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John I. Glass

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
19234
World Ranking
18533
National Ranking
7566

John I. Glass 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 I. Glass sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 128 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John I. Glass 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 I. Glass sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John I. Glass is affiliated with the J. Craig Venter Institute in the United States. Their research focus lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Microbiology.

The scientist's work covers key topics in microbiology and genetic engineering, particularly:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

They have published extensively in several research venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Cell
  • Nature

Among recent papers, notable publications are:

  • "Fundamental behaviors emerge from simulations of a living minimal cell," 2022, Cell
  • "Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell," 2021, Cell
  • "Synthetic chromosomes, genomes, viruses, and cells," 2022, Cell
  • "Evolution of a minimal cell," 2023, Nature
  • "Confronting risks of mirror life," 2024, Science

John I. Glass has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kim S. Wise
  • Zaida Luthey-Schulten
  • Clyde A. Hutchison
  • Zane R. Thornburg
  • Troy A. Brier

Best Publications

  • Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome

    Daniel G. Gibson;John I. Glass;Carole Lartigue;Vladimir N. Noskov

  • Complete chemical synthesis, assembly, and cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium genome.

    Daniel G. Gibson;Gwynedd A. Benders;Cynthia Andrews-Pfannkoch;Evgeniya A. Denisova

  • A Whole-Cell Computational Model Predicts Phenotype from Genotype

    Jonathan R. Karr;Jayodita C. Sanghvi;Derek N. Macklin;Miriam V. Gutschow

  • Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome

    Clyde A. Hutchison;Ray Yuan Chuang;Vladimir N. Noskov;Nacyra Assad-Garcia

  • Essential genes of a minimal bacterium

    John I. Glass;Nacyra Assad-Garcia;Nina Alperovich;Shibu Yooseph

  • Genome of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae strain R6.

    JoAnn Hoskins;William E. Alborn;Jeffrey Arnold;Larry C. Blaszczak

  • Genome transplantation in bacteria: changing one species to another.

    Carole Lartigue;John I. Glass;Nina Alperovich;Rembert Pieper

  • Genome Sequence of Avery's Virulent Serotype 2 Strain D39 of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Comparison with That of Unencapsulated Laboratory Strain R6

    Joel A. Lanie;Wai-Leung Ng;Krystyna M. Kazmierczak;Tiffany M. Andrzejewski

  • The complete sequence of the mucosal pathogen Ureaplasma urealyticum

    John I. Glass;John I. Glass;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Jennifer S. Glass;Jennifer S. Glass;Cheryl R. Heiner;Cheryl R. Heiner

  • The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Metagenomic Characterization of Viruses within Aquatic Microbial Samples

    Shannon J. Williamson;Douglas B. Rusch;Shibu Yooseph;Aaron L Halpern

  • Creating bacterial strains from genomes that have been cloned and engineered in yeast.

    Carole Lartigue;Sanjay Vashee;Mikkel A. Algire;Ray-Yuan Chuang

  • Designer diatom episomes delivered by bacterial conjugation

    Bogumil J. Karas;Rachel E. Diner;Rachel E. Diner;Stephane C. Lefebvre;Jeff McQuaid

  • Sequencing Multimegabase-Template DNA with BigDye Terminator Chemistry

    Cheryl R. Heiner;Kathryn L. Hunkapiller;Shiaw-Min Chen;John I. Glass

  • Essence of life: essential genes of minimal genomes.

    Mario Juhas;Leo Eberl;John I. Glass

  • Synthetic Generation of Influenza Vaccine Viruses for Rapid Response to Pandemics

    Philip R. Dormitzer;Pirada Suphaphiphat;Daniel G. Gibson;David E. Wentworth

  • Molecular methods for the detection of Mycoplasma and ureaplasma infections in humans: a paper from the 2011 William Beaumont Hospital Symposium on molecular pathology

    Ken B. Waites;Li Xiao;Vanya Paralanov;Rose M. Viscardi

  • A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Mycoplasma genitalium, iPS189.

    Patrick F. Suthers;Madhukar S. Dasika;Vinay Satish Kumar;Gennady Denisov

  • Cloning whole bacterial genomes in yeast

    Gwynedd A. Benders;Vladimir N. Noskov;Evgeniya A. Denisova;Carole Lartigue

  • The genus Spiroplasma and its non-helical descendants: phylogenetic classification, correlation with phenotype and roots of the Mycoplasma mycoides clade

    Gail E. Gasparich;Robert F. Whitcomb;Deborah Dodge;Frank E. French

  • Small repeating units within the Ureaplasma urealyticum MB antigen gene encode serovar specificity and are associated with antigen size variation.

    Xiaotian Zheng;Lee-Jene Teng;H. L. Watson;J. I. Glass

Frequent Co-Authors

Clyde A. Hutchison
Clyde A. Hutchison J. Craig Venter Institute
Hamilton O. Smith
Hamilton O. Smith J. Craig Venter Institute
J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter J. Craig Venter Institute
Gail H. Cassell
Gail H. Cassell Harvard University
Ken B. Waites
Ken B. Waites University of Alabama at Birmingham
Shibu Yooseph
Shibu Yooseph University of Central Florida
Elliot J. Lefkowitz
Elliot J. Lefkowitz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zaida Luthey-Schulten
Zaida Luthey-Schulten University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas J. Deerinck
Thomas J. Deerinck University of California, San Diego
Christopher L. Dupont
Christopher L. Dupont J. Craig Venter Institute

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