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65
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9116
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Rory Bowden 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 Rory Bowden sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 164 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rory Bowden 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 Rory Bowden sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rory Bowden is a researcher affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their work spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to molecular biology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, immunology, and virology.

Bowden's research interests are concentrated in several main topics, including single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV research and treatment, hepatitis C virus research, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and respiratory viral infections research.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of Bowden's work. These include:

  • "A single-cell atlas of the human substantia nigra reveals cell-specific pathways associated with neurological disorders," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Single-cell atlas of colonic CD8+ T cells in ulcerative colitis," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Quantifying HIV transmission flow between high-prevalence hotspots and surrounding communities: a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda," 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • "Benchmarking long-read RNA-sequencing analysis tools using in silico mixtures," 2023, Nature Methods
  • "A Comprehensive Genomics Solution for HIV Surveillance and Clinical Monitoring in Low-Income Settings," 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Bowden frequently publishes in key scientific venues, with a notable number of articles in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Throughout their career, Bowden has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • David Bonsall
  • Tanya Golubchik
  • Matthew E. Ritchie
  • M. Azim Ansari
  • Mariateresa de Cesare

Bowden's body of work predominantly contributes to fields associated with medicine and molecular biology, addressing infectious diseases and epidemiological challenges. Their research outcomes contribute valuable insights particularly in HIV and hepatitis C virus studies, as well as advancing single-cell genomics techniques.

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study

    Timothy M. Walker;Camilla L.C. Ip;Ruth H. Harrell;Jason T. Evans

  • Transforming clinical microbiology with bacterial genome sequencing

    Xavier Didelot;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Daniel J. Wilson;Daniel J. Wilson;Tim E. A. Peto

  • Drive Against Hotspot Motifs in Primates Implicates the PRDM9 Gene in Meiotic Recombination

    Simon Myers;Simon Myers;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Afidalina Tumian;Ronald E. Bontrop

  • Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing

    D W Eyre;M L Cule;D J Wilson;D Griffiths

  • Whole-genome sequencing for prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility and resistance: a retrospective cohort study.

    Timothy M Walker;Thomas A Kohl;Shaheed V Omar;Jessica Hedge

  • Structural Remodeling of the Human Colonic Mesenchyme in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    James Kinchen;Hannah H. Chen;Kaushal Parikh;Agne Antanaviciute

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Clostridium difficile

    David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Warren Fawley;Melina Kachrimanidou;Melina Kachrimanidou;Rory Bowden

  • Analysis of Equid Herpesvirus 1 Strain Variation Reveals a Point Mutation of the DNA Polymerase Strongly Associated with Neuropathogenic versus Nonneuropathogenic Disease Outbreaks

    J. Nugent;I. Birch-Machin;K. C. Smith;J. A. Mumford

  • Multiple Instances of Ancient Balancing Selection Shared Between Humans and Chimpanzees

    Ellen M. Leffler;Ziyue Gao;Susanne Pfeifer;Laure Ségurel;Laure Ségurel

  • A Fine-Scale Chimpanzee Genetic Map from Population Sequencing

    Adam Auton;Adam Auton;Adi Fledel-Alon;Susanne Pfeifer;Oliver Venn

  • MinION Analysis and Reference Consortium: Phase 1 data release and analysis

    Camilla L.C. Ip;Matthew Loose;John R. Tyson;Mariateresa de Cesare

  • Evolutionary dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus during progression from carriage to disease

    Bernadette C. Young;Tanya Golubchik;Elizabeth M. Batty;Rowena Fung

  • A pilot study of rapid benchtop sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile for outbreak detection and surveillance

    D W Eyre;T Golubchik;N C Gordon;R Bowden

  • A single-cell atlas of the human substantia nigra reveals cell-specific pathways associated with neurological disorders

    Devika Agarwal;Devika Agarwal;Cynthia Sandor;Viola Volpato;Tara M. Caffrey;Tara M. Caffrey

  • Within-Host Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during Asymptomatic Carriage

    Tanya Golubchik;Elizabeth M. Batty;Ruth R. Miller;Ruth R. Miller;Helen Farr;Helen Farr

  • Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission

    Xavier Didelot;David W Eyre;Madeleine Cule;Camilla Lc Ip

  • Evolution and Diversity in Human Herpes Simplex Virus Genomes

    Moriah L. Szpara;Derek Gatherer;Alejandro Ochoa;Benjamin Greenbaum

  • Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 encodes tRNA-like sequences which are expressed during latency.

    R J Bowden;J P Simas;A J Davis;S Efstathiou

  • Whole-Genome Sequencing Shows That Patient-to-Patient Transmission Rarely Accounts for Acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus in an Intensive Care Unit

    James R. Price;Tanya Golubchik;Kevin Cole;Daniel J. Wilson;Daniel J. Wilson

  • Improved workflows for high throughput library preparation using the transposome-based nextera system

    Sarah Lamble;Elizabeth Batty;Moustafa Attar;David Buck

Frequent Co-Authors

Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Daniel J. Wilson
Daniel J. Wilson University of Oxford
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Eleanor Barnes
Eleanor Barnes University of Oxford
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Peter Donnelly
Peter Donnelly University of Oxford
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
David H. Wyllie
David H. Wyllie Public Health England
Xavier Didelot
Xavier Didelot University of Warwick
John McLauchlan
John McLauchlan University of Glasgow

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