2026 Benoit G. Bruneau: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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 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.

47 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.

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.

40 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.

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

2866
Citations
miR-126 regulates angiogenic signaling and vascular integrity

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

2002
Citations
Targeted Degradation of CTCF Decouples Local Insulation of Chromosome Domains from Genomic Compartmentalization.

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

1576
Citations
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

1212
Citations
The developmental genetics of congenital heart disease

Benoit G. Bruneau

948
Citations
Dynamic and Coordinated Epigenetic Regulation of Developmental Transitions in the Cardiac Lineage

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

689
Citations
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

643
Citations
Directed transdifferentiation of mouse mesoderm to heart tissue by defined factors.

Jun K. Takeuchi;Benoit G. Bruneau

616
Citations
Baf60c is essential for function of BAF chromatin remodelling complexes in heart development

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

601
Citations
Chamber-Specific Cardiac Expression of Tbx5 and Heart Defects in Holt–Oram Syndrome

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

600
Citations
Mechanical and neuroendocrine regulation of the endocrine heart

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

442
Citations
Tbx1 has a dual role in the morphogenesis of the cardiac outflow tract.

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

431
Citations
Single-Cell Resolution of Temporal Gene Expression during Heart Development.

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

413
Citations
Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts toward a cardiomyocyte-like state.

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

408
Citations
Transcriptional Regulation of Vertebrate Cardiac Morphogenesis

Benoit G. Bruneau

405
Citations
The functional landscape of mouse gene expression

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

385
Citations
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

384
Citations
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

378
Citations
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

358
Citations
Regulation of Chamber-Specific Gene Expression in the Developing Heart by Irx4

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

352
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine E. Seidman Harvard University

Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University

Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco

Deepak Srivastava King's College London

Janet Rossant University of Toronto

Brian L. Black University of California, San Francisco

Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society

Peter H. Backx York University

Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

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