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D-Index
65
Citations
23450
World Ranking
2464
National Ranking
213

Paul Digard 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 Paul Digard sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 180 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Digard 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 Paul Digard sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Digard is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics of Paul Digard's research include:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Respiratory Viral Infections Research
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms

Frequent collaborators in their research include Eleanor Gaunt, Rute Maria Pinto, Colin Sharp, Munir Iqbal, and Samantha Lycett. Their work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Viruses
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Among the recent significant publications involving Paul Digard are:

  • "Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies host dependency factors for influenza A virus infection" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "BTN3A3 evasion promotes the zoonotic potential of influenza A viruses" (2023, Nature)
  • "STING nuclear partners contribute to innate immune signaling responses" (2021, iScience)
  • "Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins during Infection" (2020, Cell)
  • "Face coverings and respiratory tract droplet dispersion" (2020, Royal Society Open Science)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

    Aaron R. Everitt;Simon Clare;Thomas Charles Pertel;Sinu P. John

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Characterization of an efficient coronavirus ribosomal frameshifting signal: requirement for an RNA pseudoknot.

    Ian Brierley;Paul Digard;Stephen C. Inglis

  • An Overlapping Protein-Coding Region in Influenza A Virus Segment 3 Modulates the Host Response

    B. W. Jagger;Helen Wise;J. C. Kash;K. A. Walters

  • The influenza virus nucleoprotein: a multifunctional RNA-binding protein pivotal to virus replication

    Agustín Portela;Paul Digard

  • A Complicated Message: Identification of a Novel PB1-Related Protein Translated from Influenza A Virus Segment 2 mRNA

    Helen M. Wise;Agnes Foeglein;Jiechao Sun;Rosa Maria Dalton

  • Genome packaging in influenza A virus

    Edward C. Hutchinson;Johann C. von Kirchbach;Julia R. Gog;Paul Digard

  • Interaction of the influenza virus nucleoprotein with the cellular CRM1-mediated nuclear export pathway.

    Debra Elton;Martha Simpson-Holley;Kate Archer;Liz Medcalf

  • Identification of a novel splice variant form of the influenza A virus M2 ion channel with an antigenically distinct ectodomain.

    Helen M. Wise;Edward C. Hutchinson;Brett W. Jagger;Brett W. Jagger;Amanda D. Stuart

  • A Rab11- and Microtubule-Dependent Mechanism for Cytoplasmic Transport of Influenza A Virus Viral RNA

    Maria Joao Amorim;Emily A. Bruce;Eliot K. C. Read;Ágnes Foeglein

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A LC3-Interacting Motif in the Influenza A Virus M2 Protein Is Required to Subvert Autophagy and Maintain Virion Stability

    Rupert Beale;Helen Wise;Amanda Stuart;Benjamin J. Ravenhill

  • An analysis of the biological properties of monoclonal antibodies against glycoprotein D of herpes simplex virus and identification of amino acid substitutions that confer resistance to neutralization.

    A. C. Minson;T. C. Hodgman;P. Digard;D. C. Hancock

  • The Rab11 Pathway Is Required for Influenza A Virus Budding and Filament Formation

    Emily A. Bruce;Paul Digard;Amanda D. Stuart

  • A Brief History of Bird Flu

    Samantha J. Lycett;Florian Duchatel;Paul Digard

  • Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies host dependency factors for influenza A virus infection

    Bo Li;Bo Li;Sara M. Clohisey;Bing Shao Chia;Bing Shao Chia;Bo Wang

  • Identification of the domains of the influenza A virus M1 matrix protein required for NP binding, oligomerization and incorporation into virions.

    Sarah L. Noton;Elizabeth Medcalf;Dawn Fisher;Anne E. Mullin

  • Dynamics of Influenza Virus Infection and Pathology

    Roberto A. Saenz;Michelle Quinlivan;Debra Elton;Shona MacRae

  • Codon conservation in the influenza A virus genome defines RNA packaging signals

    Julia R. Gog;Emmanuel Dos Santos Afonso;Rosa M. Dalton;India Leclercq

  • Human γδ T Cells: A Lymphoid Lineage Cell Capable of Professional Phagocytosis

    Yin Wu;Wutian Wu;Wai Man Wong;Eliot Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald M. Coen
Donald M. Coen Harvard University
Julian A. Hiscox
Julian A. Hiscox University of Liverpool
Jonathan R. Seckl
Jonathan R. Seckl University of Edinburgh
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam University of Nottingham
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
John W. McCauley
John W. McCauley The Francis Crick Institute
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Paul Kellam
Paul Kellam Imperial College London

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