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41
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42465
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19518
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7953

James Ostell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James Ostell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 56 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

James Ostell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James Ostell sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

James Ostell is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions include work published in venues such as UNC Libraries.

One of the recent papers associated with Ostell is titled "Genome-Wide Association Studies, Field Synopses, and the Development of the Knowledge Base on Genetic Variation and Human Diseases," published in 2020 by UNC Libraries.

Frequent co-authors in Ostell's work include:

  • Muin J. Khoury
  • Lars Bertram
  • Paolo Boffetta
  • Adam S. Butterworth
  • Stephen J. Chanock

Ostell is recognized as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), having been inducted in 2007.

Best Publications

  • NCBI prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline

    Tatiana Tatusova;Michael DiCuccio;Azat Badretdin;Vyacheslav Chetvernin

  • Consensus Statement : Chromosomal Microarray Is a First-Tier Clinical Diagnostic Test for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities or Congenital Anomalies

    David T. Miller;Margaret P. Adam;Margaret P. Adam;Swaroop Aradhya;Leslie G. Biesecker

  • Entrez Gene: gene-centered information at NCBI

    Donna R. Maglott;James Ostell;Kim D. Pruitt;Tatiana A. Tatusova

  • The NCBI dbGaP database of genotypes and phenotypes.

    Matthew D Mailman;Michael Feolo;Yumi Jin;Masato Kimura

  • RefSeq: an update on mammalian reference sequences

    Kim D. Pruitt;Garth R. Brown;Susan M. Hiatt;Françoise Thibaud-Nissen

  • IgBLAST: an immunoglobulin variable domain sequence analysis tool

    Jian Ye;Ning Ma;Thomas L. Madden;James M. Ostell

  • The consensus coding sequence (CCDS) project: Identifying a common protein-coding gene set for the human and mouse genomes

    Kim D. Pruitt;Jennifer Harrow;Rachel A. Harte;Craig Wallin

  • Spidey: a tool for mRNA-to-genomic alignments.

    Sarah J. Wheelan;Deanna M. Church;James M. Ostell

  • BioProject and BioSample databases at NCBI: facilitating capture and organization of metadata

    Tanya Barrett;Karen Clark;Robert Gevorgyan;Vyatcheslav Gorelenkov

  • New models of collaboration in genome-wide association studies: the Genetic Association Information Network

    Teri A. Manolio;Laura Lyman Rodriguez;Lisa Brooks;Gonçalo Abecasis

  • The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

    Dennis Benson;Mark Boguski;David J. Lipman;James Ostell

  • Prepublication data sharing.

    E Birney;T J Hudson;Green

  • Genome-Wide Association Studies, Field Synopses, and the Development of the Knowledge Base on Genetic Variation and Human Diseases

    Muin J. Khoury;Lars Bertram;Paolo Boffetta;Adam S. Butterworth

  • Current status and new features of the Consensus Coding Sequence database

    Catherine M. Farrell;Nuala A. O'Leary;Rachel A. Harte;Jane E. Loveland

  • The NIH genetic testing registry: a new, centralized database of genetic tests to enable access to comprehensive information and improve transparency

    Wendy S. Rubinstein;Donna R. Maglott;Jennifer M. Lee;Brandi L. Kattman

  • Best Match: New relevance search for PubMed.

    Nicolas Fiorini;Kathi Canese;Grisha Starchenko;Evgeny Kireev

  • Complete genomes in WWW Entrez: data representation and analysis.

    Tatiana A. Tatusova;Ilene Karsch-Mizrachi;James Ostell

  • Alignment of Escherichia coli K12 DNA sequences to a genomic restriction map

    Kenneth E. Rudd;Webb Miller;James Ostell;Dennis A. Benson

  • Mapping sequenced E.coli genes by computer: software, strategies and examples.

    Kenneth E. Rudd;Webb Miller;Craig Werner;James Ostell

  • Meeting report: GenBank microbial genomic taxonomy workshop (12–13 May, 2015)

    Scott Federhen;Ramon Rossello-Mora;Hans Peter Klenk;Brian J. Tindall

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatiana Tatusova
Tatiana Tatusova National Institutes of Health
Kim D. Pruitt
Kim D. Pruitt National Institutes of Health
Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University
Donna Maglott
Donna Maglott National Institutes of Health
Deanna M. Church
Deanna M. Church National Institutes of Health
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
Tim Hubbard
Tim Hubbard King's College London
Nigel P. Carter
Nigel P. Carter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge
Stacey Gabriel
Stacey Gabriel Broad Institute

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