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Genetics

D-Index
97
Citations
70882
World Ranking
823
National Ranking
413

Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
73108
World Ranking
7779
National Ranking
4054

James W. Hicks 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. Hicks sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 399 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James W. Hicks 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. Hicks sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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. Hicks is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on cardiology, molecular biology, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, and ecology.

The scientist has contributed to various topics in their work, including:

  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Genetics and Physical Performance
  • Congenital heart defects research

Their recent publications feature work that spans several high-impact journals and cover a variety of physiological and biochemical subjects:

  • Arterial blood gases during maximum metabolic demands: Patterns across the vertebrate spectrum, 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Safety factors as a 'design' principle of animal form and function: an historical perspective, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology

Although James W. Hicks is credited as the author of the above papers, there are additional recent papers in related areas published in 2024 and 2025 with other lead authors that possibly indicate collaborative research or a shared research environment.

Frequent coauthors associated with Hicks include Tobias Wang, John Eme, Dane A. Crossley, Gerardo A. Cordero, and Alisha K. Holloway. These collaborations reflect a broad network across experimental biology and physiology research.

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • Global Spine Journal
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Methods in yeast genetics

    Fred Sherman;Gerald R. Fink;James B. Hicks

  • A plant DNA minipreparation: Version II

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Jonathan Wood;James B. Hicks

  • Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism

    Jonathan Sebat;B. Lakshmi;Dheeraj Malhotra;Jennifer Troge

  • Transformation of yeast

    Albert Hinnen;James B. Hicks;Gerald R. Fink

  • Large-Scale Copy Number Polymorphism in the Human Genome

    Jonathan Sebat;B. Lakshmi;Jennifer Troge;Joan Alexander

  • Tumour evolution inferred by single-cell sequencing

    Nicholas E Navin;Jude Kendall;Jennifer Troge;Peter M Andrews

  • Laboratory course manual for methods in yeast genetics

    Fred Sherman;Gerald R. Fink;James B. Hicks

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

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

  • Association of protein kinase A and protein phosphatase 2B with a common anchoring protein

    VM Coghlan;BA Perrino;M Howard;LK Langeberg

  • Molecular cloning of human intestinal mucin cDNAs. Sequence analysis and evidence for genetic polymorphism.

    J. R. Gum;James Byrd;J. W. Hicks;N. W. Toribara

  • Inferring tumor progression from genomic heterogeneity

    Nicholas Navin;Alexander Krasnitz;Linda Rodgers;Kerry Cook

  • Molecular cloning of human intestinal mucin (MUC2) cDNA. Identification of the amino terminus and overall sequence similarity to prepro-von Willebrand factor.

    J R Gum;J W Hicks;N W Toribara;B Siddiki

  • Homothallic switching of yeast mating type cassettes is initiated by a double-stranded cut in the MAT locus

    Jeffrey N. Strathern;Amar J.S. Klar;James B. Hicks;Judith A. Abraham

  • Human gastric mucin. Identification of a unique species by expression cloning.

    Neil W. Toribara;Anthony M. Roberton;Samuel B. Ho;Wen Lin Kuo

  • An Oncogenomics-Based In Vivo RNAi Screen Identifies Tumor Suppressors in Liver Cancer

    Lars Zender;Wen Xue;Johannes Zuber;Camile P. Semighini

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

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

  • Molecular cloning of cDNAs derived from a novel human intestinal mucin gene.

    James R. Gum;James W. Hicks;James W. Hicks;Dallas M. Swallow;Robert L. Lagace;Robert L. Lagace

  • Cloning and characterization of four SIR genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    J. M. Ivy;A. J. S. Klar;J. B. Hicks

  • Genome-wide copy number analysis of single cells.

    Timour Baslan;Jude Kendall;Linda Rodgers;Hilary Cox

  • Methods in Yeast Genetics: A Laboratory Course Manual

    F. Sherman;G. Fink;J. Hicks

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Kuhn
Peter Kuhn University of Southern California
Carl A. Waldspurger
Carl A. Waldspurger DELL (United States)
Michael Wigler
Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jeffrey N. Strathern
Jeffrey N. Strathern National Institutes of Health
James R. Gum
James R. Gum University of California, San Francisco
Young S. Kim
Young S. Kim University of California, San Francisco
Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean Google (United States)
Nicholas Navin
Nicholas Navin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William E. Weihl
William E. Weihl ClimateVoice
Steven L. Small
Steven L. Small The University of Texas at Dallas

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