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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
57733
World Ranking
9938
National Ranking
4346

James R. Cole 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 R. Cole sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 140 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Cole 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 R. Cole sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 1959 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James R. Cole is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with notable work in subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neurology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; and Artificial Intelligence.

Their recent scholarly contributions include studies on brain aging, neuroimaging techniques, and brain injury outcomes. Among these are:

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan, 2022, published in Nature
  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries, 2020, in Translational Psychiatry
  • Multimodality neuroimaging brain-age in UK biobank: relationship to biomedical, lifestyle, and cognitive factors, 2020, in Neurobiology of Aging
  • Commentary: Correction procedures in brain-age prediction, 2020, in NeuroImage Clinical
  • Diffuse axonal injury predicts neurodegeneration after moderate-severe traumatic brain injury, 2020, in Brain

The work of James R. Cole frequently appears in specific publication venues that reflect their areas of focus. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

James R. Cole collaborates regularly with several researchers in the neuroscience and imaging domains. Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Frederik Barkhof
  • Lars T. Westlye
  • Thomas C. Booth
  • David Wood
  • André F. Marquand

The research topics James R. Cole engages with cover a diverse range of contemporary neuroscience and medical imaging interests. These topics include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Among the notable recognitions associated with James R. Cole are two fellowships awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1957 and 1959. These awards acknowledge contributions to scientific advancement.

Best Publications

  • Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy

    Qiong Wang;George M. Garrity;James M. Tiedje;James R. Cole

  • The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis

    James R. Cole;Qiong Wang;E. Cardenas;Jordan A. Fish

  • Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis

    James R. Cole;Qiong Wang;Jordan A. Fish;Benli Chai

  • The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) continues.

    Bonnie L. Maidak;James R. Cole;Timothy G. Lilburn;Charles T. Parker

  • The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP-II): sequences and tools for high-throughput rRNA analysis

    James R. Cole;Benli Chai;Ryan J. Farris;Qiong Wang

  • The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP-II): previewing a new autoaligner that allows regular updates and the new prokaryotic taxonomy

    James R. Cole;Benli Chai;Terry L. Marsh;Ryan J. Farris

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • The ribosomal database project (RDP-II): introducing myRDP space and quality controlled public data.

    James R. Cole;Benli Chai;Ryan J. Farris;Qiong Wang

  • rrndb: the Ribosomal RNA Operon Copy Number Database

    Joel A. Klappenbach;Paul R. Saxman;James R. Cole;Thomas M. Schmidt

  • In-feed antibiotic effects on the swine intestinal microbiome.

    Torey Looft;Timothy A. Johnson;Heather K. Allen;Darrell O. Bayles

  • Comparison of two next-generation sequencing technologies for resolving highly complex microbiota composition using tandem variable 16S rRNA gene regions

    Marcus J. Claesson;Qiong Wang;Orla O'Sullivan;Rachel Greene-Diniz

  • A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project)

    Bonnie L. Maidak;James R. Cole;Charles T. Parker;George M. Garrity

  • Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications.

    Pelin Yilmaz;Pelin Yilmaz;Renzo Kottmann;Dawn Field;Rob Knight;Rob Knight

  • ARGs-OAP v2.0 with an expanded SARG database and Hidden Markov Models for enhancement characterization and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental metagenomes.

    Xiaole Yin;Xiao-Tao Jiang;Benli Chai;Liguan Li

  • FunGene: the functional gene pipeline and repository

    Jordan A. Fish;Benli Chai;Qiong Wang;Yanni Sun

  • The Microbial Genomes Atlas (MiGA) webserver: taxonomic and gene diversity analysis of Archaea and Bacteria at the whole genome level

    Luis M Rodriguez-R;Santosh Gunturu;William T Harvey;Ramon Rosselló-Mora

  • Genome Project Standards in a New Era of Sequencing

    P. S. G. Chain;D. V. Grafham;R. S. Fulton;M. G. FitzGerald

  • Characterization and Description of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an Aryl-Halorespiring Facultative Anaerobic Myxobacterium

    Robert A. Sanford;James R. Cole;James M. Tiedje

  • Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis program, a web-based research tool for microbial community analysis.

    Terence L. Marsh;Paul Saxman;James Cole;James Tiedje

  • Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming

    Kai Xue;Kai Xue;Mengting M. Yuan;Zhou J. Shi;Yujia Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis Georgia Institute of Technology
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
Guy Cochrane
Guy Cochrane European Bioinformatics Institute
Dawn Field
Dawn Field University of Oxford
Liyou Wu
Liyou Wu University of Oklahoma
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute

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