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Microbiology
UK
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
138
Citations
72562
World Ranking
58
National Ranking
7

Medicine

D-Index
143
Citations
77767
World Ranking
1511
National Ranking
154

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1932 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter Simmonds is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Key subfields of study also include Inorganic Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Spectroscopy.

The research topics covered by Peter Simmonds span several areas within atmospheric and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent publication venues where Peter Simmonds has featured include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Simmonds are:

  • Simon O'Doherty
  • Jens Mühle
  • Dickon Young
  • Ray F. Weiss
  • Peter K. Salameh

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Simmonds include:

  • "The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6)", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Increase in global emissions of HFC-23 despite near-total expected reductions", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Evidence of a recent decline in UK emissions of hydrofluorocarbons determined by the InTEM inverse model and atmospheric measurements", 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Unexpected nascent atmospheric emissions of three ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A rise in HFC-23 emissions from eastern Asia since 2015", 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Peter Simmonds has been recognized with fellowships including Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh awarded in 2014 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1932.

Best Publications

  • Consensus proposals for a unified system of nomenclature of hepatitis C virus genotypes.

    Peter Simmonds;Jens Bukh;Christophe Combet;Gilbert Deléage

  • Classification of hepatitis C virus into six major genotypes and a series of subtypes by phylogenetic analysis of the NS-5 region

    P. Simmonds;E. C. Holmes;T.-A. Cha;S.-W. Chan

  • Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

    Donald B. Smith;Jens Bukh;Carla Kuiken;A. Scott Muerhoff

  • A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes

    P Simmonds;A Alberti;H J Alter;F Bonino

  • Broad and strong memory CD4 + and CD8 + T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19.

    Y Peng;A J Mentzer;G Liu;G Liu;X Yao

  • Genetic diversity and evolution of hepatitis C virus--15 years on.

    Peter Simmonds

  • Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

    Andrew M. Q. King;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian;Michael J. Adams

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae.

    Peter Simmonds;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Epidemiology and Clinical Presentations of the Four Human Coronaviruses 229E, HKU1, NL63, and OC43 Detected over 3 Years Using a Novel Multiplex Real-Time PCR Method

    Eleanor R Gaunt;A. Hardie;E. C. Claas;P. Simmonds

  • Variability of hepatitis C virus

    Peter Simmonds

  • Human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals contain provirus in small numbers of peripheral mononuclear cells and at low copy numbers.

    P Simmonds;P Balfe;J F Peutherer;C A Ludlam

  • Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

    Donald B. Smith;Peter Simmonds;Shahid Jameel

  • Prevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus infection measured by antibodies to recombinant capsid protein and latent immunofluorescence antigen

    G. R. Simpson;T. F. Schulz;D. Whitby;P. M. Cook

  • Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes: An Investigation of Type-specific Differences in Geographic Origin and Disease

    Geoffrey Dusheiko;Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss;David Brown;Fiona McOmish

  • Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

    Peter Simmonds;Mike J. Adams;Mária Benkő;Mya Breitbart

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae

    R. Zell;E. Delwart;A. E. Gorbalenya;T. Hovi

  • Classification, nomenclature, and database development for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and related viruses: proposals for standardization

    B Robertson;G Myers;C Howard;T Brettin

  • Analysis of a new hepatitis C virus type and its phylogenetic relationship to existing variants.

    S.-W. Chan;F. McOmish;E. C. Holmes;B. Dow

  • Selection for specific sequences in the external envelope protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 upon primary infection.

    L. Q. Zhang;P. Mackenzie;A. Cleland;E. C. Holmes

  • Detection of a novel DNA virus (TT virus) in blood donors and blood products

    P Simmonds;F Davidson;C Lycett;LE Prescott

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Heli Harvala
Heli Harvala University College London
Peter K. Salameh
Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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