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Nigel J. Saunders

Nigel J. Saunders

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
11625
World Ranking
17503
National Ranking
332

Nigel J. Saunders 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 Nigel J. Saunders sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 122 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nigel J. Saunders 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 Nigel J. Saunders sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Identification of vaccine candidates against serogroup B meningococcus by whole-genome sequencing.

    M Pizza;[No Value] Scarlato;[No Value] Masignani;MM Giuliani

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Strain MC58

    Hervé Tettelin;Nigel J. Saunders;John Heidelberg;Alex C. Jeffries

  • CD4+CD25+ T(R) cells suppress innate immune pathology through cytokine-dependent mechanisms.

    Kevin J. Maloy;Laurence Salaun;Rachel Cahill;Gordon Dougan

  • GLK Transcription Factors Coordinate Expression of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Arabidopsis

    Mark T. Waters;Peng Wang;Muris Korkaric;Richard G. Capper

  • Identification of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance directly from clinical urines by nanopore-based metagenomic sequencing

    K. Schmidt;S. Mwaigwisya;L. C. Crossman;M. Doumith

  • ERF5 and ERF6 play redundant roles as positive regulators of JA/Et-mediated defense against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis

    Caroline S. Moffat;Caroline S. Moffat;Robert A. Ingle;Deepthi L. Wathugala;Deepthi L. Wathugala;Nigel J. Saunders

  • Repeat‐associated phase variable genes in the complete genome sequence of Neisseria meningitidis strain MC58

    Nigel J. Saunders;Alex C. Jeffries;John F. Peden;Derek W. Hood

  • On the origin of the treponematoses: a phylogenetic approach.

    Kristin N. Harper;Paolo S. Ocampo;Bret M. Steiner;Robert W. George

  • Simple sequence repeats in the Helicobacter pylori genome

    Saunders Nj;Peden Jf;Hood Dw;Moxon Er

  • Meningococcal Genetic Variation Mechanisms Viewed through Comparative Analysis of Serogroup C Strain FAM18

    Stephen D Bentley;George S Vernikos;Lori A. S Snyder;Carol Churcher

  • Expression of microRNAs in diffuse large B cell lymphoma is associated with immunophenotype, survival and transformation from follicular lymphoma.

    Charles H. Lawrie;Jianxiang Chi;Stephen Taylor;Daniela Tramonti

  • Two-step assembly dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis divisome.

    Pamela Gamba;Jan Willem Veening;Nigel J. Saunders;Leendert W. Hamoen

  • The length of a tetranucleotide repeat tract in Haemophilus influenzae determines the phase variation rate of a gene with homology to type III DNA methyltransferases

    Xavier De Bolle;Christopher D. Bayliss;Dawn Field;Tamsin van de Ven

  • Comparative whole-genome analyses reveal over 100 putative phase-variable genes in the pathogenic Neisseria spp.

    Lori A. S. Snyder;Sarah A. Butcher;Nigel J. Saunders

  • Defects in lamin B1 expression or processing affect interphase chromosome position and gene expression

    Ashraf Malhas;Chiu Fan Lee;Rebecca Sanders;Nigel J. Saunders

  • MicroRNA expression in Sézary syndrome: identification, function, and diagnostic potential

    Erica Ballabio;Tracey Mitchell;Marloes S. van Kester;Stephen Taylor

  • The majority of genes in the pathogenic Neisseria species are present in non-pathogenic Neisseria lactamica, including those designated as 'virulence genes'

    Lori A. S. Snyder;Nigel J. Saunders

  • Species status of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: evolutionary and epidemiological inferences from multilocus sequence typing

    Julia S. Bennett;Keith A. Jolley;P. Frederick Sparling;Nigel J. Saunders

  • Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Calcium Regulation of Specific Promoter Motifs in Arabidopsis

    Helen J. Whalley;Alexander W. Sargeant;John F.C. Steele;Tim Lacoere

  • MicroRNA expression in multiple myeloma is associated with genetic subtype, isotype and survival

    Jianxiang Chi;Erica Ballabio;Xiao-He Chen;Rajko Kušec

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Peden
John F. Peden GenPAx AG
Raymond J. Owens
Raymond J. Owens University of Oxford
Jingshan Ren
Jingshan Ren University of Oxford
E. Richard Moxon
E. Richard Moxon University of Oxford
Stephen A. Jarvis
Stephen A. Jarvis University of Birmingham
John K. Davies
John K. Davies Monash University
David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford
Marc R. Knight
Marc R. Knight Durham University
William M. Shafer
William M. Shafer Emory University
David K. Stammers
David K. Stammers University of Oxford

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