2026 Douglas E. Brash: 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	55	14764	13558	6172	5520	127	19778

Overview

Douglas E. Brash is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focused contribution in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, including:

bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
Retinal Development and Disorders
melanin and skin pigmentation
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Philosophy and History of Science
Origins and Evolution of Life

Their frequent publication venues reflect this interdisciplinary scope and include:

Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Photochemistry and Photobiology
Cancers
Antioxidants

Recent research contributions by Douglas E. Brash include the following papers:

"Slip versus Slop: A Head-to-Head Comparison of UV-Protective Clothing to Sunscreen," 2022, published in Cancers
"Next-generation sequencing methodologies to detect low-frequency mutations: "Catch me if you can"," 2023, published in Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
"Triplet-Energy Quenching Functions of Antioxidant Molecules," 2022, published in Antioxidants
"Chemiexcitation and melanin in photoreceptor disc turnover and prevention of macular degeneration," 2023, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Chemiexcitation: Mammalian Photochemistry in the Dark†," 2023, published in Photochemistry and Photobiology

The scientist has collaborated on multiple projects with several frequent coauthors, including:

Letícia Christina Pires Gonçalves
Sanjay Premi
Meg A. Palmatier
Carlos Angelé-Martínez
Yanan Lyu

Best Publications

A role for sunlight in skin cancer: UV-induced p53 mutations in squamous cell carcinoma.

Douglas E. Brash;Jeffrey A. Rudolph;Jeffrey A. Simon;Anthony Lin

2413
Citations
Sunburn and p53 in the onset of skin cancer

Annemarie Ziegler;Alan S. Jonason;David J. Leffellt;Jeffrey A. Simon;Jeffrey A. Simon

2052
Citations
Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic RAC1 mutations in melanoma.

Michael Krauthammer;Yong Lin Kong;Byung Hak Ha;Perry Evans

1330
Citations
Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Infection with SV40 or Adenovirus-12 SV40 Hybrid Virus, or Transfection via Strontium Phosphate Coprecipitation with a Plasmid Containing SV40 Early Region Genes

Roger R. Reddel;Yang Ke;Brenda I. Gerwin;Mary G. McMenamin

1162
Citations
The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas.

M R Gailani;M Ståhle-Bäckdahl;D J Leffell;M Glynn

958
Citations
Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers.

Annemarie Ziegler;David J. Leffell;Subrahmanyam Kunala;Harsh W. Sharma

909
Citations
Frequent clones of p53-mutated keratinocytes in normal human skin

Alan S. Jonason;Subrahmanyam Kunala;Gary J. Price;Richard J. Restifo

771
Citations
Sunlight and sunburn in human skin cancer: p53, apoptosis, and tumor promotion.

Douglas E. Brash;Annemarie Ziegler;Alan S. Jonason;Jeffrey A. Simon

630
Citations
Chemiexcitation of melanin derivatives induces DNA photoproducts long after UV exposure

Sanjay Premi;Silvia Wallisch;Camila M. Mano;Adam B. Weiner

580
Citations
UV-induced mutation hotspots occur at DNA damage hotspots

Douglas E. Brash;William A. Haseltine

499
Citations
UV signature mutations.

Douglas E. Brash

419
Citations
Sunlight and the onset of skin cancer

Douglas E. Brash

383
Citations
Distribution of UV light-induced damage in a defined sequence of human DNA: detection of alkaline-sensitive lesions at pyrimidine nucleoside-cytidine sequences

Judith A. Lippke;Lynn K. Gordon;Douglas E. Brash;William A. Haseltine

338
Citations
Transgenic expression of survivin in keratinocytes counteracts UVB-induced apoptosis and cooperates with loss of p53.

Douglas Grossman;Paul J. Kim;Olivier P. Blanc-Brude;Douglas E. Brash

322
Citations
Common contaminants in next-generation sequencing that hinder discovery of low-abundance microbes.

Martin Laurence;Christos Hatzis;Douglas E. Brash

320
Citations
UV MUTAGENIC PHOTOPRODUCTS IN Escherichia coli AND HUMAN CELLS: A MOLECULAR GENETICS PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN SKIN CANCER*

Douglas E. Brash

319
Citations
Keratinocyte Apoptosis in Epidermal Development and Disease

Deepak Raj;Douglas E. Brash;Douglas Grossman;Douglas Grossman

292
Citations
Photoproduct frequency is not the major determinant of UV base substitution hot spots or cold spots in human cells

Douglas E. Brash;Saraswathy Seetharam;Kenneth H. Kraemer;Michael M. Seidman

291
Citations
Relationship Between Sunlight Exposure and a Key Genetic Alteration in Basal Cell Carcinoma

Mae R. Gailani;David J. Leffell;AnneMarie Ziegler;Earl G. Gross

250
Citations
Ultraviolet Radiation Induced Signature Mutations in Photocarcinogenesis

Norbert M. Wikonkal;Douglas E. Brash

245
Citations