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D-Index
70
Citations
14006
World Ranking
1979
National Ranking
167

Colin Hughes publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Colin Hughes D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Colin Hughes is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics include Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Identification and Quantification in Food, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

Colin Hughes has contributed to several recent publications, covering diverse aspects of biology and ecology. Their papers include the following:

  • "Genetic structure of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting adjacent South Florida estuaries - Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay" (2023) published in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Recognition of discrete export signals in early flagellar subunits during bacterial Type III secretion" (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Precipitation is the main axis of tropical plant phylogenetic turnover across space and time" (2023) published in Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • "Precipitation is the main axis of tropical plant phylogenetic turnover across space and time" (2023) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Clustering of return words in languages of interval exchanges" (2025) published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Jens J. Ringelberg, Erik Koenen, Benjamin Sauter, Anahita Aebli, and Juliana Gastaldello Rando.

The venues where Colin Hughes has published reflect a focus on preprints and open-access repositories, including arXiv (Cornell University), The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of the bacterial membrane protein TolC central to multidrug efflux and protein export

    Vassilis Koronakis;Andrew Sharff;Eva Koronakis;Ben Luisi

  • Substrate-induced assembly of a contiguous channel for protein export from E.coli: reversible bridging of an inner-membrane translocase to an outer membrane exit pore

    Thirumaran Thanabalu;Eva Koronakis;Colin Hughes;Vassilis Koronakis

  • STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF TOLC: The Bacterial Exit Duct for Proteins and Drugs

    Vassilis Koronakis;Jeyanthy Eswaran;Colin Hughes

  • Activation of Escherichia coli prohaemolysin to the mature toxin by acyl carrier protein-dependent fatty acylation.

    Jean-Paul Issartel;Vassilis Koronakis;Colin Hughes

  • The assembled structure of a complete tripartite bacterial multidrug efflux pump.

    Martyn F. Symmons;Evert Bokma;Eva Koronakis;Colin Hughes

  • Structure of the periplasmic component of a bacterial drug efflux pump

    Matthew K. Higgins;Evert Bokma;Eva Koronakis;Colin Hughes

  • Interactions underlying assembly of the Escherichia coli AcrAB–TolC multidrug efflux system

    Thierry Touzé;Jeyanthy Eswaran;Evert Bokma;Eva Koronakis

  • Isolation and analysis of the C-terminal signal directing export of Escherichia coli hemolysin protein across both bacterial membranes.

    V Koronakis;E Koronakis;C Hughes

  • Co‐ordinate expression of virulence genes during swarm‐cell differentiation and population migration of Proteus mirabilis

    C. Allison;Hsin-Chich Lai;C. Hughes

  • RfaH and the ops element, components of a novel system controlling bacterial transcription elongation.

    Marc J. A. Bailey;Colin Hughes;Vassilis Koronakis

  • The secreted hemolysins of Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, and Morganella morganii are genetically related to each other and to the alpha-hemolysin of Escherichia coli.

    V Koronakis;M Cross;B Senior;E Koronakis

  • Acylation of Escherichia coli Hemolysin: A Unique Protein Lipidation Mechanism Underlying Toxin Function

    Peter Stanley;Vassilis Koronakis;Colin Hughes

  • Fatty acylation of two internal lysine residues required for the toxic activity of Escherichia coli hemolysin

    Peter Stanley;Len C. Packman;Vassilis Koronakis;Colin Hughes

  • Ability of Proteus mirabilis to invade human urothelial cells is coupled to motility and swarming differentiation.

    C Allison;N Coleman;P L Jones;C Hughes

  • Cloning of the chromosomal determinants encoding hemolysin production and mannose-resistant hemagglutination in Escherichia coli.

    H Berger;J Hacker;A Juarez;C Hughes

  • Transition to the open state of the TolC periplasmic tunnel entrance.

    Christian Andersen;Eva Koronakis;Evert Bokma;Jeyanthy Eswaran

  • Substrate‐specific binding of hook‐associated proteins by FlgN and FliT, putative chaperones for flagellum assembly

    Gillian M. Fraser;John C. Q. Bennett;Colin Hughes

  • Bacterial swarming: an example of prokaryotic differentiation and multicellular behaviour.

    Allison C;Hughes C

  • The Role of Swarm Cell Differentiation and Multicellular Migration in the Uropathogenicity of Proteus mirabilis

    Clive Allison;Levente Emody;Nicholas Coleman;Colin Hughes

  • Docking of cytosolic chaperone-substrate complexes at the membrane ATPase during flagellar type III protein export.

    Joanne Thomas;Graham P. Stafford;Colin Hughes

  • Three's company: component structures bring a closer view of tripartite drug efflux pumps.

    Jeyanthy Eswaran;Eva Koronakis;Matthew K Higgins;Colin Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassilis Koronakis
Vassilis Koronakis University of Cambridge
Werner Goebel
Werner Goebel University of Würzburg
Joerg Hacker
Joerg Hacker University of Würzburg
Donald J. Tipper
Donald J. Tipper University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Roland Benz
Roland Benz Jacobs University
Russell W. Carlson
Russell W. Carlson University of Georgia
Joachim Frey
Joachim Frey University of Bern
Herbert Hof
Herbert Hof Heidelberg University
Wolfgang König
Wolfgang König Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Eugene M. Terentjev
Eugene M. Terentjev University of Cambridge

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