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Jeffrey P. Townsend

Jeffrey P. Townsend

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
16543
World Ranking
9566
National Ranking
4223

Jeffrey P. Townsend 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 Jeffrey P. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey P. Townsend 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 Jeffrey P. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jeffrey P. Townsend is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has a broad research portfolio spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scientific contributions include significant work in molecular biology, cancer research, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and plant science.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Cancer Research, each with 26 publications. Other venues where their work regularly appears include mBio, Lung Cancer, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Their recent research papers cover important topics such as COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies, cancer genetics, and immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Notable examples include:

  • Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Germline variant burden in cancer genes correlates with age at diagnosis and somatic mutation burden (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The durability of natural infection and vaccine-induced immunity against future infection by SARS-CoV-2 (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Seasonality of endemic COVID-19 (2023, mBio)
  • Environmental and sex-specific molecular signatures of glioma causation (2021, Neuro-Oncology)

The main research topics addressed by Jeffrey P. Townsend include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Testing
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Vincent L. Cannataro
  • Zheng Wang
  • Alison P. Galvani
  • Jeffrey D. Mandell
  • Alex Dornburg

The scientific output of Jeffrey P. Townsend reflects an interdisciplinary approach toward understanding complex biological systems, with a strong emphasis on both human health and plant sciences. Their work in SARS-CoV-2 focuses on both the epidemiological aspects and immunological durability, while cancer-related studies explore genetic variants and molecular signatures associated with disease onset and progression.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

    Richard O. Prum;Richard O. Prum;Jacob S. Berv;Alex Dornburg;Alex Dornburg;Alex Dornburg;Daniel J. Field;Daniel J. Field

  • Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution

    J. Peter Gogarten;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi.

    John W Taylor;Elizabeth Turner;Jeffrey P Townsend;Jeremy R Dettman

  • Phylogenetic and phylogenomic overview of the Polyporales

    Manfred Binder;Alfredo Justo;Robert Riley;Asaf Salamov

  • Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa.

    Abhishek Pandey;Katherine E. Atkins;Jan Medlock;Natasha Wenzel

  • Profiling Phylogenetic Informativeness

    Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • The influence of altruism on influenza vaccination decisions

    Eunha Shim;Gretchen B. Chapman;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Alison P. Galvani

  • Enabling a community to dissect an organism: overview of the Neurospora functional genomics project.

    Jay C. Dunlap;Katherine A. Borkovich;Matthew R. Henn;Gloria E. Turner

  • Population Genetic Variation in Genome-Wide Gene Expression

    Jeffrey P. Townsend;Duccio Cavalieri;Daniel L. Hartl

  • Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies.

    Chad R. Wells;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Abhishek Pandey;Seyed M. Moghadas

  • Manifold anomalies in gene expression in a vineyard isolate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed by DNA microarray analysis

    Duccio Cavalieri;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Daniel L. Hartl

  • Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer

    Kaare M Nielsen;Jeffrey P Townsend

  • Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels: statistical quantification of relative mRNA level across multiple strains or treatments

    Jeffrey P Townsend;Jeffrey P Townsend;Daniel L Hartl

  • PhyDesign: an online application for profiling phylogenetic informativeness.

    Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P Townsend

  • Whole-exome sequencing and immune profiling of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma with fully annotated clinical follow-up

    H. Kadara;Murim Choi;Murim Choi;J. Zhang;E. R. Parra

  • Ecological and evolutionary genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Christian R. Landry;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Daniel L. Hartl;Duccio Cavalieri

  • Population structure and gene evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Erlend Aa;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Rachel I. Adams;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Factors affecting the reversal of antimicrobial-drug resistance.

    Pål J Johnsen;Jeffrey P Townsend;Thomas Bøhn;Gunnar S Simonsen;Gunnar S Simonsen;Gunnar S Simonsen

  • A multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes

    Peter R. Johnston;Luis Quijada;Christopher A. Smith;Hans-Otto Baral

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison P. Galvani
Alison P. Galvani Yale University
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Frances Trail
Frances Trail Michigan State University
Katherine E. Atkins
Katherine E. Atkins University of Edinburgh
Kaare Magne Nielsen
Kaare Magne Nielsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Zhang Zhang
Zhang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Murim Choi
Murim Choi Seoul National University
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University

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