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Jay F. Storz

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
13527
World Ranking
7945
National Ranking
3600

Jay F. Storz 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 Jay F. Storz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 181 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jay F. Storz 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 Jay F. Storz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jay F. Storz is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research is primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in environmental science. This multidisciplinary approach reflects the intersection of genetic mechanisms and ecological factors in their work.

The main fields of study associated with Storz include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study further detail specific areas of expertise:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics explored by Storz encompass a range of biological and physiological adaptations, aligning with their focus on high-altitude environments and hypoxia:

  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Selected recent papers by Storz include:

  • High-Altitude Adaptation: Mechanistic Insights from Integrated Genomics and Physiology, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Physiological Genomics of Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia, 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • Phenotypic plasticity, genetic assimilation, and genetic compensation in hypoxia adaptation of high-altitude vertebrates, 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Additional papers involving or co-authored with Storz are:

  • Origin of complexity in haemoglobin evolution, 2020, Nature
  • Coordinated changes across the O2transport pathway underlie adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors working with Storz include:

  • Naim M. Bautista
  • Zachary A. Cheviron
  • Chandrasekhar Natarajan
  • Graham R. Scott
  • Marcial Quiroga-Carmona

The following venues frequently publish Storz's work:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Current Biology

Storz has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017.

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

    Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

  • Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence.

    Jay F. Storz

  • Phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in vertebrates

    Jay F. Storz;Graham R. Scott;Zachary A. Cheviron

  • Testing for genetic evidence of population expansion and contraction: an empirical analysis of microsatellite DNA variation using a hierarchical Bayesian model.

    Jay F. Storz;Mark A. Beaumont

  • Causes of molecular convergence and parallelism in protein evolution

    Jay F. Storz

  • The molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in deer mice

    Jay F Storz;Stephen J Sabatino;Federico G Hoffmann;Eben J Gering

  • Genetic Consequences of Mammalian Social Structure

    Jay F. Storz

  • Evolutionary and functional insights into the mechanism underlying high-altitude adaptation of deer mouse hemoglobin.

    Jay F. Storz;Amy M. Runck;Stephen J. Sabatino;Stephen J. Sabatino;John K. Kelly

  • Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings

    Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Federico G. Hoffmann;Roy E. Weber;Angela Fago

  • Contrasting patterns of divergence in quantitative traits and neutral DNA markers: analysis of clinal variation.

    Jay F. Storz

  • Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds.

    Joana Projecto-Garcia;Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Hideaki Moriyama;Roy E. Weber

  • Mechanisms of Hemoglobin Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia

    Jay F. Storz;Hideaki Moriyama

  • Regulatory changes contribute to the adaptive enhancement of thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice

    Zachary A. Cheviron;Gwendolyn C. Bachman;Alex D. Connaty;Grant B. McClelland

  • Epistasis among adaptive mutations in deer mouse hemoglobin

    Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Noriko Inoguchi;Roy E. Weber;Angela Fago

  • Structure and reactivity of hexacoordinate hemoglobins

    Smita Kakar;Federico G. Hoffman;Jay F. Storz;Marian Fabian

  • Genome Scans of DNA Variability in Humans Reveal Evidence for Selective Sweeps Outside of Africa

    Jay F. Storz;Bret A. Payseur;Bret A. Payseur;Michael W. Nachman

  • HEMOGLOBIN FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO HYPOXIA IN HIGH-ALTITUDE MAMMALS

    Jay F. Storz

  • Clinal variation in body size and sexual dimorphism in an Indian fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

    Jay F. Storz;J. Balasingh;Hari R. Bhat;P. Thiruchenthil Nathan

  • Genetic differences in hemoglobin function between highland and lowland deer mice

    Jay F. Storz;Amy M. Runck;Hideaki Moriyama;Roy E. Weber

  • Origin of complexity in haemoglobin evolution

    Arvind S. Pillai;Shane A. Chandler;Yang Liu;Anthony V. Signore

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy E. Weber
Roy E. Weber Aarhus University
Zachary A. Cheviron
Zachary A. Cheviron University of Montana
Thomas H. Kunz
Thomas H. Kunz Boston University
Byrappa Venkatesh
Byrappa Venkatesh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
Michael W. Nachman
Michael W. Nachman University of California, Berkeley
Thorsten Burmester
Thorsten Burmester Universität Hamburg
Thomas Hankeln
Thomas Hankeln Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Uma Ramakrishnan
Uma Ramakrishnan National Centre for Biological Sciences
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University

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