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56
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45042
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3443
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86

Daniel Falush 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 Daniel Falush sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 86 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel Falush 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 Daniel Falush sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Daniel Falush is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine as well. Within these broader areas, their work engages deeply with subfields such as molecular biology, surgery, endocrinology, ecology, and food science.

The main topics covered by Falush's research include:

  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Falush has published articles in a range of scientific journals, with frequent publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, mBio, Genome Biology, and Nature Food. Their research output includes the following recent papers:

  • "Analysis of 1321 Eubacterium rectale genomes from metagenomes uncovers complex phylogeographic population structure and subspecies functional adaptations" (2020, Genome Biology)
  • "Centralized industrialization of pork in Europe and America contributes to the global spread of Salmonella enterica" (2024, Nature Food)
  • "Repeated out-of-Africa expansions of Helicobacter pylori driven by replacement of deleterious mutations" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "The landscape of coadaptation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus" (2020, eLife)
  • "An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori" (2024, Nature)

Daniel Falush frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Sarah L. Svensson
  • Yoshio Yamaoka
  • Kaisa Thorell
  • Koji Yahara
  • Ben Pascoe

Best Publications

  • Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies

    Daniel Falush;Matthew Stephens;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Roary: Rapid large-scale prokaryote pan genome analysis

    Andrew J. Page;Carla A. Cummins;Martin Hunt;Vanessa K. Wong

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • Inferring weak population structure with the assistance of sample group information.

    Melissa J. Hubisz;Daniel Falush;Matthew Stephens;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data: dominant markers and null alleles

    Daniel Falush;Matthew Stephens;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective

    Thierry Wirth;Daniel Falush;Ruiting Lan;Frances M Colles

  • An African origin for the intimate association between humans and Helicobacter pylori

    Bodo Linz;Francois Balloux;Yoshan Moodley;Andrea Manica

  • Traces of human migrations in Helicobacter pylori populations

    Daniel Falush;Thierry Wirth;Bodo Linz;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Inference of population structure using dense haplotype data

    Daniel John Lawson;Garrett Hellenthal;Simon Myers;Daniel Falush

  • A new model for prediction of the age of onset and penetrance for Huntington's disease based on CAG length.

    Douglas R. Langbehn;Ryan R. Brinkman;Daniel Falush;Jane S. Paulsen

  • A genetic atlas of human admixture history.

    Garrett Hellenthal;George B. J. Busby;Gavin Band;James F. Wilson

  • Inference of Bacterial Microevolution Using Multilocus Sequence Data

    Xavier Didelot;Daniel Falush

  • The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population

    Stephen Leslie;Stephen Leslie;Bruce Winney;Garrett Hellenthal;Dan Davison

  • Recombination and mutation during long-term gastric colonization by Helicobacter pylori: Estimates of clock rates, recombination size, and minimal age

    Daniel Falush;Christian Kraft;Nancy S. Taylor;Pelayo Correa

  • Historical variations in mutation rate in an epidemic pathogen, Yersinia pestis

    Yujun Cui;Chang Yu;Yanfeng Yan;Dongfang Li

  • Genome-wide association study identifies vitamin B5 biosynthesis as a host specificity factor in Campylobacter

    Samuel K. Sheppard;Xavier Didelot;Guillaume Meric;Alicia Torralbo

  • RADpainter and fineRADstructure: Population Inference from RADseq Data.

    Milan Malinsky;Emiliano Trucchi;Daniel John Lawson;Daniel Falush

  • Helicobacter pylori genome evolution during human infection

    Lynn Kennemann;Xavier Didelot;Toni Aebischer;Stefanie Kuhn

  • Sequence Typing and Comparison of Population Biology of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni

    Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle;Frances M. Colles;Daniel Falush;Martin C. J. Maiden

  • Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data: linked loci and correlated allele frequencies.

    Daniel Falush;Matthew Stephens;Jonathan K. Pritchard;sebnem ozemri sag

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Didelot
Xavier Didelot University of Warwick
Mark Achtman
Mark Achtman University of Warwick
Samuel K. Sheppard
Samuel K. Sheppard University of Bath
Martin C. J. Maiden
Martin C. J. Maiden University of Oxford
Sebastian Suerbaum
Sebastian Suerbaum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Matthew Stephens
Matthew Stephens University of Chicago
Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan K. Pritchard Stanford University
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Yoshio Yamaoka
Yoshio Yamaoka Oita University

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