2026 Henry T. Greely: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	53	2285	2079	1107	994	206	12349

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Henry T. Greely is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research portfolio includes 24 publications in the main field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology and 19 in Medicine. The subfields of focus cover Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
Ethics in Clinical Research
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Xenotransplantation and immune response

Henry T. Greely has authored and co-authored numerous papers. Some of the recent publications include:

The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Opportunities and limitations of genetically modified nonhuman primate models for neuroscience research, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Human Brain Surrogates Research: The Onrushing Ethical Dilemma, 2020, The American Journal of Bioethics
Advancing models of neural development with biomaterials, 2021, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Ethical Development of Digital Phenotyping Tools for Mental Health Applications: Delphi Study, 2021, JMIR mhealth and uhealth

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Henry T. Greely include:

Jacob S. Sherkow
Robert Cook-Deegan
Harris A. Lewin
Katharine Barker
Richard Durbin

Publication venues favored by the scientist highlight a range of journals across bioethics, law, and biosciences such as:

Journal of Law and the Biosciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science
The American Journal of Bioethics
The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

Among their book publications is CRISPR People, published by The MIT Press in 2021.

Henry T. Greely has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

A Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel

Howard M. Cann;Claudia De Toma;Lucien Cazes;Marie Fernande Legrand

2346
Citations
Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy

Henry Greely;Barbara Sahakian;John Harris;Ronald C. Kessler

1231
Citations
A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification

David Baltimore;Paul Berg;Michael Botchan;Dana Carroll

954
Citations
Broad Consent for Research With Biological Samples: Workshop Conclusions

Christine Grady;Lisa Eckstein;Ben Berkman;Dan Brock

328
Citations
The Uneasy Ethical and Legal Underpinnings of Large-Scale Genomic Biobanks

Henry T. Greely

302
Citations
Neuroscience-based lie detection: the urgent need for regulation.

Henry T. Greely;Judy Illes

291
Citations
Brain imaging tests for chronic pain: medical, legal and ethical issues and recommendations

K D Davis;H Flor;H T Greely;G D Iannetti

288
Citations
Challenges in the clinical application of whole-genome sequencing.

Kelly E Ormond;Matthew T Wheeler;Louanne Hudgins;Teri E Klein

272
Citations
CRISPR’d babies: human germline genome editing in the ‘He Jiankui affair’

Henry T Greely

224
Citations
The ethics of experimenting with human brain tissue.

Nita A. Farahany;Henry T. Greely;Steven Hyman;Christof Koch

215
Citations
Detecting individual memories through the neural decoding of memory states and past experience

Jesse Rissman;Henry T. Greely;Anthony D. Wagner

214
Citations
Data mining for health: staking out the ethical territory of digital phenotyping.

Nicole Martinez-Martin;Thomas R. Insel;Paul Dagum;Henry T. Greely

198
Citations
CRISPR germline engineering—the community speaks

Katrine S. Bosley;Michael Botchan;Annelien L. Bredenoord;Dana Carroll

196
Citations
Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis: Pregnant Women’s Interest and Expected Uptake

Reana Tischler;Louanne Hudgins;Yair J. Blumenfeld;Henry T. Greely

160
Citations
What If Extinction Is Not Forever

Jacob S. Sherkow;Henry T. Greely

154
Citations
Thinking about the human neuron mouse

Henry T. Greely;Mildred K. Cho;Linda F. Hogle;Debra M. Satz

128
Citations
Strangers at the Benchside: Research Ethics Consultation

Mildred K. Cho;Sara L. Tobin;Henry T. Greely;Jennifer McCormick

117
Citations
Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting

Mark Greene;Kathryn Schill;Shoji Takahashi;Alison Bateman-House

116
Citations
Opportunities and limitations of genetically modified nonhuman primate models for neuroscience research.

Guoping Feng;Guoping Feng;Frances E. Jensen;Frances E. Jensen;Henry T. Greely;Hideyuki Okano

114
Citations
The ethics of characterizing difference: guiding principles on using racial categories in human genetics.

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee;Joanna Mountain;Barbara Koenig;Russ Altman

109
Citations
The Ethical Use of Human Fetal Tissue in Medicine

Henry T. Greely;Thomas Hamm;Rodney Johnson;Carole R. Price

107
Citations
Human Brain Surrogates Research: The Onrushing Ethical Dilemma.

Henry T. Greely

106
Citations
The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction

Henry T. Greely

74
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mildred K. Cho Stanford University

George M. Church Harvard University

Ruth R. Faden Johns Hopkins University

Christine Grady National Institutes of Health

Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre

Joseph T. Coyle Harvard University

Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania

Guy M. McKhann Johns Hopkins University

Joanne Kurtzberg Duke University

Russ B. Altman Stanford University

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