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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 143 44 41 22 19 1232 79936

Ronald N. Jones publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ronald N. Jones between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ronald N. Jones published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 25 papers a year. Output peaked at 68 publications in 2014. 3 of the 1,248 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 68. Peak 68 publications in 2014. 1976: 3 publications 1977: 6 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 8 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 19 publications 1988: 16 publications 1989: 19 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 28 publications 1993: 29 publications 1994: 29 publications 1995: 32 publications 1996: 26 publications 1997: 32 publications 1998: 31 publications 1999: 50 publications 2000: 34 publications 2001: 45 publications 2002: 47 publications 2003: 52 publications 2004: 54 publications 2005: 52 publications 2006: 54 publications 2007: 51 publications 2008: 53 publications 2009: 38 publications 2010: 49 publications 2011: 35 publications 2012: 38 publications 2013: 54 publications 2014: 68 publications 2015: 47 publications 2016: 44 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1976 2025

1,248 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ronald N. Jones: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 3
1977 6
1978 4
1979 3
1980 3
1981 3
1982 8
1983 5
1984 8
1985 11
1986 7
1987 19
1988 16
1989 19
1990 6
1991 9
1992 28
1993 29
1994 29
1995 32
1996 26
1997 32
1998 31
1999 50
2000 34
2001 45
2002 47
2003 52
2004 54
2005 52
2006 54
2007 51
2008 53
2009 38
2010 49
2011 35
2012 38
2013 54
2014 68
2015 47
2016 44
2017 13
2018 3
2019 18
2020 5
2021 2
2022 0
2023 2
2024 1
2025 2
Total 1,248
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Ronald N. Jones 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 Ronald N. Jones 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, 679+ 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: 1,232 publications — 100th percentile

100% 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
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 1,232
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Ronald N. Jones 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 Ronald N. Jones 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, 127+ 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: 143 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 95 143
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Microbial Ecology
  • 1948 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

Ronald N. Jones is affiliated with JMI Laboratories in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Jones has contributed to subfields such as Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their work addresses several main topics including Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Global Maternal and Child Health, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, and Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals.

Jones has published research in various scientific venues. These include:

  • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Some of their recently published papers are:

  • The burden of antimicrobial resistance in the Americas in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis, 2023, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • Activity of Plazomicin Tested against Enterobacterales Isolates Collected from U.S. Hospitals in 2016-2017: Effect of Different Breakpoint Criteria on Susceptibility Rates among Aminoglycosides, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Old In Vitro Antimicrobial Breakpoints Are Misleading Stewardship Efforts, Delaying Adoption of Innovative Therapies, and Harming Patients, 2020, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of High-Dose Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Obese Patients, 2021, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • Reanalysis of cefazolin surrogate susceptibility breakpoints utilized as guidances for oral cephalosporin treatments of uncomplicated urinary tract infections: caution concerning application to cefadroxil, 2020, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jones include:

  • Rodrigo E. Mendes
  • Gisela Robles Aguilar
  • Lucien Swetschinski
  • Nicole Davis Weaver
  • Kevin S Ikuta

Jones has received recognition through awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 1999, Microbial Ecology
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1948

Best Publications

  • Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in United States Hospitals: A Three-Year Analysis

    Michael B. Edmond;Sarah E. Wallace;Donna K. McClish;Michael A. Pfaller

  • Does the use of antibiotics in food animals pose a risk to human health? A critical review of published data

    Ian Phillips;Mark Casewell;Tony Cox;Brad De Groot

  • Microbial Etiologies of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

    Ronald N. Jones

  • 10 × '20 Progress—Development of New Drugs Active Against Gram-Negative Bacilli: An Update From the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Helen W. Boucher;George H. Talbot;Daniel K. Benjamin;Daniel K. Benjamin;John Bradley;John Bradley

  • Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients with Bloodstream Infection: Frequencies of Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (United States and Canada, 1997)

    Michael A. Pfaller;Ronald N. Jones;Gary V. Doern;Kari Kugler

  • Twenty Years of the SENTRY Antifungal Surveillance Program: Results for Candida Species From 1997-2016.

    Michael A Pfaller;Daniel J Diekema;John D Turnidge;Mariana Castanheira

  • National Surveillance of Nosocomial Blood Stream Infection Due to Species of Candida Other than Candida albicans: Frequency of Occurrence and Antifungal Susceptibility in the SCOPE Program

    Michael A Pfaller;Ronald N Jones;Shawn A Messer;Michael B Edmond

  • Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance pattern comparisons among bloodstream infection isolates from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2002)

    Douglas J. Biedenbach;Gary J. Moet;Ronald N. Jones

  • The Microbiology of Bloodstream Infection: 20-Year Trends from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Daniel J. Diekema;Po Ren Hsueh;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Michael A. Pfaller

  • Resistance Patterns Among Nosocomial Pathogens: Trends Over the Past Few Years

    Ronald N. Jones

  • Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Respiratory Tract Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in North America: 1997 Results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Gary V. Doern;Michael A. Pfaller;Kari Kugler;Juliana Freeman

  • Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-β-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme

    Mark A. Toleman;Alan M. Simm;Tanya A. Murphy;Ana C. Gales

  • Molecular characterization of a beta-lactamase gene, blaGIM-1, encoding a new subclass of metallo-beta-lactamase.

    Mariana Castanheira;Mark A. Toleman;Ronald N. Jones;Franz J. Schmidt

  • Contemporary causes of skin and soft tissue infections in North America, Latin America, and Europe: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-2004)

    Gary J. Moet;Ronald N. Jones;Douglas J. Biedenbach;Matthew G. Stilwell

  • Contemporary Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods for Polymyxin B and Colistin: Review of Available Interpretative Criteria and Quality Control Guidelines

    Ana C. Gales;Ana C. Gales;Adriana O. Reis;Ronald N. Jones

  • Efficient Detection and Long-Term Persistence of the Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Melissa D. Sanford;Andreas F. Widmer;Martha J. Bale;Ronald N. Jones

  • Early Dissemination of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Indian Hospitals: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2006-2007

    Mariana Castanheira;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Dilip Mathai;Jan M. Bell

  • Bloodstream Infections Due to Candida Species: SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America and Latin America, 1997-1998

    Pfaller;R N Jones;G V Doern;H S Sader

  • Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates: Occurrence Rates, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns, and Molecular Typing in the Global SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997–1999

    A. C. Gales;R. N. Jones;J. Turnidge;R. Rennie

  • Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from North America and Europe: a report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program

    Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Thomas R. Fritsche;Gary J. Moet;Douglas J. Biedenbach

  • Antimicrobial resistance among Gram-negative bacilli isolated from Latin America: results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (Latin America, 2008-2010).

    Ana C. Gales;Mariana Castanheira;Ronald N. Jones;Hélio S. Sader

Frequent Co-Authors

Helio S. Sader
Helio S. Sader JMI Laboratories
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Rodrigo E. Mendes
Rodrigo E. Mendes JMI Laboratories
Robert K. Flamm
Robert K. Flamm JMI Laboratories
Mariana Castanheira
Mariana Castanheira JMI Laboratories
Thomas R. Fritsche
Thomas R. Fritsche Marshfield Clinic
David J. Farrell
David J. Farrell University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Paul R. Rhomberg
Paul R. Rhomberg University of Iowa
Arthur L. Barry
Arthur L. Barry University of California, Davis

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