2026 Alan Archibald: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	69	2338	2222	292	280	359	18941

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Alan Archibald is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and works primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research output includes a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics with contributions to Cancer Research, Animal Science and Zoology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of areas including genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genomics and chromatin dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and animal genetics and reproduction.

Frequent venues for publication include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, GigaScience, BMC Genomics, and Frontiers in Genetics, indicating an active engagement with journals that publish comprehensive genomics and genetics research.

Alan Archibald has authored or co-authored papers such as:

An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research (2020, GigaScience)
From FAANG to fork: application of highly annotated genomes to improve farmed animal production (2020, Genome biology)
A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (2021, GigaScience)
Illuminating the dark side of the human transcriptome with long read transcript sequencing (2020, BMC Genomics)
Whole genome analysis of water buffalo and global cattle breeds highlights convergent signatures of domestication (2020, Nature Communications)

Collaborations have involved multiple frequent co-authors with notable repeat partnerships including Emily L. Clark, Lél Eöry, Mazdak Salavati, Mick Watson, and Timothy P. L. Smith.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005.

Best Publications

Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

1625
Citations
A regulatory mutation in IGF2 causes a major QTL effect on muscle growth in the pig

Anne-Sophie Van Laere;Minh Nguyen;Martin Braunschweig;Carine Nezer

1202
Citations
Design of a High Density SNP Genotyping Assay in the Pig Using SNPs Identified and Characterized by Next Generation Sequencing Technology

António M Ramos;Richard P M A Crooijmans;Nabeel A Affara;Andreia J. Amaral

803
Citations
Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome

Carl-Johan Rubin;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Alvaro Martinez Barrio;Khurram Maqbool

725
Citations
The PiGMaP consortium linkage map of the pig (Sus scrofa).

A L Archibald;C S Haley;J F Brown;S Couperwhite

607
Citations
The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

572
Citations
An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

442
Citations
Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

378
Citations
Precision engineering for PRRSV resistance in pigs: Macrophages from genome edited pigs lacking CD163 SRCR5 domain are fully resistant to both PRRSV genotypes while maintaining biological function

Christine Burkard;Simon G Lillico;Elizabeth Reid;Ben Jackson

376
Citations
Development and validation of a high density SNP genotyping array for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Ross D Houston;John B Taggart;Timothé Cézard;Michaël Bekaert

271
Citations
High-level expression of biologically active human alpha 1-antitrypsin in the milk of transgenic mice

A L Archibald;M McClenaghan;V Hornsey;J P Simons

268
Citations
Signatures of diversifying selection in European pig breeds.

Samantha Wilkinson;Zen H. Lu;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Alan L. Archibald

250
Citations
Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives

Amanda Warr;Christelle Robert;David Hume;Alan Archibald

247
Citations
The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

244
Citations
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in the Pig: Control of Pronuclear Formation and Integration with Improved Methods for Activation and Maintenance of Pregnancy

Paul A. De Sousa;John R. Dobrinsky;Jie Zhu;Alan L. Archibald

222
Citations
Structural and functional annotation of the porcine immunome

Harry D. Dawson;Jane E. Loveland;Géraldine Pascal;James G R Gilbert

216
Citations
Cosegregation of porcine malignant hyperthermia and a probable causal mutation in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor gene in backcross families.

Kinya Otsu;Vijay K. Khanna;Alan L. Archibald;David H. MacLennan

214
Citations
Pig genome sequence - analysis and publication strategy

Alan L. Archibald;Lars Bolund;Carol Churcher;Merete Fredholm

200
Citations
Combined analyses of data from quantitative trait loci mapping studies. Chromosome 4 effects on porcine growth and fatness.

Grant A. Walling;Peter M. Visscher;Leif Andersson;Max F. Rothschild

196
Citations
Gene Transfer into Sheep

J. Paul Simons;Ian Wilmut;A. John Clark;Alan L. Archibald

188
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Haley University of Edinburgh

David A. Hume University of Queensland

Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research

Merete Fredholm University of Copenhagen

Leif Andersson Texas A&M University

Lawrence B. Schook University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh

Christopher K. Tuggle Iowa State University

Graham Plastow University of Alberta

Ian Wilmut University of Edinburgh

External Links

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