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Alan Archibald 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 Alan Archibald sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 359 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan Archibald 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 Alan Archibald sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome

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

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

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

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

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

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

    Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Signatures of diversifying selection in European pig breeds.

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

  • Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives

    Amanda Warr;Christelle Robert;David Hume;Alan Archibald

  • The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

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

  • 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

  • Structural and functional annotation of the porcine immunome

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

  • 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

  • Pig genome sequence - analysis and publication strategy

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

  • 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

  • Gene Transfer into Sheep

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Haley
Chris Haley University of Edinburgh
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Merete Fredholm
Merete Fredholm University of Copenhagen
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Lawrence B. Schook
Lawrence B. Schook University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
Christopher K. Tuggle
Christopher K. Tuggle Iowa State University
Graham Plastow
Graham Plastow University of Alberta
Ian Wilmut
Ian Wilmut University of Edinburgh

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