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Silvia M. Vidal

Silvia M. Vidal

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 58 3400 3120 97 88 256 13527
Genetics 57 3401 3212 132 124 225 12952

Silvia M. Vidal publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Silvia M. Vidal between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Silvia M. Vidal published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2014. 2 of the 293 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2014. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 4 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication 2026: 1 publication
1988 2026

293 publications in total across all disciplines

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Silvia M. Vidal: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 4
1990 3
1991 0
1992 1
1993 4
1994 7
1995 5
1996 6
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2001 6
2002 5
2003 7
2004 4
2005 3
2006 11
2007 5
2008 10
2009 9
2010 11
2011 16
2012 12
2013 19
2014 20
2015 15
2016 16
2017 14
2018 11
2019 16
2020 12
2021 17
2022 8
2023 3
2024 4
2025 1
2026 1
Total 293
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Silvia M. Vidal 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 Silvia M. Vidal 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, 255–264 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: 256 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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
255–264 146 256
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
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Silvia M. Vidal 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 Silvia M. Vidal 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, 58 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: 58 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% 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 58
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
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Overview

Silvia M. Vidal is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields, including immunology, genetics, molecular biology, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main research topics include interferon and immune responses, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, biosensors and analytical detection, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, as well as genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Silvia M. Vidal's recent published papers comprise:

  • SARS-CoV-2 impairs interferon production via NSP2-induced repression of mRNA translation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nanoplasmonic amplification in microfluidics enables accelerated colorimetric quantification of nucleic acid biomarkers from pathogens, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Mechanisms of Natural Killer Cell Evasion Through Viral Adaptation, 2020, Annual Review of Immunology
  • Improved Diagnosis of Rare Disease Patients through Systematic Detection of Runs of Homozygosity, 2020, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Molecular characterization of Spanish patients with MECP2 duplication syndrome, 2020, Clinical Genetics

Frequent publication venues for Vidal include Clinical Genetics, Frontiers in Immunology, Cell Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), each featuring multiple contributions by the researcher.

Collaborations form a notable part of their work, with frequent co-authors being Mitra Yousefi, Judith Armstrong, Mathieu Mancini, Dhanesh Patel, and María-Isabel Tejada, reflecting an interdisciplinary and collaborative research approach.

Best Publications

  • Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites: isolation of a candidate for Bcg.

    Silvia M. Vidal;Danielle Malo;Kyle Vogan;Emil Skamene

  • The Ity/Lsh/Bcg locus: natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites is abrogated by disruption of the Nramp1 gene.

    S Vidal;M L Tremblay;G Govoni;S Gauthier

  • Susceptibility to mouse cytomegalovirus is associated with deletion of an activating natural killer cell receptor of the C-type lectin superfamily

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Sonia Girard;Denis Macina;Maria Busà

  • Identification and characterization of a second mouse Nramp gene.

    Samantha Gruenheid;Mathieu Cellier;Mathieu Cellier;Silvia Vidal;Silvia Vidal;Philippe Gros;Philippe Gros

  • Human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein: cDNA cloning, chromosomal mapping, genomic organization, and tissue-specific expression.

    Mathieu Cellier;Gregory Govoni;Silvia Vidal;Tony Kwan

  • Type I interferon restricts type 2 immunopathology through the regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells

    Claudia U Duerr;Connor D A McCarthy;Barbara C Mindt;Manuel Rubio

  • Haplotype mapping and sequence analysis of the mouse Nramp gene predict susceptibility to infection with intracellular parasites.

    Danielle Malo;Kyle Vogan;Silvia Vidal;Jinxin Hu

  • Birc1e is the gene within the Lgn1 locus associated with resistance to Legionella pneumophila

    Eduardo Diez;Seung-Hwan Lee;Susan Gauthier;Zahra Yaraghi

  • Natural resistance to intracellular infections: Nramp1 encodes a membrane phosphoglycoprotein absent in macrophages from susceptible (Nramp1 D169) mouse strains.

    S M Vidal;E Pinner;P Lepage;S Gauthier

  • Type I IFN Triggers RIG-I/TLR3/NLRP3-dependent Inflammasome Activation in Influenza A Virus Infected Cells

    Julien Pothlichet;Julien Pothlichet;Isabelle Meunier;Beckley K. Davis;Jenny P Y Ting

  • Loci predisposing to autoimmunity in MRL-Fas lpr and C57BL/6-Faslpr mice.

    S Vidal;D H Kono;A N Theofilopoulos

  • Activating receptors promote NK cell expansion for maintenance, IL-10 production, and CD8 T cell regulation during viral infection

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Kwang-Sin Kim;Nassima Fodil-Cornu;Silvia M. Vidal

  • The Bcg/Ity/Lsh locus: genetic transfer of resistance to infections in C57BL/6J mice transgenic for the Nramp1 Gly169 allele.

    G Govoni;S Vidal;S Gauthier;E Skamene

  • Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites: molecular genetics identifies Nramp1 as the Bcg/Ity/Lsh locus.

    Silvia Vidal;Philippe Gros;Philippe Gros;Emil Skamene

  • A stuttering model for paramyxovirus P mRNA editing.

    S Vidal;J Curran;D Kolakofsky

  • Epistasis between mouse Klra and major histocompatibility complex class I loci is associated with a new mechanism of natural killer cell–mediated innate resistance to cytomegalovirus infection

    Marie-Pierre Desrosiers;Agnieszka Kielczewska;J-C Loredo-Osti;Sonia Girard Adam

  • Editing of the Sendai virus P/C mRNA by G insertion occurs during mRNA synthesis via a virus-encoded activity.

    S Vidal;J Curran;D Kolakofsky

  • Randomized Pilot Study: Effects of an Exercise Programme and Leucine Supplementation in Patients with Cirrhosis

    Eva Román;Maria Teresa Torrades;Maria Josep Nadal;Guillem Cárdenas

  • Functional Diversity of Mx Proteins: Variations on a Theme of Host Resistance to Infection

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Silvia M. Vidal

  • Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein cIAP2 Protects against Pulmonary Tissue Necrosis during Influenza Virus Infection to Promote Host Survival

    Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais;Katherine Labbé;Maryse Dagenais;Jeremy Dupaul-Chicoine

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Gros
Philippe Gros McGill University
Danielle Malo
Danielle Malo McGill University
Stipan Jonjić
Stipan Jonjić University of Rijeka
Emil Skamene
Emil Skamene McGill University
Jacek Majewski
Jacek Majewski McGill University
Robert Sladek
Robert Sladek McGill University
Daniel Kolakofsky
Daniel Kolakofsky University of Geneva
Christine A. Biron
Christine A. Biron Brown University
Jeremy Schwartzentruber
Jeremy Schwartzentruber Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mark Lathrop
Mark Lathrop McGill University

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