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George M. Church publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by George M. Church between 1977 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. George M. Church published across 50 years, from 1977 to 2026, averaging 22.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 87 publications in 2017. 11 of the 1,114 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 87. Peak 87 publications in 2017. 1977: 3 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 7 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 8 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 21 publications 2005: 30 publications 2006: 31 publications 2007: 28 publications 2008: 22 publications 2009: 32 publications 2010: 26 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 39 publications 2013: 56 publications 2014: 59 publications 2015: 53 publications 2016: 50 publications 2017: 87 publications 2018: 63 publications 2019: 56 publications 2020: 67 publications 2021: 61 publications 2022: 45 publications 2023: 70 publications 2024: 58 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
1977 2026

1,114 publications in total across all disciplines

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George M. Church: publications per year, 1977 to 2026
Year Publications
1977 3
1978 2
1979 2
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 3
1986 0
1987 0
1988 2
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 7
1993 2
1994 3
1995 1
1996 8
1997 5
1998 7
1999 7
2000 20
2001 12
2002 16
2003 15
2004 21
2005 30
2006 31
2007 28
2008 22
2009 32
2010 26
2011 30
2012 39
2013 56
2014 59
2015 53
2016 50
2017 87
2018 63
2019 56
2020 67
2021 61
2022 45
2023 70
2024 58
2025 10
2026 1
Total 1,114
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George M. Church 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 George M. Church sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 703+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 785 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100 785
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George M. Church 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 George M. Church sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 160+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 204 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96 204
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to human genome sequencing technologies and DNA synthesis and assembly.
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2009 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1930 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George M. Church is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing to a total of 478 publications in these areas. The primary subfields in their work include molecular biology, genetics, biomedical engineering, infectious diseases, and immunology.

The main research topics addressed by George M. Church include:

  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Pluripotent stem cells research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 82 publications
  • Nature Communications, 15 publications
  • Nature Biotechnology, 14 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 9 publications
  • Nature, 7 publications

Recent notable papers authored by or involving George M. Church include:

  • "A Deep Learning Approach to Antibiotic Discovery," 2020, Cell
  • "Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision," 2020, Nature
  • "A robust benchmark for detection of germline large deletions and insertions," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Single-sequence protein structure prediction using a language model and deep learning," 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Low-N protein engineering with data-efficient deep learning," 2021, Nature Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George M. Church include:

  • Richie E. Kohman
  • Pranam Chatterjee
  • Christian Kramme
  • Elaine T. Lim
  • Yingleong Chan

George M. Church has received several awards recognizing contributions in the scientific community:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for contributions to human genome sequencing technologies and DNA synthesis and assembly
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2011)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (year 1930)

Best Publications

  • RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

    Prashant Mali;Luhan Yang;Kevin M. Esvelt;John Aach

  • Genomic sequencing

    G M Church;W Gilbert

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Systematic determination of genetic network architecture

    Saeed Tavazoie;Jason D. Hughes;Michael J. Campbell;Raymond J. Cho

  • Biclustering of Expression Data

    Yizong Cheng;George M. Church

  • CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering.

    Prashant Mali;John Aach;P Benjamin Stranges;Kevin M Esvelt

  • Accurate Multiplex Polony Sequencing of an Evolved Bacterial Genome

    Jay Shendure;Gregory J. Porreca;Nikos B. Reppas;Xiaoxia Lin

  • A Deep Learning Approach to Antibiotic Discovery

    Jonathan M. Stokes;Kevin Yang;Kyle Swanson;Wengong Jin

  • Genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR-Cas systems

    James E. DiCarlo;Julie E. Norville;Prashant Mali;Xavier Rios

  • Programming cells by multiplex genome engineering and accelerated evolution

    Harris H. Wang;Farren J. Isaacs;Peter A. Carr;Zachary Z. Sun

  • Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming

    Alejandro Chavez;Jonathan Scheiman;Suhani Vora;Benjamin W Pruitt

  • Multiplex and homologous recombination–mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana using guide RNA and Cas9

    Jian-Feng Li;Julie E Norville;John Aach;Matthew McCormack

  • Analysis of optimality in natural and perturbed metabolic networks

    Daniel Segrè;Dennis Vitkup;George M. Church

  • Assessing computational tools for the discovery of transcription factor binding sites.

    Martin Tompa;Nan Li;Timothy L. Bailey;George M. Church

  • Cas9 as a versatile tool for engineering biology

    Prashant Mali;Kevin M Esvelt;George M Church;George M Church

  • Human Genome Sequencing Using Unchained Base Reads on Self-Assembling DNA Nanoarrays

    Radoje Drmanac;Andrew B. Sparks;Matthew J. Callow;Aaron L. Halpern

  • Rapid prototyping of 3D DNA-origami shapes with caDNAno

    Shawn Michael Douglas;Adam H. Marblestone;Surat Teerapittayanon;Alejandro Vazquez

  • Next-Generation Digital Information Storage in DNA

    George M. Church;George M. Church;Yuan Gao;Sriram Kosuri;Sriram Kosuri

  • Computational identification of Cis -regulatory elements associated with groups of functionally related genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Jason D Hughes;Preston W Estep;Saeed Tavazoie;George M Church

  • Discrimination between Paralogs using Microarray Analysis: Application to the Yap1p and Yap2p Transcriptional Networks

    Barak A. Cohen;Yitzhak Pilpel;Robi D. Mitra;George M. Church

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant Mali
Prashant Mali University of California, San Diego
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Harris H. Wang
Harris H. Wang Columbia University
Konrad P. Kording
Konrad P. Kording University of Pennsylvania
Kun Zhang
Kun Zhang University of California, San Diego
João Pedro de Magalhães
João Pedro de Magalhães University of Liverpool
Jin Billy Li
Jin Billy Li Stanford University

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