2026 Charles H. Langley: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	72	2106	2002	956	896	155	22896

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1999 - Genetics Society of America Medal

Overview

Charles H. Langley is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work incorporates various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Langley has contributed to the scientific literature with notable recent papers, including:

"Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres" (2022, Science)
"Genomic basis of white pine blister rust quantitative disease resistance and its relationship with qualitative resistance" (2020, The Plant Journal)
"Dissecting the Polygenic Basis of Cold Adaptation Using Genome-Wide Association of Traits and Environmental Data in Douglas-fir" (2021, Genes)
"Ancient structural variants control sex-specific flowering time morphs in walnuts and hickories" (2025, Science)
"SNPs in a Large Genomic Scaffold Are Strongly Associated with Cr1R, Major Gene for Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in Range-Wide Samples of Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)" (2022, Plant Disease)

The frequent publication venues for Langley's work include:

Science
The Plant Journal
Genes
Plant Disease
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Langley collaborates regularly with multiple co-authors. Their frequent collaborators include Kristian Stevens, Jeffrey S. Groh, Diane C. Vik, Patrick H. Brown, and Graham Coop.

Among their recognitions, Langley received the Genetics Society of America Medal in 1999 and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

2336
Citations
The "hitchhiking effect" revisited.

N L Kaplan;R R Hudson;C H Langley

1328
Citations
Population Genomics: Whole-Genome Analysis of Polymorphism and Divergence in Drosophila simulans

David J. Begun;Alisha K. Holloway;Kristian Stevens;La Deana W. Hillier

743
Citations
The Hitchhiking Effect on the Site Frequency Spectrum of DNA Polymorphisms

J M Braverman;R R Hudson;N L Kaplan;C H Langley

674
Citations
Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies

David B. Neale;Jill L. Wegrzyn;Kristian A. Stevens;Aleksey V. Zimin

559
Citations
The Population Genetics of Drosophila Transposable Elements

Brian Charlesworth;Charles H. Langley

535
Citations
An examination of the constancy of the rate of molecular evolution

Charles H. Langley;Walter M. Fitch

523
Citations
The Power of Association Studies to Detect the Contribution of Candidate Genetic Loci to Variation in Complex Traits

Anthony D. Long;Charles H. Langley

509
Citations
Natural selection and the origin of jingwei, a chimeric processed functional gene in Drosophila

Manyuan Long;Charles H. Langley

463
Citations
Variation in sperm displacement and its association with accessory gland protein loci in Drosophila melanogaster.

A G Clark;M Aguadé;T Prout;L G Harshman

411
Citations
Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in loblolly pine

Garth R. Brown;Geoffrey P. Gill;Robert J. Kuntz;Charles H. Langley

388
Citations
Population Genomics of Sub-Saharan Drosophila melanogaster: African Diversity and Non-African Admixture

John E. Pool;Russell B. Corbett-Detig;Ryuichi P. Sugino;Kristian A. Stevens

375
Citations
Genomic Variation in Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Charles H. Langley;Kristian Stevens;Charis Cardeno;Yuh Chwen G. Lee

368
Citations
Sequencing and Assembly of the 22-Gb Loblolly Pine Genome

Aleksey Zimin;Kristian A. Stevens;Marc W. Crepeau;Ann Holtz-Morris

363
Citations
On the role of unequal exchange in the containment of transposable element copy number

Charles H. Langley;Elizabeth Montgomery;Richard Hudson;Norman Kaplan

361
Citations
A test for the role of natural selection in the stabilization of transposable element copy number in a population of Drosophila melanogaster.

Elizabeth Montgomery;Brian Charlesworth;Charles H. Langley

308
Citations
The maintenance of extreme amino acid diversity at the disease resistance gene, RPP13, in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Laura E Rose;Peter D Bittner-Eddy;Charles H Langley;Eric B Holub

299
Citations
Chromosome rearrangement by ectopic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster: genome structure and evolution.

E A Montgomery;S M Huang;C H Langley;B H Judd

293
Citations
The Drosophila Genome Nexus: A Population Genomic Resource of 623 Drosophila melanogaster Genomes, Including 197 from a Single Ancestral Range Population

Justin B. Lack;Charis M. Cardeno;Marc W. Crepeau;William Taylor

292
Citations
This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Copyedited and fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies

Jill L Wegrzyn;Kristian A Stevens;Daniela Puiu;Marc W Crepeau

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Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Neale University of California, Davis

Jill L. Wegrzyn University of Connecticut

Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University

Daniela Puiu Johns Hopkins University

Gary H. Karpen University of California, Berkeley

Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University

Anthony D. Long University of California, Irvine

James A. Yorke University of Maryland, College Park

Yun S. Song University of California, Berkeley

Trudy F. C. Mackay Clemson University

External Links

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