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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 86 852 759 79 75 371 21648

Robert K. Poole publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert K. Poole between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert K. Poole published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2013. 3 of the 398 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2013. 1971: 2 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 3 publications 1974: 4 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 4 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 5 publications 1980: 8 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 8 publications 1983: 9 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1971 2025

398 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert K. Poole: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 2
1972 0
1973 3
1974 4
1975 3
1976 0
1977 4
1978 2
1979 5
1980 8
1981 5
1982 8
1983 9
1984 4
1985 2
1986 6
1987 7
1988 4
1989 8
1990 10
1991 10
1992 8
1993 6
1994 9
1995 9
1996 9
1997 11
1998 11
1999 6
2000 13
2001 9
2002 6
2003 9
2004 8
2005 7
2006 4
2007 11
2008 16
2009 9
2010 8
2011 8
2012 10
2013 19
2014 15
2015 9
2016 12
2017 7
2018 8
2019 18
2020 4
2021 4
2022 5
2023 3
2024 2
2025 1
Total 398
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Robert K. Poole 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 Robert K. Poole sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 365–374 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 371 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65 371
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Robert K. Poole 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 Robert K. Poole sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 86 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42 86
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Robert K. Poole is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with specific focus in molecular biology, cell biology, oncology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their main topics of study reflect interests in the interaction of biological systems at the molecular and cellular level, including:

  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Robert K. Poole has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • "Flavohaemoglobin: the pre-eminent nitric oxide-detoxifying machine of microorganisms," published in 2020 by F1000Research
  • "Bacterial Oxidases of the Cytochromebd Family: Redox Enzymes of Unique Structure, Function, and Utility As Drug Targets," from 2020 in Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • "Role of Carbon Monoxide in Host-Gut Microbiome Communication," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "'Carbon-Monoxide-Releasing Molecule-2 (CORM-2)' Is a Misnomer: Ruthenium Toxicity, Not CO Release, Accounts for Its Antimicrobial Effects," 2021, Antioxidants
  • "A microbubble-sparged yeast propagation-fermentation process for bioethanol production," 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Robert K. Poole include:

  • David J. Kelly
  • Hannah M. Southam
  • Jonathan W. Betts
  • Roberto M. La Ragione
  • Ulrich Schatzschneider

Their work is regularly published in notable scientific venues, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • Advances in Microbial Physiology
  • Antioxidants
  • Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • Chemical Reviews
  • F1000Research

Robert K. Poole's research integrates detailed biochemical and molecular investigations focusing on enzymatic processes related to redox biology and gasotransmitters, particularly carbon monoxide and nitric oxide. This research contributes to understanding molecular mechanisms underlying microbial physiology, host-microbiome interactions, and potentially antimicrobial strategies.

Best Publications

  • Global iron-dependent gene regulation in Escherichia coli. A new mechanism for iron homeostasis.

    Jonathan P. McHugh;Francisco Rodríguez-Quiñones;Hossein Abdul-Tehrani;Dimitri A. Svistunenko

  • New functions for the ancient globin family: bacterial responses to nitric oxide and nitrosative stress.

    Robert K. Poole;Martin N. Hughes

  • Metal speciation and microbial growth-the hard (and soft) facts

    Martin N. Hughes;Robert K. Poole

  • NO sensing by FNR: regulation of the Escherichia coli NO‐detoxifying flavohaemoglobin, Hmp

    Hugo Cruz-Ramos;Jason Crack;Guanghui Wu;Martin N. Hughes

  • Nitric oxide and nitrosative stress tolerance in bacteria.

    R.K. Poole

  • Metal-Microbe Interactions: Contemporary Approaches

    Beveridge Tj;Hughes Mn;Lee H;Leung Kt

  • Redundancy of aerobic respiratory chains in bacteria? Routes, reasons and regulation

    Robert K. Poole;Gregory M. Cook

  • The cytochrome bd quinol oxidase in Escherichia coli has an extremely high oxygen affinity and two oxygen-binding haems: implications for regulation of activity in vivo by oxygen inhibition.

    Rita D'mello;Susan Hill;Robert K. Poole

  • Microbial ubiquinones: multiple roles in respiration, gene regulation and oxidative stress management.

    Britta Søballe;Robert K. Poole

  • Nitric oxide, nitrite, and Fnr regulation of hmp (flavohemoglobin) gene expression in Escherichia coli K-12.

    R. K. Poole;M. F. Anjum;J. Membrillo-Hernandez;Sung Oog Kim

  • Genome-wide transcriptional response of chemostat-cultured Escherichia coli to zinc

    Lucy J. Lee;Jason A. Barrett;Robert K. Poole

  • Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the hmp gene that encodes a haemoglobin-like protein in Escherichia coli K-12.

    Vasudevan Sg;Armarego Wl;Shaw Dc;Lilley Pe

  • Zinc(II) tolerance in Escherichia coli K-12: evidence that the zntA gene (o732) encodes a cation transport ATPase

    Steven J. Beard;Rohani Hashim;Jorge Membrillo-Hernández;Martin N. Hughes

  • Nitric Oxide Formation by Escherichia coli DEPENDENCE ON NITRITE REDUCTASE, THE NO-SENSING REGULATOR Fnr, AND FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN Hmp

    Hazel Corker;Robert K. Poole

  • A bacterial glutathione transporter (Escherichia coli CydDC) exports reductant to the periplasm.

    Marc S. Pittman;Hilary C. Robinson;Robert K. Poole

  • Sulfite species enhance carbon monoxide release from CO-releasing molecules: implications for the deoxymyoglobin assay of activity.

    Samantha McLean;Brian E. Mann;Robert K. Poole

  • The cell division cycle : temporal organization and control of cellular growth and reproduction

    David Lloyd;Robert K. Poole;Steven W. Edwards

  • Cloning and mutagenesis of genes encoding the cytochrome bd terminal oxidase complex in Azotobacter vinelandii: mutants deficient in the cytochrome d complex are unable to fix nitrogen in air.

    M. J. S. Kelly;R. K. Poole;M. G. Yates;C. Kennedy

  • Respiratory protection of nitrogenase activity in Azotobacter vinelandii--roles of the terminal oxidases.

    Robert K. Poole;Susan Hill

  • Flavohemoglobin Hmp Affords Inducible Protection for Escherichia coli Respiration, Catalyzed by Cytochromesbo′ or bd, from Nitric Oxide

    Tania M. Stevanin;Nikolaos Ioannidis;Catherine E. Mills;Sung Oog Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Green
Jeffrey Green University of Sheffield
Guido Sanguinetti
Guido Sanguinetti International School for Advanced Studies
Brian E. Mann
Brian E. Mann University of Sheffield
Gregory M. Cook
Gregory M. Cook Queensland University of Technology
Robert C. Read
Robert C. Read University of Southampton
Britton Chance
Britton Chance University of Pennsylvania
F. Richard Keene
F. Richard Keene University of Adelaide
Frank Gibson
Frank Gibson Australian National University
Subhash G. Vasudevan
Subhash G. Vasudevan Australian National University
David J. Kelly
David J. Kelly University of Sheffield

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