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Alisa M. Goldstein 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 Alisa M. Goldstein sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 370 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alisa M. Goldstein 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 Alisa M. Goldstein sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alisa M. Goldstein is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly contributions emphasize molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, genetics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include cancer genomics and diagnostics, cutaneous melanoma detection and management, epigenetics and DNA methylation, bone tumor diagnosis and treatments, genetic associations and epidemiology, sarcoma diagnosis and treatment, and viral-associated cancers and disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Michael R. Sargen, Margaret A. Tucker, Xiaohong R. Yang, Belynda Hicks, and Tongwu Zhang.

Goldstein has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Cancer
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Goldstein include:

  • Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Mutational signatures in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from eight countries with varying incidence, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Whole genome sequencing of skull-base chordoma reveals genomic alterations associated with recurrence and chordoma-specific survival, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Integrative molecular characterisation of gallbladder cancer reveals micro-environment-associated subtypes, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Integrated analysis of genome-wide miRNAs and targeted gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and relation to prognosis, 2020, BMC Cancer

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome

    Heidi Hahn;Carol Wicking;Peter G Zaphiropoulos;Mae R Gailani

  • Germline p16 mutations in familial melanoma.

    Christopher J. Hussussian;Jeffery P. Struewing;Alisa M. Goldstein;Paul A. T. Higgins

  • Chordoma: incidence and survival patterns in the United States, 1973-1995.

    Mary L. McMaster;Alisa M. Goldstein;Christina M. Bromley;Naoko Ishibe

  • Clinical manifestations in 105 persons with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

    V. E. Kimonis;A. M. Goldstein;B. Pastakia;M. L. Yang

  • Germline mutations in the p16INK4a binding domain of CDK4 in familial melanoma.

    Lin Zuo;John Weger;Qingbei Yang;Alisa M. Goldstein

  • Mutations in SUFU predispose to medulloblastoma

    Michael D. Taylor;Ling Liu;Corey Raffel;Chi-chung Hui

  • Localization of the gene for Cowden disease to chromosome 10q22-23

    M. R. Nelen;G. W. Padberg;E. A J Peeters;A. Y. Lin

  • Increased risk of pancreatic cancer in melanoma-prone kindreds with p16INK4 mutations.

    Alisa M. Goldstein;Mary C. Fraser;Jeffery P. Struewing;Christopher J. Hussussian

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: Incidence and Survival Patterns in the United States, 1986-2005

    Porcia T. Bradford;Alisa M. Goldstein;Mary L. McMaster;Margaret A. Tucker

  • Geographical Variation in the Penetrance of CDKN2A Mutations for Melanoma

    D. Timothy Bishop;Florence Demenais;Alisa M. Goldstein;Wilma Bergman

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Re-evaluation of the linkage relationship between chromosome 11p loci and the gene for bipolar affective disorder in the old order amish

    John R. Kelsoe;Edward I. Ginns;Janice A. Egeland;Daniela S. Gerhard

  • A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Christian C. Abnet;Neal D. Freedman;Nan Hu;Zhaoming Wang;Zhaoming Wang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.

    D Timothy Bishop;Florence Demenais;Mark M Iles;Mark Harland

  • Cancer and neurologic degeneration in xeroderma pigmentosum: long term follow-up characterises the role of DNA repair

    Porcia T Bradford;Alisa M Goldstein;Deborah Tamura;Sikandar G Khan

  • Features associated with germline CDKN2A mutations: a GenoMEL study of melanoma‐prone families from three continents

    Alisa M Goldstein;May Chan;Mark Harland;Nicholas K Hayward

  • Diabetes mellitus, other medical conditions and familial history of cancer as risk factors for pancreatic cancer.

    D. T. Silverman;M. Schiffman;J. Everhart;A. Goldstein

  • High-risk Melanoma Susceptibility Genes and Pancreatic Cancer, Neural System Tumors, and Uveal Melanoma across GenoMEL

    Alisa M. Goldstein;May Chan;Mark Harland;Elizabeth M. Gillanders

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret A. Tucker
Margaret A. Tucker National Institutes of Health
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Maria Teresa Landi
Maria Teresa Landi National Institutes of Health
Philip R. Taylor
Philip R. Taylor Cardiff University
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Neal D. Freedman
Neal D. Freedman National Institutes of Health
Christian C. Abnet
Christian C. Abnet National Institutes of Health
Zhaoming Wang
Zhaoming Wang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Florence Demenais
Florence Demenais Université Paris Cité
Nicholas K. Hayward
Nicholas K. Hayward QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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