Rob Knight: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Rob Knight's h-index is 272 (932 i10-index, 528,301+ total citations across 1,000+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Rob Knight is affiliated with Wolfe Family Chair at Rady Children's; Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation; Professor, UCSD.
Rob Knight is a researcher affiliated with Wolfe Family Chair at Rady Children's; Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation; Professor, UCSD, specializing in microbiome, human microbiome, environmental microbiology. Their work has been cited 528,301 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, spanning a global audience.
Rob Knight's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 1,000 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 272
- i10-Index
- 932
- Total Citations
- 528,301
- Citing Countries
- 0
As of July 2026.
Rob Knight has an h-index of 272 and 528,301 total citations across 1000 publications, with research cited by institutions in 0 countries.
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About Rob Knight's research
Rob Knight is a researcher in microbiome, human microbiome and environmental microbiology at Wolfe Family Chair at Rady Children's; Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation; Professor, UCSD. Their work has been cited 528,301 times across 1,000 publications (h-index 272), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data” (2010), has accumulated 39,197 citations. Other influential works include “2019 publication — 26636 citations” (2019) with 26,636 citations and “UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection” (2011) with 16,329 citations.











