J Gregory Caporaso: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
J Gregory Caporaso's h-index is 83 (159 i10-index, 171,045+ total citations across 3+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. J Gregory Caporaso is affiliated with Northern Arizona University.
J Gregory Caporaso is a researcher affiliated with Northern Arizona University, specializing in microbiome, bioinformatics, software engineering. Their work has been cited 171,045 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
J Gregory Caporaso's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 3 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 83
- i10-Index
- 159
- Total Citations
- 171,045
- Citing Countries
- 20
As of June 2026.
J Gregory Caporaso has an h-index of 83 and 171,045 total citations across 3 publications, with research cited by institutions in 20 countries.
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QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
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The researcher developed QIIME, a foundational software framework that enabled the analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data, establishing a standard tool for microbiome research.
The researcher developed QIIME 2, a highly cited framework enabling reproducible, interactive, scalable, and extensible microbiome data science.
The researcher established a foundational framework for analyzing global microbial diversity at unprecedented sequencing depths, enabling standardized, large-scale ecological comparisons.
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About J Gregory Caporaso's research
J Gregory Caporaso is a researcher in microbiome, bioinformatics and software engineering at Northern Arizona University. Their work has been cited 171,045 times across 3 publications (h-index 83), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data” (2010), has accumulated 38,776 citations. Other influential works include “Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2” (2019) with 25,325 citations and “Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample” (2011) with 10,879 citations.
Citations of J Gregory Caporaso's research come primarily from United States, Australia and China, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
