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D-Index
59
Citations
13700
World Ranking
3252
National Ranking
105

Ruiting Lan 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 Ruiting Lan sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 234 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruiting Lan 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 Ruiting Lan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ruiting Lan is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work covers a broad spectrum of topics including molecular biology, endocrinology, food science, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.

Their research often focuses on microbial genomics, bacterial infections, and antibiotic resistance. Specific areas of study include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial infections and vaccines, Escherichia coli research, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Ruiting Lan has published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable contributions appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSystems
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial Genomics

Some recent publications illustrating the scope of their research include:

  • Bacteroides vulgatus attenuates experimental mice colitis through modulating gut microbiota and immune responses (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Bacteroides vulgatus Ameliorates Lipid Metabolic Disorders and Modulates Gut Microbial Composition in Hyperlipidemic Rats (2023, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Characterization of Citrobacter spp. Causing Extraintestinal Infections (2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • Lineage, Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence of Citrobacter spp (2020, Pathogens)
  • Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes within the bacterial communities in aquacultural environment (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)

Collaboration has been an important element in their publications, frequently working alongside other researchers such as Michael Payne, Sandeep Kaur, Sophie Octavia, Vitali Sintchenko, and Dalong Hu. These partnerships have contributed to a consistent output and diversified research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective

    Thierry Wirth;Daniel Falush;Ruiting Lan;Frances M Colles

  • Multiple independent origins of Shigella clones of Escherichia coli and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics

    Gulietta M. Pupo;Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Evolutionary Relationships among Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Inferred from Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis and mdh Sequence Studies

    Gulietta M. Pupo;David K. R. Karaolis;Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Escherichia coli in disguise: molecular origins of Shigella.

    Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination

    Marieke J. Bart;Simon R. Harris;Abdolreza Advani;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Intraspecies variation in bacterial genomes: the need for a species genome concept.

    Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Molecular Evolutionary Relationships of Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.

    Ruiting Lan;M. Chehani Alles;Kathy Donohoe;Marina B. Martinez

  • Newly Emerging Clones of Bordetella pertussis Carrying prn2 and ptxP3 Alleles Implicated in Australian Pertussis Epidemic in 2008–2010

    Sophie Octavia;Vitali Sintchenko;Vitali Sintchenko;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Andrew Lawrence

  • Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia

    Connie Lam;Sophie Octavia;Lawrence Ricafort;Vitali Sintchenko

  • When does a clone deserve a name? A perspective on bacterial species based on population genetics.

    Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • A Recalibrated Molecular Clock and Independent Origins for the Cholera Pandemic Clones

    Lu Feng;Lu Feng;Peter R. Reeves;Ruiting Lan;Yi Ren

  • Gene transfer is a major factor in bacterial evolution.

    Ruiting Lan;P. R. Reeves

  • Population structure, origins and evolution of major Salmonella enterica clones.

    Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves;Sophie Octavia

  • Emergence of a New Multidrug-Resistant Serotype X Variant in an Epidemic Clone of Shigella flexneri

    Changyun Ye;Ruiting Lan;Shengli Xia;Jin Zhang

  • Derivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Its O55:H7 Precursor

    Zhemin Zhou;Xiaomin Li;Bin Liu;Lothar Beutin

  • Rates of mutation and host transmission for an Escherichia coli clone over 3 years.

    Peter R. Reeves;Bin Liu;Bin Liu;Zhemin Zhou;Zhemin Zhou;Dan Li;Dan Li

  • Minimum Core Genome Sequence Typing of Bacterial Pathogens: a Unified Approach for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology

    Chen Chen;Wen Zhang;Han Zheng;Ruiting Lan

  • Development of Multiplex PCR Assays for the Identification of the 33 Serotypes of Streptococcus suis

    Zhijie Liu;Han Zheng;Marcelo Gottschalk;Xuemei Bai

  • The Family Enterobacteriaceae

    Sophie Octavia;Ruiting Lan

  • Molecular evolution of large virulence plasmid in Shigella clones and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli.

    Ruiting Lan;Brad Lumb;David Ryan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Variation of the Ribosomal Operon 16S-23S Gene Spacer Region in Representatives of Salmonella enterica Subspecies

    Sara Pérez Luz;Francisco Rodríguez-Valera;Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

  • Evolutionary Relationships of Pathogenic Clones of Vibrio cholerae by Sequence Analysis of Four Housekeeping Genes

    Roy Byun;Liam D. H. Elbourne;Ruiting Lan;Peter R. Reeves

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitali Sintchenko
Vitali Sintchenko University of Sydney
Jianguo Xu
Jianguo Xu Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Peter R. Reeves
Peter R. Reeves University of Sydney
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert University of Sydney
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Nankai University
Yuriy A. Knirel
Yuriy A. Knirel Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander S. Shashkov
Alexander S. Shashkov Russian Academy of Sciences
Zhemin Zhou
Zhemin Zhou University of Warwick
Marcelo Gottschalk
Marcelo Gottschalk University of Montreal
Nicole Guiso
Nicole Guiso Institut Pasteur

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