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David E. Burstein

David E. Burstein

Tel Aviv University
Israel

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13779
World Ranking
11312
National Ranking
106

David E. Burstein 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 David E. Burstein sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David E. Burstein 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 David E. Burstein sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David E. Burstein is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work addresses a diverse range of topics including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and RNA Modifications and Cancer.

David E. Burstein has contributed to several publications over recent years. Notable papers include:

  • "Penetrance and Pleiotropy of Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression Among Adults in the US Veterans Affairs Health Care System" (2022) in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide analysis of a model-derived binge eating disorder phenotype identifies risk loci and implicates iron metabolism" (2023) in Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-Wide Association Study of Treatment-Resistant Depression: Shared Biology With Metabolic Traits" (2024) in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Detecting and Adjusting for Hidden Biases due to Phenotype Misclassification in Genome-Wide Association Studies" (2023) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Single-cell atlas of transcriptomic vulnerability across multiple neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases" (2024) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Georgios Voloudakis
  • Panos Roussos
  • Sanan Venkatesh
  • Tim B. Bigdeli
  • Jaroslav Bendl

David E. Burstein often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Scientific Data, Nature Genetics, and the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Programmed DNA destruction by miniature CRISPR-Cas14 enzymes.

    Lucas B. Harrington;David Burstein;Janice S. Chen;David Paez-Espino

  • Two distinct RNase activities of CRISPR-C2c2 enable guide-RNA processing and RNA detection

    Alexandra East-Seletsky;Mitchell R. O’Connell;Spencer C. Knight;David Burstein

  • New CRISPR–Cas systems from uncultivated microbes

    David Burstein;Lucas B. Harrington;Steven C. Strutt;Alexander J. Probst

  • GLUT1 glucose transporter expression in colorectal carcinoma: a marker for poor prognosis.

    Richard S. Haber;Allison Rathan;Kenneth R. Weiser;Alla Pritsker

  • Differential GC content between exons and introns establishes distinct strategies of splice-site recognition.

    Maayan Amit;Maya Donyo;Dror Hollander;Amir Goren

  • Genome-scale identification of Legionella pneumophila effectors using a machine learning approach.

    David Burstein;Tal Zusman;Elena Degtyar;Ram Viner

  • Genomic analysis of 38 Legionella species identifies large and diverse effector repertoires

    David Burstein;Francisco Amaro;Tal Zusman;Ziv Lifshitz

  • Evidence for RNA synthesis-dependent and -independent pathways in stimulation of neurite outgrowth by nerve growth factor

    David E. Burstein;Lloyd A. Greene

  • RNA Targeting by Functionally Orthogonal Type VI-A CRISPR-Cas Enzymes

    Alexandra East-Seletsky;Mitchell R. O’Connell;David Burstein;Gavin J. Knott

  • The average common substring approach to phylogenomic reconstruction.

    Igor Ulitsky;David Burstein;Tamir Tuller;Benny Chor

  • Major bacterial lineages are essentially devoid of CRISPR-Cas viral defence systems

    David Burstein;Christine L. Sun;Christine L. Sun;Christopher T. Brown;Itai Sharon

  • p63 in pulmonary epithelium, pulmonary squamous neoplasms, and other pulmonary tumors

    Beverly Y. Wang;Joan Gil;David Kaufman;Li Gan

  • Large-scale comparative analysis of splicing signals and their corresponding splicing factors in eukaryotes

    Schraga H Schwartz;João Silva;David Burstein;Tal Pupko

  • Immunohistochemical Localization of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Astrocytomas

    David Zagzag;Douglas C. Miller;Yasufumi Sato;Daniel B. Rifkin

  • Thyroid cytology and the risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules: importance of nuclear atypia in indeterminate specimens.

    Adam S. Kelman;Allison Rathan;Jonas Leibowitz;David E. Burstein

  • Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO2 concentrations.

    Alexander J. Probst;Cindy J. Castelle;Andrea Singh;Christopher T. Brown

  • Computational modeling and experimental validation of the Legionella and Coxiella virulence-related type-IVB secretion signal

    Ziv Lifshitz;David Burstein;Michael Peeri;Tal Zusman

  • p63 and TTF-1 immunostaining. A useful marker panel for distinguishing small cell carcinoma of lung from poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of lung.

    Maoxin Wu;Beverly Wang;Joan Gil;Edmond Sabo

  • Mediterranean grassland soil C-N compound turnover is dependent on rainfall and depth, and is mediated by genomically divergent microorganisms.

    Spencer Diamond;Peter F Andeer;Zhou Li;Alexander Crits-Christoph

  • Activated N‐ras gene induces neuronal differentiation of PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells

    Isabel Guerrero;Henry Wong;Angel Pellicer;David E. Burstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Tal Pupko
Tal Pupko Tel Aviv University
Brian C. Thomas
Brian C. Thomas Metagenomi
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley
David Zhang
David Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Lloyd A. Greene
Lloyd A. Greene Columbia University
Angel Pellicer
Angel Pellicer New York University
Goutham Narla
Goutham Narla University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gil Ast
Gil Ast Tel Aviv University
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute

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