| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular Biology | 86 | 827 | 737 | 436 | 382 | 244 | 24211 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Sankar Adhya between 1963 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sankar Adhya published across 63 years, from 1963 to 2025, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2005. 3 of the 271 publications appeared in the last two years.
271 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 |
| 1971 | 3 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1973 | 3 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 4 |
| 1977 | 5 |
| 1978 | 6 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 9 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| Total | 271 |
The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sankar Adhya sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 244 publications — 70th percentile
70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
| Publications | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 47–56 | 7 | |
| 57–66 | 17 | |
| 67–76 | 65 | |
| 77–86 | 90 | |
| 87–96 | 125 | |
| 97–106 | 131 | |
| 107–116 | 162 | |
| 117–126 | 177 | |
| 127–136 | 158 | |
| 137–146 | 158 | |
| 147–156 | 146 | |
| 157–166 | 159 | |
| 167–176 | 131 | |
| 177–186 | 110 | |
| 187–196 | 112 | |
| 197–206 | 100 | |
| 207–216 | 89 | |
| 217–226 | 98 | |
| 227–236 | 74 | |
| 237–246 | 72 | 244 |
| 247–256 | 63 | |
| 257–266 | 53 | |
| 267–276 | 54 | |
| 277–286 | 49 | |
| 287–296 | 52 | |
| 297–306 | 43 | |
| 307–316 | 46 | |
| 317–326 | 41 | |
| 327–336 | 42 | |
| 337–346 | 31 | |
| 347–356 | 28 | |
| 357–366 | 29 | |
| 367–376 | 26 | |
| 377–386 | 24 | |
| 387–396 | 24 | |
| 397–406 | 14 | |
| 407–416 | 13 | |
| 417–426 | 20 | |
| 427–436 | 12 | |
| 437–446 | 20 | |
| 447–456 | 11 | |
| 457–466 | 10 | |
| 467–476 | 14 | |
| 477–486 | 14 | |
| 487–496 | 10 | |
| 497–506 | 13 | |
| 507–516 | 13 | |
| 517–526 | 2 | |
| 527–536 | 4 | |
| 537–546 | 6 | |
| 547–556 | 8 | |
| 557–563 | 6 | |
| 564+ | 100 |
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sankar Adhya sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 86 D-Index — 74th percentile
74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 40–41 | 36 | |
| 42–43 | 101 | |
| 44–45 | 115 | |
| 46–47 | 121 | |
| 48–49 | 118 | |
| 50–51 | 130 | |
| 52–53 | 106 | |
| 54–55 | 116 | |
| 56–57 | 113 | |
| 58–59 | 129 | |
| 60–61 | 120 | |
| 62–63 | 105 | |
| 64–65 | 131 | |
| 66–67 | 95 | |
| 68–69 | 97 | |
| 70–71 | 106 | |
| 72–73 | 83 | |
| 74–75 | 89 | |
| 76–77 | 77 | |
| 78–79 | 70 | |
| 80–81 | 73 | |
| 82–83 | 60 | |
| 84–85 | 48 | |
| 86–87 | 45 | 86 |
| 88–89 | 50 | |
| 90–91 | 31 | |
| 92–93 | 51 | |
| 94–95 | 43 | |
| 96–97 | 38 | |
| 98–99 | 39 | |
| 100–101 | 41 | |
| 102–103 | 29 | |
| 104–105 | 33 | |
| 106–107 | 35 | |
| 108–109 | 20 | |
| 110–111 | 38 | |
| 112–113 | 19 | |
| 114–115 | 28 | |
| 116–117 | 13 | |
| 118–119 | 23 | |
| 120–121 | 16 | |
| 122–123 | 15 | |
| 124–125 | 11 | |
| 126–127 | 21 | |
| 128–129 | 7 | |
| 130–131 | 13 | |
| 132–133 | 14 | |
| 134–135 | 17 | |
| 136–137 | 9 | |
| 138–139 | 8 | |
| 140–141 | 16 | |
| 142–143 | 7 | |
| 144 | 7 | |
| 145+ | 100 |
Sankar Adhya is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research expertise spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work relating to environmental science and medicine. They have contributed extensively in the fields of molecular biology, ecology, infectious diseases, genetics, and microbiology.
Their main research topics include bacteriophages and microbial interactions, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, microbial infections and disease research, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, genomics and chromatin dynamics, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research.
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sankar Adhya include Subhash Verma, Shayla Hesse, Manoj Rajaure, Michael Feiss, and Costa Georgopoulos.
Their publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:
Selected recent papers illustrate the diverse scope of their work:
Sankar Adhya's scholarly contributions have been recognized by multiple awards. They are a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2009, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2004, and have been a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1994.
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