Devaki Bhaya

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Devaki Bhaya is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Devaki Bhaya has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Devaki Bhaya's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (23 papers). Devaki Bhaya is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (23 papers). Devaki Bhaya collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. Devaki Bhaya's co-authors include Arthur Grossman, Michelle Davison, Rodolphe Barrangou, John F. Heidelberg, Akiko Takahashi, David M. Ward, Anne‐Soisig Steunou, Kirk E. Apt, Donald A. Bryant and Michael Kühl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Devaki Bhaya

68 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

CRISPR-Cas Systems in Bacteria and Archaea: Versatile Small RNAs for Adaptive Defense and Regulation

2011 658 citations Devaki Bhaya, Michelle Davison et al. profile →
Counting Low-Copy Number Proteins in a Single Cell

2007 308 citations Bo Huang, Hongkai Wu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Devaki Bhaya United States	34	3.2k	1.4k	1.0k	676	599	70	4.5k
Cheng‐Cai Zhang China	31	2.8k 0.9×	998 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	455 0.7×	715 1.2×	121	4.0k
Annegret Wilde Germany	38	2.7k 0.8×	870 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	676 1.0×	550 0.9×	90	3.3k
Shigeyuki Kawano Japan	43	4.2k 1.3×	667 0.5×	1.8k 1.7×	2.2k 3.2×	874 1.5×	257	6.2k
Saul Purton United Kingdom	41	3.2k 1.0×	429 0.3×	2.5k 2.5×	508 0.8×	244 0.4×	111	4.8k
Kan Tanaka Japan	51	7.8k 2.4×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 2.4×	1.9k 2.9×	498 0.8×	246	9.5k
Shin‐ya Miyagishima Japan	39	3.7k 1.1×	744 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.8k 2.7×	459 0.8×	122	4.8k
Petter Gustafsson Sweden	38	3.7k 1.1×	606 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	2.3k 3.4×	725 1.2×	94	5.4k
Monique Turmel Canada	42	4.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	844 0.8×	692 1.0×	715 1.2×	124	5.1k
Jean Houmard France	34	3.1k 0.9×	945 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	628 0.9×	816 1.4×	68	4.1k
Jindong Zhao China	37	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	325 0.5×	428 0.7×	113	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Devaki Bhaya

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Nute, Michael, Nicolae Sapoval, Huw A. Ogilvie, et al.. (2025). A survey of computational approaches for characterizing microbial interactions in microbial mats. Genome biology. 26(1). 168–168.

Yu, Feiqiao Brian, Summer E. Vance, Santiago Segarra, et al.. (2024). Reference-free structural variant detection in microbiomes via long-read co-assembly graphs. Bioinformatics. 40(Supplement_1). i58–i67. 4 indexed citations

Shelton, Amanda N., et al.. (2023). Shedding light on spatial structure and dynamics in phototrophic biofilms. Current Opinion in Systems Biology. 36. 100480–100480. 1 indexed citations

Calatrava, Victoria, et al.. (2022). Retrotransposition facilitated the establishment of a primary plastid in the thecate amoeba Paulinella. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(23). e2121241119–e2121241119. 4 indexed citations

Sanz‐Luque, Emanuel, Devaki Bhaya, & Arthur Grossman. (2020). Polyphosphate: A Multifunctional Metabolite in Cyanobacteria and Algae. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 938–938. 127 indexed citations

Yu, Feiqiao Brian, Lisa Willis, Rosanna Man Wah Chau, et al.. (2017). Long-term microfluidic tracking of coccoid cyanobacterial cells reveals robust control of division timing. BMC Biology. 15(1). 11–11. 36 indexed citations

Davison, Michelle, Todd J. Treangen, Sergey Koren, Mihai Pop, & Devaki Bhaya. (2016). Diversity in a Polymicrobial Community Revealed by Analysis of Viromes, Endolysins and CRISPR Spacers. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0160574–e0160574. 14 indexed citations

Jee, Govind, Arthur Grossman, & Devaki Bhaya. (2015). Gordon research conference on the dynamics and regulation of photosynthesis: from the origin of bio-catalysis to innovative solar conversion. Photosynthesis Research. 127(3). 379–389. 3 indexed citations

Bhaya, Devaki & Peter Lindblad. (2015). Emerging technologies illuminate facets of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria. Photosynthesis Research. 126(1). 1–2. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Cheuk‐Wing, Huiling Wu, Michelle Davison, et al.. (2010). Whole gene amplification and protein separation from a few cells. Analytical Biochemistry. 411(1). 64–70. 9 indexed citations

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Bhaya, Devaki, Arthur Grossman, Anne‐Soisig Steunou, et al.. (2007). Population level functional diversity in a microbial community revealed by comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses. The ISME Journal. 1(8). 703–713. 156 indexed citations

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Huang, Bo, Hongkai Wu, Devaki Bhaya, et al.. (2007). Counting Low-Copy Number Proteins in a Single Cell. Science. 315(5808). 81–84. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ward, David M., Frederick M. Cohan, Devaki Bhaya, et al.. (2007). Genomics, environmental genomics and the issue of microbial species. Heredity. 100(2). 207–219. 70 indexed citations

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Steunou, Anne‐Soisig, Devaki Bhaya, Mary M. Bateson, et al.. (2006). In situ analysis of nitrogen fixation and metabolic switching in unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria inhabiting hot spring microbial mats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2398–2403. 159 indexed citations

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Kappell, Anthony D., Devaki Bhaya, & Lorraine G. van Waasbergen. (2006). Negative control of the high light-inducible hliA gene and implications for the activities of the NblS sensor kinase in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942. Archives of Microbiology. 186(5). 403–413. 34 indexed citations

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Bhaya, Devaki. (2004). Light matters: phototaxis and signal transduction in unicellular cyanobacteria. Molecular Microbiology. 53(3). 745–754. 97 indexed citations

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Bhaya, Devaki, Alexis Dufresne, Daniel Vaulot, & Arthur Grossman. (2002). Analysis of thehligene family in marine and freshwater cyanobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 215(2). 209–219. 66 indexed citations

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Grossman, Arthur, Devaki Bhaya, & Qingfang He. (2001). Tracking the Light Environment by Cyanobacteria and the Dynamic Nature of Light Harvesting. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(15). 11449–11452. 125 indexed citations

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Bhaya, Devaki & Paul A. Castelfranco. (1986). Synthesis of a Putative c-Type Cytochrome by Intact, Isolated Pea Chloroplast. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 81(4). 960–964. 4 indexed citations

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Bhaya, Devaki & André T. Jagendorf. (1984). Optimal Conditions for Translation by Thylakoid-Bound Polysomes from Pea Chloroplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 75(3). 832–838. 32 indexed citations

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