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David S. Hogness 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 S. Hogness sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 88 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Hogness 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 S. Hogness sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For their seminal contributions to concepts and methods of creating a genetic map in the human, and of positional cloning, leading to the identification of thousands of human disease genes and ushering in the era of human genetics.
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1984 - Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1976 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David S. Hogness was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States during their academic career. Their work contributed to the field of genetics, particularly in mapping human genes and advancing genetic research methodologies.

Throughout their career, Hogness received several notable awards recognizing their scientific contributions. These include the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize in 2013, awarded for seminal contributions to genetic mapping in humans, positional cloning, and identifying thousands of human disease genes. Other honors include becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992, receiving the Genetics Society of America Medal in 1984, and being elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. They were also a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1968.

David S. Hogness did not have a documented list of recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues available in the provided data. Likewise, their main fields of study, subfields, and topics of work were not explicitly listed.

Hogness's career spanned significant developments in molecular genetics during the latter half of the 20th century and into the early 21st century. The awards and affiliations suggest a focus on genetic mapping techniques and gene identification processes crucial to human genetic research.

Best Publications

  • Colony hybridization: a method for the isolation of cloned DNAs that contain a specific gene.

    Michael Grunstein;David S. Hogness

  • Molecular genetics of human color vision: the genes encoding blue, green, and red pigments

    Jeremy Nathans;Darcy Thomas;David S. Hogness

  • The drosophila EcR gene encodes an ecdysone receptor, a new member of the steroid receptor superfamily

    Michael R. Koelle;William S. Talbot;William A. Segraves;Michael T. Bender

  • Molecular genetics of inherited variation in human color vision.

    Jeremy Nathans;Thomas P. Piantanida;Roger L. Eddy;Thomas B. Shows

  • Isolation, sequence analysis, and intron-exon arrangement of the gene encoding bovine rhodopsin

    Jeremy Nathans;David S. Hogness

  • Drosophila tissues with different metamorphic responses to ecdysone express different ecdysone receptor isoforms

    William S. Talbot;Elizabeth A. Swyryd;David S. Hogness

  • Chromosomal walking and jumping to isolate DNA from the Ace and rosy loci and the bithorax complex in Drosophila melanogaster

    W. Bender;Pierre Spierer;D. S. Hogness

  • The Polycomb protein shares a homologous domain with a heterochromatin-associated protein of Drosophila.

    Renato Paro;David S. Hogness

  • Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila melanogaster

    Welcome Bender;Michael Akam;François Karch;Philip A. Beachy

  • The E75 ecdysone-inducible gene responsible for the 75B early puff in Drosophila encodes two new members of the steroid receptor superfamily.

    William A. Segraves;David S. Hogness

  • The Units of DNA Replication in Drosophila melanogaster Chromosomes

    Alan B. Blumenthal;Henry J. Kriegstein;David S. Hogness

  • Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding human rhodopsin

    Jeremy Nathans;David S. Hogness

  • The transformation of Escherichia coli with deoxyribonucleic acid isolated from bacteriophage λdg

    A.D. Kaiser;David S. Hogness

  • A system for mapping DNA sequences in the chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Pieter C. Wensink;David J. Finnegan;John E. Donelson;David S. Hogness

  • Microarray analysis of Drosophila development during metamorphosis.

    Kevin P. White;Scott A. Rifkin;Patrick Hurban;David S. Hogness

  • The drosophila 74EF early puff contains E74 a complex ecdysone-inducible gene that encodes two ets-related proteins

    Kenneth C. Burtis;Carl S. Thummel;Carl S. Thummel;C.Weldon Jones;Felix D. Karim

  • Segmental distribution of bithorax complex proteins during Drosophila development

    Philip A. Beachy;Stephen L. Helfand;David S. Hogness

  • Coordination of Drosophila metamorphosis by two ecdysone-induced nuclear receptors

    Kevin P. White;Patrick Hurban;Toshiki Watanabe;David S. Hogness

  • Drosophila Ecdysone Receptor Mutations Reveal Functional Differences among Receptor Isoforms

    Michael Bender;Farhad B Imam;William S Talbot;Barry Ganetzky

  • R loop mapping of the 18S and 28S sequences in the long and short repeating units of drosophila melanogaster rDNA

    Raymond L. White;David S. Hogness

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Beachy
Philip A. Beachy Stanford University
David Wilson
David Wilson Binghamton University
Jeremy Nathans
Jeremy Nathans Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James W. Truman
James W. Truman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Welcome Bender
Welcome Bender Harvard University
Carl S. Thummel
Carl S. Thummel University of Utah
Mark A. Krasnow
Mark A. Krasnow Stanford University
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University

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