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2024

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 76 1383 1248 1 1 307 33377
Genetics 77 1743 1659 4 4 278 33039

Arnab Pain publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Arnab Pain between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Arnab Pain published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 12 papers a year. Output peaked at 46 publications in 2020. 13 of the 361 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 46. Peak 46 publications in 2020. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 34 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 46 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

361 publications in total across all disciplines

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Arnab Pain: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 3
2001 7
2002 6
2003 0
2004 5
2005 11
2006 3
2007 9
2008 11
2009 8
2010 7
2011 5
2012 10
2013 10
2014 21
2015 34
2016 25
2017 15
2018 16
2019 22
2020 46
2021 27
2022 15
2023 15
2024 15
2025 12
2026 1
Total 361
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Arnab Pain publications per year - data summary

  • Arnab Pain, a Microbiology scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, has 361 publications recorded across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1997 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 46 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1997, 1999 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 30 years in the span carry no publications at all (1998 and 2003).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.9 per year counting only the 28 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 58 publications, 16% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1997-2006: 37 publications (3.7 per year); 2007-2016: 140 publications (14.0 per year); 2017-2026: 184 publications (18.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Arnab Pain 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 Arnab Pain sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 305–314 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 307 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88 307
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Arnab Pain publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 5,513 Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 55–64 to 679+ publications.
  • Arnab Pain, a Microbiology scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, records 307 publications - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Microbiology scientists score the same or lower than Arnab Pain, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Arnab Pain ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 135–144 publications, holding 288 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 54% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 679 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Arnab Pain 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 Arnab Pain sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

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

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87 76
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Arnab Pain D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 5,513 Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 88 ranges running from 40 to 127+ D-Index.
  • Arnab Pain, a Microbiology scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, records 76 D-Index - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Microbiology scientists score the same or lower than Arnab Pain, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 63 D-Index range, and Arnab Pain ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 58 D-Index, holding 162 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 47% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 61 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more, 95 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Arnab Pain is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of infectious diseases, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, and plant science.

The main topics addressed in their work include malaria research and control, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, biosensors and analytical detection, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Arnab Pain has published their work in numerous scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
  • Nature Methods

The scientist has coauthored many papers in collaboration with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Sara Mfarrej, Sharif Hala, Tobias Mourier, Qingtian Guan, and Amit Kumar Subudhi.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Arnab Pain include:

  • Rapid single-molecule detection of COVID-19 and MERS antigens via nanobody-functionalized organic electrochemical transistors, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • A Comprehensive Subcellular Atlas of the Toxoplasma Proteome via hyperLOPIT Provides Spatial Context for Protein Functions, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • iSCAN: An RT-LAMP-coupled CRISPR-Cas12 module for rapid, sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Virus Research
  • Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology, 2020, Nature Methods
  • Host-directed editing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    William C. Nierman;William C. Nierman;Arnab Pain;Michael J. Anderson;Jennifer R. Wortman;Jennifer R. Wortman

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

    L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • A Comprehensive Survey of the Plasmodium Life Cycle by Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analyses

    Neil Hall;Marianna Karras;J. Dale Raine;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton

  • Analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum proteome by high-accuracy mass spectrometry

    Edwin Lasonder;Edwin Lasonder;Yasushi Ishihama;Jens S. Andersen;Adriaan M. W. Vermunt

  • A robust SNP barcode for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains.

    Francesc Coll;Ruth McNerney;José Afonso Guerra-Assunção;Judith R. Glynn

  • Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes modulate the maturation of dendritic cells.

    Britta C. Urban;David J. P. Ferguson;Arnab Pain;Nick Willcox

  • Two Nonrecombining Sympatric Forms of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ovale Occur Globally

    Colin J. Sutherland;Naowarat Tanomsing;Debbie Nolder;Mary Oguike

  • New insights into the blood-stage transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum using RNA-Seq

    Thomas D. Otto;Daniel Wilinski;Sammy Assefa;Thomas M. Keane

  • The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi

    A. Pain;U. Böhme;A. E. Berry;K. Mungall

  • Rapid determination of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance from whole-genome sequences

    Francesc Coll;Ruth McNerney;Mark D Preston;José Afonso Guerra-Assunção

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Francesc Coll;Jody Phelan;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Mridul B Nair

  • Genome sequence of Theileria parva, a bovine pathogen that transforms lymphocytes.

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Richard Bishop;Trushar Shah;Etienne P. de Villiers

  • Platelet-mediated clumping of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes is a common adhesive phenotype and is associated with severe malaria.

    Arnab Pain;David J. P. Ferguson;Oscar Kai;Britta C. Urban

  • Genome of the host-cell transforming parasite Theileria annulata compared with T. parva.

    Arnab Pain;Hubert Renauld;Matthew Berriman;Lee Murphy

  • Rapid single-molecule detection of COVID-19 and MERS antigens via nanobody-functionalized organic electrochemical transistors.

    Keying Guo;Shofarul Wustoni;Anil Koklu;Escarlet Díaz-Galicia

  • Genomic-scale prioritization of drug targets: the TDR Targets database

    Fernán Agüero;Bissan Al-Lazikani;Martin Aslett;Matthew Berriman

  • The systematic functional analysis of Plasmodium protein kinases identifies essential regulators of mosquito transmission

    Rita Tewari;Ursula Straschil;Ursula Straschil;Alex Bateman;Ulrike Böhme

  • Emergence of Indigenous Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Africa

    Feng Lu;Richard Culleton;Meihua Zhang;Abhinay Ramaprasad

Frequent Co-Authors

Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ruth McNerney
Ruth McNerney University of Cape Town
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Thomas D. Otto
Thomas D. Otto University of Glasgow
Susana Campino
Susana Campino London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Martin L. Hibberd
Martin L. Hibberd London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Wilbert Bitter
Wilbert Bitter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gordon Langsley
Gordon Langsley Université Paris Cité
Chris I. Newbold
Chris I. Newbold Wellcome Sanger Institute

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