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D-Index
66
Citations
21184
World Ranking
8494
National Ranking
3819

Thomas R. Ioerger 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 Thomas R. Ioerger sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 263 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas R. Ioerger 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 Thomas R. Ioerger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas R. Ioerger is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, genetics, and ecology.

The scientist's main research topics include tuberculosis research and epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, biochemical and molecular research, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Thomas R. Ioerger has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles. Some of their recent papers are:

  • Comprehensive analysis of iron utilization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Mutations in fbiD ( Rv2983 ) as a Novel Determinant of Resistance to Pretomanid and Delamanid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Distinct Bacterial Pathways Influence the Efficacy of Antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2020, mSystems
  • Nature-Inspired (di)Azine-Bridged Bisindole Alkaloids with Potent Antibacterial In Vitro and In Vivo Efficacy against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Transposon mutagenesis in Mycobacterium abscessus identifies an essential penicillin-binding protein involved in septal peptidoglycan synthesis and antibiotic sensitivity, 2022, eLife

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and PLoS Pathogens.

Thomas R. Ioerger collaborates often with several researchers, including:

  • Christopher M. Sassetti
  • Dirk Schnappinger
  • Helena I. Boshoff
  • Eric J. Rubin
  • James C. Sacchettini

Best Publications

  • PHENIX: building new software for automated crystallographic structure determination

    Paul D Adams;Ralf W Grosse-Kunstleve;Li Wei Hung;Thomas R Ioerger

  • High-resolution Phenotypic Profiling Defines Genes Essential for Mycobacterial Growth and Cholesterol Catabolism

    Jennifer E. Griffin;Jeffrey D. Gawronski;Michael A. DeJesus;Thomas R. Ioerger

  • Comprehensive Essentiality Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome via Saturating Transposon Mutagenesis.

    Michael A. DeJesus;Elias R. Gerrick;Weizhen Xu;Sae Woong Park

  • FLAME—Fuzzy Logic Adaptive Model of Emotions

    Magy Seif El-Nasr;John Yen;Thomas R. Ioerger

  • Automated Structure Solution with the PHENIX Suite

    Peter H. Zwart;Pavel V. Afonine;Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve;Li-Wei Hung

  • Sterilization of granulomas is common in active and latent tuberculosis despite within-host variability in bacterial killing

    Philana Ling Lin;Christopher B Ford;Christopher B Ford;M Teresa Coleman;Amy J Myers

  • Use of whole genome sequencing to estimate the mutation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during latent infection

    Christopher B Ford;Philana Ling Lin;Michael R Chase;Rupal R Shah

  • Recent developments in the PHENIX software for automated crystallographic structure determination

    Paul D. Adams;Kreshna Gopal;Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve;Li-Wei Hung

  • Tryptophan Biosynthesis Protects Mycobacteria from CD4 T-Cell-Mediated Killing

    Yanjia J. Zhang;Manchi C. Reddy;Thomas R. Ioerger;Alissa C. Rothchild

  • Polymorphism at the self-incompatibility locus in Solanaceae predates speciation

    Thomas R. Ioerger;Andrew G. Clark;Teh Hui Kao

  • Identification of New Drug Targets and Resistance Mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Thomas R. Ioerger;Theresa O’Malley;Reiling Liao;Kristine M. Guinn

  • Variation among Genome Sequences of H37Rv Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Multiple Laboratories

    Thomas R. Ioerger;Yicheng Feng;Krishna Ganesula;Xiaohua Chen

  • Global assessment of genomic regions required for growth in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Yanjia Jason Zhang;Thomas R. Ioerger;Curtis Huttenhower;Jarukit E. Long

  • TRANSIT--A Software Tool for Himar1 TnSeq Analysis.

    Michael A. DeJesus;Chaitra Ambadipudi;Richard E. Baker;Christopher M. Sassetti

  • Leaderless Transcripts and Small Proteins Are Common Features of the Mycobacterial Translational Landscape.

    Scarlet S. Shell;Jing Wang;Pascal Lapierre;Mushtaq Mir

  • Primary structural features of the self-incompatibility protein in solanaceae

    T. R. Ioerger;J. R. Gohlke;B. Xu;T. H. Kao

  • MmpL3 Is the Cellular Target of the Antitubercular Pyrrole Derivative BM212

    Valentina La Rosa;Giovanna Poce;Julio Ortiz Canseco;Silvia Buroni

  • CAST: collaborative agents for simulating teamwork

    John Yen;Jianwen Yin;Thomas R. Ioerger;Michael S. Miller

  • Self-incompatibility in Petunia inflata: isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding three S-allele-associated proteins

    Yunjun Ai;Anuradha Singh;Craig E. Coleman;Thomas R. Ioerger

  • An adaptive algorithm for learning changes in user interests

    Dwi H. Widyantoro;Thomas R. Ioerger;John Yen

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Sacchettini
James C. Sacchettini Texas A&M University
Eric J. Rubin
Eric J. Rubin Harvard University
Christopher M. Sassetti
Christopher M. Sassetti University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
John Yen
John Yen Pennsylvania State University
Tanya Parish
Tanya Parish Seattle Children's Hospital
Sabine Ehrt
Sabine Ehrt Cornell University
Dirk Schnappinger
Dirk Schnappinger Cornell University
Sarah M. Fortune
Sarah M. Fortune Harvard University
Clifton E. Barry
Clifton E. Barry National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Deborah T. Hung
Deborah T. Hung Harvard University

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