Dan Knights: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Dan Knights's h-index is 82 (145 i10-index, 149,170+ total citations across 5+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of May 2026. Dan Knights is affiliated with University of Minnesota.
Dan Knights is a researcher affiliated with University of Minnesota, specializing in Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics. Their work has been cited 149,170 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Dan Knights's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 5 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 82
- i10-Index
- 145
- Total Citations
- 149,170
- Citing Countries
- 25
As of May 2026.
Dan Knights has an h-index of 82 and 149,170 total citations across 5 publications, with research cited by institutions in 25 countries.
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QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
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The researcher developed foundational methods for predictive functional profiling of microbial communities and established scalable, reproducible data science frameworks for microbiome analysis.
The researcher developed QIIME, a foundational software framework enabling the analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data, as evidenced by its publication in Nature Methods and extensive citation record.
The researcher established a foundational framework for characterizing the structure, function, and diversity of the healthy human microbiome through a seminal, highly cited publication.
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