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Microbiology

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81
Citations
26004
World Ranking
1088
National Ranking
95

Medicine

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Richard Pebody 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 Richard Pebody sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 378 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Pebody 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 Richard Pebody sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Pebody is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Modeling and Simulation. Additional subfields include Health and Virology.

The research topics covered in their publications reflect a concentrated interest in viral infections and public health responses. Key topics include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Influenza virus research studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, respiratory viral infections research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

Richard Pebody has authored multiple research papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 (2020, Eurosurveillance)
  • Global SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence from January 2020 to April 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based studies (2022, PLoS Medicine)
  • Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021 (2021, Eurosurveillance)
  • Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020 (2020, Eurosurveillance)
  • Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data (2023, The Lancet Global Health)

The body of work has been published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • Eurosurveillance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet HIV
  • Vaccine

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of their research career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Mark A. Katz
  • Esther Kissling
  • Aisling Vaughan
  • Pernille Jorgensen
  • Lorenzo Subissi

Best Publications

  • Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study

    A Danielle Iuliano;Katherine M Roguski;Howard H Chang;David J Muscatello

  • 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

  • Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis

    Maria D. Van Kerkhove;Katelijn A. H. Vandemaele;Vivek Shinde;Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez

  • First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020

    Gianfranco Spiteri;James Fielding;Michaela Diercke;Christine Campese

  • Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012.

    Alison Bermingham;M.A. Chand;C.S. Brown;C.S. Brown;E. Aarons

  • Mortality from pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza in England: public health surveillance study

    Liam J Donaldson;Paul D Rutter;Benjamin M Ellis;Felix E C Greaves

  • Comparative community burden and severity of seasonal and pandemic influenza: results of the Flu Watch cohort study

    Andrew C Hayward;Ellen B Fragaszy;Ellen B Fragaszy;Alison Bermingham;Lili Wang

  • Outbreak of human monkeypox, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996 to 1997.

    Y. J. Hutin;R. J. Williams;P. Malfait;R. Pebody

  • Recent developments in pertussis

    Natasha S Crowcroft;Richard G Pebody

  • Global SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence from January 2020 to April 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based studies

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  • Antibody Responses to Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Adults: A Longitudinal Household Study

    David Goldblatt;Mahein Hussain;Nicholas Andrews;Lindsey Ashton

  • The seroepidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 in Europe

    R G Pebody;N Andrews;D Brown;R Gopal

  • Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021

    Margaux Mi Meslé;Jeremy Brown;Piers Mook;José Hagan

  • A longitudinal household study of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a UK setting.

    M. Hussain;A. Melegaro;R. G. Pebody;R. George

  • Deaths from norovirus among the elderly, England and Wales.

    John P. Harris;W. John Edmunds;Richard G. Pebody;David W. Brown

  • Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010.

    Richard Pebody;E. McLean;Hongxin Zhao;Paul Cleary

  • Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020.

    Lasse S. Vestergaard;Jens Nielsen;Lukas Richter;Daniela Schmid

  • The pre-vaccination epidemiology of measles, mumps and rubella in Europe: implications for modelling studies.

    W. J. Edmunds;M. Kretzschmar;R. G. Pebody

  • Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care in the United Kingdom: 2014/15 end of season results.

    Richard Pebody;Fiona Warburton;Nick Andrews;Joanna Ellis

  • Incidence and reproduction numbers of pertussis: estimates from serological and social contact data in five European countries.

    Mirjam Kretzschmar;Peter F. M. Teunis;Peter F. M. Teunis;Richard G. Pebody

  • Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020

    Lasse S. Vestergaard;Jens Nielsen;Lukas Richter;Daniela Schmid

  • MortalityfrompandemicA/H1N12009influenzainEngland: public health surveillance study

    Liam J Donaldson;Paul D Rutter;Benjamin M Ellis;Felix E C Greaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon Public Health England
Joanna Ellis
Joanna Ellis Public Health England
Nick Andrews
Nick Andrews Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Kåre Mølbak
Kåre Mølbak Statens Serum Institut
Mary Ramsay
Mary Ramsay UK Health Security Agency
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth Miller London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Robertson
Chris Robertson University of Strathclyde
Shamez N. Ladhani
Shamez N. Ladhani UK Health Security Agency
Cornelia Adlhoch
Cornelia Adlhoch European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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