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Josephine Bowles publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Josephine Bowles sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Josephine Bowles D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Josephine Bowles sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Josephine Bowles is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant work also intersecting Medicine. Their research engages multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cancer Research, and Cell Biology.

Bowles's main research topics encompass Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Renal and related cancers, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Development
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Current Research in Toxicology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Identification of regulatory elements required for Stra8 expression in fetal ovarian germ cells of the mouse," 2021, Development
  • "Instructing Mouse Germ Cells to Adopt a Female Fate," 2022, Sexual Development
  • "Variants in SART3 cause a spliceosomopathy characterised by failure of testis development and neuronal defects," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Developmental biology meets toxicology: contributing reproductive mechanisms to build adverse outcome pathways," 2020, Molecular Human Reproduction
  • "WDR62 is required for centriole duplication in spermatogenesis and manchette removal in spermiogenesis," 2021, Communications Biology

Bowles often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research community. These include:

  • Cassy M. Spiller
  • Chun-Wei Feng
  • Peter Koopman
  • Andrew Sinclair
  • Monica Kam Draskau

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants within the genus Echinococcus identified by mitochondrial DNA sequencing.

    Josephine Bowles;David Blair;Donald P. McManus

  • Phylogeny of the SOX family of developmental transcription factors based on sequence and structural indicators.

    Josephine Bowles;Goslik Schepers;Peter Koopman

  • Retinoid Signaling Determines Germ Cell Fate in Mice

    Josephine Bowles;Deon Knight;Christopher Smith;Dagmar Wilhelm

  • SOX9 Binds DNA, Activates Transcription, and Coexpresses with Type II Collagen during Chondrogenesis in the Mouse

    Ling-Jim Ng;Susan Wheatley;George E.O Muscat;John Conway-Campbell

  • NADH dehydrogenase 1 gene sequences compared for species and strains of the genus Echinococcus

    J. Bowles;D.P. Mcmanus

  • Fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue samples from donors with lymphoma transmit the cancer to graft recipients

    J.M. Shaw;J. Bowles;P. Koopman;E.C. Wood

  • Rapid discrimination of Echinococcus species and strains using a polymerase chain reaction-based RFLP method.

    Josephine Bowles;Donald P. McManus

  • Retinoic acid, meiosis and germ cell fate in mammals

    Josephine Bowles;Peter Koopman

  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Human Schistosomes

    J. Bowles;D. Blair;D.P. Mcmanus

  • Genetic Characterization of the Asian Taenia, a Newly Described Taeniid Cestode of Humans

    J. Bowles;D. P. McManus

  • Sertoli cell differentiation is induced both cell-autonomously and through prostaglandin signaling during mammalian sex determination

    Dagmar Wilhelm;Fred Martinson;Stephen Bradford;Megan J. Wilson

  • Molecular genetic approaches to parasite identification: their value in diagnostic parasitology and systematics.

    D.P. McManus;J. Bowles

  • A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus

    J. Bowles;D. Blair;D. P. McManus

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic markers highly conserved between Chinese and Philippine Schistosoma japonicum

    Josephine Bowles;Michelle Hope;Wilfred U. Tiu;Xushian Liu

  • FGF9 Suppresses Meiosis and Promotes Male Germ Cell Fate in Mice

    Josephine Bowles;Chun-Wei Feng;Cassy Spiller;Tara-Lynne Davidson

  • Molecular-Genetic Characterization of the Cervid Strain (Northern Form) of Echinococcus-Granulosus

    J. Bowles;D. Blair;D. P. McManus

  • Expression of a linear Sry transcript in the mouse genital ridge.

    Yvette W.A. Jeske;Josephine Bowles;Andy Greenfield;Peter Koopman

  • INITIATING MEIOSIS: THE CASE FOR RETINOIC ACID

    Michael D. Griswold;Cathryn A. Hogarth;Josephine Bowles;Peter A. Koopman

  • Onset of meiosis in the chicken embryo; evidence of a role for retinoic acid.

    Craig A Smith;Kelly N Roeszler;Josephine Bowles;Peter Koopman

  • Human sex reversal is caused by duplication or deletion of core enhancers upstream of SOX9.

    Brittany Croft;Thomas Ohnesorg;Jacqueline Hewitt;Jacqueline Hewitt;Josephine Bowles

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Koopman
Peter Koopman University of Queensland
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Andrew H. Sinclair
Andrew H. Sinclair University of Melbourne
Vincent R. Harley
Vincent R. Harley Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Dagmar Wilhelm
Dagmar Wilhelm University of Melbourne
Carol Wicking
Carol Wicking University of Queensland
John M. Hutson
John M. Hutson Royal Children's Hospital
Craig A. Smith
Craig A. Smith Monash University
David Blair
David Blair James Cook University
Edward J. Rebar
Edward J. Rebar Sangamo BioSciences (United States)

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