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D-Index
53
Citations
15606
World Ranking
3703
National Ranking
1601

David I. K. Martin 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 David I. K. Martin sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 102 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David I. K. Martin 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 David I. K. Martin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David I. K. Martin is affiliated with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Medicine.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Infectious Diseases. Their research topics focus notably on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Congenital Heart Defects Research.

Recent academic contributions include the following papers:

  • Towards a reference genome that captures global genetic diversity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Application of full-genome analysis to diagnose rare monogenic disorders, 2021, npj Genomic Medicine
  • High-level correction of the sickle mutation is amplified in vivo during erythroid differentiation, 2022, iScience
  • DUSP5 expression in left ventricular cardiomyocytes of young hearts regulates thyroid hormone (T3)-induced proliferative ERK1/2 signaling, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Application of Full Genome Analysis to Diagnose Rare Monogenic Disorders, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent publication venues for this scientist's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • npj Genomic Medicine
  • iScience
  • Scientific Reports

They often collaborate with notable co-authors such as:

  • Dario Boffelli
  • K. Wong
  • Stephen K. Chow
  • Pui-Yan Kwok
  • Wendy Magis

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic inheritance at the agouti locus in the mouse.

    Hugh D. Morgan;Heidi G.E. Sutherland;David I.K. Martin;Emma Whitelaw

  • Repeat-induced gene silencing in mammals.

    David Garrick;Steven Fiering;David I.K. Martin;Emma Whitelaw

  • MicroRNAs control translation initiation by inhibiting eukaryotic initiation factor 4E/cap and poly(A) tail function

    David T. Humphreys;Belinda J. Westman;David I. K. Martin;Thomas Preiss

  • Germline epimutation of MLH1 in individuals with multiple cancers

    Catherine M Suter;David I K Martin;David I K Martin;Robyn L Ward;Robyn L Ward

  • Selection-free genome editing of the sickle mutation in human adult hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.

    Mark A. DeWitt;Wendy Magis;Nicolas L. Bray;Tianjiao Wang

  • Inheritance of a cancer-associated MLH1 germ-line epimutation.

    Megan P. Hitchins;Justin J. L. Wong;Graerne Suthers;Catherine M. Suter

  • Targeted deletion of 5'HS2 of the murine beta-globin LCR reveals that it is not essential for proper regulation of the beta-globin locus.

    Steven Fiering;Elliot Epner;Kirsten Robinson;Yuan Zhuang

  • Germ-line epigenetic modification of the murine A vy allele by nutritional supplementation.

    Jennifer E. Cropley;Catherine M. Suter;Catherine M. Suter;Kenneth B. Beckman;David I. K. Martin;David I. K. Martin;David I. K. Martin

  • Retrotransposons as epigenetic mediators of phenotypic variation in mammals.

    Emma Whitelaw;David I.K. Martin

  • Enhancers increase the probability but not the level of gene expression

    Mark C. Walters;Steven Fiering;Jeff Eidemiller;Wendy Magis

  • Nuclear localization and histone acetylation: a pathway for chromatin opening and transcriptional activation of the human β-globin locus

    Dirk Schübeler;Claire Francastel;Daniel M. Cimbora;Andreas Reik

  • Nuclear compartmentalization and gene activity

    Claire Francastel;Dirk Schübeler;David I. K. Martin;Mark Groudine;Mark Groudine

  • A Functional Enhancer Suppresses Silencing of a Transgene and Prevents Its Localization Close to Centromeric Heterochromatin

    Claire Francastel;Mark C Walters;Mark Groudine;Mark Groudine;David I.K Martin

  • A Proliferative Burst during Preadolescence Establishes the Final Cardiomyocyte Number

    Nawazish Naqvi;Ming Li;John W. Calvert;Thor Tejada

  • Notch1 and Notch2 Inhibit Myeloid Differentiation in Response to Different Cytokines

    Anna Bigas;David I. K. Martin;David I. K. Martin;Laurie A. Milner;Laurie A. Milner

  • Identification and correction of systematic error in high-throughput sequence data

    Frazer Meacham;Dario Boffelli;Joseph Dhahbi;David I. K. Martin

  • A human homologue of the Drosophila developmental gene, Notch, is expressed in CD34+ hematopoietic precursors

    Laurie A. Milner;Raphael Kopan;David I.K. Martin;Irwin D. Bernstein

  • The β-Globin LCR Is Not Necessary for an Open Chromatin Structure or Developmentally Regulated Transcription of the Native Mouse β-Globin Locus

    Elliot Epner;Andreas Reik;Daniel Cimbora;Agnes Telling

  • Transcriptional enhancers act in cis to suppress position-effect variegation

    Mark C. Walters;Wendy Magis;Steven Fiering;Jeff Eidemiller

  • 5′ tRNA halves are present as abundant complexes in serum, concentrated in blood cells, and modulated by aging and calorie restriction

    Joseph M Dhahbi;Stephen R Spindler;Hani Atamna;Amy Yamakawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine M. Suter
Catherine M. Suter University of New South Wales
Mark Groudine
Mark Groudine Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Robyn L. Ward
Robyn L. Ward Monash University
Thomas Preiss
Thomas Preiss Australian National University
Robert M. Graham
Robert M. Graham Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Emma Whitelaw
Emma Whitelaw La Trobe University
Jacob E. Corn
Jacob E. Corn ETH Zurich
Lior Pachter
Lior Pachter California Institute of Technology
Irwin D. Bernstein
Irwin D. Bernstein Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Pui-Yan Kwok
Pui-Yan Kwok University of California, San Francisco

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