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David S. Roos 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 David S. Roos sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 236 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Roos 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 David S. Roos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David S. Roos is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study for David S. Roos include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their work extends to several subfields of study:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Parasitology
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology

David S. Roos's research covers a range of main topics as evident from their publications:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Significant publications include:

  • "VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center", 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center in 2023", 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms", 2021, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • "The Quest for Orthologs orthology benchmark service in 2022", 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "TriTrypDB: An integrated functional genomics resource for kinetoplastida", 2023, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Frequently, David S. Roos collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Omar S. Harb
  • Jessica C. Kissinger
  • Mary Ann McDowell
  • Ulrike Böhme
  • Andrew R. Jones

Their publications are predominantly found in several journals and venues, highlighting their active contribution to these outlets:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Best Publications

  • OrthoMCL: identification of ortholog groups for eukaryotic genomes.

    Li Li;Christian J. Stoeckert;David S. Roos

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • PlasmoDB: a functional genomic database for malaria parasites

    Cristina Aurrecoechea;John Brestelli;Brian P. Brunk;Jennifer Dommer

  • TriTrypDB: a functional genomic resource for the Trypanosomatidae

    Martin Aslett;Cristina Aurrecoechea;Matthew Berriman;John Brestelli

  • OrthoMCL-DB: querying a comprehensive multi-species collection of ortholog groups

    Feng Chen;Aaron J. Mackey;Christian J. Stoeckert;David S. Roos

  • A Plastid of Probable Green Algal Origin in Apicomplexan Parasites

    Sabine Köhler;Charles F. Delwiche;Paul W. Denny;Lewis G. Tilney

  • Nuclear-encoded proteins target to the plastid in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum

    Ross F. Waller;Patrick J. Keeling;Robert G. K. Donald;Boris Striepen

  • Molecular tools for genetic dissection of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

    Roos Ds;Donald Rg;Morrissette Ns;Moulton Al

  • Chemical genetics of Plasmodium falciparum.

    W. Armand Guiguemde;Anang A. Shelat;David Bouck;Sandra Duffy

  • Tropical infectious diseases: metabolic maps and functions of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast.

    Stuart A. Ralph;Giel G. van Dooren;Ross F. Waller;Michael J. Crawford

  • Insertional tagging, cloning, and expression of the Toxoplasma gondii hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase gene. Use as a selectable marker for stable transformation.

    Robert G.K. Donald;Darrick Carter;Buddy Ullman;David S. Roos

  • Dissecting apicoplast targeting in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Bernardo J. Foth;Stuart A. Ralph;Christopher J. Tonkin;Nicole S. Struck

  • ToxoDB: an integrated Toxoplasma gondii database resource.

    Bindu Gajria;Amit Bahl;John Brestelli;Jennifer Dommer

  • Nuclear-Encoded, Plastid-Targeted Genes Suggest a Single Common Origin for Apicomplexan and Dinoflagellate Plastids

    Naomi M. Fast;Jessica C. Kissinger;David S. Roos;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Assessing Performance of Orthology Detection Strategies Applied to Eukaryotic Genomes

    Feng Chen;Aaron J. Mackey;Jeroen K. Vermunt;David S. Roos

  • Using OrthoMCL to assign proteins to OrthoMCL-DB groups or to cluster proteomes into new ortholog groups.

    Steve Fischer;Brian P. Brunk;Feng Chen;Xin Gao

  • PlasmoDB: the Plasmodium genome resource. A database integrating experimental and computational data

    Amit Bahl;Brian P. Brunk;Jonathan Crabtree;Martin J. Fraunholz

  • Stable molecular transformation of Toxoplasma gondii: a selectable dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase marker based on drug-resistance mutations in malaria.

    Robert G. K. Donald;David S. Roos

  • Creating a honey bee consensus gene set

    Christine G Elsik;Aaron J Mackey;Aaron J Mackey;Justin T Reese;Natalia V Milshina

  • VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center.

    Beatrice Amos;Cristina Aurrecoechea;Matthieu Barba;Ana Barreto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica C. Kissinger
Jessica C. Kissinger University of Georgia
Christian J. Stoeckert
Christian J. Stoeckert University of Pennsylvania
Christopher A. Hunter
Christopher A. Hunter University of Pennsylvania
Boris Striepen
Boris Striepen University of Pennsylvania
Ross F. Waller
Ross F. Waller University of Cambridge
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
L. David Sibley
L. David Sibley Washington University in St. Louis

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