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D-Index
115
Citations
43055
World Ranking
801
National Ranking
503

J. Bruce German publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Bruce German sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 415 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Bruce German 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 J. Bruce German sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

J. Bruce German is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields, including Nursing, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work emphasizes Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Genetics, and Physiology as key subfields of study.

The primary topics in their research focus on Infant Nutrition and Health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut Microbiota and Health, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, Food Composition and Properties, Diet and Metabolism Studies, and Infant Health and Development.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by J. Bruce German include:

  • Bifidobacteria-mediated immune system imprinting early in life, 2021, Cell
  • A nonenzymatic method for cleaving polysaccharides to yield oligosaccharides for structural analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Bifidobacteria-mediated immune system imprinting early in life, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bifidobacterium Species Colonization in Infancy: A Global Cross-Sectional Comparison by Population History of Breastfeeding, 2022, Nutrients
  • Goals in Nutrition Science 2020-2025, 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition

J. Bruce German frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most common co-authors include:

  • David A. Mills
  • Carlito B. Lebrilla
  • Jennifer T. Smilowitz
  • Juan J. Castillo
  • Mark A. Underwood

Their work is often published in established venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nutrients
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Phytochemicals: nutraceuticals and human health.

    Cora J Dillard;J Bruce German

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome.

    D. A. Sela;J. Chapman;A. Adeuya;J. H. Kim

  • Interfacial Phenomena in the Evaluation of Antioxidants: Bulk Oils vs Emulsions

    Edwin N. Frankel;Shu Wen Huang;Joseph Kanner;J. Bruce German

  • Inhibition of in vitro human LDL oxidation by phenolic antioxidants from grapes and wines

    Pierre L Teissedre;Edwin N Frankel;Andrew L Waterhouse;Hanna Peleg

  • Human milk glycobiome and its impact on the infant gastrointestinal microbiota

    Angela M. Zivkovic;J. Bruce German;Carlito B. Lebrilla;David A. Mills

  • Bifidobacteria-mediated immune system imprinting early in life.

    Bethany M. Henrick;Lucie Rodriguez;Tadepally Lakshmikanth;Christian Pou

  • Bacteroides in the Infant Gut Consume Milk Oligosaccharides via Mucus-Utilization Pathways

    Angela Marcobal;Mariana Barboza;Erica D. Sonnenburg;Nicholas Pudlo

  • Consumption of human milk oligosaccharides by gut-related microbes.

    Angela Marcobal;Mariana Barboza;John W. Froehlich;David E. Block

  • A strategy for annotating the human milk glycome

    Milady R Ninonuevo;Youmie Park;Hongfeng Yin;Jinhua Zhang

  • Comparative review of diets for the metabolic syndrome: implications for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Angela M Zivkovic;J Bruce German;Arun J Sanyal

  • Oleaginous yeasts for biodiesel: current and future trends in biology and production.

    Irnayuli R. Sitepu;Luis A. Garay;Ryan Sestric;David Levin

  • Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis: champion colonizer of the infant gut

    Mark A. Underwood;J. Bruce German;Carlito B. Lebrilla;David A. Mills

  • Saturated fats: what dietary intake?

    J Bruce German;Cora J Dillard

  • Breast Milk Oligosaccharides: Structure-Function Relationships in the Neonate

    Jennifer T. Smilowitz;Carlito B. Lebrilla;David A. Mills;J. Bruce German

  • Maternal fucosyltransferase 2 status affects the gut bifidobacterial communities of breastfed infants

    Zachery T. Lewis;Sarah M. Totten;Jennifer T. Smilowitz;Mina Popovic

  • Effect of pH and temperature on protein unfolding and thiol/disulfide interchange reactions during heat-induced gelation of whey proteins

    Frank J. Monahan;J. Bruce German;John E. Kinsella

  • Metabolomics: building on a century of biochemistry to guide human health.

    J. Bruce German;J. Bruce German;Bruce D. Hammock;Steven M. Watkins

  • Catechin Is Present as Metabolites in Human Plasma after Consumption of Red Wine

    Jennifer L. Donovan;Jennifer R. Bell;Sidika Kasim-Karakas;J. Bruce German

  • Bifidobacteria-mediated immune system imprinting early in life

    Bethany M. Henrick;Lucie Rodriguez;Tadepally Lakshmikanth;Christian Pou

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlito B. Lebrilla
Carlito B. Lebrilla University of California, Davis
David A. Mills
David A. Mills University of California, Davis
Edwin N. Frankel
Edwin N. Frankel University of California, Davis
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Juan F. Medrano
Juan F. Medrano University of California, Davis
Tomas Cajka
Tomas Cajka Czech Academy of Sciences
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Andrew L. Waterhouse
Andrew L. Waterhouse University of California, Davis

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