The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James A. Thomson sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 370 publications — 88th percentile
88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James A. Thomson sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 119 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
James A. Thomson is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial number of publications in these fields. Medical sciences also form a significant part of their research portfolio.
The scientist's work spans several subfields including molecular biology, surgery, biomaterials, oncology, and biomedical engineering. Their key research topics cover pluripotent stem cells, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, CRISPR and genetic engineering, genomics and phylogenetic studies, CAR-T cell therapy research, and single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.
Frequent venues where the researcher publishes include:
Common collaborators with whom the scientist has published multiple papers are:
Among their recent publications are:
James A. Thomson;Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor;Sander S. Shapiro;Michelle A. Waknitz
Junying Yu;Maxim A. Vodyanik;Kim Smuga-Otto;Jessica Antosiewicz-Bourget
Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst
Ryan Lister;Mattia Pelizzola;Robert H. Dowen;R. David Hawkins
Junying Yu;Junying Yu;Kejin Hu;Kim Smuga-Otto;Kim Smuga-Otto;Shulan Tian;Shulan Tian
Nathaniel D. Heintzman;Gary C. Hon;R. David Hawkins;Pouya Kheradpour
Su-Chun Zhang;Marius Wernig;Ian D. Duncan;Oliver Brüstle
Michal Amit;Melissa K. Carpenter;Margaret S. Inokuma;Choy-Pik Chiu
John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz
Allison D. Ebert;Junying Yu;Ferrill F. Rose;Virginia B. Mattis
Bradley E Bernstein;John A Stamatoyannopoulos;Joseph F Costello;Bing Ren
Ryan Lister;Mattia Pelizzola;Yasuyuki S. Kida;R. David Hawkins
James A. Thomson;Jennifer Kalishman;Thaddeus G. Golos;Maureen Durning
Jianhua Zhang;Gisela F. Wilson;Andrew G. Soerens;Chad H. Koonce
Jesse R. Dixon;Inkyung Jung;Siddarth Selvaraj;Yin Shen
James A. Thomson
Guokai Chen;Daniel R Gulbranson;Daniel R Gulbranson;Zhonggang Hou;Zhonggang Hou;Jennifer M Bolin
Jon S. Odorico;Dan S. Kaufman;James A. Thomson
Tenneille E Ludwig;Mark E Levenstein;Jeffrey M Jones;Jeffrey M Jones;W Travis Berggren
Athurva Gore;Zhe Li;Ho Lim Fung;Jessica E. Young
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