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D-Index
48
Citations
10310
World Ranking
4051
National Ranking
1747

Breck Byers 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 Breck Byers sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 62 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Breck Byers 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 Breck Byers sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Breck Byers is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their professional profile includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor received in 2012.

Their academic record does not list specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or main topics of research in the available data. This profile is based solely on the documented affiliation and the award received.

Best Publications

  • Phenotypic Instability and Rapid Gene Silencing in Newly Formed Arabidopsis Allotetraploids

    Luca Comai;Anand P. Tyagi;Ken Winter;Rachel Holmes-Davis

  • Destruction of the CDC28/CLB mitotic kinase is not required for the metaphase to anaphase transition in budding yeast.

    Uttam Surana;A. Amon;C. Dowzer;J. Mcgrew

  • The yeast cell cycle gene CDC34 encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme.

    Mark G. Goebl;John Yochem;Stefan Jentsch;Stefan Jentsch;John P. McGrath

  • Duplication of spindle plaques and integration of the yeast cell cycle.

    Breck Byers;Loretta Goetsch

  • MPS1 and MPS2: novel yeast genes defining distinct steps of spindle pole body duplication.

    Mark Winey;Loretta Goetsch;Peter Baum;Breck Byers

  • Yeast gene required for spindle pole body duplication: homology of its product with Ca2+-binding proteins.

    Peter Baum;Clement Furlong;Breck Byers

  • The HOP1 gene encodes a meiosis-specific component of yeast chromosomes.

    Nancy M. Hollingsworth;Loretta Goetsch;Breck Byers

  • Characterization of four B-type cyclin genes of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    I Fitch;C Dahmann;U Surana;A Amon

  • HOP1: a yeast meiotic pairing gene.

    N M Hollingsworth;B Byers

  • CDC53P ACTS IN CONCERT WITH CDC4P AND CDC34P TO CONTROL THE G1-TO-S-PHASE TRANSITION AND IDENTIFIES A CONSERVED FAMILY OF PROTEINS

    Neal Mathias;Stephen L. Johnson;Stephen L. Johnson;Mark Winey;Mark Winey;Alison E.M. Adams;Alison E.M. Adams

  • ORIENTED MICROTUBULES IN ELONGATING CELLS OF THE DEVELOPING LENS RUDIMENT AFTER INDUCTION.

    Breck Byers;Keith R. Porter

  • 11 Meiosis and Sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Martin Kupiec;Breck Byers;Rochelle E. Esposito;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Electron microscopic observations on the meiotic karyotype of diploid and tetraploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Breck Byers;Loretta Goetsch

  • Regulation of Meiotic S Phase by Ime2 and a Clb5,6-Associated Kinase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Léon Dirick;Loretta Goetsch;Gustav Ammerer;Breck Byers

  • A yeast gene essential for regulation of spindle pole duplication.

    P Baum;C Yip;L Goetsch;B Byers

  • Yeast beta- and beta'-coat proteins (COP). Two coatomer subunits essential for endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi protein traffic.

    R Duden;M Hosobuchi;S Hamamoto;M Winey

  • Unified nomenclature for subunits of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteasome regulatory particle

    Daniel Finley;Keiji Tanaka;Carl Mann;Horst Feldmann

  • Separation of branched from linear DNA by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

    Leslie Bell;Breck Byers

  • Meiotic effects of DNA-defective cell division cycle mutations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    David Schild;Breck Byers

  • Requirement for ESP1 in the nuclear division of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    J T McGrew;L Goetsch;B Byers;P Baum

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Winey
Mark Winey University of California, Davis
Mark G. Goebl
Mark G. Goebl Indiana University
Stefan Jentsch
Stefan Jentsch Max Planck Society
Alexander Varshavsky
Alexander Varshavsky California Institute of Technology
Walton L. Fangman
Walton L. Fangman University of Washington
Thomas D. Petes
Thomas D. Petes Duke University
Stephen L. Johnson
Stephen L. Johnson Washington University in St. Louis
Luca Comai
Luca Comai University of California, Davis
Steven I. Reed
Steven I. Reed Scripps Research Institute
James E. Haber
James E. Haber Brandeis University

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