2026 Frederick M. Ausubel: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	150	137	133	71	70	360	79325

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Frederick M. Ausubel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Microbiology, Genetics, and Pharmacology.

The main topics covered in Frederick M. Ausubel's publications include:

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Antimicrobial Agents and Applications

Recent publications include the following papers:

The Neutrally Charged Diarylurea Compound PQ401 Kills Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Tolerant Staphylococcus aureus, 2020, mBio
Characterization of Five Novel Anti-MRSA Compounds Identified Using a Whole-Animal Caenorhabditis elegans/Galleria mellonella Sequential-Screening Approach, 2020, Antibiotics
Generation of Fluorinated Amychelin Siderophores against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections by a Combination of Genome Mining and Mutasynthesis, 2020, Cell Chemical Biology
A Methylazanediyl Bisacetamide Derivative Sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus Persisters to a Combination of Gentamicin And Daptomycin, 2023, Advanced Science
In the Model Host Caenorhabditis elegans, Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-Mediated Signaling Increases Immunity toward Human Opportunistic Bacteria, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frederick M. Ausubel include:

Eleftherios Mylonakis
Wooseong Kim
Guijin Zou
Huajian Gao
Deborah L. McEwan

Their work has been published in several venues repeatedly, with notable frequent publication venues being:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
mBio
Advanced Science
mSystems
Antibiotics

Frederick M. Ausubel has been recognized with several honors including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

MAP kinase signalling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity

Tsuneaki Asai;Guillaume Tena;Joulia Plotnikova;Matthew R. Willmann

3352
Citations
A procedure for mapping Arabidopsis mutations using co‐dominant ecotype‐specific PCR‐based markers

Andrzej Konieczny;Frederick M. Ausubel

2176
Citations
Short Protocols In Molecular Biology

Download Here;Frederick M. Ausubel

1669
Citations
Common virulence factors for bacterial pathogenicity in plants and animals

Laurence G. Rahme;Emily J. Stevens;Sean F. Wolfort;Jing Shao

1649
Citations
Molecular genetics of plant disease resistance

Brian J. Staskawicz;Frederick M. Ausubel;Barbara J. Baker;Jeffrey G. Ellis

1353
Citations
Are innate immune signaling pathways in plants and animals conserved

Frederick M Ausubel

1315
Citations
Physical and genetic characterization of symbiotic and auxotrophic mutants of Rhizobium meliloti induced by transposon Tn5 mutagenesis

H M Meade;S R Long;G B Ruvkun;S E Brown

1145
Citations
Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by Pseudomonas aeruginosa used to model mammalian bacterial pathogenesis

Man-Wah Tan;Shalina Mahajan-Miklos;Frederick M. Ausubel

1117
Citations
An ordered, nonredundant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14 transposon insertion mutants

Nicole T. Liberati;Jonathan M. Urbach;Sachiko Miyata;Daniel G. Lee

1091
Citations
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence elucidated using a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Caenorhabditis elegans pathogenesis model.

Shalina Mahajan-Miklos;Man-Wah Tan;Laurence G. Rahme;Frederick M. Ausubel

1031
Citations
Construction of a broad host range cosmid cloning vector and its use in the genetic analysis of Rhizobium mutants

Alan M. Friedman;Sharon R. Long;Susan E. Brown;William J. Buikema

986
Citations
Isolation of a higher eukaryotic telomere from Arabidopsis thaliana

Eric J. Richards;Frederick M. Ausubel

975
Citations
The A. thaliana disease resistance gene RPS2 encodes a protein containing a nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeats

Michael Mindrinos;Fumiaki Katagiri;Guo Liang Yu;Frederick M. Ausubel

964
Citations
A Conserved p38 MAP Kinase Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immunity

Dennis H. Kim;Rhonda Feinbaum;Geneviève Alloing;Fred E. Emerson

952
Citations
Programmed cell death in plants : a pathogen-triggered response activated coordinately with multiple defense functions

Jean T. Greenberg;Allan Guo;Daniel F. Klessig;Daniel F. Klessig;Frederick M. Ausubel;Frederick M. Ausubel

940
Citations
p38 MAPK regulates expression of immune response genes and contributes to longevity in C. elegans.

Emily R. Troemel;Stephanie W. L. Chu;Valerie Reinke;Siu Sylvia Lee

926
Citations
A general method for site-directed mutagenesis in prokaryotes.

Gary B. Ruvkun;Frederick M. Ausubel

826
Citations
Overview of Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies.

Barton E. Slatko;Andrew F. Gardner;Frederick M. Ausubel

791
Citations
Arabidopsis thaliana PAD4 encodes a lipase-like gene that is important for salicylic acid signaling.

Jirage D;Tootle Tl;Reuber Tl;Reuber Tl;Frost Ln

736
Citations
Isolation of Arabidopsis Mutants With Enhanced Disease Susceptibility by Direct Screening

Jane Glazebrook;Elizabeth E. Rogers;Frederick M. Ausubel

734
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleftherios Mylonakis Houston Methodist

Stephen B. Calderwood Massachusetts General Hospital

Dennis L. Kasper Harvard University

Gary Ruvkun Harvard University

Michael N. Mindrinos Stanford University

Fumiaki Katagiri University of Minnesota

Laurence G. Rahme Harvard University

Jane Glazebrook University of Minnesota

Costi D. Sifri University of Virginia

Brian J. Staskawicz University of California, Berkeley

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