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Adam Eyre-Walker publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Eyre-Walker sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 164 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Adam Eyre-Walker D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Eyre-Walker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Adam Eyre-Walker is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on genetics and molecular biology as subfields.

The key topics covered in their work include:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis

The scientist's recent publications illustrate their interest in population genomics, gene evolution, and related methodologies. Notable recent papers include:

  • Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • On the prospect of achieving accurate joint estimation of selection with population history, 2022, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Strong evidence for the adaptive walk model of gene evolution in Drosophila and Arabidopsis, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • The outstanding scientist, R.A. Fisher: his views on eugenics and race, 2021, Heredity
  • Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity in Mammals: A Correlation between the Effective and Census Population Sizes, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequently collaborating researchers include Ana Filipa Moutinho, Vivak Soni, Parul Johri, Brian Charlesworth, and Jeffrey D. Jensen. Their publications often appear in these venues:

  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Heredity

Adam Eyre-Walker has been recognized with the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2020. This recognition reflects their established role within the scientific community in their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • The distribution of fitness effects of new mutations

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Adam Eyre-Walker;Peter D. Keightley

  • Adaptive protein evolution in Drosophila

    Nick G. C. Smith;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Variation in the mutation rate across mammalian genomes

    Alan Hodgkinson;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • High genomic deleterious mutation rates in hominids

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Peter D. Keightley

  • The evolution of isochores.

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Laurence D. Hurst

  • Linkage disequilibrium and recombination in hominid mitochondrial DNA

    Phillip Awadalla;Adam Eyre-Walker;John Maynard Smith

  • Investigation of the bottleneck leading to the domestication of maize

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Rebecca L. Gaut;Holly Hilton;Dawn L. Feldman

  • Population size and the rate of evolution

    Robert Lanfear;Robert Lanfear;Hanna Kokko;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Estimating the rate of adaptive molecular evolution in the presence of slightly deleterious mutations and population size change

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Peter D. Keightley

  • Evidence of selection upon genomic GC-content in bacteria

    Falk Hildebrand;Axel Meyer;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • The distribution of fitness effects of new deleterious amino acid mutations in humans

    Adam Eyre-Walker;Megan Woolfit;Ted Phelps

  • Joint Inference of the Distribution of Fitness Effects of Deleterious Mutations and Population Demography Based on Nucleotide Polymorphism Frequencies

    Peter D Keightley;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Synonymous Codon Usage in Escherichia coli: Selection for Translational Accuracy

    Nina Stoletzki;Adam Eyre-Walker;Adam Eyre-Walker

  • The genomic rate of adaptive evolution

    Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Direct Measure of the De Novo Mutation Rate in Autism and Schizophrenia Cohorts

    Philip Awadalla;Julie Gauthier;Rachel A. Myers;Rachel A. Myers;Ferran Casals

  • Synonymous codon bias is related to gene length in Escherichia coli: selection for translational accuracy?

    Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Recombination and mammalian genome evolution

    Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Changing Effective Population Size and the McDonald-Kreitman Test

    Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Molecular Evolution by Wen-Hsiung Li. Published by Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, USA. ISBN: 0-87893-463-4 (cloth).

    Adam Eyre-Walker

  • The distribution of bacterial doubling times in the wild.

    Beth Gibson;Daniel J. Wilson;Edward Feil;Adam Eyre-Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Keightley
Peter D. Keightley University of Edinburgh
Robert Lanfear
Robert Lanfear Australian National University
John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith University of Sussex
Nicolas Bierne
Nicolas Bierne University of Montpellier
John J. Welch
John J. Welch Washington University in St. Louis
Hervé Moreau
Hervé Moreau Objectif Avenir
Daniel J. Wilson
Daniel J. Wilson University of Oxford
Edward J. Feil
Edward J. Feil University of Bath
Martin J. Lercher
Martin J. Lercher Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Laurence D. Hurst
Laurence D. Hurst University of Bath

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