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52651
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546
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Gregory S. Barsh 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 Gregory S. Barsh sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 268 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory S. Barsh 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 Gregory S. Barsh sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gregory S. Barsh is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on genetics and molecular biology subfields. Their work spans additional areas including cell biology, nutrition and dietetics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics covered in Gregory S. Barsh's research include genomics and rare diseases, melanin and skin pigmentation, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, genetic diversity and population structure, and skin protection and aging.

Among the recently published papers authored by Gregory S. Barsh are the following:

  • Genetic regulation of OAS1 nonsense-mediated decay underlies association with COVID-19 hospitalization in patients of European and African ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Recent Evolutionary History of Tigers Highlights Contrasting Roles of Genetic Drift and Selection, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Long live the king: chromosome-level assembly of the lion (Panthera leo) using linked-read, Hi-C, and long-read data, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Dog colour patterns explained by modular promoters of ancient canid origin, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Genome sequencing as a first-line diagnostic test for hospitalized infants, 2021, Genetics in Medicine

Frequently publishing in scientific venues, Gregory S. Barsh has contributed extensively to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Current Biology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Christopher B. Kaelin
  • Bruce R. Korf
  • Gregory M. Cooper
  • Kelly M. East
  • Whitley V. Kelley

Best Publications

  • Worldwide human relationships inferred from genome-wide patterns of variation.

    Jun Z. Li;Devin M. Absher;Hua Tang;Audrey M. Southwick

  • Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight

    G. J. Morton;D. E. Cummings;D. G. Baskin;G. S. Barsh

  • Antagonism of Central Melanocortin Receptors in Vitro and in Vivo by Agouti-Related Protein

    Michael M. Ollmann;Brent D. Wilson;Brent D. Wilson;Ying-Kui Yang;Ying-Kui Yang;Julie A. Kerns;Julie A. Kerns

  • Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Graham Coop;John Novembre;Sridhar Kudaravalli

  • Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintenance and embryogenesis in mice

    Nils-Göran Larsson;Jianming Wang;Hans Wilhelmsson;Anders Oldfors

  • Frequent somatic mutations of GNAQ in uveal melanoma and blue naevi

    Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk;Vladimir Bezrookove;Gary G.R. Green;Jürgen Bauer

  • Reduction of macrophage infiltration and chemoattractant gene expression changes in white adipose tissue of morbidly obese subjects after surgery-induced weight loss.

    Raffaella Cancello;Corneliu Henegar;Nathalie Viguerie;Soraya Taleb

  • Genetics of body-weight regulation

    Barsh Gs;Farooqi Is;O'Rahilly S

  • Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

    Carol F. Elias;Clifford B. Saper;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier;Nicholas A. Tritos

  • Weight loss regulates inflammation-related genes in white adipose tissue of obese subjects

    Karine Clément;Nathalie Viguerie;Nathalie Viguerie;Christine Poitou;Claire Carette

  • Agouti-related peptide-expressing neurons are mandatory for feeding.

    Eva Gropp;Marya Shanabrough;Erzsebet Borok;Allison W Xu

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • Behavioural and cardiovascular effects of disrupting the angiotensin II type-2 receptor gene in mice

    Lutz Hein;Gregory S. Barsh;Gregory S. Barsh;Richard E. Pratt;Victor J. Dzau

  • Insulin Action in AgRP-Expressing Neurons Is Required for Suppression of Hepatic Glucose Production

    A Christine Konner;Ruth Janoschek;Leona Plum;Sabine Jordan

  • Identification of Tapr (an airway hyperreactivity regulatory locus) and the linked Tim gene family

    Jennifer J. McIntire;Sarah E. Umetsu;Omid Akbari;Michael Potter

  • Forkhead protein FoxO1 mediates Agrp-dependent effects of leptin on food intake.

    Tadahiro Kitamura;Yun Feng;Yukari Ido Kitamura;Streamson C Chua

  • Neomorphic agouti mutations in obese yellow mice

    David M. J. Duhl;Harry Vrieling;Kimberly A. Miller;George L. Wolff

  • Cloning of the mouse agouti gene predicts a secreted protein ubiquitously expressed in mice carrying the lethal yellow mutation.

    M. W. Miller;D. M. J. Duhl;H. Vrieling;S. P. Cordes

  • Cardiovascular Regulation in Mice Lacking α2-Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes b and c

    Richard E. Link;Kavin Desai;Lutz Hein;Mary E. Stevens

  • AMPK is essential for energy homeostasis regulation and glucose sensing by POMC and AgRP neurons

    Marc Claret;Mark A. Smith;Rachel L. Batterham;Colin Selman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory M. Cooper
Gregory M. Cooper HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Glenn L. Millhauser
Glenn L. Millhauser University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian K. Kobilka
Brian K. Kobilka Stanford University
Hua Tang
Hua Tang Stanford University
Gregory P. Copenhaver
Gregory P. Copenhaver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Devin Absher
Devin Absher University of Queensland
Michael W. Schwartz
Michael W. Schwartz University of Washington
Boris C. Bastian
Boris C. Bastian University of California, San Francisco

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