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Biology and Biochemistry

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100
Citations
32243
World Ranking
1543
National Ranking
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Robin M. Warren publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robin M. Warren sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 429 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robin M. Warren D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robin M. Warren sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Robin M. Warren is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with a strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology. Specific attention is given to Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, and related areas such as Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to infectious diseases and diagnostics. Notable papers include:

  • COVID-19 cough classification using machine learning and global smartphone recordings (2021) in Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • COVID-19 detection in cough, breath and speech using deep transfer learning and bottleneck features (2021) in Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in an HIV-endemic setting with a high burden of previous tuberculosis: a two-cohort diagnostic accuracy study (2020) in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study (2023) in The Lancet Microbe
  • Evaluation of Nanopore sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing and outbreak investigation: a genomic analysis (2022) in The Lancet Microbe

Robin M. Warren frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Prominent coauthors include Grant Theron, Anzaan Dippenaar, Annelies Van Rie, Wynand J. Goosen, and Elizabeth M. Streicher.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Lancet Microbe

The subfields of study within the main focus of Medicine include Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Microbiology, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to tackling complex health issues primarily focused on infectious disease agents and their clinical impact.

Best Publications

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity: mining the fourth international spoligotyping database (SpolDB4) for classification, population genetics and epidemiology

    Karine Brudey;Jeffrey R Driscoll;Leen Rigouts;Wolfgang M Prodinger

  • Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Recurrent Tuberculosis after Curative Treatment

    A van Rie;R Warren;M Richardson;T C Victor

  • The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

    Keertan Dheda;Tawanda Gumbo;Gary Maartens;Kelly E. Dooley

  • Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

    Matthias Merker;Camille Blin;Stefano Mona;Nicolas Duforet-Frebourg

  • Rate of Reinfection Tuberculosis after Successful Treatment Is Higher than Rate of New Tuberculosis

    Suzanne Verver;Robin M. Warren;Nulda Beyers;Madalene Richardson

  • Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Maha R Farhat;B Jesse Shapiro;Karen J Kieser;Razvan Sultana

  • Evolution and expansion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE and PPE multigene families and their association with the duplication of the ESAT-6 (esx) gene cluster regions

    Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius;Samantha L Sampson;Hyeyoung Lee;Yeun Kim

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Francesc Coll;Jody Phelan;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Mridul B Nair

  • Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues.

    Conor J. Meehan;Galo A. Goig;Thomas A. Kohl;Lennert Verboven

  • Patients with active tuberculosis often have different strains in the same sputum specimen.

    Robin M. Warren;Thomas C. Victor;Elizabeth M. Streicher;Madalene Richardson

  • Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting

    Grant Theron;Jonny Peter;Richard van Zyl-Smit;Hridesh Mishra

  • Proportion of tuberculosis transmission that takes place in households in a high-incidence area.

    Suzanne Verver;Robin M Warren;Zahn Munch;Madalene Richardson

  • Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by PCR amplification of genomic regions of difference.

    R M Warren;N C Gey van Pittius;M Barnard;A Hesseling

  • Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Rabia Johnson;Elizabeth M Streicher;Gail E Louw;Robin M Warren

  • Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, M. mungi

    Kathleen A. Alexander;Pete N. Laver;Anita Luise Michel;Mark C. Williams

  • A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Paolo Miotto;Belay Tessema;Elisa Tagliani;Leonid Chindelevitch

  • Global control of tuberculosis: from extensively drug-resistant to untreatable tuberculosis.

    Keertan Dheda;Tawanda Gumbo;Neel R Gandhi;Megan Murray

  • A balancing act: efflux/influx in mycobacterial drug resistance.

    G. E. Louw;R. M. Warren;N. C. Gey van Pittius;C. R. E. McEvoy

  • Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa.

    Marisa Klopper;Robin Mark Warren;Cindy Hayes;Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius

  • Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine-induced disease in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children.

    A. C. Hesseling;H. Rabie;B. J. Marais;M. Manders

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. van Helden
Paul D. van Helden Stellenbosch University
Thomas C. Victor
Thomas C. Victor Stellenbosch University
Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda University of Cape Town
Nulda Beyers
Nulda Beyers Stellenbosch University
Sebastien Gagneux
Sebastien Gagneux University of Basel
Ben J. Marais
Ben J. Marais University of Sydney
Stefan Niemann
Stefan Niemann Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Nalin Rastogi
Nalin Rastogi Institut Pasteur
Marcel A. Behr
Marcel A. Behr McGill University
Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute

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