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D-Index
45
Citations
8979
World Ranking
4979
National Ranking
1930

Michal Fried 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 Michal Fried sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 144 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michal Fried 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 Michal Fried sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michal Fried is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific attention to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

Their work covers several main topics, including Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Complement system in diseases, Parasites and Host Interactions, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Michal Fried has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Anti-PfGARP activates programmed cell death of parasites and reduces severe malaria, 2020, Nature
  • Malaria vaccines: a new era of prevention and control, 2024, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • CXCR4 and MIF are required for neutrophil extracellular trap release triggered by Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on hospital admissions and mortality in children under 5 years of age in Ouelessebougou, Mali, 2020, Malaria Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors such as Patrick E. Duffy, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Oumar Attaher, Alassane Dicko, and Djibrilla Issiaka, reflecting a network of partnerships within their research areas.

Michal Fried's work is frequently published in venues that include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Malaria Journal, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Frontiers in Immunology, and Communications Biology.

Best Publications

  • Adherence of Plasmodium falciparum to Chondroitin Sulfate A in the Human Placenta

    Michal Fried;Patrick E. Duffy

  • Maternal antibodies block malaria.

    Michal Fried;François Nosten;François Nosten;Alan Brockman;Alan Brockman;Bernard J. Brabin

  • Malaria elicits type 1 cytokines in the human placenta: IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha associated with pregnancy outcomes.

    Michal Fried;Richard O. Muga;Ambrose O. Misore;Patrick E. Duffy

  • Antibodies that inhibit Plasmodium falciparum adhesion to chondroitin sulfate A are associated with increased birth weight and the gestational age of newborns

    Patrick E. Duffy;Michal Fried

  • Competitive facilitation of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in pregnant women who receive preventive treatment.

    W. E. Harrington;T. K. Mutabingwa;A. Muehlenbachs;B. Sorensen

  • Iron Deficiency Protects Against Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and Death in Young Children

    Moses Gwamaka;Jonathan D. Kurtis;Jonathan D. Kurtis;Bess E. Sorensen;Sarah Holte

  • Maternal Malaria and Gravidity Interact to Modify Infant Susceptibility to Malaria

    Theonest K Mutabingwa;Melissa C Bolla;Jin-Long Li;Gonzalo J Domingo

  • Malaria during Pregnancy.

    Michal Fried;Patrick E. Duffy

  • Intermittent treatment to prevent pregnancy malaria does not confer benefit in an area of widespread drug resistance.

    Whitney E. Harrington;Theonest K. Mutabingwa;Theonest K. Mutabingwa;Edward Kabyemela;Michal Fried;Michal Fried;Michal Fried

  • Parasite burden and severity of malaria in Tanzanian children.

    Bronner P. Gonçalves;Chiung Yu Huang;Robert Morrison;Sarah Holte

  • Decreased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women with iron deficiency.

    Edward R. Kabyemela;Edward R. Kabyemela;Michal Fried;Michal Fried;Jonathan D. Kurtis;Theonest K. Mutabingwa;Theonest K. Mutabingwa

  • Maternal malaria and parasite adhesion

    M. Fried;Patrick E. Duffy

  • Antibodies to PfSEA-1 block parasite egress from RBCs and protect against malaria infection

    Dipak K. Raj;Christian P. Nixon;Christina E. Nixon;Jeffrey D. Dvorin

  • Hypertension and Maternal–Fetal Conflict during Placental Malaria

    Atis Muehlenbachs;Theonest K Mutabingwa;Theonest K Mutabingwa;Sally Edmonds;Michal Fried;Michal Fried

  • Plasmodium falciparum: chondroitin sulfate A is the major receptor for adhesion of parasitized erythrocytes in the placenta.

    Michal Fried;Gonzalo J. Domingo;Channe D. Gowda;Theonest K. Mutabingwa

  • α-Tubulin II is a male-specific protein in Plasmodium falciparum

    David J. Rawlings;Hisashi Fujioka;Michal Fried;David B. Keister

  • Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR for Monitoring of Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Malaria Human Challenge Trials

    Sean C. Murphy;Jennifer L. Prentice;Kathryn Williamson;Carolyn K. Wallis

  • Malaria in the pregnant woman.

    P. E. Duffy;P. E. Duffy;M. Fried

  • Plasmodium falciparum adhesion in the placenta

    Patrick E Duffy;Michal Fried

  • A Novel Histological Grading Scheme for Placental Malaria Applied in Areas of High and Low Malaria Transmission

    Atis Muehlenbachs;Michal Fried;Michal Fried;Rose McGready;Rose McGready;Whitney E. Harrington;Whitney E. Harrington

  • Maternal peripheral blood level of IL-10 as a marker for inflammatory placental malaria

    Edward R Kabyemela;Edward R Kabyemela;Atis Muehlenbachs;Atis Muehlenbachs;Michal Fried;Michal Fried;Jonathan D Kurtis

  • High throughput functional assays of the variant antigen PfEMP1 reveal a single domain in the 3D7 Plasmodium falciparum genome that binds ICAM1 with high affinity and is targeted by naturally acquired neutralizing antibodies.

    Andrew V. Oleinikov;Emily Amos;Isaac Tyler Frye;Eddie Rossnagle

  • Decreased Susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Pregnant Women with Iron Deficiency. Commentary

    Johanna P. Daily;Blair J. Wylie;Edward R. Kabyemela;Michal Fried

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick E. Duffy
Patrick E. Duffy National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
David L. Narum
David L. Narum National Institutes of Health
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Joseph D. Smith
Joseph D. Smith University of Washington
Rose McGready
Rose McGready Mahidol University
Lars Hviid
Lars Hviid University of Copenhagen
Ali Salanti
Ali Salanti Copenhagen University Hospital
José M. C. Ribeiro
José M. C. Ribeiro National Institutes of Health
Paul S. Albert
Paul S. Albert National Institutes of Health
Amy Hutchinson
Amy Hutchinson National Cancer Institute

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