Steven Salzberg Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Steven Salzberg's h-index is 171 (369 i10-index, 416,121+ total citations across 581+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Steven Salzberg is affiliated with Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University.
Steven Salzberg is a researcher affiliated with Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Computational Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics. Their work has been cited 416,121 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Steven Salzberg's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 581 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 171
- i10-Index
- 369
- Total Citations
- 416,121
- Citing Countries
- 11
As of October 2026.
Steven Salzberg has an h-index of 171 and 416,121 total citations across 581 publications, with research cited by institutions in 11 countries.
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Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2
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The researcher developed Bowtie 2, a high-performance algorithm for fast gapped-read alignment, establishing a foundational tool for efficient genomic data analysis.
The researcher developed an ultrafast, memory-efficient algorithm for aligning short DNA sequences to the human genome, establishing a foundational standard for genomic data processing.
The researcher developed HISAT, a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements, published in Nature Methods in 2015, which has garnered over 23,000 citations.
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About Steven Salzberg's research
Steven Salzberg is a researcher in Computational Biology, Genomics and Bioinformatics at Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University. Their work has been cited 416,121 times across 581 publications (h-index 171), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2” (2012), has accumulated 60,681 citations. Other influential works include “Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome” (2009) with 25,902 citations and “HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements” (2015) with 23,463 citations.
Citations of Steven Salzberg's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
