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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 94 656 584 358 313 244 32588

James R. Broach publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by James R. Broach between 1975 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. James R. Broach published across 52 years, from 1975 to 2026, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2022. 15 of the 320 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2022. 1975: 2 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 6 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 1 publication
1975 2026

320 publications in total across all disciplines

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James R. Broach: publications per year, 1975 to 2026
Year Publications
1975 2
1976 1
1977 0
1978 2
1979 4
1980 3
1981 6
1982 4
1983 6
1984 5
1985 7
1986 5
1987 5
1988 1
1989 5
1990 5
1991 9
1992 4
1993 1
1994 3
1995 7
1996 9
1997 8
1998 8
1999 5
2000 2
2001 4
2002 2
2003 5
2004 12
2005 2
2006 7
2007 9
2008 4
2009 8
2010 2
2011 6
2012 4
2013 4
2014 5
2015 2
2016 5
2017 10
2018 9
2019 8
2020 13
2021 15
2022 25
2023 15
2024 12
2025 14
2026 1
Total 320
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James R. Broach publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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 R. Broach sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 237–246 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 244 publications — 70th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72 244
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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James R. Broach D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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 R. Broach sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 94–95 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43 94
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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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

  • In yeast, RAS proteins are controlling elements of adenylate cyclase

    Takashi Toda;Isao Uno;Tatsuo Ishikawa;Scott Powers

  • Transcriptional silencing in yeast is associated with reduced nucleosome acetylation

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

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

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

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

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

  • Sch9 is a major target of TORC1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Jörg Urban;Alexandre Soulard;Alexandre Huber;Soyeon Lippman

  • Nutritional Control of Growth and Development in Yeast

    James R. Broach

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

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

  • How Saccharomyces Responds to Nutrients

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

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of yeast RAS1 and RAS2 genes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Yu Jiang;James R. Broach

  • Localization and sequence analysis of yeast origins of DNA replication.

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

  • High-throughput screening for drug discovery.

    James R. Broach;Jeremy Thorner

  • Functional homology of mammalian and yeast RAS genes

    Tohru Kataoka;Scott Powers;Scott Cameron;Ottavio Fasano

  • Integrative detection and analysis of structural variation in cancer genomes

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

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

    James R. Broach;James B. Hicks

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

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

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Goldenberg
David M. Goldenberg Immunomedics (United States)
Steven J. Schiff
Steven J. Schiff Yale University
James W. Hicks
James W. Hicks University of Southern California
Jeffrey N. Strathern
Jeffrey N. Strathern National Institutes of Health
Stephen C. Peiper
Stephen C. Peiper Thomas Jefferson University
Nobutaka Fujii
Nobutaka Fujii Kyoto University
Michael Wigler
Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
David M. Gilbert
David M. Gilbert Florida State University
Job Dekker
Job Dekker University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Andrew J. Murphy
Andrew J. Murphy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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