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George W. Ordal

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
8130
World Ranking
14702
National Ranking
6142

George W. Ordal publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 173 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

George W. Ordal D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George W. Ordal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

George W. Ordal is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

They have explored a range of topics throughout their career, particularly focusing on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Recent papers by George W. Ordal include:

  • The Unconventional Cytoplasmic Sensing Mechanism for Ethanol Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis (2020) published in mBio
  • The unconventional cytoplasmic sensing mechanism for ethanol chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Characterization of opposing responses to phenol by Bacillus subtilis chemoreceptors (2021) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Molecular mechanism for attractant signaling to DHMA by e. coli tsr. (2020) published in Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent co-authors working alongside George W. Ordal include:

  • Payman Tohidifar
  • Girija A. Bodhankar
  • Christopher V. Rao
  • Sichong Pei
  • C. Keith Cassidy

The scientist has published multiple times in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Best Publications

  • Diversity in Chemotaxis Mechanisms among the Bacteria and Archaea

    Hendrik Szurmant;George W. Ordal

  • The range of attractant concentrations for bacterial chemotaxis and the threshold and size of response over this range. Weber law and related phenomena.

    Robert Mesibov;George W. Ordal;Julius Adler

  • Myoglobin-like aerotaxis transducers in Archaea and Bacteria

    Shaobin Hou;Randy W. Larsen;Dmitri Boudko;Charles W. Riley

  • Motility and Chemotaxis

    George W. Ordal;Leticia Màrquez-Magaña;Michael J. Chamberlin

  • Studies of sigma D-dependent functions in Bacillus subtilis.

    L M Márquez;J D Helmann;E Ferrari;H M Parker

  • Chemotaxis away from uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation in Bacillus subtilis.

    George W. Ordal;Daniel J. Goldman

  • Globin-coupled sensors: a class of heme-containing sensors in Archaea and Bacteria.

    Shaobin Hou;Tracey Freitas;Randy W. Larsen;Mikhail Piatibratov

  • Calcium ion regulates chemotactic behaviour in bacteria.

    George W. Ordal

  • The three adaptation systems of Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis

    Christopher V. Rao;George D. Glekas;George W. Ordal

  • In vivo and in vitro chemotactic methylation in Bacillus subtilis.

    A. H.J. Ullah;George W Ordal

  • Cloning and characterization of genes encoding methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in Bacillus subtilis.

    David W. Hanlon;George W. Ordal

  • Bacillus subtilis CheC and FliY are members of a novel class of CheY-P-hydrolyzing proteins in the chemotactic signal transduction cascade.

    Hendrik Szurmant;Travis J. Muff;George W. Ordal

  • Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis: a deviation from the Escherichia coli paradigm

    D. S. Bischoff;G. W. Ordal

  • Phosphorylation of the response regulator CheV is required for adaptation to attractants during Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis.

    Ece Karatan;Michael M. Saulmon;Michael W. Bunn;George W. Ordal

  • Properties of Mutants in Galactose Taxis and Transport

    George W. Ordal;Julius Adler

  • Isolation and Complementation of Mutants in Galactose Taxis and Transport

    George W. Ordal;Julius Adler

  • Bacillus subtilis CheD is a chemoreceptor modification enzyme required for chemotaxis

    Christopher J. Kristich;George W. Ordal

  • Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis requires either of two functionally redundant CheW homologs.

    M. M.L. Rosario;K. L. Fredrick;George W Ordal;J. D. Helmann

  • Bacillus subtilis CheN, a homolog of CheA, the central regulator of chemotaxis in Escherichia coli.

    D K Fuhrer;G W Ordal

  • The Range of Attractant Concentrations for Bacterial Chemotaxis

    Robert Mesibov;George W. Ordal;Julius Adler

Frequent Co-Authors

Maqsudul Alam
Maqsudul Alam University of Hawaii at Manoa
Julius Adler
Julius Adler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Igor B. Zhulin
Igor B. Zhulin The Ohio State University
Phillip J. Stansfeld
Phillip J. Stansfeld University of Warwick
Jonathan Reizer
Jonathan Reizer University of California, San Diego
Milton H. Saier
Milton H. Saier University of California, San Diego
John D. Helmann
John D. Helmann Cornell University
Daniel Goldman
Daniel Goldman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James A. Hoch
James A. Hoch Scripps Research Institute
Sheng Zhang
Sheng Zhang Cornell University

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