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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 114 685 604 280 223 458 38162
Biology and Biochemistry 117 730 650 464 403 493 43125

Chaitan Khosla publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chaitan Khosla between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chaitan Khosla published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 14.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2003. 17 of the 550 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2003. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 17 publications 1997: 14 publications 1998: 14 publications 1999: 21 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 24 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 39 publications 2004: 23 publications 2005: 26 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 24 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 5 publications
1988 2025

550 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chaitan Khosla: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 3
1990 4
1991 2
1992 2
1993 3
1994 11
1995 10
1996 17
1997 14
1998 14
1999 21
2000 18
2001 24
2002 20
2003 39
2004 23
2005 26
2006 24
2007 24
2008 23
2009 12
2010 15
2011 21
2012 17
2013 16
2014 18
2015 4
2016 12
2017 19
2018 13
2019 11
2020 12
2021 19
2022 12
2023 8
2024 12
2025 5
Total 550
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Chaitan Khosla publications per year - data summary

  • Chaitan Khosla, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, has 550 publications recorded across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1988 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2003, with 39 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1988, 1991 and 1992, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 14.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.5 per year counting only the 38 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 56 publications, 10% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1988-2000: 121 publications (9.3 per year); 2001-2013: 284 publications (21.8 per year); 2014-2025: 145 publications (12.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Chaitan Khosla publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chaitan Khosla sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 441–460 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 458 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270 458
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Chaitan Khosla publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Chaitan Khosla, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, records 458 publications - the 85th percentile of the discipline.
  • 85% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Chaitan Khosla, and about 15% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Chaitan Khosla ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 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 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Chaitan Khosla D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 114–115 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 96th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79 114
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Chaitan Khosla D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Chaitan Khosla, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, records 114 D-Index - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Chaitan Khosla, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Chaitan Khosla ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For engineering molecular assembly lines, developing metabolic engineering technologies, and advancing biopharmaceutical discovery.
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Chaitan Khosla is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research is concentrated in the intersecting fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialized focus on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, and Immunology.

Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to topics such as Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Celiac Disease Research and Management, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and Galectins and Cancer Biology.

Frequent publication venues for Khosla's research comprise:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biochemistry
  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Collaborations with other researchers occur regularly, notably with Yvonne Maldonado, Upinder Singh, Prasanna Jagannathan, Julie Parsonnet, and Jason R. Andrews.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Khosla include:

  • "KIR + CD8 + T cells suppress pathogenic T cells and are active in autoimmune diseases and COVID-19" (2022) published in Science
  • "IL-15, gluten and HLA-DQ8 drive tissue destruction in coeliac disease" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Peginterferon Lambda-1a for treatment of outpatients with uncomplicated COVID-19: a randomized placebo-controlled trial" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Early non-neutralizing, afucosylated antibody responses are associated with COVID-19 severity" (2022) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Prospects for Antibacterial Discovery and Development" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Khosla's work has been recognized with several awards, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020 and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for engineering molecular assembly lines, developing metabolic engineering technologies, and advancing biopharmaceutical discovery.

Additional honors include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006, and receipt of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Structural Basis for Gluten Intolerance in Celiac Sprue

    Lu Shan;Øyvind Molberg;Isabelle Parrot;Felix Hausch

  • A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

    Ralph H. Lambalot;Amy M. Gehring;Roger S. Flugel;Peter Zuber

  • Biosynthesis of Complex Polyketides in a Metabolically Engineered Strain of E. coli

    Blaine A. Pfeifer;Suzanne J. Admiraal;Hugo Gramajo;David E. Cane

  • Harnessing the Biosynthetic Code: Combinations, Permutations, and Mutations

    David E. Cane;Christopher T. Walsh;Chaitan Khosla

  • Engineered biosynthesis of novel polyketides

    Robert McDaniel;Susanne Ebert-Khosla;David A. Hopwood;Chaitan Khosla

  • Cloning and Heterologous Expression of the Epothilone Gene Cluster

    Li Tang;Sanjay Shah;Loleta Chung;John Carney

  • Transglutaminase 2 Undergoes a Large Conformational Change upon Activation

    Daniel M Pinkas;Pavel Strop;Axel T Brunger;Chaitan Khosla

  • Structural basis for HLA-DQ2-mediated presentation of gluten epitopes in celiac disease

    Chu Young Kim;Hanne Quarsten;Elin Bergseng;Chaitan Khosla

  • Reovirus infection triggers inflammatory responses to dietary antigens and development of celiac disease

    Romain Bouziat;Reinhard Hinterleitner;Judy J. Brown;Jennifer E. Stencel-Baerenwald

  • Overproduction of free fatty acids in E. coli: implications for biodiesel production.

    Xuefeng Lu;Harmit Vora;Chaitan Khosla

  • TOLERANCE AND SPECIFICITY OF POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES

    Chaitan Khosla;Rajesh S. Gokhale;John R. Jacobsen;David E. Cane

  • Intestinal digestive resistance of immunodominant gliadin peptides

    Felix Hausch;Lu Shan;Nilda A Santiago;Gary M Gray

  • Nonproteinogenic amino acid building blocks for nonribosomal peptide and hybrid polyketide scaffolds.

    Christopher T. Walsh;Robert V. O'Brien;Chaitan Khosla

  • Dissecting and exploiting intermodular communication in polyketide synthases.

    Rajesh S. Gokhale;Stuart Y. Tsuji;David E. Cane;Chaitan Khosla

  • Precursor-directed biosynthesis of erythromycin analogs by an engineered polyketide synthase.

    John R. Jacobsen;C. Richard Hutchinson;David E. Cane;Chaitan Khosla

  • Biosynthesis of Polyketides in Heterologous Hosts

    Blaine A. Pfeifer;Chaitan Khosla

  • Identification and Analysis of Multivalent Proteolytically Resistant Peptides from Gluten: Implications for Celiac Sprue

    Lu Shan;Shuo-Wang Qiao;Helene Arentz-Hansen;Øyvind Molberg

  • Structure and Mechanism of the 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase

    Chaitan Khosla;Yinyan Tang;Alice Y. Chen;Nathan A. Schnarr

  • Rational design of aromatic polyketide natural products by recombinant assembly of enzymatic subunits

    Robert McDaniel;Susanne Ebert-Khosla;David A. Hopwood;Chaitan Khosla

  • The 2.7-Å crystal structure of a 194-kDa homodimeric fragment of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B synthase

    Yinyan Tang;Chu-Young Kim;Irimpan I. Mathews;David E. Cane

  • Engineered biosynthesis of a complete macrolactone in a heterologous host

    Camilla M. Kao;Leonard Katz;Chaitan Khosla

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Cane
David E. Cane Brown University
David A. Hopwood
David A. Hopwood John Innes Centre
Ludvig M. Sollid
Ludvig M. Sollid Oslo University Hospital
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco
Yi Tang
Yi Tang University of California, Los Angeles
Leonard Katz
Leonard Katz Haskins Laboratories
Michael C. Bassik
Michael C. Bassik Stanford University
Robert M. Stroud
Robert M. Stroud University of California, San Francisco

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