2026 Carlos Bustamante: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	117	423	407	220	210	609	58723

Carlos Bustamante 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 Carlos Bustamante sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 609 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carlos Bustamante 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 Carlos Bustamante sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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

2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Carlos Bustamante is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Epidemiology, Immunology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Forensic and Genetic Research
BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Bustamante has contributed to research articles published in multiple venues where they have been most frequently featured. These venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nature
UNC Libraries
arXiv (Cornell University)

Among their recent publications are:

"Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement," Nature, 2020
"Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease," Nature, 2023
"A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response," Nature Genetics, 2021
"Paths and timings of the peopling of Polynesia inferred from genomic networks," Nature, 2021
"ClinGen Variant Curation Interface: a variant classification platform for the application of evidence criteria from ACMG/AMP guidelines," Genome Medicine, 2022

Frequent co-authors of Bustamante reflect ongoing collaborations in related areas of genetic and molecular research and include:

Alexander G. Ioannidis
Esteban G. Burchard
Daniel Mas Montserrat
Laura Almasy
Kathleen C. Barnes

Over the course of their career, Bustamante has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2010 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

Overstretching B-DNA: The Elastic Response of Individual Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules

Steven B. Smith;Yujia Cui;Carlos Bustamante

3515
Citations
Direct mechanical measurements of the elasticity of single DNA molecules by using magnetic beads

Steven B. Smith;Laura Finzi;Carlos Bustamante

2465
Citations
Ten years of tension: single-molecule DNA mechanics

Carlos Bustamante;Zev Bryant;Steven B. Smith

1640
Citations
Equilibrium information from nonequilibrium measurements in an experimental test of Jarzynski's equality.

Jan Liphardt;Sophie Dumont;Steven B. Smith;Ignacio Tinoco

1505
Citations
Folding-Unfolding Transitions in Single Titin Molecules Characterized with Laser Tweezers

Miklós S. Z. Kellermayer;Steven B. Smith;Henk L. Granzier;Carlos Bustamante

1445
Citations
How RNA folds.

Ignacio Tinoco;Carlos Bustamante

1309
Citations
Ionic effects on the elasticity of single DNA molecules

Christoph G. Baumann;Steven B. Smith;Victor A. Bloomfield;Carlos Bustamante

1300
Citations
Verification of the Crooks fluctuation theorem and recovery of RNA folding free energies

D. Collin;F. Ritort;C. Jarzynski;S. B. Smith

1296
Citations
The bacteriophage φ29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force

Douglas E. Smith;Sander J. Tans;Steven B. Smith;Shelley N Grimes

1286
Citations
Recent Advances in Optical Tweezers

Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Yann R. Chemla;Steven B. Smith;Carlos Bustamante

1267
Citations
Porphyrin Assemblies On DNA As Studied By A Resonance Light-Scattering Technique

Robert F. Pasternack;Carlos Bustamante;Peter J. Collings;Antonino Giannetto

1176
Citations
Reversible unfolding of single RNA molecules by mechanical force.

Jan Liphardt;Bibiana Onoa;Steven B. Smith;Ignacio Tinoco

1171
Citations
Single-molecule studies of DNA mechanics.

Carlos Bustamante;Steven B Smith;Jan Liphardt;Doug Smith

1158
Citations
Mechanical processes in biochemistry.

Carlos Bustamante;Yann R. Chemla;Nancy R. Forde;David Izhaky

934
Citations
The Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems

Carlos Bustamante;Jan Liphardt;Felix Ritort

807
Citations
Direct Observation of the Three-State Folding of a Single Protein Molecule

Ciro Cecconi;Elizabeth A. Shank;Carlos Bustamante;Susan Marqusee

779
Citations
(Open Access) Supercapacitor and supercapattery as emerging electrochemical energy stores

Unknown

745
Citations
Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA.

Gu Li;Marcia Levitus;Carlos Bustamante;Jonathan Widom

734
Citations
Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA

Zev Bryant;Michael D. Stone;Jeff Gore;Steven B. Smith

703
Citations
Reproducible Imaging and Dissection of Plasmid DNA Under Liquid with the Atomic Force Microscope

H. G. Hansma;J. Vesenka;C. Siegerist;G. Kelderman

699
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio Tinoco University of California, Berkeley

Christopher R. Gignoux University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Eimear E. Kenny Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ryan D. Hernandez McGill University

Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley

Esteban G. Burchard University of California, San Francisco

Susan Marqusee University of California, Berkeley

Jeffrey M. Kidd University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Celeste Eng University of California, San Francisco

andrew g clark Cornell University

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