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D-Index
47
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7829
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4128
National Ranking
1780

James W. Golden publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Golden sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 70 publications — 1st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

James W. Golden D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

James W. Golden is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

James W. Golden has published in a number of scientific venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • ACS Chemical Biology
  • BioDesign Research

Some recent publications by the scientist include:

  • The circadian clock and darkness control natural competence in cyanobacteria, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Phenotypically complex living materials containing engineered cyanobacteria, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Heterologous Expression of Cryptomaldamide in a Cyanobacterial Host, 2020, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Heterologous Expression in Anabaena of the Columbamide Pathway from the Cyanobacterium Moorena bouillonii and Production of New Analogs, 2022, ACS Chemical Biology
  • Altered Carbon Partitioning Enhances CO2 to Terpene Conversion in Cyanobacteria, 2022, BioDesign Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Common co-authors include:

  • Arnaud Taton
  • Susan S. Golden
  • Jonathan K. Pokorski
  • Brienna Diaz
  • Raphael Reher

Best Publications

  • The Caenorhabditis elegans dauer larva: developmental effects of pheromone, food, and temperature

    James W. Golden;Donald L. Riddle

  • A pheromone influences larval development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    James W. Golden;Donald L. Riddle

  • Heterocyst pattern formation controlled by a diffusible peptide.

    Ho-Sung Yoon;James W. Golden

  • Rearrangement of nitrogen fixation genes during heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena

    James W. Golden;Steven J. Robinson;Steven J. Robinson;Robert Haselkorn

  • Heterocyst development in Anabaena

    James W Golden;Ho-Sung Yoon

  • A pheromone-induced developmental switch in Caenorhabditis elegans: Temperature-sensitive mutants reveal a wild-type temperature-dependent process.

    James W. Golden;Donald L. Riddle

  • Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 ntcA gene required for growth on nitrate and heterocyst development.

    Tai-Fen Wei;T. S. Ramasubramanian;J. W. Golden

  • Programmed DNA rearrangement of a cyanobacterial hupL gene in heterocysts

    Claudio D. Carrasco;Jill A. Buettner;James W. Golden

  • PatS and Products of Nitrogen Fixation Control Heterocyst Pattern

    Ho-Sung Yoon;James W. Golden

  • Directional RNA deep sequencing sheds new light on the transcriptional response of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 to combined-nitrogen deprivation.

    Britt L Flaherty;F Van Nieuwerburgh;Steven R Head;James W Golden

  • Different recombination site specificity of two developmentally regulated genome rearrangements.

    James W. Golden;James W. Golden;Martin E. Mulligan;Robert Haselkorn

  • Broad-host-range vector system for synthetic biology and biotechnology in cyanobacteria

    Arnaud Taton;Federico Unglaub;Nicole E. Wright;Wei Yue Zeng

  • Genome rearrangement and nitrogen fixation in Anabaena blocked by inactivation of xisA gene

    James W. Golden;Deborah R. Wiest

  • A new filamentous phage cloning vector: fd-tet

    Allan N. Zacher;Carolyn A. Stock;James W. Golden;George P. Smith

  • Deletion of a 55-kilobase-pair DNA element from the chromosome during heterocyst differentiation of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

    J W Golden;C D Carrasco;M E Mulligan;G J Schneider

  • Metagenomic discovery of polybrominated diphenyl ether biosynthesis by marine sponges

    Vinayak Agarwal;Jessica M Blanton;Sheila Podell;Arnaud Taton

  • Two Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 DNA-binding factors interact with vegetative cell- and heterocyst-specific genes.

    T. S. Ramasubramanian;Tai-Fen Wei;J. W. Golden

  • Independent regulation of nifHDK operon transcription and DNA rearrangement during heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

    J W Golden;L L Whorff;D R Wiest

  • ACaenorhabditis elegans dauer-inducing pheromone and an antagonistic component of the food supply.

    James W. Golden;Donald L. Riddle

  • Heterocyst formation in Anabaena.

    James W Golden;Ho-Sung Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Haselkorn
Robert Haselkorn University of Chicago
Susan S. Golden
Susan S. Golden University of California, San Diego
Donald L Riddle
Donald L Riddle University of Missouri
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Michael D. Burkart
Michael D. Burkart University of California, San Diego
Brian Palenik
Brian Palenik University of California, San Diego
Paul R. Jensen
Paul R. Jensen University of California, San Diego
Steven R. Head
Steven R. Head Scripps Research Institute
Peter Lindblad
Peter Lindblad Uppsala University

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