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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 80 986 875 521 452 178 29588

Benoit G. Bruneau publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Benoit G. Bruneau between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Benoit G. Bruneau published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2019. 23 of the 231 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2019. 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 14 publications
1994 2025

231 publications in total across all disciplines

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Benoit G. Bruneau: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 2
1995 1
1996 4
1997 3
1998 2
1999 3
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 5
2004 6
2005 10
2006 6
2007 8
2008 8
2009 9
2010 12
2011 9
2012 9
2013 9
2014 12
2015 7
2016 8
2017 8
2018 5
2019 17
2020 14
2021 9
2022 9
2023 8
2024 9
2025 14
Total 231
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Benoit G. Bruneau 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 Benoit G. Bruneau 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, 177–186 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: 178 publications — 50th percentile

50% 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
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110 178
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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Benoit G. Bruneau 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 Benoit G. Bruneau 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, 80–81 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: 80 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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
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 80
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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Overview

Benoit G. Bruneau is affiliated with the Gladstone Institutes in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology. Their work extends to subfields including epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, and plant science.

Their scientific output covers a broad range of research areas. These include congenital heart defects research, genomics and chromatin dynamics, renal and related cancers, congenital heart disease studies, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, RNA research and splicing, as well as RNA modifications and cancer.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Cardiac natriuretic peptides, 2020, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Regulation of single-cell genome organization into TADs and chromatin nanodomains, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Transcriptional profiling and therapeutic targeting of oxidative stress in neuroinflammation, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Molecular basis of CTCF binding polarity in genome folding, 2020, Nature Communications
  • WAPL maintains a cohesin loading cycle to preserve cell-type-specific distal gene regulation, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Benoit G. Bruneau are:

  • Reuben Thomas
  • Katherine S. Pollard
  • Brian L. Black
  • Irfan S. Kathiriya
  • Andrew P. Blair

They have published extensively in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell
  • Circulation Research

Best Publications

  • Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Functional Cardiomyocytes by Defined Factors

    Masaki Ieda;Ji Dong Fu;Paul Delgado-Olguin;Vasanth Vedantham

  • miR-126 regulates angiogenic signaling and vascular integrity

    Jason E. Fish;Massimo M. Santoro;Sarah U. Morton;Sangho Yu

  • Targeted Degradation of CTCF Decouples Local Insulation of Chromosome Domains from Genomic Compartmentalization.

    Elphège P. Nora;Anton Goloborodko;Anne-Laure Valton;Johan H. Gibcus

  • A Murine Model of Holt-Oram Syndrome Defines Roles of the T-Box Transcription Factor Tbx5 in Cardiogenesis and Disease

    Benoit G. Bruneau;Georges Nemer;Joachim P. Schmitt;Frédéric Charron

  • The developmental genetics of congenital heart disease

    Benoit G. Bruneau

  • Dynamic and Coordinated Epigenetic Regulation of Developmental Transitions in the Cardiac Lineage

    Joseph A. Wamstad;Jeffrey M. Alexander;Rebecca M. Truty;Avanti Shrikumar

  • Mutations in human TBX3 alter limb, apocrine and genital development in ulnar-mammary syndrome

    M Bamshad;R C Lin;D J Law;W C Watkins

  • Directed transdifferentiation of mouse mesoderm to heart tissue by defined factors.

    Jun K. Takeuchi;Benoit G. Bruneau

  • Baf60c is essential for function of BAF chromatin remodelling complexes in heart development

    Heiko Lickert;Jun K. Takeuchi;Ingo von Both;Johnathon R. Walls

  • Chamber-Specific Cardiac Expression of Tbx5 and Heart Defects in Holt–Oram Syndrome

    Benoit G. Bruneau;Malcolm Logan;Nicole Davis;Tatjana Levi;Tatjana Levi

  • Mechanical and neuroendocrine regulation of the endocrine heart

    A J de Bold;B G Bruneau;M L Kuroski de Bold

  • Tbx1 has a dual role in the morphogenesis of the cardiac outflow tract.

    Huansheng Xu;Masae Morishima;John N. Wylie;Robert J. Schwartz

  • Single-Cell Resolution of Temporal Gene Expression during Heart Development.

    Daniel M. DeLaughter;Alexander G. Bick;Hiroko Wakimoto;David McKean

  • Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts toward a cardiomyocyte-like state.

    Ji Dong Fu;Nicole R. Stone;Lei Liu;C. Ian Spencer

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Vertebrate Cardiac Morphogenesis

    Benoit G. Bruneau

  • The functional landscape of mouse gene expression

    Wen-Wen Zhang;Quaid D. Morris;Richard Chang;Ofer Shai

  • Extensive enteric nervous system abnormalities in mice transgenic for artificial chromosomes containing Parkinson disease-associated α-synuclein gene mutations precede central nervous system changes

    Yien-Ming Kuo;Zhishan Li;Yun Jiao;Nathalie Gaborit

  • The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage

    H. Bradley Shaffer;Patrick Minx;Daniel E. Warren;Andrew M. Shedlock;Andrew M. Shedlock

  • Cardiac T-box factor Tbx20 directly interacts with Nkx2-5, GATA4, and GATA5 in regulation of gene expression in the developing heart.

    Fiona A Stennard;Mauro W Costa;David Anthony Elliott;Scott Rankin

  • Regulation of Chamber-Specific Gene Expression in the Developing Heart by Irx4

    Zheng-Zheng Bao;Benoit G. Bruneau;J. G. Seidman;Christine E. Seidman

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine E. Seidman
Christine E. Seidman Harvard University
Jonathan G. Seidman
Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University
Katherine S. Pollard
Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco
Deepak Srivastava
Deepak Srivastava King's College London
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
Brian L. Black
Brian L. Black University of California, San Francisco
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Peter H. Backx
Peter H. Backx York University
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

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