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D-Index
76
Citations
25177
World Ranking
1398
National Ranking
118

Mike Sharland 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 Mike Sharland sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 460 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mike Sharland 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 Mike Sharland sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mike Sharland is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in several interconnected subfields including Epidemiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics of Mike Sharland's work focus on Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Neonatal and Maternal Infections, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, and Pharmaceutical studies and practices.

Recent notable publications by Mike Sharland include:

  • A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19, 2020, BMJ
  • Assessment of WHO antibiotic consumption and access targets in 76 countries, 2000-15: an analysis of pharmaceutical sales data, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • The scope of the antimicrobial resistance challenge, 2024, The Lancet
  • The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book and prevention of antimicrobial resistance, 2023, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Implementation and impact of pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs: a systematic scoping review, 2020, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Mike Sharland frequently publishes in several scientific venues where they have contributed multiple articles. The primary publication venues include:

  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Antibiotics
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Mike Sharland's scientific activity. They have frequently co-authored work with several researchers, including:

  • Julia Bielicki (38 publications)
  • Sally Ellis (24 publications)
  • Aislinn Cook (20 publications)
  • Paul T. Heath (19 publications)
  • Yingfen Hsia (16 publications)

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19

    Bram Rochwerg;Arnav Agarwal;Reed Ac Siemieniuk;Thomas Agoritsas

  • Valganciclovir for Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease

    D. W. Kimberlin;P. M. Jester;P. J. Sánchez;A. Ahmed

  • Neonatal sepsis: an international perspective

    S Vergnano;M Sharland;P Kazembe;C Mwansambo

  • A clinical study of Noonan syndrome.

    M Sharland;M Burch;W M McKenna;M A Paton

  • Assessment of WHO antibiotic consumption and access targets in 76 countries, 2000-15: an analysis of pharmaceutical sales data.

    Eili Y Klein;Eili Y Klein;Maja Milkowska-Shibata;Katie K Tseng;Mike Sharland

  • Surveillance for control of antimicrobial resistance

    Evelina Tacconelli;Frangiscos Sifakis;Stephan Harbarth;Remco Schrijver

  • Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries

    Yingfen Hsia;Brian R Lee;Ann Versporten;Yonghong Yang

  • The scope of the antimicrobial resistance challenge

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  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus: A European Expert Consensus Statement on Diagnosis and Management.

    Suzanne E. Luck;Jantien W. Wieringa;Daniel Blázquez-Gamero;Philipp Henneke

  • Lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus: current management and new therapeutics

    Natalie I Mazur;Federico Martinón-Torres;Eugenio Baraldi;Brigitte Fauroux

  • Aetiology of invasive bacterial infection and antimicrobial resistance in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis in line with the STROBE-NI reporting guidelines.

    Uduak Okomo;Edem N K Akpalu;Kirsty Le Doare;Anna Roca

  • Decline in mortality, AIDS, and hospital admissions in perinatally HIV-1 infected children in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

    D M Gibb;T Duong;P A Tookey;M Sharland

  • Improving the quality of antibiotic prescribing in the NHS by developing a new Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme: Start Smart—Then Focus

    Diane Ashiru-Oredope;Mike Sharland;Esmita Charani;Cliodna McNulty

  • The Worldwide Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children.

    Ann Versporten;Julia Bielicki;Nico Drapier;Mike Sharland

  • Morbidity, mortality, and response to treatment by children in the United Kingdom and Ireland with perinatally acquired HIV infection during 1996-2006: planning for teenage and adult care.

    Ali Judd;Katja Doerholt;Pat A. Tookey;Mike Sharland

  • Potential for reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in English primary care

    Timo Smieszek;Timo Smieszek;Koen B Pouwels;Koen B Pouwels;Koen B Pouwels;F Christiaan K Dolk;F Christiaan K Dolk;David R M Smith

  • Cardiologic abnormalities in Noonan syndrome: phenotypic diagnosis and echocardiographic assessment of 118 patients.

    Michael Burch;Michael Sharland;Elliot Shinebourne;Gillian Smith

  • Risk Factors for Hospital Admission with RSV Bronchiolitis in England: A Population-Based Birth Cohort Study

    Joanna Murray;Alex Bottle;Mike Sharland;Neena Modi

  • The <i>WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book</i> and prevention of antimicrobial resistance

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  • Classifying antibiotics in the WHO Essential Medicines List for optimal use—be AWaRe

    Mike Sharland;Celine Pulcini;Stéphan Juergen Harbarth;Mei Zeng

  • Encouraging AWaRe-ness and discouraging inappropriate antibiotic use—the new 2019 Essential Medicines List becomes a global antibiotic stewardship tool

    Mike Sharland;Sumanth Gandra;Benedikt Huttner;Lorenzo Moja

  • Neonatal sepsis in South Asia: huge burden and spiralling antimicrobial resistance.

    Suman Chaurasia;Sindhu Sivanandan;Ramesh Agarwal;Sally Ellis

  • Empirical treatment of neonatal sepsis: are the current guidelines adequate?

    Berit Muller-Pebody;Alan Johnson;P. T. Heath;R. E. Gilbert

  • Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology for Newborn Infection (STROBE-NI): an extension of the STROBE statement for neonatal infection research.

    Elizabeth J A Fitchett;Anna C. Seale;Anna C. Seale;Stefania Vergnano;Michael Sharland

  • Consumption of oral antibiotic formulations for young children according to the WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) antibiotic groups: an analysis of sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries.

    Yingfen Hsia;Mike Sharland;Charlotte Jackson;Ian C K Wong;Ian C K Wong

  • Health-care-associated infections in neonates, children, and adolescents: an analysis of paediatric data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control point-prevalence survey

    Walter Zingg;Walter Zingg;Susan Hopkins;Susan Hopkins;Angèle Gayet-Ageron;Alison Holmes;Alison Holmes

  • Valganciclovir for Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease

    David W. Kimberlin;Penelope M. Jester;Pablo J. Sánchez;Amina Ahmed

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul T. Heath
Paul T. Heath St George's, University of London
Shamez N. Ladhani
Shamez N. Ladhani UK Health Security Agency
Alan P. Johnson
Alan P. Johnson Public Health England
Ian C. K. Wong
Ian C. K. Wong University of Hong Kong
Diana M. Gibb
Diana M. Gibb University College London
Susanna Esposito
Susanna Esposito University of Parma
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Paul D. Griffiths
Paul D. Griffiths University College London
Carlo Giaquinto
Carlo Giaquinto University of Padua
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Theoklis E. Zaoutis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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