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D-Index
92
Citations
31533
World Ranking
619
National Ranking
287

Timothy L. Cover 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 Timothy L. Cover sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 286 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy L. Cover 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 Timothy L. Cover sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Timothy L. Cover is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their main research fields include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant work in subfields such as Surgery, Immunology, Small Animals, Infectious Diseases, and Physiology.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on topics related to Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Galectins and Cancer Biology, veterinary medicine and infectious diseases, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, asthma and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as Escherichia coli research studies.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Timothy L. Cover include:

  • The Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System, 2020, Trends in Microbiology
  • LRRC8 family proteins within lysosomes regulate cellular osmoregulation and enhance cell survival to multiple physiological stresses, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular architecture of bacterial type IV secretion systems, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • Cryo-EM reveals species-specific components within the Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system core complex, 2020, eLife
  • The Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island as a determinant of gastric cancer risk, 2024, Gut Microbes

They have frequently published in venues such as Infection and Immunity, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Pneumologie, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and mBio.

Frequent co-authors include Mark S. McClain, Melanie D. Ohi, D. Borden Lacy, Kaeli N. Bryant, and W. Hayes McDonald.

Timothy L. Cover was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Mosaicism in Vacuolating Cytotoxin Alleles of Helicobacter pylori ASSOCIATION OF SPECIFIC vacA TYPES WITH CYTOTOXIN PRODUCTION AND PEPTIC ULCERATION

    John C. Atherton;Ping Cao;Richard M. Peek;Murali K.R. Tummuru

  • Infection with Helicobacter pylori Strains Possessing cagA Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Developing Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach

    Martin J. Blaser;Guillermo I. Perez-Perez;Harry Kleanthous;Timothy L. Cover

  • Soluble proteins produced by probiotic bacteria regulate intestinal epithelial cell survival and growth.

    Fang Yan;Hanwei Cao;Timothy L. Cover;Timothy L. Cover;Robert Whitehead

  • Purification and characterization of the vacuolating toxin from Helicobacter pylori.

    T. L. Cover;Martin Blaser

  • Cloning and expression of a high-molecular-mass major antigen of Helicobacter pylori: evidence of linkage to cytotoxin production.

    M. K. R. Tummuru;T. L. Cover;M. J. Blaser

  • Clinical and pathological importance of heterogeneity in vacA, the vacuolating cytotoxin gene of Helicobacter pylori.

    JC Atherton;RM Peek;KT Tham;TL Cover

  • Helicobacter pylori in health and disease.

    Timothy L. Cover;Martin J. Blaser

  • Helicobacter pylori VacA, a paradigm for toxin multifunctionality

    Timothy L. Cover;Steven Robert Blanke

  • Divergence of genetic sequences for the vacuolating cytotoxin among Helicobacter pylori strains.

    Timothy L. Cover;Murali K.R. Tummuru;Ping Cao;Stuart A. Thompson

  • Characterization of and human serologic response to proteins in Helicobacter pylori broth culture supernatants with vacuolizing cytotoxin activity.

    T. L. Cover;C. P. Dooley;Martin Blaser

  • Induction of Gastric Epithelial Cell Apoptosis by Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin

    Timothy L. Cover;Uma S. Krishna;Dawn A. Israel;Richard M. Peek

  • Serologic detection of infection with cagA+ Helicobacter pylori strains.

    T L Cover;Y Glupczynski;A P Lage;A Burette

  • Colon-specific delivery of a probiotic-derived soluble protein ameliorates intestinal inflammation in mice through an EGFR-dependent mechanism

    Fang Yan;Hanwei Cao;Timothy L. Cover;M. Kay Washington

  • THE VACUOLATING CYTOTOXIN OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI

    Timothy L. Cover

  • Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal disease.

    T L Cover;M J Blaser

  • Helicobacter pylori Persistence: an Overview of Interactions between H. pylori and Host Immune Defenses

    Holly M. Scott Algood;Timothy L. Cover;Timothy L. Cover

  • Effect of urease on HeLa cell vacuolation induced by Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin.

    T L Cover;W Puryear;G I Perez-Perez;M J Blaser

  • Inhibition of primary human T cell proliferation by Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) is independent of VacA effects on IL-2 secretion

    Mark S. Sundrud;Victor J. Torres;Derya Unutmaz;Timothy L. Cover

  • The oxysterol-binding protein homologue ORP1L interacts with Rab7 and alters functional properties of late endocytic compartments

    Marie Johansson;Markku Lehto;Kimmo Tanhuanpää;Timothy L. Cover

  • Helicobacter pylori and gastric acid: Biological and therapeutic implications

    Catherine C. Mcgowan;Timothy L. Cover;Martin J. Blaser

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard M. Peek
Richard M. Peek Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Keith T. Wilson
Keith T. Wilson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John Atherton
John Atherton Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Victor J. Torres
Victor J. Torres New York University
Guillermo I. Perez-Perez
Guillermo I. Perez-Perez New York University
Pelayo Correa
Pelayo Correa Vanderbilt University
W. Hayes McDonald
W. Hayes McDonald Vanderbilt University
Zhifeng Shao
Zhifeng Shao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Simon Mallal
Simon Mallal Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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