Sudhir Kumar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Sudhir Kumar's h-index is 89 (203 i10-index, 339,331+ total citations across 5+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Sudhir Kumar is affiliated with Director, iGEM, Carnell Professor of Biology, Temple University.
Sudhir Kumar is a researcher affiliated with Director, iGEM, Carnell Professor of Biology, Temple University, specializing in Genomics, Phylogenetics, Bioinformatics. Their work has been cited 339,331 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Sudhir Kumar's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 5 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 89
- i10-Index
- 203
- Total Citations
- 339,331
- Citing Countries
- 19
As of July 2026.
Sudhir Kumar has an h-index of 89 and 339,331 total citations across 5 publications, with research cited by institutions in 19 countries.
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2016 publication — 50488 citations
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The researcher developed MEGA4, a widely adopted software tool for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis that has become a standard resource in the field.
The researcher developed MEGA5, a widely adopted software suite for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods.
The researcher developed MEGA6, a widely adopted software platform for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis that has become a standard tool in the field.
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About Sudhir Kumar's research
Sudhir Kumar is a researcher in Genomics, Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics at Director, iGEM, Carnell Professor of Biology, Temple University. Their work has been cited 339,331 times across 5 publications (h-index 89), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “2016 publication — 50488 citations” (2016), has accumulated 50,488 citations. Other influential works include “MEGA6: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 6.0” (2013) with 49,670 citations and “MEGA5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods” (2011) with 49,033 citations.
Citations of Sudhir Kumar's research come primarily from China, United States and Germany, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
