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Thomas G. Mitchell

Thomas G. Mitchell

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
62
Citations
12410
World Ranking
2901
National Ranking
1154

Thomas G. Mitchell 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 Thomas G. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 121 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas G. Mitchell 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 Thomas G. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas G. Mitchell is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research focus lies primarily within the field of Medicine, contributing to 44 publications in this domain. The subfields of study that they are involved in include Surgery, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Hematology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work spans several main topics, related chiefly to bone and orthopedic research. These include bone fractures and treatments, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, elbow and forearm trauma treatment, hip and femur fractures, orthopedic infections and treatments, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, and iron metabolism and disorders.

Thomas G. Mitchell has published research in a variety of journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Their recent papers demonstrate an active engagement with clinical and surgical topics related to orthopedics and trauma. Selected recent publications include:

  • Anti-Interleukin-6 Therapy Decreases Hip Synovitis and Bone Resorption and Increases Bone Formation Following Ischemic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Ninety-day hospital costs associated with prolonged air leak following lung resection, 2020, Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Risk Factors for Reoperation to Promote Union in 1111 Distal Femur Fractures, 2022, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Nail Plate Combination Fixation Versus Lateral Locked Plating for Distal Femur Fractures: A Multicenter Experience, 2023, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Predictors of Deep Infection After Distal Femur Fracture: A Multicenter Study, 2022, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

The scientist collaborates regularly with multiple colleagues, reflecting interdisciplinary and team-based research. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Dane J. Brodke
  • Adolfo Hernandez
  • Cynthia E. Burke
  • Natasha S. McKibben
  • Robert V. O'Toole

Thomas G. Mitchell's scholarly output combines clinical orthopedic research with study of surgical outcomes and infection risk. Their publication history and coauthorship network highlight a sustained contribution to improving understanding in fracture management, surgical methods, and related rehabilitation approaches.

Best Publications

  • Cryptococcosis in the era of AIDS--100 years after the discovery of Cryptococcus neoformans.

    T G Mitchell;J R Perfect

  • The Genome of the Basidiomycetous Yeast and Human Pathogen Cryptococcus Neoformans

    Brendan J. Loftus;Eula Fung;Paola Roncaglia;Don Rowley

  • Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.

    Wieland Meyer;David M. Aanensen;Teun Boekhout;Massimo Cogliati

  • Hybridization probes for conventional DNA fingerprinting used as single primers in the polymerase chain reaction to distinguish strains of Cryptococcus neoformans.

    W Meyer;T G Mitchell;E Z Freedman;R Vilgalys

  • Rapid Identification of Pathogenic Fungi Directly from Cultures by Using Multiplex PCR

    Guizhen Luo;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Multiplexed Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction on a Digital Microfluidic Platform

    Zhishan Hua;Jeremy L. Rouse;Allen E. Eckhardt;Vijay Srinivasan

  • Multiple gene genealogies reveal recent dispersion and hybridization in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Jianping Xu;Rytas Vilgalys;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Molecular markers reveal that population structure of the human pathogen Candida albicans exhibits both clonality and recombination.

    Yvonne Graser;Miguel Volovsek;Jennifer Arrington;Gabriele Schonian

  • Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen for Treatment of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

    Berrylin J. Ferguson;Thomas G. Mitchell;Richard Moon;Enrico M. Camporesi

  • Multilocus sequence typing reveals three genetic subpopulations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A), including a unique population in Botswana.

    Anastasia P Litvintseva;Rameshwari Thakur;Rytas Vilgalys;Thomas G Mitchell

  • Molecular evidence that the range of the Vancouver Island outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii infection has expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States.

    Edmond J. Byrnes;Robert J. Bildfell;Sheryl A. Frank;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Prevalence of Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus gattii Serotype C among Patients with AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Rameshwari Thakur;L. Barth Reller;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Genetic diversity of the Cryptococcus species complex suggests that Cryptococcus gattii deserves to have varieties

    Popchai Ngamskulrungroj;Felix Gilgado;Felix Gilgado;Josiane Faganello;Anastasia P. Litvintseva

  • Evidence of Sexual Recombination among Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Isolates in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Robert E. Marra;Kirsten Nielsen;Joseph Heitman

  • Comparative Analysis of Environmental and Clinical Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans

    Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Lori Kestenbaum;Rytas Vilgalys;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Cryptococcus neoformans α Strains Preferentially Disseminate to the Central Nervous System during Coinfection

    Kirsten Nielsen;Gary M. Cox;Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Eleftherios Mylonakis

  • Phylogeny and evolution of medical species of Candida and related taxa: a multigenic analysis.

    Stephanie Diezmann;Stephanie Diezmann;Cymon J. Cox;Gabriele Schönian;Rytas J. Vilgalys

  • αADα Hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans: Evidence of Same-Sex Mating in Nature and Hybrid Fitness

    Xiaorong Lin;Anastasia P Litvintseva;Kirsten Nielsen;Sweta Patel

  • Clonal and Spontaneous Origins of Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans

    Jianping Xu;Adela R. Ramos;Rytas Vilgalys;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting in fungi using single primers specific to minisatellites and simple repetitive DNA sequences: strain variation in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Wieland Meyer;Thomas G. Mitchell

  • Diploids in the Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Population Homozygous for the α Mating Type Originate via Unisexual Mating

    Xiaorong Lin;Sweta Patel;Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Anna Floyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Anastasia P. Litvintseva
Anastasia P. Litvintseva Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rytas Vilgalys
Rytas Vilgalys Duke University
Jianping Xu
Jianping Xu McMaster University
Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
John R. Perfect
John R. Perfect Duke University
Gabriele Schönian
Gabriele Schönian Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service
Kirsten Nielsen
Kirsten Nielsen University of Minnesota
Yuan Chen
Yuan Chen University of Sydney

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