2026 Deanna M. Church: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	59	12231	11256	5225	4681	128	132477

Overview

Deanna M. Church is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant portion of work in Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Hepatology, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecology.

Their research encompasses several main topics, notably:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Liver physiology and pathology
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Marine animal studies overview
Identification and Quantification in Food
Pancreatic function and diabetes

Deanna M. Church has authored multiple papers that have been published in widely recognized scientific venues. Significant recent publications include:

Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals Early Emergence of Liver Parenchymal and Non-parenchymal Cell Lineages, 2020, Cell
Haplotyping the Vitis collinear core genome with rhAmpSeq improves marker transferability in a diverse genus, 2020, Nature Communications
De novo assembly of the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) genome with linked-reads and long-read technologies minimizes gaps and provides exceptional Y chromosome assembly, 2020, BMC Genomics
A next-generation human genome sequence, 2022, Science
A Chromosome-Length Assembly of the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi): A History of "Genetic Purging" and Genomic Stability, 2022, Genes

Their frequent coauthors include:

Jeremy Lotto
Sibyl Drissler
Rebecca Cullum
Wei Wei
Manu Setty

Publication venues where Deanna M. Church has appeared more than once include:

Nature Communications
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Other notable venues with contributions include:

Cell
BMC Genomics
Science

Best Publications

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

31093
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation.

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

18403
Citations
An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

13558
Citations
Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information

David L. Wheeler;Deanna M. Church;Ron Edgar;Scott Federhen

10341
Citations
Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

8732
Citations
A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes

Marcy E. MacDonald;Christine M. Ambrose;Mabel P. Duyao;Richard H. Myers

7760
Citations
Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes. The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group.

M Shah;N Datson;L Srinidhi;VP Stanton

4892
Citations
Molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy: Expansion of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the 3′ end of a transcript encoding a protein kinase family member

J. David Brook;Mila E. McCurrach;Helen G. Harley;Alan J. Buckler

3325
Citations
Consensus Statement : Chromosomal Microarray Is a First-Tier Clinical Diagnostic Test for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities or Congenital Anomalies

David T. Miller;Margaret P. Adam;Margaret P. Adam;Swaroop Aradhya;Leslie G. Biesecker

3018
Citations
ClinVar: public archive of relationships among sequence variation and human phenotype

Melissa J. Landrum;Jennifer M. Lee;George R. Riley;Wonhee Jang

2939
Citations
Mutations in the transmembrane domain of FGFR3 cause the most common genetic form of dwarfism, achondroplasia.

Rita Shiang;Leslie M. Thompson;Ya-Zhen Zhu;Deanna M. Church

1568
Citations
Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology

David L. Wheeler;Deanna M. Church;Scott Federhen;Alex E. Lash

1164
Citations
Multi-platform discovery of haplotype-resolved structural variation in human genomes

Mark J.P. Chaisson;Mark J.P. Chaisson;Ashley D. Sanders;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao;Ankit Malhotra

982
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

963
Citations
Direct determination of diploid genome sequences

Neil I. Weisenfeld;Vijay Kumar;Preyas Shah;Deanna M. Church

801
Citations
Lineage-specific biology revealed by a finished genome assembly of the mouse.

Deanna M. Church;Leo Goodstadt;LaDeana W. Hillier;Michael C. Zody;Michael C. Zody

608
Citations
Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies

Deanna M. Church;Valerie A. Schneider;Tina Graves;Katherine Auger

586
Citations
A genome-wide comparison of recent chimpanzee and human segmental duplications

Ze Cheng;Mario Ventura;Xinwei She;Philipp Khaitovich

527
Citations
An evidence-based approach to establish the functional and clinical significance of copy number variants in intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Erin B. Kaminsky;Vineith Kaul;Justin Paschall;Deanna M. Church

486
Citations