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70079
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Peter Horby publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Horby sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 383 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Peter Horby D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Horby sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter Horby is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a significant record of academic research in the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases and public health.

Their research spans multiple subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and oncology. The main topics of their work cover COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, long-term effects of COVID-19, viral infections and outbreaks research, impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare systems, poxvirus research and outbreaks, and viral infections and vectors.

Peter Horby has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • The Lancet
  • BMJ
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Their collaborative work includes coauthors working on multiple publications, notably with:

  • J. Kenneth Baillie
  • Malcolm G. Semple
  • Jake Dunning
  • Peter Openshaw
  • Laura Merson

Among the notable research papers authored or coauthored by Peter Horby are:

  • Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19, 2020, DiRROS repository (University of Maribor)
  • A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern, 2020, The Lancet
  • A Trial of Lopinavir-Ritonavir in Adults Hospitalized with Severe Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Features of 20,133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study, 2020, BMJ

Peter Horby's work in infectious diseases and epidemiology is reflected in the scale and focus of their publications, with a substantial contribution to understanding COVID-19 treatment and clinical outcomes.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern.

    Chen Wang;Peter W Horby;Frederick G Hayden;George F Gao

  • Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

    P Horby;W S Lim;Emberson

  • A Trial of Lopinavir-Ritonavir in Adults Hospitalized with Severe Covid-19.

    Bin Cao;Yeming Wang;Danning Wen;Wen Liu

  • Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial.

    Yeming Wang;Yeming Wang;Dingyu Zhang;Guanhua Du;Ronghui Du

  • Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study.

    Annemarie B Docherty;Ewen M Harrison;Christopher A Green;Hayley E Hardwick

  • Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-analysis.

    Sterne Jac.;S Murthy;J V Diaz

  • Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study

    Fatimah S. Dawood;A. Danielle Iuliano;Carrie Reed;Martin I. Meltzer

  • A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research

    John C. Marshall;Srinivas Murthy;Janet Diaz;Neil Adhikari

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Effect of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

    P Horby;M Mafham;L Linsell

  • Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in 10 Patients in Vietnam

    T T Hien;N T Liem;N T Dung;L T San

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score.

    Stephen R. Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

  • A long neglected world malaria map: Plasmodium vivax endemicity in 2010.

    Peter W. Gething;Iqbal R. F. Elyazar;Catherine L. Moyes;David L. Smith;David L. Smith

  • Effect of Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – Preliminary Report

    P Horby;W S Lim;J Emberson;M Mafham

  • Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.

    Olivia V Swann;Olivia V Swann;Karl A Holden;Lance Turtle;Lance Turtle;Louisa Pollock

  • Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea.

    J van Griensven;T Edwards;X de Lamballerie;MG Semple

  • Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic

    David L Heymann;Lincoln Chen;Keizo Takemi;David P Fidler

  • Lopinavir–ritonavir in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    Peter W Horby;Marion Mafham;Jennifer L Bell;Louise Linsell

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

    Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score

    Stephen R Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiman F. L. Wertheim
Heiman F. L. Wertheim Radboud University
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Peter J. M. Openshaw
Peter J. M. Openshaw Imperial College London
Thomas Jaki
Thomas Jaki University of Regensburg
Hongjie Yu
Hongjie Yu Fudan University
Tom Solomon
Tom Solomon University of Liverpool
Jonathan Emberson
Jonathan Emberson University of Oxford
Frederick G. Hayden
Frederick G. Hayden University of Virginia
Tran Tinh Hien
Tran Tinh Hien University of Oxford
Saul N. Faust
Saul N. Faust University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

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