2026 Andrew J. Roger: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	81	1526	1448	51	50	227	23452

Andrew J. Roger publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Roger sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 227 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Andrew J. Roger D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Roger sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Andrew J. Roger is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist has contributed substantially to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Parasitology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The main research topics Andrew J. Roger has worked on include:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Genetic diversity and population structure
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

Edward Susko
Alastair G. B. Simpson
Shelby K. Williams
John M. Archibald
Laura Eme

The most common publication venues for Andrew J. Roger's work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Current Biology
Nature Communications
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Molecular Biology and Evolution

Their recent published papers are:

PhyloFisher: A phylogenomic package for resolving eukaryotic relationships, 2021, PLoS Biology
Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favour mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
A phylogenomically informed five-order system for the closest relatives of land plants, 2022, Current Biology
Long Branch Attraction Biases in Phylogenetics, 2021, Systematic Biology
Lateral Gene Transfer Mechanisms and Pan-genomes in Eukaryotes, 2020, Trends in Parasitology

Andrew J. Roger has been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2012, Academy of Science
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004

Best Publications

A Kingdom-Level Phylogeny of Eukaryotes Based on Combined Protein Data

Sandra L. Baldauf;A. J. Roger;I. Wenk-Siefert;W. F. Doolittle

1493
Citations
The Origin and Diversification of Mitochondria.

Andrew J. Roger;Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez;Ryoma Kamikawa

939
Citations
Phylogeny of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductases Supports an Early Origin of Sulfate Respiration

Michael Wagner;Andrew J. Roger;Jodi L. Flax;Gregory A. Brusseau

857
Citations
The New Tree of Eukaryotes

Fabien Burki;Fabien Burki;Andrew J. Roger;Matthew W. Brown;Alastair G.B. Simpson

690
Citations
The tree of eukaryotes

Patrick J. Keeling;Gertraud Burger;Dion G. Durnford;B. Franz Lang

677
Citations
Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic “supergroups”

Vladimir Hampl;Laura Hug;Jessica W. Leigh;Joel B. Dacks

545
Citations
Multiple Lateral Transfers of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase Genes between Major Lineages of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotes

Michael Klein;Michael Friedrich;Andrew J. Roger;Philip Hugenholtz

427
Citations
The real 'kingdoms' of eukaryotes.

Alastair G.B. Simpson;Andrew J. Roger

416
Citations
A Eukaryote without a Mitochondrial Organelle

Anna Karnkowska;Anna Karnkowska;Vojtěch Vacek;Zuzana Zubáčová;Sebastian C. Treitli

411
Citations
Modeling Site Heterogeneity with Posterior Mean Site Frequency Profiles Accelerates Accurate Phylogenomic Estimation.

Huai-Chun Wang;Bui Quang Minh;Edward Susko;Andrew J Roger

403
Citations
A mitochondrial-like chaperonin 60 gene in Giardia lamblia: Evidence that diplomonads once harbored an endosymbiont related to the progenitor of mitochondria

Roger Aj;Svärd Sg;Tovar J;Clark Cg

369
Citations
Direct evidence for secondary loss of mitochondria in Entamoeba histolytica

C G Clark;A J Roger

360
Citations
Reconstructing Early Events in Eukaryotic Evolution.

Andrew J. Roger

317
Citations
The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals

Hiroshi Suga;Zehua Chen;Alex de Mendoza;Arnau Sebé-Pedrós

308
Citations
Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles

Denis Baurain;Denis Baurain;Henner Brinkmann;Joern Petersen;Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta

289
Citations
On the Age of Eukaryotes: Evaluating Evidence from Fossils and Molecular Clocks

Laura Eme;Susan C. Sharpe;Matthew W. Brown;Andrew J. Roger

282
Citations
A Phylogenomic Investigation into the Origin of Metazoa

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Andrew J. Roger;Gertraud Burger;Michael W. Gray

278
Citations
How big is the iceberg of which organellar genes in nuclear genomes are but the tip

W F Doolittle;Y Boucher;C L Nesbø;C L Nesbø;C J Douady

276
Citations
Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery

Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Andrew J. Roger;Franz B. Lang;Nicole King

270
Citations
Phylogenetic analyses of diplomonad genes reveal frequent lateral gene transfers affecting eukaryotes.

Jan O. Andersson;Åsa M. Sjögren;Lesley A.M. Davis;T.Martin Embley

257
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair G. B. Simpson Dalhousie University

B. Franz Lang University of Montreal

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University

Jan Andersson Uppsala University

John M. Archibald Dalhousie University

Gertraud Burger University of Montreal

Joel B. Dacks University of Alberta

Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark

Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences

Michael W. Gray Dalhousie University

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