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Asaf Salamov

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
66808
World Ranking
2155
National Ranking
1165

Asaf Salamov 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 Asaf Salamov sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 203 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Asaf Salamov 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 Asaf Salamov sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Asaf Salamov is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, Salamov's work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Salamov has contributed to multiple papers, some of the recent ones being:

  • Genomic and functional analyses of fungal and bacterial consortia that enable lignocellulose breakdown in goat gut microbiomes, 2021, published in Nature Microbiology
  • PhycoCosm, a comparative algal genomics resource, 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Phylogenomic Analyses of Non-Dikarya Fungi Supports Horizontal Gene Transfer Driving Diversification of Secondary Metabolism in the Amphibian Gastrointestinal Symbiont, Basidiobolus, 2020, published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Anaerobic gut fungi are an untapped reservoir of natural products, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Persistence and plasticity in bacterial gene regulation, 2021, published in Nature Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Salamov include:

  • Igor V. Grigoriev
  • Kerrie Barry
  • Stephen J. Mondo
  • Chris Daum
  • Anna Lipzen

The primary venues where Salamov's work has been published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Scientific Reports
  • Phytopathology
  • Studies in Mycology

Best Publications

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

    G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Thomas Butts;David E. K. Ferrier;Rebecca F. Furlong

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • Comparative Metagenomics of Microbial Communities

    Susannah Green Tringe;Christian von Mering;Arthur Kobayashi;Asaf A. Salamov

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Mansi Srivastava;Uffe Hellsten;Bill Dirks

  • Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite.

    Falk Warnecke;Peter Luginbühl;Natalia Ivanova;Majid Ghassemian

  • The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex

    John K. Colbourne;Michael E. Pfrender;Michael E. Pfrender;Donald Gilbert;W. Kelley Thomas

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina).

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

  • MycoCosm portal: gearing up for 1000 fungal genomes

    Igor V. Grigoriev;Roman Nikitin;Sajeet Haridas;Alan Kuo

  • Ab initio Gene Finding in Drosophila Genomic DNA

    Asaf A. Salamov;Victor V. Solovyev

  • Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis

    Brett M. Tyler;Sucheta Tripathy;Xuemin Zhang;Paramvir Dehal;Paramvir Dehal

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

    F. Martin;A. Aerts;D. Ahrén;A. Brun

  • Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists.

    Annegret Kohler;Annegret Kohler;Alan Kuo;Laszlo G Nagy;Laszlo G Nagy;Emmanuelle Morin;Emmanuelle Morin

  • The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

    Mansi Srivastava;Emina Begovic;Emina Begovic;Jarrod Chapman;Nicholas H. Putnam;Nicholas H. Putnam

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) - eScholarship

    G.A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Alan Kuo
Alan Kuo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Ronald P. de Vries
Ronald P. de Vries Utrecht University
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy

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Igor V. Grigoriev

Igor V. Grigoriev

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Francis Martin

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Gerald A. Tuskan

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Ronald P. de Vries

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Andrew H. Paterson

Andrew H. Paterson

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Yves Van de Peer

Yves Van de Peer

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Kerrie Barry

Kerrie Barry

United States Department of Energy

Publications: 102

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

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Publications: 93

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Daniel S. Rokhsar

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Publications: 91

Andrew E. Allen

Andrew E. Allen

J. Craig Venter Institute

Publications: 89

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