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Jonathan G. Seidman

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Best Scientists

D-Index
179
Citations
163173
World Ranking
623
National Ranking
389

Genetics

D-Index
176
Citations
158116
World Ranking
50
National Ranking
30

Medicine

D-Index
180
Citations
167154
World Ranking
362
National Ranking
228

Jonathan G. Seidman 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 Jonathan G. Seidman sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 731 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan G. Seidman 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 Jonathan G. Seidman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award

Overview

Jonathan G. Seidman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Surgery. The main topics of research focus on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Congenital Heart Defects Research, RNA Modifications and Cancer, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Viral Infections and Immunology, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

The scientist has frequently published in journals and venues such as Circulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Circulation Research, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Cells of the adult human heart, 2020, Nature
  • Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian aging, 2023, Cell
  • Myosin Sequestration Regulates Sarcomere Function, Cardiomyocyte Energetics, and Metabolism, Informing the Pathogenesis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2020, Circulation
  • Genomic frontiers in congenital heart disease, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Pathogenic variants damage cell composition and single cell transcription in cardiomyopathies, 2022, Science

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Christine E. Seidman
  • Joshua Gorham
  • Sarah U. Morton
  • Steven R. DePalma
  • Bruce D. Gelb

Jonathan G. Seidman's contributions have been recognized with several awards and honors, such as the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2013, membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine in 2007, Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999, and the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award in 1991.

Best Publications

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma

    John N Weinstein;Rehan Akbani;Bradley McIntosh Broom;Wenyi Wang

  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas.

    Daniel J. Brat;Roel G.W. Verhaak;Kenneth D. Aldape;W. K.Alfred Yung

  • Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rehan Akbani;Kadir C. Akdemir;B. Arman Aksoy;Monique Albert

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Nishant Agrawal;Rehan Akbani;B. Arman Aksoy;Adrian Ally

  • Fulminant Myocarditis with Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade

    Douglas B. Johnson;Justin M. Balko;Margaret L. Compton;Spyridon Chalkias

  • A molecular basis for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A β cardiac myosin heavy chain gene missense mutation

    Anja A.T. Geisterfer-Lowrance;Susan Kass;Gary Tanigawa;Hans-Peter Vosberg

  • Mutations in human TBX5 [corrected] cause limb and cardiac malformation in Holt-Oram syndrome.

    Craig T. Basson;David R. Bachinsky;Robert C. Lin;Tatjana Levi

  • Congenital Heart Disease Caused by Mutations in the Transcription Factor NKX2-5

    Jean Jacques Schott;D. Woodrow Benson;Craig T. Basson;William Pease

  • Missense mutations in the rod domain of the lamin A/C gene as causes of dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction-system disease.

    Diane Fatkin;Calum MacRae;Takeshi Sasaki;Matthew R. Wolff

  • The Genetic Basis for Cardiomyopathy: from Mutation Identification to Mechanistic Paradigms

    J.G. Seidman;Christine Seidman

  • Truncations of Titin Causing Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Daniel S. Herman;Lien Lam;Matthew R.G. Taylor;Libin Wang

  • Identification of a putative second T-cell receptor.

    Michael B. Brenner;Michael B. Brenner;Joanne McLean;Deno P. Dialynas;Jack L. Strominger

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine E. Seidman
Christine E. Seidman Harvard University
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Raju Kucherlapati
Raju Kucherlapati Harvard University
Stuart A. Cook
Stuart A. Cook Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Benoit G. Bruneau
Benoit G. Bruneau Gladstone Institutes
Calum A. MacRae
Calum A. MacRae Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter J. Park
Peter J. Park Harvard University
William T. Pu
William T. Pu Boston Children's Hospital
Alexei Protopopov
Alexei Protopopov The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bruce D. Gelb
Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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