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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
20637
World Ranking
11123
National Ranking
4815

John F. Rawls 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 John F. Rawls sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 148 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John F. Rawls 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 John F. Rawls sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John F. Rawls is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including molecular biology, physiology, immunology, surgery, and epidemiology.

Their primary research topics include gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, epigenetics and DNA methylation, pancreatic function and diabetes, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Colin R. Lickwar, Jessica R. McCann, Jia Wen, Patrick C. Seed, and Lawrence A. David.

John F. Rawls has published multiple papers in a range of scientific journals and venues. Notable publications include:

  • Enteroendocrine cells sense bacterial tryptophan catabolites to activate enteric and vagal neuronal pathways, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production by Gut Microbiota from Children with Obesity Differs According to Prebiotic Choice and Bacterial Community Composition, 2020, mBio
  • Acoustofluidic rotational tweezing enables high-speed contactless morphological phenotyping of zebrafish larvae, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Conserved anti-inflammatory effects and sensing of butyrate in zebrafish, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Fxr signaling and microbial metabolism of bile salts in the zebrafish intestine, 2021, Science Advances

Common publishing venues include UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, mBio, and Physiology.

In recognition of contributions to science, John F. Rawls was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • The severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with gut dysbiosis and shift in the metabolic function of the gut microbiota.

    Jérôme Boursier;Olaf Mueller;Matthieu Barret;Mariana Machado

  • Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

    Guus Roeselers;Erika K Mittge;W Zac Stephens;David M Parichy

  • Gnotobiotic zebrafish reveal evolutionarily conserved responses to the gut microbiota.

    John F. Rawls;Buck S. Samuel;Jeffrey I. Gordon

  • Reciprocal Gut Microbiota Transplants from Zebrafish and Mice to Germ-free Recipients Reveal Host Habitat Selection

    John F. Rawls;Michael A. Mahowald;Ruth E. Ley;Jeffrey I. Gordon

  • Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development.

    Adam R Burns;W Zac Stephens;Keaton Stagaman;Sandi Wong;Sandi Wong

  • Microbiota Regulate Intestinal Absorption and Metabolism of Fatty Acids in the Zebrafish

    Ivana Semova;Juliana D. Carten;Jesse Stombaugh;Lantz C. Mackey

  • The composition of the zebrafish intestinal microbial community varies across development

    W Zac Stephens;W Zac Stephens;Adam R Burns;Keaton Stagaman;Sandi Wong;Sandi Wong

  • Tuberculous Granuloma Induction via Interaction of a Bacterial Secreted Protein with Host Epithelium

    Hannah E. Volkman;Tamara C. Pozos;John Zheng;J. Muse Davis

  • Molecular characterization of mucosal adherent bacteria and associations with colorectal adenomas

    Xiang Jun Shen;John F. Rawls;Thomas Randall;Lauren Burcal

  • Zebrafish sparse corresponds to an orthologue of c-kit and is required for the morphogenesis of a subpopulation of melanocytes, but is not essential for hematopoiesis or primordial germ cell development

    D.M. Parichy;J.F. Rawls;S.J. Pratt;T.T. Whitfield

  • SCAR, a WASP-related Protein, Isolated as a Suppressor of Receptor Defects in Late Dictyostelium Development

    James E. Bear;John F. Rawls;Charles L. Saxe

  • Microbial colonization induces dynamic temporal and spatial patterns of NF-κB activation in the zebrafish digestive tract

    Michelle Kanther;Xiaolun Sun;Marcus Mühlbauer;Lantz C. Mackey

  • Intestinal microbiota composition in fishes is influenced by host ecology and environment

    Sandi Wong;John F. Rawls

  • Host–microbe interactions in the developing zebrafish

    Michelle Kanther;John F Rawls

  • Ontogeny and nutritional control of adipogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Edward J. Flynn;Chad M. Trent;John F. Rawls

  • Mutational analysis of endothelin receptor b1 (rose) during neural crest and pigment pattern development in the zebrafish Danio rerio.

    David M. Parichy;David M. Parichy;Eve M. Mellgren;John F. Rawls;Susana S. Lopes

  • Increased rectal microbial richness is associated with the presence of colorectal adenomas in humans

    Nina Sanapareddy;Ryan M. Legge;Biljana Jovov;Amber McCoy

  • Methods for generating and colonizing gnotobiotic zebrafish.

    Linh N Pham;Michelle Kanther;Ivana Semova;John F Rawls

  • Visualizing Engrafted Human Cancer and Therapy Responses in Immunodeficient Zebrafish.

    Chuan Yan;Dalton C. Brunson;Qin Tang;Daniel Do

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Jobin
Christian Jobin University of Florida
Stephen L. Johnson
Stephen L. Johnson Washington University in St. Louis
Karen Guillemin
Karen Guillemin University of Oregon
Brendan J. M. Bohannan
Brendan J. M. Bohannan University of Oregon
David M. Parichy
David M. Parichy University of Virginia
Christopher B. Newgard
Christopher B. Newgard Duke University
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Jeffrey I. Gordon Washington University in St. Louis
David M. Langenau
David M. Langenau Harvard University
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc

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