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Nicholas R. Waterfield

Nicholas R. Waterfield

Nicholas R. Waterfield publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicholas R. Waterfield between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicholas R. Waterfield published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2019. 8 of the 98 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2019. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 7 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 2 publications
2000 2025

98 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicholas R. Waterfield: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 3
2002 4
2003 3
2004 4
2005 5
2006 2
2007 5
2008 1
2009 7
2010 4
2011 5
2012 2
2013 5
2014 3
2015 3
2016 3
2017 0
2018 2
2019 9
2020 3
2021 4
2022 8
2023 4
2024 6
2025 2
Total 98
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Nicholas R. Waterfield 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 R. Waterfield sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Nicholas R. Waterfield 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 R. Waterfield sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Nicholas R. Waterfield is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. The scientist's work also covers subfields such as Insect Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Ecology.

The research topics frequently explored by Waterfield include:

  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Waterfield has published numerous papers, with recent notable works including:

  • Genome-wide dissection reveals diverse pathogenic roles of bacterial Tc toxins, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Application of Quantitative PCR in the Diagnosis and Evaluating Treatment Efficacy of Leishmaniasis, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • A new family of globally distributed lytic roseophages with unusual deoxythymidine to deoxyuridine substitution, 2021, Current Biology
  • N-Glycans and sulfated glycosaminoglycans contribute to the action of diverse Tc toxins on mammalian cells, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Toxoplasma gondii in patients with lung infections by a duplex qPCR assay, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Frequent collaborators of Waterfield include:

  • Alexia Hapeshi
  • Guowei Yang
  • Yun Wu
  • Shathviga Manoharan
  • Grace Taylor-Joyce

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publication venues. Key journals and platforms where their work has appeared include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • A single Photorhabdus gene, makes caterpillars floppy (mcf), allows Escherichia coli to persist within and kill insects

    P. J. Daborn;N. Waterfield;C. P. Silva;C. P. Y. Au

  • Insecticidal toxins from Photorhabdus bacteria and their potential use in agriculture.

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant;Andrea Dowling;Nicholas R. Waterfield

  • A Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type VI Secretion Phospholipase D Effector Targets Both Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

    Feng Jiang;Nicholas R. Waterfield;Jian Yang;Guowei Yang

  • Photorhabdus and a host of hosts.

    Nicholas R. Waterfield;Todd Ciche;David Clarke

  • The tc genes of Photorhabdus: a growing family

    Nicholas R Waterfield;David J Bowen;Jacqueline D Fetherston;Robert D Perry

  • Photorhabdus: towards a functional genomic analysis of a symbiont and pathogen.

    Richard Ffrench-Constant;Nicholas Waterfield;Phillip Daborn;Susan Joyce

  • Photorhabdus virulence cassettes confer injectable insecticidal activity against the wax moth.

    G. Yang;A. J. Dowling;U. Gerike;R. H. ffrench-Constant

  • Bacterial infection of a model insect: Photorhabdus luminescens and Manduca sexta

    Carlos P. Silva;Nicholas R. Waterfield;Phillip J. Daborn;Paul Dean

  • Sequencing and Analysis of the Prolate-Headed Lactococcal Bacteriophage c2 Genome and Identification of the Structural Genes

    M. W. Lubbers;N. R. Waterfield;T. P. J. Beresford;R. W. F. Le Page

  • The KdpD/KdpE two-component system: integrating K⁺ homeostasis and virulence.

    Zoë N. Freeman;Stephen Dorus;Nicholas R. Waterfield

  • A genomic sample sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens W14: potential implications for virulence.

    Richard H. Ffrench-Constant;Nicholas Waterfield;Valerie Burland;Nicole T. Perna

  • An ABC guide to the bacterial toxin complexes.

    Richard Ffrench-Constant;Nicholas Waterfield

  • The Photorhabdus Pir toxins are similar to a developmentally regulated insect protein but show no juvenile hormone esterase activity.

    Nicholas Waterfield;Shizuo George Kamita;Bruce D. Hammock;Richard Ffrench-Constant

  • Human infection with Photorhabdus asymbiotica: an emerging bacterial pathogen

    John Gerrard;Nicholas Waterfield;Renu Vohra;Richard ffrench-Constant

  • Potentiation and cellular phenotypes of the insecticidal Toxin complexes of Photorhabdus bacteria.

    N. Waterfield;M. Hares;G. Yang;A. Dowling

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type VI Secretion PGAP1-like Effector Induces Host Autophagy by Activating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

    Feng Jiang;Xia Wang;Bei Wang;Lihong Chen

  • Invertebrates as a source of emerging human pathogens

    Nicholas R. Waterfield;Brendan W. Wren;Richard H. ffrench-Constant

  • Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens

    Paul Wilkinson;Nicholas R Waterfield;Lisa Crossman;Craig Corton

  • Measuring virulence factor expression by the pathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens in culture and during insect infection.

    Phillip J. Daborn;Nicholas Waterfield;Mark A. Blight;Richard H. Ffrench-Constant

  • Evolution of microbial virulence: the benefits of stress.

    Dawn L. Arnold;Robert W. Jackson;Nick R. Waterfield;John W. Mansfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Richard H. ffrench-Constant University of Exeter
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Brendan W. Wren
Brendan W. Wren London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Narisara Chantratita
Narisara Chantratita Mahidol University
Edward J. Feil
Edward J. Feil University of Bath
Qi Jin
Qi Jin Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Michael Otto
Michael Otto National Institutes of Health

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