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Tania C. Sorrell

Tania C. Sorrell

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 89 713 636 17 17 355 33954
Medicine 88 13016 12252 426 416 369 34025

Tania C. Sorrell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tania C. Sorrell between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tania C. Sorrell published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 8 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2008. 16 of the 408 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2008. 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 7 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 24 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 5 publications
1975 2025

408 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tania C. Sorrell: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 2
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 2
1981 4
1982 3
1983 7
1984 4
1985 6
1986 6
1987 3
1988 4
1989 1
1990 2
1991 6
1992 7
1993 6
1994 6
1995 3
1996 6
1997 11
1998 0
1999 3
2000 6
2001 7
2002 6
2003 5
2004 11
2005 8
2006 16
2007 15
2008 24
2009 19
2010 19
2011 20
2012 7
2013 15
2014 14
2015 12
2016 12
2017 15
2018 9
2019 14
2020 15
2021 10
2022 10
2023 11
2024 11
2025 5
Total 408
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Tania C. Sorrell 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 Tania C. Sorrell 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, 355–364 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: 355 publications — 85th percentile

85% 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 62 355
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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Tania C. Sorrell 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 Tania C. Sorrell 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, 89 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: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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 89
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Tania C. Sorrell is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields including modeling and simulation, oncology, and the study of fungal infections.

The main research topics addressed by Sorrell include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, nail diseases and treatments, evolution and genetic dynamics, and viral infections and outbreak research.

Key recent publications by Sorrell encompass a range of prominent scientific venues and topics:

  • "Revealing COVID-19 transmission in Australia by SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and agent-based modeling," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "CCMetagen: comprehensive and accurate identification of eukaryotes and prokaryotes in metagenomic data," 2020, Genome Biology
  • "Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM," 2024, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran," 2020, Virus Evolution
  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19: The lived experience and perceptions of patients in isolation and care in an Australian healthcare setting," 2020, American Journal of Infection Control

Frequent collaborators in Sorrell's research include:

  • Vitali Sintchenko
  • Mikhail Prokopenko
  • Rebecca J. Rockett
  • Sheryl L. Chang
  • Justin Beardsley

Publication venues frequently featuring Sorrell's work are Medical Mycology, PLoS Computational Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Over the course of their career, Sorrell has produced numerous contributions primarily concentrated in medicine, with 92 publications identified in that field. Infectious diseases and epidemiology account for significant subfields with 43 and 29 publications respectively. Additional subfields include modeling and simulation, molecular biology, and oncology.

Sorrell's research involves a detailed focus on antifungal resistance and susceptibility with 44 related publications and fungal infections with 40 publications. Their work also includes studies related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, reflecting contemporary public health challenges.

Sorrell was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985, highlighting a noted moment in their professional history.

Best Publications

  • Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

    Ben De Pauw;Thomas J. Walsh;J. Peter Donnelly;David A. Stevens

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease: 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america.

    John R. Perfect;William E. Dismukes;Francoise Dromer;David L. Goldman

  • Epidemiology and Host- and Variety-Dependent Characteristics of Infection Due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New Zealand

    Sharon Chen;Tania Sorrell;Graeme Nimmo;Bryan Speed

  • Cryptococcus gattii Infections

    Sharon C.-A. Chen;Wieland Meyer;Tania C. Sorrell;Tania C. Sorrell

  • Extracellular phospholipase activity is a virulence factor for Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Gary M. Cox;Henry C. McDade;Sharon C. A. Chen;Stephanie C. Tucker

  • Cryptococcal Disease of the CNS in Immunocompetent Hosts: Influence of Cryptococcal Variety on Clinical Manifestations and Outcome

    David H. Mitchell;Tania C. Sorrell;Anthony M. Allworth;Christopher H. Heath

  • Echinocandin antifungal drugs in fungal infections: a comparison

    Sharon C. A. Chen;Monica A. Slavin;Tania C. Sorrell

  • Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii.

    T. C. Sorrell

  • The Case for Adopting the "Species Complex" Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis.

    Kyung J. Kwon-Chung;John E. Bennett;Brian L. Wickes;Wieland Meyer

  • International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi.

    Laszlo Irinyi;Carolina Serena;Dea Garcia-Hermoso;Michael Arabatzis

  • Development and Clinical Application of a Panfungal PCR Assay To Detect and Identify Fungal DNA in Tissue Specimens

    Anna Lau;Sharon Chen;Tania Sorrell;Dee Carter

  • Vancomycin Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Tania C. Sorrell;Donald R. Packham;Sivaraj Shanker;Mary Foldes

  • Revealing COVID-19 transmission in Australia by SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and agent-based modeling.

    Rebecca J. Rockett;Rebecca J. Rockett;Alicia Arnott;Alicia Arnott;Alicia Arnott;Connie Lam;Connie Lam;Rosemarie Sadsad;Rosemarie Sadsad

  • Molecular typing of global isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans by polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA — a pilot study to standardize techniques on which to base a detailed epidemiological survey

    Wieland Meyer;Krystyna Marszewska;Mitra Amirmostofian;Ricardo Pereira Igreja

  • Galactomannan and PCR versus culture and histology for directing use of antifungal treatment for invasive aspergillosis in high-risk haematology patients: a randomised controlled trial

    Orla Morrissey;Orla Morrissey;Sharon C-A Chen;Sharon C-A Chen;Sharon C-A Chen;Tania Christine Sorrell;Tania Christine Sorrell;Tania Christine Sorrell;Sam Milliken

  • Anti-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Autoantibodies Are a Risk Factor for Central Nervous System Infection by Cryptococcus gattii in Otherwise Immunocompetent Patients

    Tomomi Saijo;Jianghan Chen;Sharon C.-A. Chen;Sharon C.-A. Chen;Lindsey B. Rosen

  • Not just little adults: candidemia epidemiology, molecular characterization, and antifungal susceptibility in neonatal and pediatric patients.

    Christopher C. Blyth;Sharon C. A. Chen;Monica A. Slavin;Carol Serena

  • Clinical manifestations of Cryptococcus gattii infection: determinants of neurological sequelae and death

    Sharon C A Chen;Sharon C A Chen;Sharon C A Chen;Monica Slavin;Christopher Heath;Geoffrey Playford

  • Phospholipase activity in Cryptococcus neoformans: a new virulence factor?

    Sharon C. A. Chen;Michael Muller;Jin Zhong Zhou;Lesley C. Wright

  • Candidemia in nonneutropenic critically ill patients: risk factors for non-albicans Candida spp.

    E Geoffrey Playford;Deborah Marriott;Quoc Nguyen;Sharon Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon C.-A. Chen
Sharon C.-A. Chen Westmead Hospital
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Monica A. Slavin
Monica A. Slavin Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Catriona Halliday
Catriona Halliday Westmead Hospital
David Ellis
David Ellis University of Adelaide
Deborah Marriott
Deborah Marriott Ascension Health
Dominic E. Dwyer
Dominic E. Dwyer University of Sydney
Vitali Sintchenko
Vitali Sintchenko University of Sydney
Peter Collignon
Peter Collignon Australian National University
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney

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