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82
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42732
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1449
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Axel Visel 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 Axel Visel sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 180 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Axel Visel 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 Axel Visel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Axel Visel is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focus falls predominantly within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 213 publications in this field. Subfields of particular interest include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Axel Visel has contributed to multiple papers, among which the following are notable for their citation counts and publication venues:

  • "A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes" (2020), published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "An atlas of dynamic chromatin landscapes in mouse fetal development" (2020), published in Nature
  • "The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.7: content updates and new features" (2022), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "The changing mouse embryo transcriptome at whole tissue and single-cell resolution" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Spatiotemporal DNA methylome dynamics of the developing mouse fetus" (2020), published in Nature

Their frequent coauthors include Diane E. Dickel, L Pennacchio, Iros Barozzi, Marco Osterwalder, and Jennifer A. Akiyama. Collaboration with these researchers spans numerous publications, indicating ongoing partnerships within their scientific community.

Axel Visel's publications appear across several venues, with significant contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

    Ed S. Lein;Michael J. Hawrylycz;Nancy Ao;Mikael Ayres

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

    Jill E. Moore;Michael J. Purcaro;Henry E. Pratt;Charles B. Epstein

  • Disruptions of Topological Chromatin Domains Cause Pathogenic Rewiring of Gene-Enhancer Interactions

    Darío G. Lupiáñez;Darío G. Lupiáñez;Katerina Kraft;Katerina Kraft;Verena Heinrich;Peter Krawitz;Peter Krawitz

  • ChIP-seq accurately predicts tissue-specific activity of enhancers

    Axel Visel;Matthew J. Blow;Matthew J. Blow;Zirong Li;Tao Zhang

  • Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes and genomes from cow rumen.

    Matthias Hess;Matthias Hess;Alexander Sczyrba;Alexander Sczyrba;Rob Egan;Rob Egan;Tae Wan Kim

  • In vivo enhancer analysis of human conserved non-coding sequences

    Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio;Nadav Ahituv;Alan M. Moses;Shyam Prabhakar

  • VISTA Enhancer Browser—a database of tissue-specific human enhancers

    Axel Visel;Simon Minovitsky;Inna Dubchak;Inna Dubchak;Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Plant Compartment and Biogeography Affect Microbiome Composition in Cultivated and Native Agave Species

    Devin Coleman‐Derr;Devin Coleman‐Derr;Damaris Desgarennes;Citlali Fonseca‐Garcia;Stephen Gross

  • Genomic views of distant-acting enhancers

    Axel Visel;Edward M. Rubin;Edward M. Rubin;Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio

  • Chromatin stretch enhancer states drive cell-specific gene regulation and harbor human disease risk variants

    Stephen C. J. Parker;Michael L. Stitzel;D. Leland Taylor;Jose Miguel Orozco

  • Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function

    Morgan N. Price;Kelly M. Wetmore;R. Jordan Waters;Mark Callaghan

  • Enhancer redundancy provides phenotypic robustness in mammalian development

    Marco Osterwalder;Iros Barozzi;Virginie Tissières;Virginie Tissières;Yoko Fukuda-Yuzawa

  • Disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

    Fedik Rahimov;Mary L Marazita;Axel Visel;Margaret E Cooper

  • GenePaint.org: An atlas of gene expression patterns in the mouse embryo.

    Axel Visel;Christina Thaller;Gregor Eichele

  • ChIP-Seq identification of weakly conserved heart enhancers

    Matthew J Blow;David J McCulley;Zirong Li;Tao Zhang

  • Targeted deletion of the 9p21 non-coding coronary artery disease risk interval in mice

    Axel Visel;Yiwen Zhu;Dalit May;Veena Afzal

  • VISTA Enhancer Browser--A Database of Tissue-Specific Human Enhancers - eScholarship

    Axel Visel;Simon Minovitsky;Inna Dubchak;Len A. Pennacchio

  • ChIP-seq Accurately Predicts Tissue-Specific Activity of Enhancers

    Axel Visel

Frequent Co-Authors

Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Edward M. Rubin
Edward M. Rubin Joint Genome Institute
Iros Barozzi
Iros Barozzi Medical University of Vienna
Bing Ren
Bing Ren New York Genome Center
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Susannah G. Tringe
Susannah G. Tringe Joint Genome Institute
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Trent R. Northen
Trent R. Northen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Natalia Ivanova
Natalia Ivanova Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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