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D-Index
61
Citations
66604
World Ranking
2939
National Ranking
1167

Nitin S. Baliga publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nitin S. Baliga sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 198 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Nitin S. Baliga D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nitin S. Baliga is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Within these broad areas, their work addresses various subfields including molecular biology, infectious diseases, ecology, genetics, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects relevant to current biomedical and ecological challenges. Key topics include tuberculosis research and epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, evolution and genetic dynamics, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Nitin S. Baliga has contributed scholarly articles to various publication venues. The most frequent outlets for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSystems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Cell Reports

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Serdar Turkarslan
  • Mario L. Arrieta-Ortiz
  • Eliza J. R. Peterson
  • Min Pan
  • Adrián López García de Lomana

Recent publications by Nitin S. Baliga highlight diverse biological and ecological topics and include:

  • "Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "In vivo commensal control of Clostridioides difficile virulence" (2021, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • "Genetic manipulation of Patescibacteria provides mechanistic insights into microbial dark matter and the epibiotic lifestyle" (2023, Cell)
  • "History and Future Perspectives on the Discipline of Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Modeling and Its Applications" (2021, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • "A single-cell based precision medicine approach using glioblastoma patient-specific models" (2022, npj Precision Oncology)

Best Publications

  • Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

    Paul Shannon;Andrew Markiel;Owen Ozier;Nitin S. Baliga

  • Peroxiredoxins are conserved markers of circadian rhythms

    Rachel S. Edgar;Edward W. Green;Yuwei Zhao;Gerben van Ooijen

  • Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1

    Wailap Victor Ng;Wailap Victor Ng;Sean P. Kennedy;Gregory G. Mahairas;Gregory G. Mahairas;Brian Berquist

  • Visualization of omics data for systems biology

    Nils Gehlenborg;Seán I O'Donoghue;Nitin S Baliga;Alexander Goesmann

  • The Inferelator: an algorithm for learning parsimonious regulatory networks from systems-biology data sets de novo

    Richard A. Bonneau;Richard A. Bonneau;David J Reiss;Paul Shannon;Marc T. Facciotti

  • CTCF physically links cohesin to chromatin

    Eric D. Rubio;David J. Reiss;Piri L. Welcsh;Christine M. Disteche

  • Genome sequence of Haloarcula marismortui: A halophilic archaeon from the Dead Sea

    Nitin S. Baliga;Richard Bonneau;Marc T. Facciotti;Min Pan

  • A Predictive Model for Transcriptional Control of Physiology in a Free Living Cell

    Richard Bonneau;Richard Bonneau;Marc T. Facciotti;David J. Reiss;Amy K. Schmid

  • Integrated biclustering of heterogeneous genome-wide datasets for the inference of global regulatory networks.

    David J Reiss;Nitin S Baliga;Richard A. Bonneau

  • Catabolite Control Protein A (CcpA) Contributes to Virulence and Regulation of Sugar Metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Ramkumar Iyer;Nitin S. Baliga;Andrew Camilli;Andrew Camilli

  • The DNA-binding network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Kyle J. Minch;Tige R. Rustad;Eliza J. R. Peterson;Jessica Winkler

  • Adaptation of cells to new environments

    Aaron N. Brooks;Aaron N. Brooks;Serdar Turkarslan;Karlyn D. Beer;Karlyn D. Beer;Fang Yin Lo;Fang Yin Lo

  • Use and abuse of correlation analyses in microbial ecology

    Alex Carr;Christian Diener;Nitin S. Baliga;Sean M. Gibbons;Sean M. Gibbons

  • A miRNA-regulatory network explains how dysregulated miRNAs perturb oncogenic processes across diverse cancers

    Christopher L. Plaisier;Min Pan;Nitin S. Baliga

  • The Gaggle: An open-source software system for integrating bioinformatics software and data sources

    Paul T Shannon;David J Reiss;Richard Bonneau;Richard Bonneau;Nitin S Baliga

  • Systems Level Insights Into the Stress Response to UV Radiation in the Halophilic Archaeon Halobacterium NRC-1

    Nitin S. Baliga;Sarah J. Bjork;Richard Bonneau;Min Pan

  • Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screens Reveal Loss of Redundancy between PKMYT1 and WEE1 in Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells.

    Chad M. Toledo;Chad M. Toledo;Yu Ding;Pia Hoellerbauer;Pia Hoellerbauer;Ryan J. Davis;Ryan J. Davis

  • Coordinate regulation of energy transduction modules in Halobacterium sp. analyzed by a global systems approach.

    Nitin S. Baliga;Min Pan;Young Ah Goo;Eugene C. Yi

  • Prevalence of transcription promoters within archaeal operons and coding sequences

    Tie Koide;David J Reiss;J. Christopher Bare;Wyming Lee Pang

  • The Firegoose: two-way integration of diverse data from different bioinformatics web resources with desktop applications

    J Christopher Bare;Paul T Shannon;Amy K Schmid;Nitin S Baliga

Frequent Co-Authors

Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Richard Bonneau
Richard Bonneau New York University
Nathan D. Price
Nathan D. Price University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John D. Aitchison
John D. Aitchison University of Minnesota
David A. Stahl
David A. Stahl University of Washington
Sean M. Gibbons
Sean M. Gibbons University of Washington
David R. Sherman
David R. Sherman University of Washington
Shiladitya DasSarma
Shiladitya DasSarma University of Maryland, Baltimore
Robert L. Moritz
Robert L. Moritz Institute for Systems Biology
Eric W. Deutsch
Eric W. Deutsch University of Washington

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