2026 L. Aravind: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	157	107	103	55	54	426	123832

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award

Overview

L. Aravind is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, plant science, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly focusing on bacterial genetics and biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, RNA modifications and cancer, CRISPR and genetic engineering, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Among L. Aravind's frequent coauthors are A. Maxwell Burroughs, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Vivek Anantharaman, Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, and Otto Berninghausen. These collaborations have led to numerous joint publications across multiple venues.

Notable recent papers include:

"Bacterial NLR-related proteins protect against phage" (2023) published in Cell
"Ribosome collisions induce mRNA cleavage and ribosome rescue in bacteria" (2022) published in Nature
"Novel Immunoglobulin Domain Proteins Provide Insights into Evolution and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2-Related Viruses" (2020) published in mBio
"Jumbo Phages: A Comparative Genomic Overview of Core Functions and Adaptions for Biological Conflicts" (2021) published in Viruses
"NONU-1 Encodes a Conserved Endonuclease Required for mRNA Translation Surveillance" (2020) published in Cell Reports

L. Aravind frequently publishes in a range of scientific journals, with the highest numbers of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nucleic Acids Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature.

Best Publications

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

31093
Citations
Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mammalian DNA by MLL Partner TET1

Mamta V. Tahiliani;Kian Peng Koh;Yinghua Shen;William Abraham Pastor

6284
Citations
AAA+: A Class of Chaperone-Like ATPases Associated with the Assembly, Operation, and Disassembly of Protein Complexes

Andrew F. Neuwald;L. Aravind;John L. Spouge;Eugene V. Koonin

2284
Citations
De-ubiquitination and ubiquitin ligase domains of A20 downregulate NF-κB signalling

Ingrid E. Wertz;Karen M. O'Rourke;Honglin Zhou;Michael Eby

2161
Citations
Genome Sequence of an Obligate Intracellular Pathogen of Humans: Chlamydia trachomatis

Richard S. Stephens;Sue Kalman;Claudia Lammel;Jun Fan

2028
Citations
Bacterial Rhodopsin: Evidence for a New Type of Phototrophy in the Sea

Oded Béjà;L. Aravind;Eugene V. Koonin;Marcelino T. Suzuki

1789
Citations
Improving the accuracy of PSI-BLAST protein database searches with composition-based statistics and other refinements

Alejandro A. Schäffer;L. Aravind;Thomas L. Madden;Sergei Shavirin

1650
Citations
Impaired hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine in myeloid cancers with mutant TET2

Myunggon Ko;Yun Huang;Yun Huang;Anna M. Jankowska;Utz J. Pape;Utz J. Pape

1473
Citations
Horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes: quantification and classification.

Eugene V. Koonin;Kira S. Makarova;L. Aravind

1418
Citations
Classification and evolution of P-loop GTPases and related ATPases.

Detlef D Leipe;Yuri I Wolf;Eugene V Koonin;L Aravind

1336
Citations
Role of Rpn11 Metalloprotease in Deubiquitination and Degradation by the 26S Proteasome

Rati Verma;L. Aravind;Robert Oania;W. Hayes McDonald

1308
Citations
Complete genome sequence of the apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum.

Mitchell S. Abrahamsen;Thomas J. Templeton;Shinichiro Enomoto;Juan E. Abrahante

1272
Citations
Genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1.

O. White;J. A. Eisen;J. F. Heidelberg;E. K. Hickey

1251
Citations
Structure and evolution of transcriptional regulatory networks.

M Madan Babu;Nicholas M Luscombe;L Aravind;Mark Gerstein

1049
Citations
Evolutionary history and higher order classification of AAA+ ATPases.

Lakshminarayan M Iyer;Detlef D Leipe;Eugene V Koonin;L Aravind

963
Citations
TETonic shift: biological roles of TET proteins in DNA demethylation and transcription

William A. Pastor;L. Aravind;Anjana Rao

931
Citations
Genome of the Extremely Radiation-Resistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Viewed from the Perspective of Comparative Genomics

Kira S. Makarova;Kira S. Makarova;L. Aravind;Yuri I. Wolf;Roman L. Tatusov

906
Citations
Role of Predicted Metalloprotease Motif of Jab1/Csn5 in Cleavage of Nedd8 from Cul1

Gregory A. Cope;Greg S. B. Suh;L. Aravind;Sylvia E. Schwarz

851
Citations
The many faces of the helix-turn-helix domain: Transcription regulation and beyond

L. Aravind;Vivek Anantharaman;Santhanam Balaji;M. Mohan Babu

764
Citations
The DNA-repair protein AlkB, EGL-9, and leprecan define new families of 2-oxoglutarate- and iron-dependent dioxygenases.

L Aravind;Eugene V Koonin

755
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health

Lakshminarayan M. Iyer National Institutes of Health

Vivek Anantharaman National Center for Biotechnology Information

Kira S. Makarova National Institutes of Health

Yuri I. Wolf National Institutes of Health

M. Madan Babu St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Anjana Rao La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Chris P. Ponting University of Edinburgh

Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium

Thomas F. McCutchan National Institutes of Health

External Links

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