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2026

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Tulio de Oliveira publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tulio de Oliveira sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 340 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Tulio de Oliveira D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tulio de Oliveira sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Tulio de Oliveira is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, including detection and testing, epidemiological studies, and clinical research studies. Their work also covers mosquito-borne diseases and control, animal virus infections studies, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Virus Evolution
  • Nature Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa (2022) - Nature
  • Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa (2021) - Nature
  • Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant (2021) - New England Journal of Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma (2021) - Nature Medicine
  • Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa (2020) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tulio de Oliveira include:

  • Houriiyah Tegally
  • Richard Lessells
  • Eduan Wilkinson
  • Jennifer Giandhari
  • Marta Giovanetti

Best Publications

  • Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa.

    Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Arash Iranzadeh

  • SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma.

    Constantinos Kurt Wibmer;Frances Ayres;Tandile Hermanus;Mashudu Madzivhandila

  • Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.

    S. A. Madhi;V. Baillie;C. L. Cutland;M. Voysey

  • The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Kaiming Tao;Philip L. Tzou;Janin Nouhin;Ravindra K. Gupta

  • Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

    Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Arash Iranzadeh

  • New SARS-CoV-2 Variants - Clinical, Public Health, and Vaccine Implications.

    Salim S Abdool Karim;Tulio de Oliveira

  • Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma.

    Sandile Cele;Inbal Gazy;Inbal Gazy;Laurelle Jackson;Shi-Hsia Hwa

  • An automated genotyping system for analysis of HIV-1 and other microbial sequences

    Tulio De Oliveira;Koen Deforche;Sharon Cassol;Mika Salminen

  • Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.

    Vivek Shinde;Sutika Bhikha;Zaheer Hoosain;Moherndran Archary

  • HIV-1 drug resistance before initiation or re-initiation of first-line antiretroviral therapy in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

    Ravindra K Gupta;John Gregson;Neil Parkin;Hiwot Haile-Selassie

  • Automated subtyping of HIV-1 genetic sequences for clinical and surveillance purposes: performance evaluation of the new REGA version 3 and seven other tools.

    Andrea Clemencia Pineda-Peña;Andrea Clemencia Pineda-Peña;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Stijn Imbrechts;Pieter Libin

  • Genome Detective: an automated system for virus identification from high-throughput sequencing data.

    Michael Vilsker;Yumna Moosa;Sam Nooij;Vagner Fonseca;Vagner Fonseca;Vagner Fonseca

  • Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa.

    Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Richard J. Lessells;Jennifer Giandhari

  • Microbial genome-wide association studies: lessons from human GWAS

    Robert A. Power;Julian Parkhill;Tulio de Oliveira;Tulio de Oliveira;Tulio de Oliveira

  • Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study

    Tulio. de Oliveira;Tulio. de Oliveira;Ayesha B. M. Kharsany;Ayesha B. M. Kharsany;Tiago. Gräf;Cherie. Cawood

  • Global epidemiology of drug resistance after failure of WHO recommended first-line regimens for adult HIV-1 infection: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

    John Gregson;Michele Tang;Nicaise Ndembi;Raph L Hamers

  • SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse.

    Frank Konings;Mark D Perkins;Jens H Kuhn;Mark J Pallen

  • Universal test and treat and the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: a phase 4, open-label, community cluster randomised trial

    Collins C Iwuji;Collins C Iwuji;Joanna Orne-Gliemann;Joseph Larmarange;Eric Balestre

  • Spread of yellow fever virus outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015–16: a modelling study

    Moritz U G Kraemer;Nuno R Faria;Robert C Reiner;Nick Golding;Nick Golding

  • The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages

    Darren P Martin;Steven Weaver;Houriiyah Tegally;James Emmanuel San

Frequent Co-Authors

Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Marta Giovanetti
Marta Giovanetti University of Rome Tor Vergata
Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London
Deenan Pillay
Deenan Pillay University College London
Frank Tanser
Frank Tanser University of Lincoln
Jinal N. Bhiman
Jinal N. Bhiman University of the Witwatersrand
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Anne-Mieke Vandamme Rega Institute for Medical Research
Salim S. Abdool Karim
Salim S. Abdool Karim Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
Carolyn Williamson
Carolyn Williamson University of Cape Town
Wolfgang Preiser
Wolfgang Preiser Stellenbosch University

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