2026 Howard C. Berg: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	98	1628	1466	908	803	229	47304

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the elucidation of complex biological phenomena, particularly chemotaxis and bacterial locomotion, through simple but penetrating physical theories and brilliant experiments
1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Howard C. Berg is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary areas of research span Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these, they have contributed significantly to multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Condensed Matter Physics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects relevant to biology and physics. Key topics include:

Micro and Nano Robotics
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Protist diversity and phylogeny

Howard C. Berg has published extensively across various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Cell

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on bacterial motility and flagellar motor structure and function. Notable publications include:

"Bacterial motility: machinery and mechanisms" (2021) in Nature Reviews Microbiology
"Structure and Function of Stator Units of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor" (2020) in Cell
"Structural basis of torque generation in the bi-directional bacterial flagellar motor" (2021) in Trends in Biochemical Sciences
"A molecular rack and pinion actuates a cell-surface adhesin and enables bacterial gliding motility" (2020) in Science Advances
"Mechanosensitive remodeling of the bacterial flagellar motor is independent of direction of rotation" (2021) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborative work features a number of frequent co-authors, including:

Navish Wadhwa
Mònica Santiveri
Marc Erhardt
Nicholas M. I. Taylor
Yuhai Tu

Howard C. Berg has also contributed to book literature, with a publication by Princeton University Press titled Random Walks in Biology, anticipated for 2025.

Recognition by the scientific community includes election to several prestigious bodies and fellowships:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1984)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1985)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1990), cited for elucidating complex biological phenomena through physical theories and experiments
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2000)

Best Publications

Random walks in biology

Howard C. Berg

3918
Citations
Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli analysed by Three-dimensional Tracking

Howard C. Berg;Douglas A. Brown

3101
Citations
Physics of chemoreception

Howard Curtis Berg;E.M. Purcell

2675
Citations
The Rotary Motor of Bacterial Flagella

Howard C. Berg

1929
Citations
Bacteria Swim by Rotating their Flagellar Filaments

Howard C. Berg;Robert A. Anderson

1257
Citations
Hydrodynamic attraction of swimming microorganisms by surfaces

Allison P. Berke;Linda Turner;Howard C. Berg;Eric Lauga

964
Citations
Real-Time Imaging of Fluorescent Flagellar Filaments

Linda Turner;William S. Ryu;Howard C. Berg

873
Citations
Direct observation of extension and retraction of type IV pili

Jeffrey M. Skerker;Howard C. Berg

751
Citations
E. coli in Motion

Howard C. Berg

745
Citations
Complex patterns formed by motile cells of Escherichia coli

Elena O. Budrene;Howard C. Berg;Howard C. Berg

737
Citations
Dynamics of formation of symmetrical patterns by chemotactic bacteria

Elena O. Budrene;Howard C. Berg;Howard C. Berg

662
Citations
Receptor sensitivity in bacterial chemotaxis.

Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

651
Citations
Temporal comparisons in bacterial chemotaxis.

Jeffrey E. Segall;Steven M. Block;Howard C. Berg

645
Citations
Compliance of bacterial flagella measured with optical tweezers.

Steven M. Block;Steven M. Block;David F. Blair;Howard C. Berg;Howard C. Berg

622
Citations
On Torque and Tumbling in Swimming Escherichia coli

Nicholas C. Darnton;Linda Turner;Svetlana Rojevsky;Howard C. Berg

593
Citations
A protonmotive force drives bacterial flagella

M D Manson;P Tedesco;H C Berg;F M Harold

569
Citations
Escherichia coli swim on the right-hand side

Willow R. DiLuzio;Linda Turner;Michael Mayer;Piotr Garstecki

544
Citations
Functional interactions between receptors in bacterial chemotaxis

Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

535
Citations
Motile Behavior of Bacteria

Howard C. Berg

528
Citations
Migration of bacteria in semisolid agar

Alan J. Wolfe;Howard C. Berg

475
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