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Markus Göker publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Markus Göker sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 377 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Markus Göker D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Markus Göker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Markus Göker is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their scientific work centers on several main topics such as genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, metal extraction and bioleaching, minerals flotation and separation techniques, corrosion behavior and inhibition, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, and extraction and separation processes.

Several recent papers highlight the scope of their research collaboration and publication record. These include:

  • "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ," 2020, published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes," 2021, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria," 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision)," 2023, published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Expanding the genomic encyclopedia of Actinobacteria with 824 isolate reference genomes," 2022, published in Cell Genomics

Markus Göker frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field, with notable co-authors including Aharon Oren, David R. Arahal, Edward R. B. Moore, Henrik Christensen, and Iain C. Sutcliffe. Collaboration counts range from 10 to over 80 publications with these colleagues.

The scientist has published prolifically in several journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (94 publications)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements (10 publications)
  • Nucleic Acids Research (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (2 publications)
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence-based species delimitation with confidence intervals and improved distance functions

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Alexander F. Auch;Hans Peter Klenk;Markus Göker

  • TYGS is an automated high-throughput platform for state-of-the-art genome-based taxonomy

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Markus Göker

  • Digital DNA-DNA hybridization for microbial species delineation by means of genome-to-genome sequence comparison

    Alexander F. Auch;Mathias von Jan;Hans-Peter Klenk;Markus Göker

  • List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ

    Aidan C Parte;Joaquim Sardà Carbasse;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Lorenz C Reimer

  • TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes.

    Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Joaquim Sardà Carbasse;Rosa L Peinado-Olarte;Markus Göker

  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation - A benchmark of metagenomics software

    Alexander Sczyrba;Peter Hofmann;Peter Hofmann;Peter Belmann;David Koslicki

  • Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria

    Imen Nouioui;Lorena Carro;Marina García-López;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff

  • Toward a Novel Multilocus Phylogenetic Taxonomy for the Dermatophytes.

    G. Sybren de Hoog;Karolina Dukik;Michel Monod;Ann Packeu

  • When should a DDH experiment be mandatory in microbial taxonomy

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Markus Göker;Cathrin Spröer;Hans-Peter Klenk

  • Taxonomic use of DNA G+C content and DNA-DNA hybridization in the genomic age

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Hans-Peter Klenk;Markus Göker

  • Standard operating procedure for calculating genome-to-genome distances based on high-scoring segment pairs

    Alexander F. Auch;Hans-Peter Klenk;Markus Göker

  • Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083(T), the type strain (U5/41(T)) of Escherichia coli, and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy.

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Richard L. Hahnke;Jörn Petersen;Carmen Scheuner

  • Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes

    X.-Z. Liu;Q.-M. Wang;M. Göker;M. Groenewald

  • VICTOR: genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotic viruses

    Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Markus Göker

  • Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.

    Anton Hördt;Marina García López;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Marcel Schleuning

  • Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

    Robert Riley;Sajeet Haridas;Kenneth H Wolfe;Mariana R Lopes

  • Phylogenomics of Rhodobacteraceae reveals evolutionary adaptation to marine and non-marine habitats

    Meinhard Simon;Carmen Scheuner;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Thorsten Brinkhoff

  • En route to a genome-based classification of Archaea and Bacteria?

    H.-P. Klenk;M. Göker

  • Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group

    Yang Liu;Qiliang Lai;Markus Göker;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the downy mildews (Peronosporales) and related groups based on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences

    A. Riethmüller;H. Voglmayr;M. Göker;M. Weiß

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
John C. Detter
John C. Detter Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hans-Peter Klenk
Hans-Peter Klenk Newcastle University
Loren Hauser
Loren Hauser Digital Infuzion (United States)
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Philip Hugenholtz
Philip Hugenholtz University of Queensland
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University

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