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Rob Knight 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 Rob Knight sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 8 scientists 57–66 publications: 35 scientists 67–76 publications: 106 scientists 77–86 publications: 231 scientists 87–96 publications: 414 scientists 97–106 publications: 546 scientists 107–116 publications: 704 scientists 117–126 publications: 849 scientists 127–136 publications: 980 scientists 137–146 publications: 942 scientists 147–156 publications: 969 scientists 157–166 publications: 950 scientists 167–176 publications: 951 scientists 177–186 publications: 915 scientists 187–196 publications: 787 scientists 197–206 publications: 841 scientists 207–216 publications: 735 scientists 217–226 publications: 709 scientists 227–236 publications: 651 scientists 237–246 publications: 605 scientists 247–256 publications: 510 scientists 257–266 publications: 524 scientists 267–276 publications: 434 scientists 277–286 publications: 418 scientists 287–296 publications: 350 scientists 297–306 publications: 363 scientists 307–316 publications: 315 scientists 317–326 publications: 296 scientists 327–336 publications: 261 scientists 337–346 publications: 240 scientists 347–356 publications: 219 scientists 357–366 publications: 197 scientists 367–376 publications: 154 scientists 377–386 publications: 161 scientists 387–396 publications: 155 scientists 397–406 publications: 145 scientists 407–416 publications: 124 scientists 417–426 publications: 112 scientists 427–436 publications: 132 scientists 437–446 publications: 116 scientists 447–456 publications: 99 scientists 457–466 publications: 81 scientists 467–476 publications: 91 scientists 477–486 publications: 80 scientists 487–496 publications: 80 scientists 497–506 publications: 60 scientists 507–516 publications: 36 scientists 517–526 publications: 46 scientists 527–536 publications: 54 scientists 537–546 publications: 44 scientists 547–556 publications: 43 scientists 557–566 publications: 43 scientists 567–576 publications: 42 scientists 577–586 publications: 25 scientists 587–596 publications: 34 scientists 597–606 publications: 23 scientists 607–616 publications: 33 scientists 617–626 publications: 31 scientists 627–636 publications: 27 scientists 637–646 publications: 25 scientists 647–656 publications: 28 scientists 657–666 publications: 34 scientists 667–676 publications: 18 scientists 677–686 publications: 16 scientists 687–696 publications: 10 scientists 697–706 publications: 12 scientists 707–716 publications: 21 scientists 717–726 publications: 12 scientists 727–736 publications: 12 scientists 737–746 publications: 10 scientists 747–756 publications: 7 scientists 757–766 publications: 13 scientists 767–776 publications: 15 scientists 777–786 publications: 13 scientists 787–796 publications: 9 scientists 797–806 publications: 9 scientists 807–816 publications: 7 scientists 817–826 publications: 4 scientists 827–836 publications: 9 scientists 837–846 publications: 7 scientists 847–856 publications: 3 scientists 857–866 publications: 5 scientists 867–876 publications: 5 scientists 877–886 publications: 11 scientists 887–896 publications: 3 scientists 897–906 publications: 4 scientists 907–916 publications: 7 scientists 917–926 publications: 5 scientists 927–936 publications: 6 scientists 937–946 publications: 6 scientists 947–956 publications: 3 scientists 957–966 publications: 7 scientists 967–976 publications: 2 scientists 977–986 publications: 2 scientists 987–996 publications: 1 scientists 997–1,006 publications: 5 scientists 1,007–1,016 publications: 2 scientists 1,017–1,026 publications: 2 scientists 1,027 publications: 1 scientists 1,028+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 1,453 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Knight 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 Rob Knight 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: 258 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2019 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Rob Knight is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these domains, their work addresses several subfields such as molecular biology, physiology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, and ecology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Rob Knight has published extensively, contributing to journals and venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSystems
  • Gastroenterology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Circulation

Frequent co-authors working alongside Rob Knight include:

  • Daniel McDonald
  • Pieter C. Dorrestein
  • Qiyun Zhu
  • Cameron Martino
  • Austin D. Swafford

Among the more recent papers associated with Rob Knight are:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The microbiome and human cancer, 2021, Science
  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancerdiagnostic approach, 2020, Nature
  • Structure-based protein function prediction using graph convolutional networks, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Precise phylogenetic analysis of microbial isolates and genomes from metagenomes using PhyloPhlAn 3.0, 2020, Nature Communications

Rob Knight has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2020
  • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012

Best Publications

  • QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data.

    J Gregory Caporaso;Justin Kuczynski;Jesse Stombaugh;Kyle Bittinger

  • Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    Evan Bolyen;Jai Ram Rideout;Matthew R. Dillon;Nicholas A. Bokulich

  • UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

    Robert C. Edgar;Brian J. Haas;Jose C. Clemente;Christopher Quince

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

    J. Gregory Caporaso;Christian L. Lauber;William A. Walters;Donna Berg-Lyons

  • Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms

    J. Gregory Caporaso;Christian L Lauber;William A. Walters;Donna Berg-Lyons

  • Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

    Morgan G I Langille;Jesse Zaneveld;J Gregory Caporaso;J Gregory Caporaso;Daniel McDonald

  • A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

    Peter J. Turnbaugh;Micah Hamady;Tanya Yatsunenko;Brandi L. Cantarel

  • Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography

    Tanya Yatsunenko;Federico E Rey;Mark J Manary;Mark J Manary;Indi Trehan;Indi Trehan

  • UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities

    Catherine Lozupone;Rob Knight

  • Linking Long-Term Dietary Patterns with Gut Microbial Enterotypes

    Gary D. Wu;Jun Chen;Christian Hoffmann;Christian Hoffmann;Kyle Bittinger

  • The human microbiome project.

    Peter J. Turnbaugh;Ruth E. Ley;Micah Hamady;Claire M. Fraser-Liggett

  • Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin

    Nicholas A. Bokulich;Benjamin D. Kaehler;Jai Ram Rideout;Matthew Dillon

  • Diversity, stability and resilience of the human gut microbiota

    Catherine A. Lozupone;Jesse I. Stombaugh;Jeffrey I. Gordon;Janet K. Jansson

  • An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

    Daniel McDonald;Morgan N Price;Julia Goodrich;Julia Goodrich;Eric P Nawrocki

  • Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns

    Maria G. Dominguez-Bello;Elizabeth K. Costello;Elizabeth K. Costello;Monica Contreras;Magda Magris

  • Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil.

    Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth;Philip C Brookes;Christian L Lauber

  • Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

    Vanessa K. Ridaura;Jeremiah J. Faith;Federico E. Rey;Jiye Cheng

  • Pyrosequencing-based assessment of soil pH as a predictor of soil bacterial community structure at the continental scale.

    Christian L. Lauber;Micah Hamady;Rob Knight;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer

  • Evolution of mammals and their gut microbes

    Ruth E. Ley;Micah Hamady;Catherine Lozupone;Catherine Lozupone;Peter J. Turnbaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
J. Gregory Caporaso
J. Gregory Caporaso Northern Arizona University
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder
Catherine A. Lozupone
Catherine A. Lozupone University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dan Knights
Dan Knights University of Minnesota
Curtis Huttenhower
Curtis Huttenhower Harvard University
Ruth E. Ley
Ruth E. Ley Max Planck Society
Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza
Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza University of California, San Diego
Se Jin Song
Se Jin Song University of California, San Diego

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