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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 71 2147 2040 75 73 192 34585

Alistair R. R. Forrest publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alistair R. R. Forrest between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alistair R. R. Forrest published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 61 publications in 2023. 17 of the 277 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 61. Peak 61 publications in 2023. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 25 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 61 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 9 publications
1994 2025

277 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alistair R. R. Forrest: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 3
2002 7
2003 5
2004 1
2005 2
2006 8
2007 4
2008 3
2009 10
2010 6
2011 4
2012 4
2013 1
2014 25
2015 24
2016 16
2017 23
2018 10
2019 10
2020 16
2021 4
2022 10
2023 61
2024 8
2025 9
Total 277
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Alistair R. R. Forrest 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 Alistair R. R. Forrest sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 185–194 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 192 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164 192
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Alistair R. R. Forrest 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 Alistair R. R. Forrest sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158 71
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Overview

Alistair R. R. Forrest is affiliated with the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research spans across multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist has contributed extensively to fields including molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, immunology, and genetics.

Their primary topics of research focus on single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, immune cells in cancer, and RNA research and splicing.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cell
  • Nature

Key recent papers from Alistair R. R. Forrest comprise:

  • Systematic assessment of tissue dissociation and storage biases in single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-seq workflows, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Stromal cell diversity associated with immune evasion in human triple-negative breast cancer, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Predicting cell-to-cell communication networks using NATMI, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Human prefrontal cortex gene regulatory dynamics from gestation to adulthood at single-cell resolution, 2022, Cell
  • Spatial transcriptomics reveals discrete tumour microenvironments and autocrine loops within ovarian cancer subclones, 2024, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Rui Hou
  • Elena Denisenko
  • Timo Lassmann
  • Matthew Jones
  • Janina E. E. Tirnitz-Parker

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

    Robin Andersson;Claudia Gebhard;Irene Miguel-Escalada;Ilka Hoof

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

    Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

  • Stem cell transcriptome profiling via massive-scale mRNA sequencing.

    Nicole Cloonan;Alistair R R Forrest;Alistair R R Forrest;Gabriel Kolle;Brooke B A Gardiner

  • Long non-coding antisense RNA controls Uchl1 translation through an embedded SINEB2 repeat

    Claudia Carrieri;Laura Cimatti;Marta Biagioli;Marta Biagioli;Anne Beugnet

  • An atlas of human long non-coding RNAs with accurate 5′ ends

    Chung Chau Hon;Jordan A. Ramilowski;Jayson Harshbarger;Nicolas Bertin;Nicolas Bertin

  • The regulated retrotransposon transcriptome of mammalian cells.

    Geoffrey J Faulkner;Yasumasa Kimura;Carsten O Daub;Shivangi Wani

  • An Atlas of Combinatorial Transcriptional Regulation in Mouse and Man

    Timothy Ravasi;Harukazu Suzuki;Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci;Shintaro Katayama

  • Gateways to the FANTOM5 promoter level mammalian expression atlas

    Marina Lizio;Jayson Harshbarger;Hisashi Shimoji;Jessica Severin

  • A draft network of ligand–receptor-mediated multicellular signalling in human

    Jordan A. Ramilowski;Tatyana Goldberg;Jayson Harshbarger;Edda Kloppmann

  • Transcribed enhancers lead waves of coordinated transcription in transitioning mammalian cells

    Erik Arner;Carsten O. Daub;Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup;Robin Andersson

  • An integrated expression atlas of miRNAs and their promoters in human and mouse.

    Derek De Rie;Imad Abugessaisa;Tanvir Alam;Erik Arner

  • The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

    Harukazu Suzuki;Alistair R.R. Forrest;Erik Van Nimwegen;Carsten O. Daub

  • Tiny RNAs associated with transcription start sites in animals.

    Ryan J Taft;Evgeny A Glazov;Nicole Cloonan;Cas Simons

  • Hierarchical folding and reorganization of chromosomes are linked to transcriptional changes in cellular differentiation

    James Fraser;Carmelo Ferrai;Carmelo Ferrai;Andrea M Chiariello;Markus Schueler

  • The miR-17-5p microRNA is a key regulator of the G1/S phase cell cycle transition

    Nicole Cloonan;Mellissa K Brown;Anita L Steptoe;Shivangi Wani

  • Stromal cell diversity associated with immune evasion in human triple-negative breast cancer.

    Sunny Z. Wu;Sunny Z. Wu;Daniel L. Roden;Daniel L. Roden;Chenfei Wang;Holly Holliday;Holly Holliday

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Lassmann
Timo Lassmann Telethon Kids Institute
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
Carsten O. Daub
Carsten O. Daub Karolinska Institute
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne

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