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Tania C. Sorrell

Tania C. Sorrell

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
89
Citations
33954
World Ranking
713
National Ranking
17

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
34025
World Ranking
13017
National Ranking
426

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.

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55 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.

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.

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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.

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

  • Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    J. Peter Donnelly;Sharon C. Chen;Carol A. Kauffman;William J. Steinbach

  • 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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