2026 Clay Fuqua: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	12922	11887	5504	4922	141	20478

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

12922

11887

5504

4922

141

20478

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

20478

World Ranking

12922

National Ranking

5504

Overview

Clay Fuqua is a researcher affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Fuqua's research covers important subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The researcher's main topics of study encompass:

Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Clay Fuqua has published extensively, contributing notably to several scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Bacteriology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
mBio
Molecular Microbiology

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Fuqua include:

Conformation and dynamic interactions of the multipartite genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a Transformative Agent for Fundamental Insights into Host-Microbe Interactions, Genome Biology, Chemical Signaling, and Cell Biology, 2023, Journal of Bacteriology
A dicentric bacterial chromosome requires XerC/D site-specific recombinases for resolution, 2022, Current Biology
Centromere Interactions Promote the Maintenance of the Multipartite Genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 2022, mBio
Motility control through an anti-activation mechanism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 2021, Molecular Microbiology

Frequent co-authors working with Fuqua include:

Jennifer L. Greenwich
Ian P. Reynolds
Melene A. Alakavuklar
Zhongqing Ren
Xindan Wang

Best Publications

Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle

Michael E. Hibbing;Clay Fuqua;Matthew R. Parsek;S. Brook Peterson

3103
Citations
Regulation of Gene Expression by Cell-to-Cell Communication: Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing

C Fuqua;M R Parsek;E P Greenberg

1856
Citations
Census and consensus in bacterial ecosystems: the LuxR-LuxI family of quorum-sensing transcriptional regulators.

C Fuqua;S C Winans;E P Greenberg

1555
Citations
Listening in on bacteria: acyl-homoserine lactone signalling.

Clay Fuqua;E. Peter Greenberg

1356
Citations
Biofilm Formation by Plant-Associated Bacteria

Thomas Danhorn;Clay Fuqua

1019
Citations
Enzymatic Synthesis of a Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Through Use of Defined Substrates

Margret I. Moré;L. David Finger;Joel L. Stryker;Clay Fuqua

550
Citations
Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment

Mary Ann Moran;Alison Buchan;José M. González;John F. Heidelberg

521
Citations
Biofilm formation in plant–microbe associations

Bronwyn E Ramey;Maria Koutsoudis;Susanne B von Bodman;Clay Fuqua

504
Citations
Broad-host-range expression vectors that carry the L-arabinose-inducible Escherichia coli araBAD promoter and the araC regulator.

Jason R Newman;Clay Fuqua

466
Citations
A simple screening protocol for the identification of quorum signal antagonists.

Robert J.C McLean;Leland S Pierson;Clay Fuqua

427
Citations
ANALOGS OF THE AUTOINDUCER 3-OXOOCTANOYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONE STRONGLY INHIBIT ACTIVITY OF THE TRAR PROTEIN OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS

Jun Zhu;John W. Beaber;Margret I. Moré;Clay Fuqua

418
Citations
Self perception in bacteria: quorum sensing with acylated homoserine lactones.

Clay Fuqua;E Peter Greenberg

413
Citations
Conserved cis-acting promoter elements are required for density-dependent transcription of Agrobacterium tumefaciens conjugal transfer genes.

C Fuqua;S C Winans

371
Citations
Biofilms 2003: Emerging Themes and Challenges in Studies of Surface-Associated Microbial Life

Matthew R. Parsek;Clay Fuqua

332
Citations
Biofilms on Indwelling Urethral Catheters Produce Quorum-Sensing Signal Molecules In Situ and In Vitro

David J. Stickler;Nicola S. Morris;Robert J. C. McLean;Clay Fuqua

307
Citations
Quorum sensing and motility mediate interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Agrobacterium tumefaciens in biofilm cocultures

Dingding An;Thomas Danhorn;Clay Fuqua;Matthew R. Parsek

262
Citations
Polar growth in the Alphaproteobacterial order Rhizobiales

Pamela J B Brown;Miguel A de Pedro;David T Kysela;Charles Van der Henst

255
Citations
Motility and Chemotaxis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Surface Attachment and Biofilm Formation

Peter M. Merritt;Thomas Danhorn;Clay Fuqua

235
Citations
Surface contact stimulates the just‐in‐time deployment of bacterial adhesins

Guanglai Li;Pamela J. B. Brown;Jay X. Tang;Jing Xu

205
Citations
MEETING REVIEW Biofilms 2003: Emerging Themes and Challenges in Studies of Surface-Associated Microbial Life

Matthew R. Parsek;Clay Fuqua

3
Citations