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2026

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Microbiology

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118
Citations
68266
World Ranking
159
National Ranking
74

Medicine

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Citations
66404
World Ranking
4136
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jacques Ravel is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research is concentrated in the fields of Medicine, Immunology, and Microbiology, with significant contributions across related subfields including Microbiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics in biomedical research, particularly in reproductive and urinary health. These topics include:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis

Jacques Ravel has published extensively, contributing numerous papers to various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for the scientist include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiome
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Their recent publications include:

  • "VALENCIA: a nearest centroid classification method for vaginal microbial communities based on composition," 2020, Microbiome
  • "Bacterial vaginosis and its association with infertility, endometritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease," 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Towards a deeper understanding of the vaginal microbiota," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "A comprehensive non-redundant gene catalog reveals extensive within-community intraspecies diversity in the human vagina," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Vaginal microbiome-host interactions modeled in a human vagina-on-a-chip," 2022, Microbiome

Throughout their career, Ravel has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Rebecca M. Brotman
  • Michael France
  • Pawel Gajer
  • Bing Ma
  • Johanna B. Holm

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

    Jacques Ravel;Pawel Gajer;Zaid Abdo;G. Maria Schneider

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform

    Douglas W Fadrosh;Bing Ma;Pawel Gajer;Naomi Sengamalay

  • Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota

    Pawel Gajer;Rebecca M Brotman;Guoyun Bai;Joyce Sakamoto

  • Moving pictures of the human microbiome.

    J. Gregory Caporaso;Christian L Lauber;Elizabeth K. Costello;Donna Berg-Lyons

  • The vocabulary of microbiome research: a proposal.

    Julian R. Marchesi;Julian R. Marchesi;Jacques Ravel

  • Insights on Evolution of Virulence and Resistance from the Complete Genome Analysis of an Early Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain and a Biofilm-Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain

    Steven R. Gill;Derrick E. Fouts;Gordon L. Archer;Emmanuel F. Mongodin

  • The Pangenome Structure of Escherichia coli: Comparative Genomic Analysis of E. coli Commensal and Pathogenic Isolates

    David A. Rasko;M. J. Rosovitz;Garry S. A. Myers;Emmanuel F. Mongodin

  • Predictive, structure-based model of amino acid recognition by nonribosomal peptide synthetase adenylation domains.

    Gregory L Challis;Jacques Ravel;Craig A Townsend

  • The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women

    Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Sonia S Hassan;Sonia S Hassan;Pawel Gajer;Adi L Tarca

  • Human oral microbiome and prospective risk for pancreatic cancer: a population-based nested case-control study

    Xiaozhou Fan;Alexander V Alekseyenko;Jing Wu;Brandilyn A Peters

  • Vaginal microbiome: rethinking health and disease.

    Bing Ma;Larry J. Forney;Jacques Ravel

  • Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications.

    Pelin Yilmaz;Pelin Yilmaz;Renzo Kottmann;Dawn Field;Rob Knight;Rob Knight

  • Complete genome sequence of the plant commensal Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5

    Ian T Paulsen;Caroline M Press;Jacques Ravel;Donald Y Kobayashi

  • Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity

    Giovanna Morelli;Yajun Song;Yajun Song;Camila J Mazzoni;Mark Eppinger

  • Patellamide A and C biosynthesis by a microcin-like pathway in Prochloron didemni, the cyanobacterial symbiont of Lissoclinum patella.

    Eric W. Schmidt;James T. Nelson;David A. Rasko;Sebastian Sudek

  • Major Structural Differences and Novel Potential Virulence Mechanisms from the Genomes of Multiple Campylobacter Species

    Derrick E Fouts;Emmanuel F Mongodin;Robert E Mandrell;William G Miller

  • Genomics of the Bacillus cereus group of organisms

    David A. Rasko;Michael R. Altherr;Cliff S. Han;Jacques Ravel

  • Draft genome sequence of the oilseed species Ricinus communis

    Agnes P Chan;Jonathan Crabtree;Qi Zhao;Hernan Lorenzi

  • The vocabulary of microbiome research: a

    Julian R. Marchesi;Jacques Ravel

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca M. Brotman
Rebecca M. Brotman University of Maryland, Baltimore
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University
Larry J. Forney
Larry J. Forney University of Idaho
David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Russell T. Hill
Russell T. Hill University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park
James J. Goedert
James J. Goedert National Institutes of Health
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory

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