2026 Bruce Futcher: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	56	3456	3263	1497	1402	103	20224

Bruce Futcher 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 Bruce Futcher sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 103 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce Futcher 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 Bruce Futcher sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruce Futcher is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

Their research topics cover multiple aspects of molecular and cellular biology, with particular focus on:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA modifications and cancer
Fungal and yeast genetics research
Genomics and phylogenetic studies
Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
Gene regulatory network analysis
RNA research and splicing

Bruce Futcher has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Molecular Cell, Cell, and Current Genetics. The highest number of their publications appear in bioRxiv, followed by contributions to eLife and several other journals.

Some of their recent papers include:

"SnapShot: Cell size control," 2024, published in Cell
"Differential Scaling of Gene Expression with Cell Size May Explain Size Control in Budding Yeast," 2020, published in Molecular Cell
"Scaling gene expression for cell size control and senescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae," 2020, published in Current Genetics
"Enrichment of rare codons at 5' ends of genes is a spandrel caused by evolutionary sequence turnover and does not improve translation," 2023, published in eLife
"A Statistical Detector for Ribosomal Frameshifts and Dual Encodings based on Ribosome Profiling," 2022, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Richard Sejour, Alisa Yurovsky, Sangeet Honey, Janet Leatherwood, and Justin Gardin. These coauthors have worked closely with Bruce Futcher on diverse projects within their research domains.

Best Publications

Comprehensive Identification of Cell Cycle–regulated Genes of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Microarray Hybridization

Paul T. Spellman;Gavin Sherlock;Gavin Sherlock;Michael Q. Zhang;Vishwanath R. Iyer

6548
Citations
A sampling of the yeast proteome

B. Futcher;G. I. Latter;P. Monardo;C. S. McLaughlin

1072
Citations
Human D-type cyclin

Yue Xiong;Tim Connolly;Bruce Futcher;David Beach

981
Citations
Virus attenuation by genome-scale changes in codon pair bias.

J. Robert Coleman;Dimitris Papamichail;Steven Skiena;Bruce Futcher

846
Citations
Comparison of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae G1 cyclins: Cln3 may be an upstream activator of Cln1, Cln2 and other cyclins.

M Tyers;G Tokiwa;B Futcher

634
Citations
The Cln3-Cdc28 kinase complex of S. cerevisiae is regulated by proteolysis and phosphorylation.

M Tyers;G Tokiwa;R Nash;B Futcher

555
Citations
Mechanisms that help the yeast cell cycle clock tick: G2 cyclins transcriptionally activate G2 cyclins and repress G1 cyclins

Angelika Amon;Mike Tyers;Bruce Futcher;Kim Nasmyth

494
Citations
Two yeast forkhead genes regulate the cell cycle and pseudohyphal growth

Gefeng Zhu;Paul T. Spellman;Tom Volpe;Tom Volpe;Patrick O. Brown

485
Citations
The size of the nucleus increases as yeast cells grow.

Paul Jorgensen;Nicholas P. Edgington;Brandt L. Schneider;Ivan Rupeš

460
Citations
Characterization of four B-type cyclin genes of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

I Fitch;C Dahmann;U Surana;A Amon

441
Citations
p34Cdc28-mediated control of Cln3 cyclin degradation.

Julia Yaglom;Maarten H.K. Linskens;Seth Sadis;David M. Rubin

397
Citations
Functional overlap of sequences that activate transcription and signal ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

Simone E. Salghetti;Masafumi Muratani;Herman Wijnen;Bruce Futcher

354
Citations
Live attenuated influenza virus vaccines by computer-aided rational design

Steffen Mueller;J Robert Coleman;J Robert Coleman;Dimitris Papamichail;Dimitris Papamichail;Charles B Ward

332
Citations
The Cell Cycle–Regulated Genes of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Anna Oliva;Adam Rosebrock;Francisco Ferrezuelo;Saumyadipta Pyne

269
Citations
Far1 and Fus3 link the mating pheromone signal transduction pathway to three G1-phase Cdc28 kinase complexes.

M Tyers;B Futcher

242
Citations
Inhibition of G1 cyclin activity by the Ras/cAMP pathway in yeast.

George Tokiwa;Mike Tyers;Tom Volpe;Bruce Futcher

236
Citations
Measurement of average decoding rates of the 61 sense codons in vivo.

Justin Gardin;Rukhsana Yeasmin;Alisa Yurovsky;Ying Cai

228
Citations
Identifying combinatorial regulation of transcription factors and binding motifs

Mamoru Kato;Mamoru Kato;Naoya Hata;Nilanjana Banerjee;Nilanjana Banerjee;Bruce Futcher

212
Citations
Proteome studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Identification and characterization of abundant proteins

James I. Garrels;Calvin S. McLaughlin;Jonathan R. Warner;Bruce Futcher

197
Citations
Cdc28-Clb5 (CDK-S) and Cdc7-Dbf4 (DDK) collaborate to initiate meiotic recombination in yeast.

Lihong Wan;Hengyao Niu;Bruce Futcher;Chao Zhang

168
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eckard Wimmer Stony Brook University

Steven Skiena Stony Brook University

Angelika Amon MIT

Jonathan S. Weissman MIT

Ryuji Kobayashi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York

Patrick O. Brown Stanford University

Jonathan R. Warner Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Michael Q. Zhang The University of Texas at Dallas

David Botstein Princeton University

External Links

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