2026 Ramy K. Aziz: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	47	4727	4350	1	1	147	24811

Overview

Ramy K. Aziz is affiliated with Cairo University in Egypt and focuses their research on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers several main topics, notably:

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Gut microbiota and health
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
Microbial infections and disease research
Plant Virus Research Studies

Recent publications by Ramy K. Aziz include:

"Abolishment of morphology-based taxa and change to binomial species names: 2022 taxonomy update of the ICTV bacterial viruses subcommittee" (2023), Archives of Virology
"Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee" (2020), Archives of Virology
"Toxicomicrobiomics: The Human Microbiome vs. Pharmaceutical, Dietary, and Environmental Xenobiotics" (2020), Frontiers in Pharmacology
"The curious case of Prevotella copri" (2023), Gut Microbes
"Effect of Gut Microbiota Biotransformation on Dietary Tannins and Human Health Implications" (2021), Microorganisms

Ramy K. Aziz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Andrea I. Moreno-Switt
Yomna A. Hashem
May S. Soliman
Aymen S. Yassin
Hanzada T. Nour El-Din

The primary venues for Ramy K. Aziz's publications are:

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology
Microorganisms
Archives of Virology
Viruses
Journal of Advanced Research

Best Publications

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

Ramy K. Aziz;Ramy K. Aziz;Daniela Bartels;Aaron A. Best;Matthew DeJongh

12792
Citations
The PATRIC Bioinformatics Resource Center: expanding data and analysis capabilities.

James J. Davis;James J. Davis;Alice R. Wattam;Alice R. Wattam;Ramy K. Aziz;Thomas S. Brettin;Thomas S. Brettin

902
Citations
A highly abundant bacteriophage discovered in the unknown sequences of human faecal metagenomes

Bas E. Dutilh;Noriko Cassman;Katelyn McNair;Savannah E. Sanchez

879
Citations
DNase expression allows the pathogen group A Streptococcus to escape killing in neutrophil extracellular traps.

John T. Buchanan;Amelia J. Simpson;Ramy K. Aziz;George Y. Liu

861
Citations
Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

725
Citations
PhiSpy: a novel algorithm for finding prophages in bacterial genomes that combines similarity- and composition-based strategies

Sajia Akhter;Ramy K. Aziz;Robert A. Edwards

560
Citations
Abolishment of morphology-based taxa and change to binomial species names: 2022 taxonomy update of the ICTV bacterial viruses subcommittee

Unknown

508
Citations
DNase Sda1 provides selection pressure for a switch to invasive group A streptococcal infection

Mark J Walker;Andrew Hollands;Martina L Sanderson-Smith;Jason N Cole

493
Citations
Transposases are the most abundant, most ubiquitous genes in nature

Ramy K. Aziz;Mya Breitbart;Robert A. Edwards

382
Citations
Genome-scale metabolic reconstructions of multiple Escherichia coli strains highlight strain-specific adaptations to nutritional environments

Jonathan M. Monk;Pep Charusanti;Ramy K. Aziz;Joshua A. Lerman

357
Citations
Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2017 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee

Mart Krupovic;Bas E Dutilh;Bas E Dutilh;Bas E Dutilh;Evelien M Adriaenssens;Johannes Wittmann

327
Citations
Helicobacter pylori: a poor man's gut pathogen?

Mohammed Mahdy Khalifa;Radwa Raed Sharaf;Ramy Karam Aziz

316
Citations
Comparative genome-scale modelling of Staphylococcus aureus strains identifies strain-specific metabolic capabilities linked to pathogenicity

Emanuele Bosi;Jonathan M. Monk;Ramy K. Aziz;Marco Fondi

264
Citations
Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

262
Citations
Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee

Unknown

241
Citations
Rise and persistence of global M1T1 clone of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Ramy K. Aziz;Malak Kotb

236
Citations
Invasive M1T1 group A Streptococcus undergoes a phase‐shift in vivo to prevent proteolytic degradation of multiple virulence factors by SpeB

Ramy K. Aziz;Michael J. Pabst;Arthur Jeng;Rita Kansal;Rita Kansal

233
Citations
SEED Servers: High-Performance Access to the SEED Genomes, Annotations, and Metabolic Models

Ramy K. Aziz;Ramy K. Aziz;Ramy K. Aziz;Scott Devoid;Scott Devoid;Terrence Disz;Terrence Disz;Robert A. Edwards;Robert A. Edwards

223
Citations
Gut Pharmacomicrobiomics: the tip of an iceberg of complex interactions between drugs and gut-associated microbes

Rama Saad;Mariam R Rizkallah;Ramy K Aziz;Ramy K Aziz

184
Citations
Contaminated water as a source of Helicobacter pylori infection: A review

Ramy K. Aziz;Mohammed M. Khalifa;Radwa R. Sharaf

181
Citations
Pharmacomicrobiomics: the impact of human microbiome variations on systems pharmacology and personalized therapeutics.

Marwa ElRakaiby;Bas E. Dutilh;Mariam R. Rizkallah;Annemarie Boleij

162
Citations
Mosaic Prophages with Horizontally Acquired Genes Account for the Emergence and Diversification of the Globally Disseminated M1T1 Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes

Ramy K. Aziz;Robert A. Edwards;William W. Taylor;Donald E. Low

153
Citations