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72
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21552
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2110
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David L. Stern 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 L. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 165 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Stern 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 L. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David L. Stern is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and insect science.

They have contributed to key research topics including neurobiology and insect physiology, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, chromosomal and genetic variations, insect-plant interactions and control, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and studies on genetic diversity and population structure.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David L. Stern include Hiroshi Shiozaki, Elizabeth Kim, Clair Han, Joshua L. Lillvis, and Barry J. Dickson.

Stern's work has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, eLife, and Evolution.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stern include:

  • Dense and pleiotropic regulatory information in a developmental enhancer (2020, Nature)
  • A novel family of secreted insect proteins linked to plant gall development (2021, Current Biology)
  • Nested neural circuits generate distinct acoustic signals during Drosophila courtship (2024, Current Biology)
  • A framework for studying behavioral evolution by reconstructing ancestral repertoires (2021, eLife)
  • A large genomic insertion containing a duplicated follistatin gene is linked to the pea aphid male wing dimorphism (2020, eLife)

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Blocks of Limited Haplotype Diversity Revealed by High-Resolution Scanning of Human Chromosome 21

    Nila Patil;Anthony J. Berno;David A. Hinds;Wade A. Barrett

  • Tumor necrosis factor/cachectin interacts with endothelial cell receptors to induce release of interleukin 1.

    P P Nawroth;I Bank;D Handley;J Cassimeris

  • The Loci of Evolution: How Predictable is Genetic Evolution?

    David L. Stern;Virginie Orgogozo

  • The genetic causes of convergent evolution.

    David L. Stern

  • Is Genetic Evolution Predictable

    David L. Stern;Virginie Orgogozo

  • Amyloid-β peptide–Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproduct interaction elicits neuronal expression of macrophage-colony stimulating factor: A proinflammatory pathway in Alzheimer disease

    Shi Du Yan;Huaijie Zhu;Jin Fu;Shi Fang Yan

  • Evolutionary developmental biology and the problem of variation.

    Stern Dl

  • Phenotypic robustness conferred by apparently redundant transcriptional enhancers

    Nicolás Frankel;Gregory K. Davis;Diego Vargas;Shu Wang

  • PERSPECTIVE: EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF VARIATION

    David L. Stern

  • An intracellular protein that binds amyloid-β peptide and mediates neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease

    Shi Du Yan;Jin Fu;Claudio Soto;Xi Chen

  • Multiplexed shotgun genotyping for rapid and efficient genetic mapping

    Peter Andolfatto;Dan Davison;Dan Davison;Deniz Erezyilmaz;Tina T. Hu

  • Rage: A Novel Cellular Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products

    Ann Marie Schmidt;Osamu Hori;Rong Cao;Shi Du Yan

  • Wing Dimorphism in Aphids

    Christian Braendle;Gregory K. Davis;Jennifer A. Brisson;David L. Stern

  • Low affinity binding site clusters confer hox specificity and regulatory robustness.

    Justin Crocker;Namiko Abe;Lucrezia Rinaldi;Alistair P. McGregor

  • Morphological evolution through multiple cis -regulatory mutations at a single gene

    Alistair P. McGregor;Alistair P. McGregor;Virginie Orgogozo;Virginie Orgogozo;Isabelle Delon;Jennifer Zanet

  • Developmental origin and evolution of bacteriocytes in the aphid-Buchnera symbiosis.

    Christian Braendle;Toru Miura;Ryan Bickel;Alexander W Shingleton

  • The temporal requirements for insulin signaling during development in Drosophila.

    Alexander W Shingleton;Jayatri Das;Lucio Vinicius;David L Stern

  • The developmental basis for allometry in insects.

    David L. Stern;Douglas J. Emlen

  • A role of Ultrabithorax in morphological differences between Drosophila species

    David L. Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Singer
Robert H. Singer Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Peter Andolfatto
Peter Andolfatto Columbia University
Patricia J. Wittkopp
Patricia J. Wittkopp University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter P. Nawroth
Peter P. Nawroth Heidelberg University
John B. Hogenesch
John B. Hogenesch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Ann Marie Schmidt
Ann Marie Schmidt New York University
Richard S. Mann
Richard S. Mann Columbia University

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