2026 Robin Patel: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	115	192	175	87	73	681	48979
Medicine	116	4348	4078	2371	2196	720	50387

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
2015 - ASM Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Robin Patel is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing extensively to subfields including Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

Robin Patel has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance (79 coauthored works)
Lauren Komarow (36 coauthored works)
Vance G. Fowler (33 coauthored works)
Haluk Beyenal (33 coauthored works)
Melissa J. Karau (32 coauthored works)

Their scholarship is disseminated through multiple scientific journals, with repeated publications in these venues:

Clinical Infectious Diseases (37 publications)
Open Forum Infectious Diseases (30 publications)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology (23 publications)
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (19 publications)
Microbiology Spectrum (13 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Robin Patel include:

"Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19," 2020, published in mBio
"Periprosthetic Joint Infection," 2023, published in New England Journal of Medicine

Other significant papers featuring their contributions include:

"Nanomaterial-based therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
"Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
"Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study," 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Robin Patel was recognized with the ASM Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology by the American Society for Microbiology in 2015.

Best Publications

Prosthetic Joint Infection

Aaron J. Tande;Robin Patel

1959
Citations
Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection

Andrej Trampuz;Kerryl E. Piper;Melissa J. Jacobson;Arlen D. Hanssen

1776
Citations
Nanomaterial-based therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

Jessa Marie V. Makabenta;Ahmed Nabawy;Cheng Hsuan Li;Suzannah Schmidt-Malan

1250
Citations
Infection Associated with Prosthetic Joints

Jose L. Del Pozo;Robin Patel

1031
Citations
Infections in solid-organ transplant recipients.

Robin Patel;Carlos V. Paya

804
Citations
The challenge of treating biofilm-associated bacterial infections.

J. L. Del Pozo;Robin Patel

798
Citations
Mucormycosis and entomophthoramycosis: a review of the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment

R. M. Prabhu;Robin Patel

722
Citations
Synovial fluid leukocyte count and differential for the diagnosis of prosthetic knee infection.

Andrej Trampuz;Arlen D Hanssen;Douglas R Osmon;Jayawant N Mandrekar

705
Citations
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a

Ellen Jo Baron;J. Michael Miller;Melvin P. Weinstein;Sandra S. Richter

704
Citations
MALDI-TOF MS for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Robin Patel

564
Citations
Randomized Trial of Rapid Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Blood Culture Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Ritu Banerjee;Christine B. Teng;Scott A. Cunningham;Sherry M. Ihde

553
Citations
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology

J. Michael Miller;Matthew J. Binnicker;Sheldon Campbell;Karen C. Carroll

522
Citations
Biofilms and antimicrobial resistance.

Robin Patel

521
Citations
Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Shoulder Infection by Use of Implant Sonication

Kerryl E. Piper;Melissa J. Jacobson;Robert H. Cofield;John W. Sperling

462
Citations
New strategies for prevention and therapy of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in solid-organ transplant recipients.

Irene G. Sia;Robin Patel

417
Citations
Molecular and antibiofilm approaches to prosthetic joint infection.

Andrej Trampuz;Douglas R. Osmon;Arlen D. Hanssen;James M. Steckelberg

412
Citations
Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.

Robin Patel;Esther Babady;Elitza S. Theel;Gregory A. Storch

409
Citations
From Clinical Microbiology to Infection Pathogenesis: How Daring To Be Different Works for Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Kristi L. Frank;José Luis del Pozo;Robin Patel

402
Citations
Identification of a novel pathogenic Borrelia species causing Lyme borreliosis with unusually high spirochaetaemia: a descriptive study

Bobbi S Pritt;Paul S Mead;Diep K Hoang Johnson;David F Neitzel

402
Citations
Delayed-Onset Primary Cytomegalovirus Disease and the Risk of Allograft Failure and Mortality after Kidney Transplantation

Supha K. Arthurs;Albert J. Eid;Rachel A. Pedersen;Walter K. Kremers

345
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Steckelberg Mayo Clinic

Arlen D. Hanssen Mayo Clinic

Douglas R. Osmon Mayo Clinic

Franklin R. Cockerill Rush University Medical Center

Chella S. David Mayo Clinic

Carlos V. Paya Eli Lilly (United States)

Larry M. Baddour Mayo Clinic

Vance G. Fowler Duke University

Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation

Russell H. Wiesner Mayo Clinic

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