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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
75
Citations
23014
World Ranking
1488
National Ranking
4

Wendy S. Stevens 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 Wendy S. Stevens sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 332 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy S. Stevens 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 Wendy S. Stevens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Wendy S. Stevens is affiliated with the National Health Laboratory Service in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, pathology, and forensic medicine.

The research topics covered include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stevens are:

  • Lesley Scott
  • Pedro Da Silva
  • Naseem Cassim
  • Anura David
  • Koleka Mlisana

Stevens has published extensively in various venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Diagnostics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • South African Medical Journal
  • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Some recent papers by Stevens include:

  • "Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Long-COVID: An evolving problem with an extensive impact," 2020, South African Medical Journal
  • "Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 lineages compared to BA.1 and Delta in South Africa," 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention in heterosexual men and women.

    Jared M. Baeten;Deborah Donnell;Deborah Donnell;Patrick Ndase;Nelly R. Mugo;Nelly R. Mugo

  • Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission after initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort analysis.

    Deborah Donnell;Deborah Donnell;Jared M. Baeten;James Njogu Kiarie;James Njogu Kiarie;Katherine K. Thomas

  • Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

    Susan E Dorman;Samuel G Schumacher;David Alland;Pamela Nabeta

  • Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2.

    C. Celum;A. Wald;A. Wald;J.R. Lingappa;A.S. Magaret;A.S. Magaret

  • Standardization of the modified Rodnan skin score for use in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis

    Dinesh Khanna;Daniel E. Furst;Philip J. Clements;Yannick Allanore

  • Standardisation of nailfold capillaroscopy for the assessment of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis

    Vanessa Smith;Vanessa Smith;Ariane L Herrick;Francesca Ingegnoli;Nemanja Damjanov

  • HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral-naive individuals in sub-Saharan Africa after rollout of antiretroviral therapy: a multicentre observational study

    Raph L Hamers;Carole L Wallis;Cissy Kityo;Margaret Siwale

  • Increased tissue factor expression on circulating monocytes in chronic HIV infection: relationship to in vivo coagulation and immune activation

    Nicholas T. Funderburg;Elizabeth Mayne;Scott F. Sieg;Robert Asaad

  • Nurse versus doctor management of HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (CIPRA-SA): a randomised non-inferiority trial

    Ian Sanne;Catherine Orrell;Matthew P Fox;Francesca Conradie

  • Xpert(®) MTB/RIF for point-of-care diagnosis of TB in high-HIV burden, resource-limited countries: hype or hope?

    Annelies Van Rie;Liesl Page-Shipp;Lesley Scott;Ian Sanne

  • Dried blood spots improve access to HIV diagnosis and care for infants in low-resource settings.

    Gayle G Sherman;Gwynneth Stevens;Stephanie A Jones;Pamela Horsfield

  • Prognostic Significance of MYC Rearrangement and Translocation Partner in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Study by the Lunenburg Lymphoma Biomarker Consortium.

    Andreas Rosenwald;Susanne Bens;Ranjana Advani;Sharon Barrans

  • Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF

    Gavin J Churchyard;Gavin J Churchyard;Wendy S Stevens;Wendy S Stevens;Lerole D Mametja;Kerrigan M McCarthy

  • Effect of pretreatment HIV-1 drug resistance on immunological virological and drug-resistance outcomes of first-line antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre cohort study.

    Raph L. Hamers;Rob Schuurman;Kim C.E. Sigaloff;Carole L. Wallis

  • Unnecessary Antiretroviral Treatment Switches and Accumulation of HIV Resistance Mutations; Two Arguments for Viral Load Monitoring in Africa

    Kim C E Sigaloff;Raph L Hamers;Carole L Wallis;Cissy Kityo

  • Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF with Other Nucleic Acid Technologies for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting: A Prospective Study

    Lesley E. Scott;Kerrigan McCarthy;Natasha Gous;Matilda Nduna

  • Rituximab in patients with primary CNS lymphoma (HOVON 105/ALLG NHL 24): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 intergroup study.

    Jacoline E C Bromberg;Samar Issa;Katerina Bakunina;Monique C Minnema

  • Long-COVID: An evolving problem with an extensive impact

    M Mendelson;J Nel;L Blumberg;S A Madhi

  • Extent of disease on high-resolution computed tomography lung is a predictor of decline and mortality in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease

    Owen A. Moore;Nicole S Goh;Tamera J. Corte;Hannah Rouse

  • Early Mortality in a Multinational Systemic Sclerosis Inception Cohort.

    Yanjie Hao;Marie Hudson;Murray Baron;Patricia Carreira

  • SARS-CoV-2 Antigens Expressed in Plants Detect Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients

    Mohau S Makatsa;Marius B Tincho;Jerome M Wendoh;Sherazaan D Ismail

  • CLSI-derived hematology and biochemistry reference intervals for healthy adults in eastern and southern Africa

    Etienne Karita;Nzeera Ketter;Matt A. Price;Kayitesi Kayitenkore

  • HIV-1 Viral Load Assays for Resource-Limited Settings

    Susan A Fiscus;Ben Cheng;Suzanne M Crowe;Lisa Demeter

  • The Impact and Cost of Scaling up GeneXpert MTB/RIF in South Africa

    Gesine Meyer-Rath;Gesine Meyer-Rath;Kathryn Schnippel;Lawrence Long;William MacLeod;William MacLeod

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Sanne
Ian Sanne University of the Witwatersrand
Tobias F. Rinke de Wit
Tobias F. Rinke de Wit University of Amsterdam
Cissy Kityo
Cissy Kityo Joint Clinical Research Centre
Mark P. Nicol
Mark P. Nicol University of Western Australia
Rob Schuurman
Rob Schuurman Utrecht University
Gavin J. Churchyard
Gavin J. Churchyard Aurum Institute
John A. Crump
John A. Crump University of Otago
Gayle G. Sherman
Gayle G. Sherman University of the Witwatersrand
Deborah Donnell
Deborah Donnell Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Luis J. Montaner
Luis J. Montaner The Wistar Institute

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