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Stephen D. Bentley 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 Stephen D. Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 461 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Stephen D. Bentley 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 Stephen D. Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Stephen D. Bentley is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their scholarly output includes publications in a variety of journals, notable among them are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 38 publications
  • Microbial Genomics with 31 publications
  • Nature Communications with 10 publications
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases with 10 publications
  • The Lancet Microbe with 6 publications

Key thematic areas in their work include:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Respiratory Viral Infections Research
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Stephanie W. Lo, with 70 joint publications
  • Lesley McGee, with 46 joint publications
  • Rebecca A. Gladstone, with 42 joint publications
  • Nicholas J. Croucher, with 32 joint publications
  • Chrispin Chaguza, with 30 joint publications

Significant recent papers by Stephen D. Bentley include:

  • "Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline," 2020, Genome Biology
  • "A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus," 2020, mBio
  • "Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Genomic evolution of Neisseria gonorrhoeae since the preantibiotic era (1928-2013): antimicrobial use/misuse selects for resistance and drives evolution," 2020, BMC Genomics
  • "Emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections in Norway in 2002-17: a nationwide, longitudinal, microbial population genomic study," 2021, The Lancet Microbe

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    S. D. Bentley;K. F. Chater;A.-M. Cerdeño-Tárraga;G. L. Challis;G. L. Challis

  • Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombinant bacterial whole genome sequences using Gubbins.

    Nicholas J. Croucher;Andrew J. Page;Thomas R. Connor;Aidan J. Delaney

  • Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of plague

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;N. R. Thomson;R. W. Titball

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

    Simon R. Harris;Edward J. Feil;Matthew T. G. Holden;Michael A. Quail

  • Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

    Iñaki Comas;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla;Tao Luo;Sonia Borrell;Sonia Borrell

  • Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline

    Gerry Tonkin-Hill;Gerry Tonkin-Hill;Neil MacAlasdair;Neil MacAlasdair;Christopher Ruis;Christopher Ruis;Aaron Weimann

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.

    Julian Parkhill;Mohammed Sebaihia;Andrew Preston;Lee D Murphy

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study.

    Laura García-Álvarez;Matthew T G Holden;Heather Lindsay;Cerian R Webb

  • Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

    Nicholas J. Croucher;Simon R. Harris;Christophe Fraser;Michael A. Quail

  • Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Richard W. Titball;Richard W. Titball;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga

  • Complete DNA sequence of a serogroup A strain of Neisseria meningitidis Z2491

    J Parkhill;M Achtman;K D James;S D Bentley

  • Genetic analysis of the capsular biosynthetic locus from all 90 pneumococcal serotypes.

    Stephen D Bentley;David M Aanensen;Angeliki Mavroidi;David Saunders

  • Rapid whole-genome sequencing for investigation of a neonatal MRSA outbreak.

    Claudio U. Köser;Claudio U. Köser;Matthew T.G. Holden;Matthew J. Ellington;Edward J P Cartwright;Edward J P Cartwright

  • Whole-genome sequencing for analysis of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a descriptive study

    Simon R Harris;Edward J P Cartwright;M Estée Török;Matthew T G Holden

  • Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

    Claudio U. Köser;Matthew J. Ellington;Edward J. P. Cartwright;Edward J. P. Cartwright;Stephen H. Gillespie

  • The complete genome, comparative and functional analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia reveals an organism heavily shielded by drug resistance determinants.

    Lisa C. Crossman;Virginia C. Gould;J. Maxwell Dow;Georgios S. Vernikos

  • Tuberculous Granuloma Induction via Interaction of a Bacterial Secreted Protein with Host Epithelium

    Hannah E. Volkman;Tamara C. Pozos;John Zheng;J. Muse Davis

  • A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Li Yang Hsu;Li Yang Hsu;Kevin Kurt;Lucy A. Weinert;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factors

    K. S. Bell;M. Sebaihia;L. Pritchard;L. Pritchard;M. T. G. Holden

  • Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Mark W. Silby;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga;Georgios S. Vernikos;Stephen R. Giddens

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Nicholas J. Croucher
Nicholas J. Croucher Imperial College London
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Simon R. Harris
Simon R. Harris Wellcome Sanger Institute
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
William P. Hanage
William P. Hanage Harvard University
Dean Everett
Dean Everett Khalifa University
Lesley McGee
Lesley McGee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge

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