Sarah Terry;Vijay Mistry

  • Cytological and Transcript Analyses Reveal Fat and Lazy Persister-Like Bacilli in Tuberculous Sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Simon J. Waddell;Anna L Sherratt;Su Min Lee

  • Bacterial viability and culturability.

    Michael R. Barer;Colin R. Harwood

  • Toxin gene expression by shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: the role of antibiotics and the bacterial SOS response.

    Patrick T. Kimmitt;Colin R. Harwood;Michael R. Barer

  • Lung microbiome dynamics in COPD exacerbations

    Zhang Wang;Mona Bafadhel;Koirobi Haldar;Koirobi Haldar;Aaron Spivak

  • Characterization of the bacterial consortium associated with black band disease in coral using molecular microbiological techniques.

    Rory P Cooney;Olga Pantos;Martin D A Le Tissier;Michael R Barer

  • Targeting Persisters for Tuberculosis Control

    Ying Zhang;Wing Wai Yew;Michael R. Barer

  • Resuscitation-promoting factors reveal an occult population of tubercle Bacilli in Sputum.

    Galina V. Mukamolova;Obolbek Turapov;Joanne Malkin;Gerrit Woltmann

  • The bacterial ecology of a plague-like disease affecting the Caribbean coral Montastrea annularis.

    Olga Pantos;Rory P. Cooney;Martin D. A. Le Tissier;Michael R. Barer

  • Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein in Hospitalized Adult Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia or Exacerbation of Asthma or COPD

    Mona Bafadhel;Tristan W. Clark;Carlene Reid;Marie-jo Medina

  • Intracellular lipophilic inclusions of mycobacteria in vitro and in sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Henriette Christensen;David E. Minnikin;Richard A. Adegbola

  • Composition and diversity of ammonia-oxidising bacterial communities in wastewater treatment reactors of different design treating identical wastewater.

    Arlene K. Rowan;Jason R. Snape;David Fearnside;Michael R. Barer

  • Biofilms in drinking water systems: a possible reservoir for Helicobacter pylori

    W.G. Mackay;L.T. Gribbon;M.R. Barer;D.C. Reid

  • THE VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE HYPOTHESIS AND MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY

    M. R. Barer;L. T. Gribbon;C. R. Harwood;C. E. Nwoguh

  • Factors affecting the selection and use of tetrazolium salts as cytochemical indicators of microbial viability and activity

    Susan M. Thom;R.W. Horobin;E. Seidler;M.R. Barer

  • Biological exacerbation clusters demonstrate asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with distinct mediator and microbiome profiles.

    Michael A. Ghebre;Pee Hwee Pang;Sarah Diver;Dhananjay Desai

  • Lipid domains of mycobacteria studied with fluorescent molecular probes

    Henriette Christensen;Natalie J. Garton;Richard W. Horobin;David E. Minnikin

  • A deletion defining a common Asian lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associates with immune subversion

    Sandra M. Newton;Rebecca J. Smith;Katalin A. Wilkinson;Katalin A. Wilkinson;Mark P. Nicol

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher E. Brightling
Christopher E. Brightling University of Leicester
Karl G. Nicholson
Karl G. Nicholson University of Leicester
Keith R. Abrams
Keith R. Abrams University of Leicester
Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon Public Health England
Ian D. Pavord
Ian D. Pavord University of Oxford
Martin Antonio
Martin Antonio London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ivo Gut
Ivo Gut Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico
Peter W. Andrew
Peter W. Andrew University of Leicester
Marco R. Oggioni
Marco R. Oggioni University of Leicester
Colin R. Harwood
Colin R. Harwood Newcastle University

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