2026 James R. Broach: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	94	934	880	461	431	244	32588
Molecular Biology	94	656	584	359	314	244	32588

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Molecular, Cellular and General Biology of Eukaryotes

Overview

James R. Broach is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, their work delves further into various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, prominently including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Vibrio Bacteria Research Studies.

James R. Broach has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Christine Hehnly, Steven J. Schiff, Joseph N. Paulson, Jessica E. Ericson, and Lijun Zhang. These co-authors have appeared repeatedly over multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, SSRN Electronic Journal, iScience, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Broach include:

TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A, 2022, Nature
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Burden and Epidemiologic Risk Factors in Countries With Universal Screening, 2021, JAMA Network Open
Subtype-specific 3D genome alteration in acute myeloid leukaemia, 2022, Nature
An integrative ENCODE resource for cancer genomics, 2020, Nature Communications
Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus, 2020, Nature Medicine

James R. Broach has received recognition from professional organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013. Earlier, in 1994, they were designated a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology for contributions in Molecular, Cellular and General Biology of Eukaryotes.

Best Publications

Transformation in yeast: Development of a hybrid cloning vector and isolation of the can1 gene

James R. Broach;Jeffrey N. Strathern;James B. Hicks

1441
Citations
In yeast, RAS proteins are controlling elements of adenylate cyclase

Takashi Toda;Isao Uno;Tatsuo Ishikawa;Scott Powers

1299
Citations
Transcriptional silencing in yeast is associated with reduced nucleosome acetylation

M Braunstein;A B Rose;S G Holmes;C D Allis

1113
Citations
The Molecular biology of the yeast saccharomyces, life cycle and inheritance

Jeffrey N. Strathern;Elizabeth W. Jones;James R. Broach

1065
Citations
The Molecular biology of the yeast Saccharomyces : metabolism and gene expression

Jeffrey N. Strathern;Elizabeth W. Jones;James R. Broach

937
Citations
Sch9 is a major target of TORC1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Jörg Urban;Alexandre Soulard;Alexandre Huber;Soyeon Lippman

926
Citations
Nutritional Control of Growth and Development in Yeast

James R. Broach

828
Citations
A dynamic transcriptional network communicates growth potential to ribosome synthesis and critical cell size

Paul Jorgensen;Ivan Rupeš;Jeffrey R. Sharom;Lisa Schneper

771
Citations
How Saccharomyces Responds to Nutrients

Shadia Zaman;Soyeon Im Lippman;Xin Zhao;James R. Broach

753
Citations
Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

700
Citations
Genetic analysis of yeast RAS1 and RAS2 genes.

T. Kataoka;S. Powers;C. McGill;O. Fasano

574
Citations
Efficient transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires a heterochromatin histone acetylation pattern.

M Braunstein;R E Sobel;C D Allis;B M Turner

552
Citations
Genes in S. cerevisiae encoding proteins with domains homologous to the mammalian ras proteins.

S. Powers;T. Kataoka;O. Fasano;M. Goldfarb

528
Citations
Tor proteins and protein phosphatase 2A reciprocally regulate Tap42 in controlling cell growth in yeast

Yu Jiang;James R. Broach

473
Citations
Localization and sequence analysis of yeast origins of DNA replication.

James Broach;Y. Y. Li;J. Feldman;M. Jayaram

427
Citations
High-throughput screening for drug discovery.

James R. Broach;Jeremy Thorner

420
Citations
Functional homology of mammalian and yeast RAS genes

Tohru Kataoka;Scott Powers;Scott Cameron;Ottavio Fasano

399
Citations
Integrative detection and analysis of structural variation in cancer genomes

Jesse R. Dixon;Jie Xu;Vishnu Dileep;Ye Zhan

390
Citations
Replication and recombination functions associated with the yeast plasmid, 2μ circle

James R. Broach;James B. Hicks

389
Citations
Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Goldenberg Immunomedics (United States)

Steven J. Schiff Yale University

James W. Hicks University of Southern California

Jeffrey N. Strathern National Institutes of Health

Stephen C. Peiper Thomas Jefferson University

Nobutaka Fujii Kyoto University

Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

David M. Gilbert Florida State University

Job Dekker University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Andrew J. Murphy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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