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Microbiology

D-Index
120
Citations
55553
World Ranking
142
National Ranking
15

Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
58380
World Ranking
3096
National Ranking
312

Tim E. A. Peto 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 Tim E. A. Peto sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 428 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim E. A. Peto 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 Tim E. A. Peto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tim E. A. Peto is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Tim E. A. Peto has contributed to numerous publications, with recent notable papers as follows:

  • Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Effect of Covid-19 Vaccination on Transmission of Alpha and Delta Variants, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity and transmission, 2021, Science
  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Prominent co-authors frequently collaborating with Tim E. A. Peto include:

  • Derrick W. Crook
  • Nicole Stoesser
  • A. Sarah Walker
  • David W. Eyre
  • Philippa C. Matthews

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet Microbe
  • Journal of Infection

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial.

    Arjen M. Dondorp;Caterina I. Fanello;Ilse C. E. Hendriksen;Ermelinda Gomes

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study

    Timothy M. Walker;Camilla L.C. Ip;Ruth H. Harrell;Jason T. Evans

  • U.K. Controlled trial of intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection.

    Nicholas A. Maskell;Christopher W.H. Davies;Andrew J. Nunn;Emma L. Hedley

  • Prospective evaluation of criteria for microbiological diagnosis of prosthetic-joint infection at revision arthroplasty. The OSIRIS Collaborative Study Group.

    Bridget L. Atkins;Nicholas Athanasou;Jonathan J. Deeks;Derrick W. M. Crook

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers.

    S F Lumley;D O'Donnell;N E Stoesser;P C Matthews

  • Transforming clinical microbiology with bacterial genome sequencing

    Xavier Didelot;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Daniel J. Wilson;Daniel J. Wilson;Tim E. A. Peto

  • Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae and Serotype- and Clone-Specific Differences in Invasive Disease Potential

    Angela B Brueggemann;Angela B Brueggemann;David T Griffiths;Emma Meats;Timothy Peto

  • Effect of Covid-19 Vaccination on Transmission of Alpha and Delta Variants

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  • Enhanced T-cell immunogenicity of plasmid DNA vaccines boosted by recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara in humans.

    Samuel J McConkey;William H H Reece;Vasee S Moorthy;Daniel Webster

  • Whole-genome sequencing for prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility and resistance: a retrospective cohort study.

    Timothy M Walker;Thomas A Kohl;Shaheed V Omar;Jessica Hedge

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy for the chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

    Michael Sharpe;Keith Hawton;Sue Simkin;Christina Surawy

  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies.

    Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Anna De Marco;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira;Bo Meng

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Rapid antibiotic-resistance predictions from genome sequence data for Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    P Bradley;N C Gordon;T M Walker;L Dunn

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Rapid antibiotic-resistance predictions from genome sequence data for Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Phelim Bradley;N. Claire Gordon;Timothy M. Walker;Laura Dunn

  • The role of whole genome sequencing in antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria : report from the EUCAST Subcommittee

    M J Ellington;O Ekelund;Frank Møller Aarestrup;R Canton

  • A controlled trial of artemether or quinine in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malaria.

    T H Tran;N P Day;H P Nguyen;T H Nguyen

  • Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK.

    Koen B. Pouwels;Koen B. Pouwels;Emma Pritchard;Emma Pritchard;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Philippa C. Matthews;Nicole Stoesser

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford
Nicole Stoesser
Nicole Stoesser University of Oxford
David W. Eyre
David W. Eyre University of Oxford
Daniel J. Wilson
Daniel J. Wilson University of Oxford
David H. Wyllie
David H. Wyllie Public Health England
Kate E. Dingle
Kate E. Dingle University of Oxford
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Rory Bowden
Rory Bowden Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Philippa C. Matthews
Philippa C. Matthews University of Oxford

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