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Donald D. Brown publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald D. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 148 publications — 36th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Donald D. Brown D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald D. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Donald D. Brown is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with significant contributions across specialized subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Neurology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably in COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and its long-term effects, as well as ocular health related subjects such as Corneal Surgery and Disorders, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens research, and the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare and reproduction.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Ocular Surface
  • JAMIA Open
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • BMC Public Health
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Some recent publications authored or coauthored by Donald D. Brown are:

  • Risk factors associated with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: an N3C and NIH RECOVER study (2023), published in BMC Public Health
  • Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) activates PPARγ signaling leading to cell cycle exit, lipid accumulation, and autophagy in human meibomian gland epithelial cells (hMGEC) (2020), published in The Ocular Surface
  • A recurrent neural network approach to predicting hemoglobin trajectories in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (2020), published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • Who is pregnant? Defining real-world data-based pregnancy episodes in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) (2023), published in JAMIA Open
  • Risk for stillbirth among pregnant individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection varied by gestational age (2023), published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Joel Saltz
  • Johanna Loomba
  • Alfred Anzalone
  • Christopher G. Chute
  • Emily Pfaff

Over the course of their career, Donald D. Brown received recognition as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.

Best Publications

  • Specific Gene Amplification in Oocytes Oocyte nuclei contain extrachromosomal replicas of the genes for ribosomal RNA

    Donald D. Brown;Igor B. Dawid

  • A control region in the center of the 5S RNA gene directs specific initiation of transcription: II. The 3′ border of the region

    Daniel F. Bogenhagen;Shigeru Sakonju;Donald D. Brown

  • RNA synthesis during the development of Xenopus laevis, the South African clawed toad

    Donald D. Brown;Elizabeth Littna

  • ABSENCE OF RIBOSOMAL RNA SYNTHESIS IN THE ANUCLEOLATE MUTANT OF XENOPUS LAEVIS.

    Donald D. Brown;J. B. Gurdon

  • Nucleotide sequences in Xenopus 5S DNA required for transcription termination

    Daniel F. Bogenhagen;Donald D. Brown

  • A specific transcription factor that can bind either the 5S RNA gene or 5S RNA.

    Hugh R. B. Pelham;Donald D. Brown

  • A comparison of the ribosomal DNA's of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus mulleri: the evolution of tandem genes☆

    Donald D. Brown;Pieter C. Wensink;Eddie Jordan

  • Gene linkage by RNA-DNA hybridization: I. Unique DNA sequences homologous to 4 s RNA, 5 s RNA and ribosomal RNA

    Donald D. Brown;Carl S. Weber

  • A correlation of thyroid hormone receptor gene expression with amphibian metamorphosis.

    Yoshio Yaoita;Donald D. Brown

  • The role of stable complexes that repress and activate eucaryotic genes.

    Donald D. Brown

  • The distribution and properties of a histamine-methylating enzyme.

    Donald D. Brown;Robert Tomchick;Julius Axelrod

  • A gene expression screen

    Zhou Wang;Donald D. Brown

  • The genes for silk fibroin in Bombyx mori.

    Yoshiaki Suzuki;L.Patrick Gage;Donald D. Brown

  • Isolation and identification of the messenger RNA for silk fibroin from Bombyx mori.

    Yoshiaki Suzuki;Donald D. Brown

  • Stable transcription complexes of Xenopus 5S RNA genes: A means to maintain the differentiated state

    Daniel F. Bogenhagen;W. Michael Wormington;Donald D. Brown

  • A nuclear extract of Xenopus laevis oocytes that accurately transcribes 5S RNA genes.

    Edward H. Birkenmeier;Donald D. Brown;Eddie Jordan

  • Characterization of two xenopus somatic 5S DNAs and one minor oocyte-specific 5S DNA

    Ronald C. Peterson;Jeffrey L. Doering;Donald D. Brown

  • Composition and structure of chromosomal and amplified ribosomal DNA's of Xenopus laevis

    Igor B. Dawid;Donald D. Brown;Ronald H. Reeder

  • Contact points between a positive transcription factor and the Xenopus 5S RNA gene.

    Shigeru Sakonju;Donald D. Brown

  • Thyroid hormone-induced gene expression program for amphibian tail resorption

    Zhou Wang;D. D. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor B. Dawid
Igor B. Dawid National Institutes of Health
Ronald H. Reeder
Ronald H. Reeder Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dana Carroll
Dana Carroll University of Utah
John B. Gurdon
John B. Gurdon University of Cambridge
Mark S. Schlissel
Mark S. Schlissel University of California, Berkeley
Nina V. Fedoroff
Nina V. Fedoroff Pennsylvania State University
George G. Brownlee
George G. Brownlee University of Oxford
Robert G. Roeder
Robert G. Roeder Rockefeller University
Ian J. Jackson
Ian J. Jackson University of Edinburgh
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University

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