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Microbiology
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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
120
Citations
58924
World Ranking
139
National Ranking
68

Medicine

D-Index
127
Citations
70854
World Ranking
2799
National Ranking
1561

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Robert H. Gilman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research activity is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with specific contributions to Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Ecology, and Surgery as subfields. The main topics addressed in their work include Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery.

Their recent publications reflect these areas of expertise. One notable paper is "Frequency and Determinant Factors for Calcification in Neurocysticercosis," published in 2020 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Other recent papers focus on respiratory health and body mass index titled "Body Mass Index and Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Adults: Analysis of 2 Population-Based Studies in 4 South American Countries," published twice in 2025 in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Robert H. Gilman frequently collaborates with several coauthors across these studies. Frequent coauthors include Anderson N. Soriano-Moreno, Andrés G. Lescano, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabé-Ortíz, and Laura Gutiérrez, each having coauthored two papers with Gilman.

Their publication record is notably associated with the following venues:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

These publication venues underline the focus areas of Gilman's research, particularly in infectious diseases and chronic respiratory conditions linked to broader medical and ecological studies.

Best Publications

  • Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance

    Ajay R Bharti;Jarlath E Nally;Jessica N Ricaldi;Michael A Matthias

  • Rapid, Low-Technology MIC Determination with Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay

    Scott G. Franzblau;Richard S. Witzig;James C. McLaughlin;Patricia Torres

  • Effects of stunting, diarrhoeal disease, and parasitic infection during infancy on cognition in late childhood: A follow-up study.

    Douglas S Berkman;Andres G Lescano;Andres G Lescano;Robert H Gilman;Robert H Gilman;Sonia L Lopez

  • Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis

    O. H. Del Brutto;V. Rajshekhar;A. C. White;V. C. W. Tsang

  • Taenia solium cysticercosis

    Héctor H. García;Armando E. Gonzalez;Armando E. Gonzalez;Carlton A.W. Evans;Robert H. Gilman;Robert H. Gilman

  • Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States : A systematic review

    Caryn Bern;Susan P. Montgomery;Barbara L. Herwaldt;Anis Rassi

  • Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis

    Philip S Craig;Donald P McManus;Marshall W Lightowlers;Jose A Chabalgoity

  • Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene Characterization and Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis

    Irshad M. Sulaiman;Ronald Fayer;Caryn Bern;Robert H. Gilman

  • Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting

    William Checkley;Gillian Buckley;Robert H. Gilman;Ana Marlucia de Oliveira Assis

  • Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Assay for the Diagnosis of TB

    David A.J. Moore;Carlton A.W. Evans;Robert H. Gilman;Luz Caviedes

  • Identification of 5 types of Cryptosporidium parasites in children in Lima, Peru.

    Lihua Xiao;Caryn Bern;Josef Limor;Irshad Sulaiman

  • Current Consensus Guidelines for Treatment of Neurocysticercosis

    Hector H. García;Carlton A.W. Evans;Carlton A.W. Evans;Theodore E. Nash;Osvaldo M. Takayanagui

  • Effects of El Niño and ambient temperature on hospital admissions for diarrhoeal diseases in Peruvian children

    William Checkley;Leonardo David Epstein;Robert H. Gilman;Dante Figueroa

  • The effect of deforestation on the human-biting rate of Anopheles darlingi, the primary vector of Falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.

    Amy Yomiko Vittor;Robert H. Gilman;James Tielsch;Gregory Glass

  • Interconnected microbiomes and resistomes in low-income human habitats.

    Erica C. Pehrsson;Pablo Tsukayama;Sanket Patel;Melissa Mejía-Bautista;Melissa Mejía-Bautista

  • Cyclospora Species -- A New Protozoan Pathogen of Humans

    Ynes R. Ortega;Charles R. Sterling;Robert H. Gilman;Robert H. Gilman;Vitaliano A. Cama

  • Natural Ventilation for the Prevention of Airborne Contagion

    A. Roderick Escombe;A. Roderick Escombe;Clarissa C Oeser;Robert H Gilman;Marcos Navincopa

  • Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children: A Meta-analysis

    Maria A. Pereda;Miguel A. Chavez;Catherine C. Hooper-Miele;Robert H. Gilman

  • A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis.

    Héctor H. Garcia;E. Javier Pretell;Robert H. Gilman;S. Manuel Martinez

  • The role of non-biting flies in the epidemiology of human infectious diseases.

    Thaddeus K. Graczyk;Ronald Knight;Robert H. Gilman;Michael R. Cranfield

  • Functional adaptation of BabA the H. pylori ABO blood group antigen binding adhesin

    Marina Aspholm-Hurtig;Giedrius Dailide;Martina Lahmann;Awdhesh Kalia

Frequent Co-Authors

Hector H. Garcia
Hector H. Garcia Cayetano Heredia University
Armando E. Gonzalez
Armando E. Gonzalez National University of San Marcos
Caryn Bern
Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jon S. Friedland
Jon S. Friedland St George's, University of London
Douglas E. Berg
Douglas E. Berg Washington University in St. Louis
Charles R. Sterling
Charles R. Sterling University of Arizona
Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Michael J. Levy
Michael J. Levy Harvard Medical School
Robert A. Wise
Robert A. Wise Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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