Rebecca M. Brotman

Rebecca M. Brotman publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Rebecca M. Brotman 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 Rebecca M. Brotman sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

  Jacques Ravel;Pawel Gajer;Zaid Abdo;G. Maria Schneider

  5207
  Citations

• An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform

  Douglas W Fadrosh;Bing Ma;Pawel Gajer;Naomi Sengamalay

  1775
  Citations

• Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota

  Pawel Gajer;Rebecca M Brotman;Guoyun Bai;Joyce Sakamoto

  1735
  Citations

• Bacterial vaginosis assessed by gram stain and diminished colonization resistance to incident gonococcal, chlamydial, and trichomonal genital infection.

  Rebecca M. Brotman;Mark A. Klebanoff;Tonja R. Nansel;Kai F. Yu

  498
  Citations

• Association between the vaginal microbiota, menopause status, and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy

  Rebecca M. Brotman;Michelle D. Shardell;Pawel Gajer;Doug Fadrosh

  440
  Citations

• Interplay Between the Temporal Dynamics of the Vaginal Microbiota and Human Papillomavirus Detection

  Rebecca M. Brotman;Michelle D. Shardell;Pawel Gajer;J. Kathleen Tracy

  421
  Citations

• VALENCIA: a nearest centroid classification method for vaginal microbial communities based on composition.

  Bing Ma;Pawel Gajer;Sarah Brown

  399
  Citations

• Daily temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota before, during and after episodes of bacterial vaginosis

  Jacques Ravel;Rebecca M Brotman;Pawel Gajer;Bing Ma

  398
  Citations

• Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections: an epidemiologic perspective

  Unknown

  336
  Citations

• A Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Douching and Bacterial Vaginosis—A Marginal Structural Modeling Analysis

  Rebecca M. Brotman;Rebecca M. Brotman;Mark A. Klebanoff;Tonja R. Nansel;William W. Andrews

  296
  Citations

• Association between the vaginal microbiota, menopause status, and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy

  Unknown

  280
  Citations

• Association between Trichomonas vaginalis and vaginal bacterial community composition among reproductive-age women.

  Rebecca M. Brotman;L. Latey Bradford;Melissa Conrad;Pawel Gajer

  213
  Citations

• Rapid fluctuation of the vaginal microbiota measured by Gram stain analysis

  Rebecca M Brotman;Jacques Ravel;Richard A Cone;Jonathan M Zenilman

  198
  Citations

• Association between cigarette smoking and the vaginal microbiota: a pilot study

  Rebecca M Brotman;Xin He;Pawel Gajer;Doug Fadrosh

  184
  Citations

• The Cervicovaginal Microbiota-Host Interaction Modulates Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

  Vonetta L. Edwards;Steven B. Smith;Elias J. McComb;Jeanne Tamarelle

  163
  Citations

• Vaginal biogenic amines: biomarkers of bacterial vaginosis or precursors to vaginal dysbiosis?

  Tiffanie M. Nelson;Joanna-Lynn C. Borgogna;Rebecca M. Brotman;Jacques Ravel

  163
  Citations

• A comprehensive non-redundant gene catalog reveals extensive within-community intraspecies diversity in the human vagina

  Bing Ma;Jonathan Crabtree;Johanna B. Holm

  162
  Citations

• Personal hygienic behaviors and bacterial vaginosis.

  Mark A. Klebanoff;Tonja R. Nansel;Rebecca M. Brotman;Jun Zhang

  157
  Citations

• Prevalent high-risk HPV infection and vaginal microbiota in Nigerian women.

  E. O. Dareng;B. Ma;A. O. Famooto;S. N. Akarolo-Anthony

  156
  Citations

• The vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV-positive and HPV-negative women: a cross-sectional analysis

  JC Borgogna;Shardell;EK Santori;TM Nelson

  152
  Citations