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Bruno W. S. Sobral

Bruno W. S. Sobral

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
14490
World Ranking
13031
National Ranking
5556

Bruno W. S. Sobral 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 Bruno W. S. Sobral sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 137 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruno W. S. Sobral 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 Bruno W. S. Sobral 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: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruno W. S. Sobral is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on health professions and social sciences, with work spanning several subfields including general health professions, health, public health, environmental and occupational health, education, and management science and operations research.

Their main topics of research include mobile health and mHealth applications, social media in health education, telemedicine and telehealth implementation, community health and development, service-learning and community engagement, and evaluation and performance assessment.

Bruno W. S. Sobral has contributed to recent publications such as:

  • "It depends:" a qualitative study on digital health academic-industry collaboration, 2021, published in mHealth
  • Colorado Immersion Training in Community Engagement: Ten years of learning and doing, 2024, published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Frequent coauthors in their work include Kelsey Lynett Ford, Jenn A. Leiferman, John K. Bennett, Susan L. Moore, and Sheana Bull.

Their publications have appeared notably in venues such as mHealth and the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Best Publications

  • PATRIC, the bacterial bioinformatics database and analysis resource

    Alice R. Wattam;David Abraham;Oral Dalay;Terry Disz

  • Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis

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

  • Plant disease resistance genes encode members of an ancient and diverse protein family within the nucleotide‐binding superfamily

    Blake C. Meyers;Allan W. Dickerman;Richard W. Michelmore;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan

  • The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR): a comprehensive database and web-based information retrieval, analysis, and visualization system for a model plant

    Eva Huala;Allan W. Dickerman;Margarita Garcia-Hernandez;Danforth Weems

  • Phylogeny of Gammaproteobacteria

    Kelly P. Williams;Joseph J. Gillespie;Bruno W. S. Sobral;Eric K. Nordberg

  • PATRIC: the Comprehensive Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource with a Focus on Human Pathogenic Species

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Alice R. Wattam;Stephen A. Cammer;Joseph L. Gabbard

  • The landscape of human proteins interacting with viruses and other pathogens.

    Matthew D Dyer;T. M Murali;Bruno W Sobral

  • A Robust Species Tree for the Alphaproteobacteria

    Kelly P. Williams;Bruno W. Sobral;Allan W. Dickerman

  • Parentage determination in maize hybrids using the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR).

    J. Welsh;R. J. Honeycutt;M. McClelland;B. W. S. Sobral

  • A genetic linkage map of Saccharum spontaneum L. 'SES 208'.

    Salah M. Al-Janabi;Rhonda J. Honeycutt;Michael McClelland;Bruno W. S. Sobral

  • Comparative Genomics Reveal Extensive Transposon-Mediated Genomic Plasticity and Diversity among Potential Effector Proteins within the Genus Coxiella

    Paul A. Beare;Nathan Unsworth;Masako Andoh;Daniel E. Voth

  • Transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of cucumber flowers with different sex types

    Shaogui Guo;Yi Zheng;Yi Zheng;Je-Gun Joung;Shiqiang Liu

  • Plant Pathogen Forensics: Capabilities, Needs, and Recommendations

    J. Fletcher;C. Bender;B. Budowle;W. T. Cobb

  • Computational prediction of host-pathogen protein–protein interactions

    Matthew D. Dyer;T. M. Murali;Bruno W. Sobral

  • Comparative analysis of expressed sequences in Phytophthora sojae

    Dinah Qutob;Dinah Qutob;Peter T. Hraber;Bruno W.S. Sobral;Mark Gijzen

  • Initial assessment of gene diversity for the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans based on expressed sequences.

    Sophien Kamoun;Peter Hraber;Bruno Sobral;Donald Nuss

  • A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

    Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie;Vinita Joardar;Kelly P. Williams;Kelly P. Williams;Timothy Driscoll

  • Comparative mapping of Andropogoneae: Saccharum L. (sugarcane) and its relation to sorghum and maize

    Claudia T. Guimarães;Gavin R. Sills;Bruno W. S. Sobral

  • Phylogenetic analysis of organellar DNA sequences in the Andropogoneae: Saccharinae.

    S. M. Al-Janabi;M. McClelland;C. Petersen;B. W. S. Sobral

  • The Human-Bacterial Pathogen Protein Interaction Networks of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, and Yersinia pestis

    Matthew D. Dyer;Chris Neff;Max Dufford;Corban G. Rivera

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph J. Gillespie
Joseph J. Gillespie University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael McClelland
Michael McClelland University of California, Irvine
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
Trevor C. Charles
Trevor C. Charles University of Waterloo
Abdu F. Azad
Abdu F. Azad University of Maryland, Baltimore
Raquel Hontecillas
Raquel Hontecillas Virginia Tech
Jun'ichi Tsujii
Jun'ichi Tsujii University of Manchester
Sophia Ananiadou
Sophia Ananiadou University of Manchester
Joseph L. Gabbard
Joseph L. Gabbard Virginia Tech

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