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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9284
World Ranking
16245
National Ranking
6728

Brian M. Barnes 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 M. Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 143 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian M. Barnes 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 M. Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Brian M. Barnes is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics addressed in their scholarly work include:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Brian M. Barnes has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Øivind Tøien
  • Anna V. Goropashnaya
  • Vadim B. Fedorov
  • C. Loren Buck
  • Cory T. Williams

Their frequent venues for publication reflect a focus on biological and physiological research, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Physiology
  • eLife
  • The FASEB Journal

Among recent papers by Brian M. Barnes are the following, which highlight their engagement with physiological adaptations and ecological studies related to hibernation and environmental influences:

  • "Transcriptional changes in muscle of hibernating arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii): implications for attenuation of disuse muscle atrophy" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Climate change is altering the physiology and phenology of an arctic hibernator" (2023, Science)
  • "Hypothalamic remodeling of thyroid hormone signaling during hibernation in the arctic ground squirrel" (2022, Communications Biology)
  • "Plasticity and repeatability of activity patterns in free-living Arctic ground squirrels" (2020, Animal Behaviour)
  • "Thermal adaptations to extreme freeze-thaw cycles in the high tropical Andes" (2020, Biotropica)

Brian M. Barnes was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Freeze avoidance in a mammal: body temperatures below 0 degree C in an Arctic hibernator

    Brian M. Barnes

  • Hibernation in Black Bears: Independence of Metabolic Suppression from Body Temperature

    Øivind Tøien;John Blake;Dale M. Edgar;Dennis A. Grahn

  • Effects of ambient temperature on metabolic rate, respiratory quotient, and torpor in an arctic hibernator.

    C L Buck;B M Barnes

  • Annual rhythms that underlie phenology: biological time-keeping meets environmental change

    Barbara Helm;Rachel Ben-Shlomo;Michael J. Sheriff;Roelof A. Hut

  • MOLECULAR AND METABOLIC ASPECTS OF MAMMALIAN HIBERNATION

    Bert B. Boyer;Brian M. Barnes

  • WARMING UP FOR SLEEP - GROUND-SQUIRRELS SLEEP DURING AROUSALS FROM HIBERNATION

    Serge Daan;Brian M. Barnes;Arjen M. Strijkstra

  • Annual Cycle of Body Composition and Hibernation in Free-Living Arctic Ground Squirrels

    C. Loren Buck;Brian M. Barnes

  • Antifreeze proteins in Alaskan insects and spiders.

    J.G. Duman;V. Bennett;T. Sformo;R. Hochstrasser

  • Central nervous system regulation of mammalian hibernation: implications for metabolic suppression and ischemia tolerance

    Kelly L. Drew;C. Loren Buck;Brian M. Barnes;Sherri L. Christian

  • The influence of hibernation on testis growth and spermatogenesis in the golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis.

    Brian M. Barnes;Maria Kretzmann;Paul Licht;Irving Zucker

  • Modulation of Gene Expression in Hibernating Arctic Ground Squirrels

    Jun Yan;Jun Yan;Brian M. Barnes;Franziska Kohl;Thomas G. Marr

  • Animal activity around the clock with no overt circadian rhythms: patterns, mechanisms and adaptive value

    Guy Bloch;Brian M. Barnes;Menno P. Gerkema;Barbara Helm

  • Body temperature patterns before, during, and after semi-natural hibernation in the European ground squirrel.

    Hut Ra;Barnes Bm;Daan S

  • Absence of cellular stress in brain after hypoxia induced by arousal from hibernation in Arctic ground squirrels.

    Yi Long Ma;Xiongwei Zhu;Patricia M. Rivera;Øivind Tøien

  • Phenological variation in annual timing of hibernation and breeding in nearby populations of Arctic ground squirrels

    Michael J. Sheriff;G. Jim Kenagy;Melanie Richter;Melanie Richter;Trixie Lee;Trixie Lee

  • Phenology of hibernation and reproduction in ground squirrels: integration of environmental cues with endogenous programming

    C. T. Williams;B. M. Barnes;G. J. Kenagy;C. L. Buck

  • A nonprotein thermal hysteresis-producing xylomannan antifreeze in the freeze-tolerant Alaskan beetle Upis ceramboides

    Kent R. Walters;Anthony S. Serianni;Todd Sformo;Brian M. Barnes

  • Seasonal reproductive patterns in four coexisting rodent species from the Cascade Mountains, Washington

    G. J. Kenagy;B. M. Barnes

  • Deep supercooling, vitrification and limited survival to -100°C in the Alaskan beetle Cucujus clavipes puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) larvae.

    Sformo T;Walters K;Jeannet K;Wowk B

  • Differential regulation of uncoupling protein gene homologues in multiple tissues of hibernating ground squirrels

    Bert B. Boyer;Brian M. Barnes;Bradford B. Lowell;Danica Grujic

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Loren Buck
C. Loren Buck Northern Arizona University
John G. Duman
John G. Duman University of Notre Dame
Michael J. Sheriff
Michael J. Sheriff University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Louise C. Showe
Louise C. Showe The Wistar Institute
Christopher B. Newgard
Christopher B. Newgard Duke University
Anthony S. Serianni
Anthony S. Serianni University of Notre Dame
Rudy Boonstra
Rudy Boonstra University of Toronto
Martin D. Brand
Martin D. Brand Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Barbara Helm
Barbara Helm University of Glasgow
Thomas Arendt
Thomas Arendt Leipzig University

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