2026 Franklin W. Stahl: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	62	2971	2817	1298	1219	140	14312

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Research.com Recognitions

1985 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1982 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1976 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Franklin W. Stahl is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their recent research includes a publication titled Crossover Interference on Nucleolus Organizing Region-Bearing Chromosomes in Arabidopsis, published in 2021 at UNC Libraries.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Sandy Y. Lam
Sarah R. Horn
Sarah J. Radford
Elizabeth A. Housworth
Gregory P. Copenhaver

The primary venue for Stahl's recent publication is UNC Libraries.

Throughout their career, Stahl has received multiple recognitions:

Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1985)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (twice, 1975 and 1985)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1976)

These honors reflect longstanding engagement with scientific research communities.

Best Publications

The double-strand-break repair model for recombination

Jack W. Szostak;Terry L. Orr-Weaver;Rodney J. Rothstein;Franklin W. Stahl

3141
Citations
The replication of DNA in Escherichia coli

Matthew Meselson;Franklin W. Stahl

1501
Citations
EQUILIBRIUM SEDIMENTATION OF MACROMOLECULES IN DENSITY GRADIENTS.

Matthew Meselson;Franklin W. Stahl;Jerome Vinograd

987
Citations
Chiasma interference as a function of genetic distance.

E Foss;R Lande;F W Stahl;C M Steinberg

276
Citations
Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. II. A mutation which causes hot spot activity.

Stephen T. Lam;Mary M. Stahl;Kenneth D. McMilin;Franklin W. Stahl

268
Citations
DNA double-chain breaks in recombination of phage lambda and of yeast.

David S. Thaler;Franklin W. Stahl

238
Citations
chi and the RecBC D Enzyme of Escherichia Coli

Richard S. Myers;Franklin W. Stahl

230
Citations
Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. III. Chi mutations are site-mutations stimulating rec-mediated recombination

Franklin W. Stahl;Jean M. Crasemann;Mary M. Stahl

216
Citations
Crossover interference in Arabidopsis.

G. P. Copenhaver;E. A. Housworth;F. W. Stahl

208
Citations
Bacterial genetics. A unicorn in the garden.

Franklin W. Stahl

192
Citations
Special Sites in Generalized Recombination

Franklin W. Stahl

182
Citations
A test of the double-strand break repair model for meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Larry A. Gilbertson;Franklin W. Stahl

180
Citations
Chi sites in combination with RecA protein increase the survival of linear DNA in Escherichia coli by inactivating exoV activity of RecBCD nuclease.

A. Kuzminov;E. Schabtach;F.W. Stahl

168
Citations
Genetic Control of Recombination Partner Preference in Yeast Meiosis: Isolation and Characterization of Mutants Elevated for Meiotic Unequal Sister-Chromatid Recombination

Dawn A. Thompson;Franklin W. Stahl

166
Citations
RECOMBINATION PATHWAY SPECIFICITY OF CHI

Franklin W. Stahl;Mary M. Stahl

157
Citations
Annealing Vs. Invasion in Phage λ Recombination

Mary M. Stahl;Lynn Thomason;Anthony R. Poteete;Trudee Tarkowski

143
Citations
Does crossover interference count in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Franklin W. Stahl;Henriette M. Foss;Lisa S. Young;Rhona H. Borts

142
Citations
Genetic recombination : thinking about it in phage and fungi

Franklin W. Stahl

139
Citations
Double-strand end repair via the RecBC pathway in Escherichia coli primes DNA replication

Andrei Kuzminov;Franklin W. Stahl

135
Citations
Crossover interference in humans.

E.A. Housworth;F.W. Stahl

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ichizo Kobayashi University of Tokyo

Gregory P. Copenhaver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Matthew Meselson Harvard University

Russell Lande Imperial College London

David Dubnau Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Susan M. Rosenberg Baylor College of Medicine

Rodney Rothstein Columbia University

Ira Herskowitz University of California, San Francisco

Richard P. Novick New York University

James E. Haber Brandeis University

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