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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
26552
World Ranking
3146
National Ranking
97

Brian K. Hall publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian K. Hall sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 504 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Brian K. Hall D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian K. Hall sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Brian K. Hall is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada, focusing primarily on research in Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Biomaterials, Geometry and Topology, and Physiology.

The research topics covered by Brian K. Hall include:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry

Brian K. Hall has contributed to a variety of publications, some of which are recent and demonstrate the scope of research and interdisciplinary interests:

  • Optimizing cell therapy by sorting cells with high extracellular vesicle secretion, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Utilization of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery, 2022, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
  • Optimizing Cell Therapy by Sorting Cells with High Extracellular Vesicle Secretion, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Modularity, homology, heterochrony: Gavin de Beer's legacy to the mammalian skull, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • How a scholarly spat shaped a century of genetic research, 2023, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian K. Hall include:

  • Doyeon Koo
  • Xiao Cheng
  • Shreya Udani
  • Dashuai Zhu
  • Natalie Tsubamoto

Publication venues where Brian K. Hall's work appears most frequently are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

In addition to articles, Brian K. Hall has authored books, including:

  • Evolutionary Developmental Biology, published by Elsevier BV in 2021, with 690 citations

Recognition of Brian K. Hall's contributions includes awards such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1985 (Academy of Science)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    Brian Keith Hall

  • All for one and one for all: condensations and the initiation of skeletal development.

    Brian K. Hall;T. Miyake

  • Buried alive: how osteoblasts become osteocytes.

    Tamara A. Franz-Odendaal;Brian K. Hall;P. Eckhard Witten;P. Eckhard Witten

  • Bones and cartilage : developmental and evolutionary skeletal biology

    Brian Keith Hall

  • A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES

    William R. Atchley;Brian K. Hall

  • Homology: The hierarchical basis of comparative biology

    Brian Keith Hall

  • DIVIDE, ACCUMULATE, DIFFERENTIATE : CELL CONDENSATION IN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT REVISITED

    B K Hall;T Miyake

  • The membranous skeleton: the role of cell condensations in vertebrate skeletogenesis.

    B K Hall;T Miyake

  • Canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration in primate limbs

    Benedikt Hallgrímsson;Katherine Willmore;Brian K. Hall

  • Development and evolutionary origins of vertebrate skeletogenic and odontogenic tissues.

    Moya M. Smith;Brian K. Hall

  • The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution

    Brian Keith Hall

  • Descent with modification: the unity underlying homology and homoplasy as seen through an analysis of development and evolution.

    Brian K. Hall

  • The Neural Crest: Including a facsimile reprint of 'The Neural Crest' by Sven Hörstadius

    Brian Keith Hall;Sven Hörstadius

  • The Neural Crest

    Brian K. Hall

  • Developmental and cellular skeletal biology

    Brian Keith Hall

  • Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest.

    Matthew K. Vickaryous;Brian K. Hall

  • Homoplasy : the recurrence of similarity in evolution

    John J. Wiens;Michael J. Sanderson;Larry Hufford

  • The neural crest as a fourth germ layer and vertebrates as quadroblastic not triploblastic.

    Brian K. Hall

  • Paralysis and growth of the musculoskeletal system in the embryonic chick

    Brian K. Hall;S. W. Herring

  • The origin and evolution of larval forms

    Brian Keith Hall;Marvalee H. Wake

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Lieber
Richard L. Lieber Northwestern University
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Anna M. Wobus
Anna M. Wobus Leibniz Association
Benedikt Hallgrímsson
Benedikt Hallgrímsson Alberta Children's Hospital
Mark Terasaki
Mark Terasaki University of Connecticut Health Center
Maximilian J. Telford
Maximilian J. Telford University College London
Marvalee H. Wake
Marvalee H. Wake University of California, Berkeley
Robert J. Lucas
Robert J. Lucas University of Manchester
David Goulding
David Goulding Wellcome Sanger Institute
Itai Yanai
Itai Yanai New York University

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