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David F. Clayton

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
23455
World Ranking
12262
National Ranking
5242

Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
23405
World Ranking
3924
National Ranking
1779

David F. Clayton publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David F. Clayton sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

David F. Clayton D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David F. Clayton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

David F. Clayton is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Their work has a particular focus on Genetics, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science as key subfields of study.

Several main topics define their research interests, including:

  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

David F. Clayton has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, among them:

  • Julia M. George
  • Wesley C. Warren
  • David W. Burt
  • Katherine L. Buchanan
  • Katarina C. Stuart

The scientist's publication record includes work in various academic venues. They have published most frequently in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with four papers there. Other publication venues include Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Ecology Resources, and Neuroscience.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David F. Clayton include:

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species (2021, Nature)
  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species (2020, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acoustic developmental programming: a mechanistic and evolutionary framework (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling (2022, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling (2021, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Stabilization of α-Synuclein Secondary Structure upon Binding to Synthetic Membranes

    W. Sean Davidson;Ana Jonas;David F. Clayton;Julia M. George

  • Habituation revisited: an updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation.

    Catharine H. Rankin;Thomas Abrams;Robert J. Barry;Seema Bhatnagar

  • Characterization of a novel protein regulated during the critical period for song learning in the zebra finch

    Julia M. George;Hui Jin;Wendy S. Woods;David F. Clayton

  • The synucleins: a family of proteins involved in synaptic function, plasticity, neurodegeneration and disease

    David F. Clayton;Julia M. George

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • A generalization of the transmission/disequilibrium test for uncertain-haplotype transmission.

    David Clayton

  • Song presentation induces gene expression in the songbird forebrain

    Claudio V. Mello;David S. Vicario;David F. Clayton;David F. Clayton

  • Genes and Social Behavior

    Gene E. Robinson;Russell D. Fernald;David F. Clayton

  • Synucleins in synaptic plasticity and neurodegenerative disorders.

    David F. Clayton;Julia M. George;Julia M. George

  • Interaction of human alpha-Synuclein and Parkinson's disease variants with phospholipids. Structural analysis using site-directed mutagenesis.

    Richard J. Perrin;Wendy S. Woods;David F. Clayton;Julia M. George

  • Nigral and cortical Lewy bodies and dystrophic nigral neurites in Parkinson's disease and cortical Lewy body disease contain alpha-synuclein immunoreactivity

    Michael C. Irizarry;Whitfield Growdon;Teresa Gomez-Isla;Kathy Newell

  • The Genomic Action Potential

    David F Clayton

  • Song-induced ZENK gene expression in auditory pathways of songbird brain and its relation to the song control system

    Claudio V. Mello;David F. Clayton

  • Transmission/Disequilibrium Tests for Extended Marker Haplotypes

    David Clayton;Hywel Jones;Hywel Jones

  • Dosage compensation is less effective in birds than in mammals.

    Yuichiro Itoh;Esther Melamed;Xia Yang;Kathy Kampf

  • Changes in liver-specific compared to common gene transcription during primary culture of mouse hepatocytes.

    D F Clayton;J E Darnell

  • Repeated exposure to one song leads to a rapid and persistent decline in an immediate early gene's response to that song in zebra finch telencephalon.

    Claudio Mello;Fernando Nottebohm;David Clayton

  • Exposure to Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Triggers Rapid Multimerization of Synucleins

    Richard J. Perrin;Wendy S. Woods;David F. Clayton;Julia M. George

  • Delayed localization of synelfin (synuclein, NACP) to presynaptic terminals in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

    Ginger S Withers;Julia M George;Gary A Banker;David F Clayton

  • Dependence of liver-specific transcription on tissue organization.

    David F. Clayton;Allan L. Harrelson;J. E. Darnell

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio V. Mello
Claudio V. Mello Oregon Health & Science University
Arthur P. Arnold
Arthur P. Arnold University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jonathan V. Sweedler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Scott V. Edwards
Scott V. Edwards Harvard University
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Robert J. Tempelman
Robert J. Tempelman Michigan State University
James E. Darnell
James E. Darnell Rockefeller University
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Eliot A. Brenowitz University of Washington
Hans Ellegren
Hans Ellegren Uppsala University
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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