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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 91 1022 968 6 5 246 46975

Stephan C. Schuster publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephan C. Schuster between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephan C. Schuster published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2019. 7 of the 304 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2019. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 34 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 2 publications
1992 2026

304 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephan C. Schuster: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 3
1994 3
1995 4
1996 2
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 3
2002 4
2003 7
2004 7
2005 6
2006 5
2007 12
2008 12
2009 13
2010 13
2011 14
2012 11
2013 15
2014 13
2015 9
2016 9
2017 14
2018 17
2019 34
2020 18
2021 14
2022 12
2023 8
2024 11
2025 5
2026 2
Total 304
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Stephan C. Schuster publications per year - data summary

  • Stephan C. Schuster, a Genetics scholar from Nanyang Technological University, has 304 publications recorded across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1992 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2019, with 34 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2000, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 35 years in the span carries no publications at all (1998).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.9 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 38 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1992-2003: 30 publications (2.5 per year); 2004-2015: 130 publications (10.8 per year); 2016-2026: 144 publications (13.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Stephan C. Schuster publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephan C. Schuster sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 245–254 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 246 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114 246
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Stephan C. Schuster publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Stephan C. Schuster, a Genetics scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 246 publications - the 65th percentile of the discipline.
  • 65% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Stephan C. Schuster, and about 35% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Stephan C. Schuster ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Stephan C. Schuster D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephan C. Schuster sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90–91 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66 91
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Stephan C. Schuster D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Stephan C. Schuster, a Genetics scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 91 D-Index - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Stephan C. Schuster, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Stephan C. Schuster ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Overview

Stephan C. Schuster is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily spans medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Within these areas, Schuster has contributed notably to subfields including molecular biology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, and genetics.

Schuster's work covers a range of topics, focusing significantly on gut microbiota and health, infection control and ventilation, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, air quality and health impacts, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, as well as infant nutrition and health. These themes are reflected in their research output and collaboration patterns.

Frequent coauthors in Schuster's research include Daniela I. Drautz-Moses with 34 joint works, Rikky W. Purbojati with 14, Irvan Luhung and Akira Uchida each with 13, and Balakrishnan N. V. Premkrishnan with 9 coauthored publications.

Regarding publication venues, Schuster has contributed multiple papers to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications, Research Square with 4, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 3, Nature Communications with 2, and Communications Biology with 2 papers. These venues highlight a presence in both preprint and peer-reviewed platforms across biological and medical sciences.

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of Schuster's research:

  • Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms and altered susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms predict SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Metagenomics Reveals a Core Macrolide Resistome Related to Microbiota in Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • A compromised developmental trajectory of the infant gut microbiome and metabolome in atopic eczema, 2020, Gut Microbes

Best Publications

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • MEGAN analysis of metagenomic data

    Daniel H. Huson;Alexander F. Auch;Ji Qi;Stephan C. Schuster

  • Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

    Yuannian Jiao;Norman J. Wickett;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;André S. Chanderbali

  • Next-generation sequencing transforms today's biology.

    Stephan C Schuster

  • Integrative analysis of environmental sequences using MEGAN4

    Daniel H. Huson;Suparna Mitra;Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh;Nico Weber

  • Diverse somatic mutation patterns and pathway alterations in human cancers

    Zhengyan Kan;Bijay S. Jaiswal;Jeremy Stinson;Vasantharajan Janakiraman

  • Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo-related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling.

    Alexander H Treusch;Sven Leininger;Arnulf Kletzin;Stephan C Schuster

  • Translational and rotational settings of H2A.Z nucleosomes across the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome

    Istvan Albert;Travis N. Mavrich;Lynn P. Tomsho;Ji Qi

  • Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters

    Jorge Frias-Lopez;Yanmei Shi;Gene W. Tyson;Maureen L. Coleman

  • The genome of Theobroma cacao

    Xavier Argout;Jerome Salse;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Mark J Guiltinan

  • Simultaneous Assessment of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function through Analysis of the Meta-Transcriptome

    Tim Urich;Anders Lanzén;Ji Qi;Daniel H. Huson

  • Nucleosome organization in the Drosophila genome

    Travis N. Mavrich;Cizhong Jiang;Ilya P. Ioshikhes;Xiaoyong Li

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • A barrier nucleosome model for statistical positioning of nucleosomes throughout the yeast genome

    Travis N. Mavrich;Ilya P. Ioshikhes;Bryan J. Venters;Cizhong Jiang

  • Metagenomics to paleogenomics: large-scale sequencing of mammoth DNA.

    Hendrik N. Poinar;Carsten Schwarz;Ji Qi;Beth Shapiro

  • Metagenomic signatures of the Peru Margin subseafloor biosphere show a genetically distinct environment.

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Sorel Fitz-Gibbon;Stephan C. Schuster;Jean E. Brenchley

  • Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa

    Stephan C. Schuster;Webb Miller;Aakrosh Ratan;Lynn P. Tomsho

  • Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum

    Susanne Schneiker;Olena Perlova;Olaf Kaiser;Klaus Gerth

  • A predator unmasked: life cycle of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from a genomic perspective

    Snjezana Rendulic;Pratik Jagtap;Andrea Rosinus;Mark Eppinger

  • Sequencing the nuclear genome of the extinct woolly mammoth

    Webb Miller;Daniela I. Drautz;Aakrosh Ratan;Barbara Pusey

Frequent Co-Authors

Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Liang Yang
Liang Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
John E. Carlson
John E. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
Michael Givskov
Michael Givskov University of Copenhagen
Fangqing Zhao
Fangqing Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christa Lanz
Christa Lanz Max Planck Society
Daniel H. Huson
Daniel H. Huson University of Tübingen
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society

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