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2026

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Microbiology

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101
Citations
32002
World Ranking
392
National Ranking
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Medicine

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Citations
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World Ranking
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Nicholas M. Anstey 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 Nicholas M. Anstey sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 398 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nicholas M. Anstey 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 Nicholas M. Anstey sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2018 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Nicholas M. Anstey is affiliated with Charles Darwin University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their work include Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-borne infectious diseases, the Complement system in diseases, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Viral Infections and Vectors, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Anstey has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in several prominent venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Malaria Journal, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and Scientific Reports.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Malaria, 2023, The Lancet
  • Hidden Biomass of Intact Malaria Parasites in the Human Spleen, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • 2020 Review and revision of the 2015 Darwin melioidosis treatment guideline; paradigm drift not shift, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Identifying and combating the impacts of COVID-19 on malaria, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Evaluation of splenic accumulation and colocalization of immature reticulocytes and Plasmodium vivax in asymptomatic malaria: A prospective human splenectomy study, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Collaborations with frequent co-authors include Matthew J. Grigg, Timothy William, Bridget E. Barber, Kim A. Piera, and Giri Shan Rajahram, reflecting a network of researchers focused on tropical medicine and infectious diseases.

Anstey was recognized in 2018 as a Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), acknowledging their involvement and standing in the scientific community focused on tropical medicine.

Best Publications

  • Common West African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria

    Adrian V. S. Hill;Catherine E. M. Allsopp;Dominic Kwiatkowski;Nicholas M. Anstey

  • Vivax Malaria: Neglected and Not Benign

    Ric N. Price;Emiliana Tjitra;Carlos A. Guerra;Shunmay Yeung

  • Multidrug-resistant Plasmodium vivax associated with severe and fatal malaria: a prospective study in Papua, Indonesia.

    Emiliana Tjitra;Nicholas M Anstey;Paulus Sugiarto;Noah Warikar

  • Endemic Melioidosis in Tropical Northern Australia: A 10-Year Prospective Study and Review of the Literature

    Bart J. Currie;Dale A. Fisher;Diane M. Howard;James N. C. Burrow

  • Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing World: Prevalences, Patterns, and the Potential of Early Disease Detection

    David S. Celermajer;Clara K. Chow;Clara K. Chow;Clara K. Chow;Eloi Marijon;Nicholas M. Anstey

  • The pathophysiology of vivax malaria

    Nicholas M. Anstey;Bruce Russell;Bruce Russell;Bruce Russell;Tsin W. Yeo;Ric N. Price;Ric N. Price

  • Nitric oxide in Tanzanian children with malaria: inverse relationship between malaria severity and nitric oxide production/nitric oxide synthase type 2 expression.

    N M Anstey;J B Weinberg;M Y Hassanali;E D Mwaikambo

  • New developments in Plasmodium vivax malaria: severe disease and the rise of chloroquine resistance.

    Ric N Price;Nicholas M Douglas;Nicholas M Anstey

  • The Relationship between Age and the Manifestations of and Mortality Associated with Severe Malaria

    Arjen M. Dondorp;Sue J. Lee;M. A. Faiz;Saroj Mishra

  • The epidemiology of melioidosis in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    Bart J Currie;Dale A Fisher;Diane M Howard;James N.C Burrow

  • Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group

    NM Anstey;S Auburn;JK Baird;KE Battle

  • Melioidosis: acute and chronic disease, relapse and re-activation

    Bart J. Currie;Dale A. Fisher;Nicholas M. Anstey;Susan P. Jacups

  • Impaired nitric oxide bioavailability and l-arginine–reversible endothelial dysfunction in adults with falciparum malaria

    Tsin W. Yeo;Daniel A. Lampah;Retno Gitawati;Emiliana Tjitra

  • A Prospective Comparative Study of Knowlesi, Falciparum, and Vivax Malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: High Proportion With Severe Disease From Plasmodium Knowlesi and Plasmodium Vivax But No Mortality With Early Referral and Artesunate Therapy

    Bridget E. Barber;Timothy William;Matthew J. Grigg;Jayaram Menon

  • Chloroquine Resistant Plasmodium vivax: In Vitro Characterisation and Association with Molecular Polymorphisms

    Rossarin Suwanarusk;Bruce Russell;Marina Chavchich;Ferryanto Chalfein

  • Two fixed-dose artemisinin combinations for drug-resistant falciparum and vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia: an open-label randomised comparison.

    A. Ratcliff;H. Siswantoro;Enny Kenangalem;R. Maristela

  • Angiopoietin-2 is associated with decreased endothelial nitric oxide and poor clinical outcome in severe falciparum malaria

    Tsin W. Yeo;Daniel A. Lampah;Retno Gitawati;Emiliana Tjitra

  • A simple, valid, numerical score for grading chest x-ray severity in adult smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis

    Anna P Ralph;Muhamed Ardian;Andri Wiguna;Graeme P Maguire

  • Severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a tertiary care hospital, Sabah, Malaysia.

    Timothy William;Jayaram Menon;Giri S Rajahram;Leslie Chan

  • Artemisinin combination therapy for vivax malaria

    Nicholas M Douglas;Nicholas M Anstey;Brian J Angus;Francois Nosten;Francois Nosten

  • Field evaluation of the ICT malaria P.f/P.v immunochromatographic test for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in patients with a presumptive clinical diagnosis of malaria in eastern Indonesia.

    Emiliana Tjitra;Sri Suprianto;Mary Dyer;Bart J. Currie

  • The anaemia of Plasmodium vivax malaria

    Nicholas M Douglas;Nicholas M Anstey;Pierre A Buffet;Pierre A Buffet;Jeanne R Poespoprodjo

  • Malaria incidence in Myanmar 2005–2014: steady but fragile progress towards elimination

    Thet Thet Mu;Aye Aye Sein;Tint Tint Kyi;Myo Min

Frequent Co-Authors

Ric N. Price
Ric N. Price Charles Darwin University
Matthew J. Grigg
Matthew J. Grigg Charles Darwin University
J. Brice Weinberg
J. Brice Weinberg Duke University
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Sarah Auburn
Sarah Auburn Charles Darwin University
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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