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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 59 1996 1793 160 144 128 24967

Andrea H. Brand publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Andrea H. Brand between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Andrea H. Brand published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 3.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2014. 8 of the 146 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2014. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 6 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 4 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 5 publications
1985 2025

146 publications in total across all disciplines

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Andrea H. Brand: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 2
1993 1
1994 3
1995 4
1996 0
1997 2
1998 5
1999 2
2000 2
2001 1
2002 6
2003 2
2004 3
2005 2
2006 5
2007 4
2008 8
2009 7
2010 5
2011 5
2012 5
2013 2
2014 12
2015 1
2016 4
2017 4
2018 9
2019 9
2020 4
2021 6
2022 8
2023 0
2024 3
2025 5
Total 146
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Andrea H. Brand publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea H. Brand sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 127–136 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 128 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158 128
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Andrea H. Brand D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea H. Brand sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129 59
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrea H. Brand is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Plant Science.

Their work covers multiple main topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Renal and related cancers, and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research.

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Biology, Cell Reports, Development, and Cell Stem Cell, Andrea has shared insights across both experimental and theoretical aspects of biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Organoid modeling of human fetal lung alveolar development reveals mechanisms of cell fate patterning and neonatal respiratory disease (2022, Cell Stem Cell)
  • Quiescent Neural Stem Cells for Brain Repair and Regeneration: Lessons from Model Systems (2020, Trends in Neurosciences)
  • NanoDam identifies Homeobrain (ARX) and Scarecrow (NKX2.1) as conserved temporal factors in the Drosophila central brain and visual system (2022, Developmental Cell)
  • SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK signalling (2022, The EMBO Journal)
  • Stem cell niche organization in the Drosophila ovary requires the ECM component Perlecan (2021, Current Biology)

Andrea H. Brand's frequent coauthors include:

  • Jelle van den Ameele
  • Alex P. A. Donovan
  • Robert Krautz
  • Seth W. Cheetham
  • Jocelyn L.Y. Tang

Their scientific impact is further marked by recognition such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes.

    Andrea H. Brand;Norbert Perrimon

  • Characterization of a “silencer” in yeast: A DNA sequence with properties opposite to those of a transcriptional enhancer

    Andrea H. Brand;Linda Breeden;Judith Abraham;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Ectopic expression in Drosophila.

    Andrea H. Brand;Armen S. Manoukian;Norbert Perrimon;Norbert Perrimon

  • Prospero Acts as a Binary Switch between Self-Renewal and Differentiation in Drosophila Neural Stem Cells

    Semil P. Choksi;Tony D. Southall;Torsten Bossing;Karin Edoff

  • Staufen- and FMRP-containing neuronal RNPs are structurally and functionally related to somatic P bodies.

    Scott A. Barbee;Patricia S. Estes;Anne Marie Cziko;Jens Hillebrand

  • Nutrition-Responsive Glia Control Exit of Neural Stem Cells from Quiescence

    James M. Chell;Andrea H. Brand

  • folded gastrulation, cell shape change and the control of myosin localization.

    Rachel E. Dawes-Hoang;Kush M. Parmar;Kush M. Parmar;Audrey E. Christiansen;Chris B. Phelps

  • A yeast silencer contains sequences that can promote autonomous plasmid replication and transcriptional activation

    Andrea H. Brand;Andrea H. Brand;Gos Micklem;Kim Nasmyth

  • Ectopic gene expression in Drosophila using GAL4 system

    Chris B. Phelps;Andrea H. Brand

  • Rotation and asymmetry of the mitotic spindle direct asymmetric cell division in the developing central nervous system

    Julia A. Kaltschmidt;Catherine M. Davidson;Nicholas H. Brown;Andrea H. Brand

  • Imaging into the future: visualizing gene expression and protein interactions with fluorescent proteins

    Peter van Roessel;Andrea H Brand

  • Frizzled regulates localization of cell-fate determinants and mitotic spindle rotation during asymmetric cell division.

    Yohanns Bellaïche;Michel Gho;Julia A. Kaltschmidt;Andrea H. Brand

  • Miranda mediates asymmetric protein and RNA localization in the developing nervous system.

    Alison J. Schuldt;Jan H.J. Adams;Catherine M. Davidson;David R. Micklem

  • An actomyosin-based barrier inhibits cell mixing at compartmental boundaries in Drosophila embryos.

    Bruno Monier;Anne Pélissier-Monier;Andrea H. Brand;Bénédicte Sanson

  • Identification of silencer binding proteins from yeast: possible roles in SIR control and DNA replication

    David Shore;David J. Stillman;Andrea H. Brand;Kim A. Nasmyth

  • Polar transport in the Drosophila oocyte requires Dynein and Kinesin I cooperation.

    Jens Januschke;Louis Gervais;Sajith Dass;Julia A. Kaltschmidt

  • Cell-Type-Specific Profiling of Gene Expression and Chromatin Binding without Cell Isolation: Assaying RNA Pol II Occupancy in Neural Stem Cells

    Tony D. Southall;Katrina S. Gold;Boris Egger;Catherine M. Davidson

  • Independent Regulation of Synaptic Size and Activity by the Anaphase-Promoting Complex

    Peter van Roessel;David Anthony Elliott;Iain M Robinson;Andreas Prokop

  • The mago nashi gene is required for the polarisation of the oocyte and the formation of perpendicular axes in Drosophila

    David R. Micklem;Ramanuj Dasgupta;Heather Elliott;Fanni Gergely

  • Regulation of spindle orientation and neural stem cell fate in the Drosophila optic lobe

    Boris August Egger;Jason Q Boone;Naomi R Stevens;Andrea Brand

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy Manipal University Jaipur
Servaas A. Morré
Servaas A. Morré Maastricht University
George P. Patrinos
George P. Patrinos University of Patras
Jim Haseloff
Jim Haseloff University of Cambridge
Núria Malats
Núria Malats Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Effy Vayena
Effy Vayena ETH Zurich
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society
François Schweisguth
François Schweisguth Institut Pasteur
Howard M. Goodman
Howard M. Goodman Harvard University

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