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Steven L. Salzberg

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 166 74 71 39 38 480 408636
Best Scientists 170 851 766 492 431 526 412706

Steven L. Salzberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steven L. Salzberg between 1981 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steven L. Salzberg published across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026, averaging 14 papers a year. Output peaked at 52 publications in 2024. 37 of the 644 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 52. Peak 52 publications in 2024. 1981: 6 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 19 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 16 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 19 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 37 publications 2023: 42 publications 2024: 52 publications 2025: 34 publications 2026: 3 publications
1981 2026

644 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steven L. Salzberg: publications per year, 1981 to 2026
Year Publications
1981 6
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 1
1987 0
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 5
1992 3
1993 10
1994 9
1995 10
1996 5
1997 8
1998 19
1999 10
2000 14
2001 16
2002 19
2003 19
2004 17
2005 23
2006 9
2007 15
2008 15
2009 22
2010 20
2011 17
2012 20
2013 18
2014 11
2015 19
2016 12
2017 22
2018 16
2019 18
2020 22
2021 17
2022 37
2023 42
2024 52
2025 34
2026 3
Total 644
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Steven L. Salzberg publications per year - data summary

  • Steven L. Salzberg, a Genetics scholar from Johns Hopkins University, has 644 publications recorded across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1981 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 52 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 46 years in the span carries no publications at all (1987).
  • The rate of publication averages 14.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.3 per year counting only the 45 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 168 publications, 26% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1981-1996: 58 publications (3.6 per year); 1997-2012: 263 publications (16.4 per year); 2013-2026: 323 publications (23.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Steven L. Salzberg 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 Steven L. Salzberg 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, 475–484 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: 480 publications — 93rd percentile

93% 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
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 21 480
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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Steven L. Salzberg 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.
  • Steven L. Salzberg, a Genetics scholar from Johns Hopkins University, records 480 publications - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Steven L. Salzberg, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Steven L. Salzberg 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).

Steven L. Salzberg 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 Steven L. Salzberg 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, 160+ 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: 166 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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+ 96 166
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Steven L. Salzberg 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.
  • Steven L. Salzberg, a Genetics scholar from Johns Hopkins University, records 166 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Steven L. Salzberg, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Steven L. Salzberg 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).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - ACM Fellow For contributions to computational biology, including software for DNA sequence analysis, alignment, and genome assembly
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Steven L. Salzberg is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications spanning subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Endocrinology.

The research topics associated with Salzberg include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

Salzberg has authored numerous papers published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Nature
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Genome biology

Recent representative papers include:

  • "The complete sequence of a human genome" (2022) published in Science
  • "Liftoff: accurate mapping of gene annotations" (2020) published in Bioinformatics
  • "Metagenome analysis using the Kraken software suite" (2022) published in Nature Protocols
  • "The genome polishing tool POLCA makes fast and accurate corrections in genome assemblies" (2020) published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome" (2023) published in Nature

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Aleksey V. Zimin
  • Mihaela Pertea
  • Daniela Puiu
  • Alaina Shumate
  • Jennifer Lu

Among professional recognitions, Salzberg has received several fellowships:

  • ACM Fellow (2020) for contributions to computational biology, including software for DNA sequence analysis, alignment, and genome assembly
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2017)
  • Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology (2013)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004)

Best Publications

  • Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

    Ben Langmead;Steven L Salzberg;Steven L Salzberg;Steven L Salzberg

  • Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

    Ben Langmead;Cole Trapnell;Mihai Pop;Steven L Salzberg

  • HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements

    Daehwan Kim;Ben Langmead;Steven L Salzberg

  • The Sequence of the Human Genome

    J. Craig Venter;Mark D. Adams;Eugene W. Myers;Peter W. Li

  • Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation

    Cole Trapnell;Cole Trapnell;Brian A Williams;Geo Pertea;Ali Mortazavi

  • TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

    Daehwan Kim;Daehwan Kim;Geo Pertea;Cole Trapnell;Cole Trapnell;Harold Pimentel

  • TopHat: discovering splice junctions with RNA-Seq

    Cole Trapnell;Lior Pachter;Steven L. Salzberg

  • Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks

    Cole Trapnell;Adam Roberts;Loyal Goff;Loyal Goff;Loyal Goff;Geo Pertea

  • FLASH: Fast Length Adjustment of Short Reads to Improve Genome Assemblies

    Tanja Magoč;Steven L. Salzberg

  • StringTie enables improved reconstruction of a transcriptome from RNA-seq reads

    Mihaela Pertea;Geo M. Pertea;Corina M. Antonescu;Tsung Cheng Chang

  • Graph-based genome alignment and genotyping with HISAT2 and HISAT-genotype

    Daehwan Kim;Joseph M. Paggi;Chanhee Park;Christopher Bennett

  • Transcript-level expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with HISAT, StringTie and Ballgown

    Mihaela Pertea;Daehwan Kim;Geo M Pertea;Jeffrey T Leek

  • Versatile and open software for comparing large genomes

    Stefan Kurtz;Adam Phillippy;Arthur L Delcher;Michael Smoot

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • The complete sequence of a human genome

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  • Kraken: ultrafast metagenomic sequence classification using exact alignments

    Derrick E Wood;Derrick E Wood;Steven L Salzberg;Steven L Salzberg

  • Automated eukaryotic gene structure annotation using EVidenceModeler and the Program to Assemble Spliced Alignments

    Brian J Haas;Brian J Haas;Steven L Salzberg;Wei Zhu;Mihaela Pertea

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Identifying bacterial genes and endosymbiont DNA with Glimmer

    Arthur L. Delcher;Kirsten A. Bratke;Edwin C. Powers;Steven L. Salzberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Mihaela Pertea
Mihaela Pertea Johns Hopkins University
Daniela Puiu
Daniela Puiu Johns Hopkins University
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Arthur L. Delcher
Arthur L. Delcher University of Maryland, College Park
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Mihai Pop
Mihai Pop University of Maryland, College Park
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health

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