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Oliver G. Pybus 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 Oliver G. Pybus sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 572 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oliver G. Pybus 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 Oliver G. Pybus sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 132 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Oliver G. Pybus is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main areas of study include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, with a particular emphasis on epidemiological studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They have also engaged in research covering animal virus infections, mosquito-borne diseases and control strategies, viral infections and vectors, as well as influenza virus research.

Oliver G. Pybus has contributed to numerous publications in leading journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Virus Evolution

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Oliver G. Pybus include:

  • The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China (2020), published in Science
  • A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology (2020), published in Nature Microbiology
  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China (2020), published in Science
  • Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa (2022), published in Nature
  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil (2021), published in Science

The researcher often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Moritz U. G. Kraemer
  • Nuno R. Faria
  • Andrew Rambaut
  • Louis du Plessis
  • Bernardo Gutiérrez

Oliver G. Pybus's research contributions collectively address aspects of viral evolution, transmission dynamics, and control measures within infectious disease outbreaks, heavily focusing on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic. Their work integrates modeling approaches with epidemiological data to provide insights relevant for public health responses.

Best Publications

  • Bayesian Coalescent Inference of Past Population Dynamics from Molecular Sequences

    A J Drummond;A Rambaut;B Shapiro;O G Pybus

  • The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Chia-Hung Yang;Bernardo Gutierrez;Bernardo Gutierrez;Chieh-Hsi Wu

  • Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic.

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Justin Bahl;Samantha J. Lycett

  • A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology.

    Andrew Rambaut;Edward C. Holmes;Áine O’Toole;Verity Hill

  • Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1) : Early Findings

    Christophe Fraser;Christl A. Donnelly;Simon Cauchemez;William P. Hanage

  • Exploring the temporal structure of heterochronous sequences using TempEst (formerly Path-O-Gen)

    Andrew Rambaut;Tommy T. Lam;Luiz Max Carvalho;Oliver G. Pybus

  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

    Huaiyu Tian;Yonghong Liu;Yidan Li;Chieh Hsi Wu

  • Global Distribution and Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes

    Jane P. Messina;Isla Humphreys;Abraham Flaxman;Anthony Brown

  • Unifying the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of pathogens.

    Bryan T. Grenfell;Oliver G. Pybus;Julia R. Gog;James L. N. Wood

  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil.

    Nuno R Faria;Thomas A Mellan;Charles Whittaker;Ingra M Claro

  • Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Robert C. Reiner;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina

  • Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

    Joshua Quick;Nathan D Grubaugh;Steven T Pullan;Ingra M Claro

  • Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Renato Souza

  • Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool.

    Áine O'Toole;Emily Scher;Anthony Underwood;Ben Jackson

  • The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus

    Andrew Rambaut;Oliver G. Pybus;Martha I. Nelson;Cecile Viboud

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity.

    Erik Volz;Verity Hill;John T McCrone;Anna Price

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Andrew Rambaut;Marc A Suchard;Guy Baele

  • Testing macro–evolutionary models using incomplete molecular phylogenies

    Oliver G. Pybus;Paul H. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Moritz U G Kraemer
Moritz U G Kraemer University of Oxford
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
Nicholas J. Loman
Nicholas J. Loman University of Birmingham
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Marc A. Suchard
Marc A. Suchard University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford

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