2026 Jay C. Dunlap: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	91	1032	974	505	472	202	31983

Jay C. Dunlap 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 Jay C. Dunlap sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 202 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jay C. Dunlap 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 Jay C. Dunlap sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jay C. Dunlap is a researcher affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific fields with a notable focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work engages deeply with subfields such as Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide array of subjects, including:

Seismic Waves and Analysis
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Earthquake Detection and Analysis
Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin
Light Effects on Plants
Plant Molecular Biology Research

Jay C. Dunlap has contributed to numerous scholarly articles, with a selection of recent papers highlighting their research interests and collaborations:

Intrinsic disorder is an essential characteristic of components in the conserved circadian circuit, 2020, published in Cell Communication and Signaling
A Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Axis Modulates the Macrophage Circadian Clock, 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology
PRD-2 mediates clock-regulated perinuclear localization of clock gene RNAs within the circadian cycle of Neurospora, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nutritional compensation of the circadian clock is a conserved process influenced by gene expression regulation and mRNA stability, 2023, published in PLoS Biology
Functional analysis of 110 phosphorylation sites on the circadian clock protein FRQ identifies clusters determining period length and temperature compensation, 2022, published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

The scientist collaborates frequently with various colleagues. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Jennifer Hurley
Bill Cannon
Jeremy Zucker
Christina Kelliher
Jennifer Loros

Jay C. Dunlap's work is often published in venues with significant output volume, such as:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Fungal Genetics and Biology
Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist has been recognized through multiple honors, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the same year.

Best Publications

Molecular Bases for Circadian Clocks

Jay C Dunlap

3742
Citations
The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Katherine A. Borkovich;Eric U. Selker

2029
Citations
A high-throughput gene knockout procedure for Neurospora reveals functions for multiple transcription factors.

Hildur V. Colot;Gyungsoon Park;Gloria E. Turner;Carol Ringelberg

1277
Citations
Chronobiology: Biological Timekeeping

Jay C. Dunlap;Jennifer J. Loros;Patricia J. DeCoursey

1194
Citations
Light-induced resetting of a mammalian circadian clock is associated with rapid induction of the mPer1 transcript.

Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Kouji Taguchi;Shuzo Yamamoto;Seiichi Takekida

1076
Citations
Lessons from the Genome Sequence of Neurospora crassa: Tracing the Path from Genomic Blueprint to Multicellular Organism

Katherine A. Borkovich;Lisa A. Alex;Oded Yarden;Michael Freitag

778
Citations
Negative Feedback Defining a Circadian Clock: Autoregulation of the Clock Gene Frequency

Benjamin D. Aronson;Keith A. Johnson;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

765
Citations
Advances in genetics

M. Demerec;Ernst W. Caspari;J. M. Thoday;John G. Scandalios

670
Citations
Neurospora wc-1 and wc-2: Transcription, Photoresponses, and the Origins of Circadian Rhythmicity

Susan K. Crosthwaite;Jay C. Dunlap;Jennifer J. Loros

661
Citations
White Collar-1, a circadian blue light photoreceptor, binding to the frequency promoter.

Allan C. Froehlich;Yi Liu;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

624
Citations
Light-induced resetting of a circadian clock is mediated by a rapid increase in frequency transcript

Susan K. Crosthwaite;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

453
Citations
Interconnected feedback loops in the Neurospora circadian system.

Kwangwon Lee;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

441
Citations
Alternative Initiation of Translation and Time-Specific Phosphorylation Yield Multiple Forms of the Essential Clock Protein FREQUENCY

Norman Y. Garceau;Yi Liu;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

423
Citations
Circadian programs of transcriptional activation, signaling, and protein turnover revealed by microarray analysis of mammalian cells

Giles E. Duffield;Jonathan D. Best;Bernhard H. Meurers;Anton Bittner

396
Citations
The PAS protein VIVID defines a clock-associated feedback loop that represses light input, modulates gating, and regulates clock resetting

Christian Heintzen;Jennifer J. Loros;Jay C. Dunlap

387
Citations
GENETIC AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

Jay C. Dunlap

330
Citations
Molecular cloning of genes under control of the circadian clock in Neurospora.

Jennifer J. Loros;Sylvia A Denome;Jay C. Dunlap

325
Citations
Thermally Regulated Translational Control of FRQ Mediates Aspects of Temperature Responses in the Neurospora Circadian Clock

Yi Liu;Norman Y Garceau;Jennifer J Loros;Jay C Dunlap

320
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of light-inducible responses reveals hierarchical light signalling in Neurospora

Chen-Hui Chen;Carol S Ringelberg;Robert H Gross;Jay C Dunlap

312
Citations
Genetic and molecular analysis of circadian rhythms in Neurospora.

Jennifer J Loros;Jay C Dunlap

303
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer J. Loros Dartmouth College

Deborah Bell-Pedersen Texas A&M University

Martha Merrow Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Matthew S. Sachs Texas A&M University

Yi Liu The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

James E. Galagan Boston University

Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Michael Freitag Oregon State University

Jeffrey P. Townsend Yale University

Eric U. Selker University of Oregon

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