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Genetics

D-Index
45
Citations
18729
World Ranking
4191
National Ranking
1804

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
11732
World Ranking
6381
National Ranking
1750

Justin M. Zook 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 Justin M. Zook sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 125 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Justin M. Zook 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 Justin M. Zook sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Justin M. Zook is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics. They have contributed extensively to areas such as Cancer Research, Plant Science, and applications of Artificial Intelligence within biological contexts.

Their scholarly output includes frequent publications in well-recognized venues. Notable among these are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 27 publications, Nature Biotechnology with 8, Genome Biology with 5, Science with 3, and Nature Methods with 3.

Justin M. Zook's work engages multiple main topics in genomics and molecular studies, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Some of the recent papers associated with Justin M. Zook include:

  • A robust benchmark for detection of germline large deletions and insertions, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • The complete sequence of a human genome, 2022, Science
  • Nanopore sequencing and the Shasta toolkit enable efficient de novo assembly of eleven human genomes, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres, 2022, Science
  • A complete reference genome improves analysis of human genetic variation, 2022, Science

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Justin M. Zook's scientific contributions. Some of the frequent co-authors include:

  • Fritz J. Sedlazeck
  • Nathan D. Olson
  • Justin Wagner
  • Jennifer McDaniel
  • Kishwar Shafin

Best Publications

  • The complete sequence of a human genome

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  • Accurate circular consensus long-read sequencing improves variant detection and assembly of a human genome.

    Aaron M. Wenger;Paul Peluso;William J. Rowell;Pi-Chuan Chang

  • A draft human pangenome reference

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  • Integrating human sequence data sets provides a resource of benchmark SNP and indel genotype calls

    Justin M Zook;Brad Alan Chapman;Jason Wang;David Mittelman

  • Integrating sequencing datasets to form highly confident SNP and indel genotype calls for a whole human genome

    Justin M. Zook;Brad Chapman;Jason Wang;David Mittelman

  • Extensive sequencing of seven human genomes to characterize benchmark reference materials

    Justin M. Zook;David Catoe;Jennifer McDaniel;Lindsay Vang

  • Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres

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  • Nanopore sequencing and the Shasta toolkit enable efficient de novo assembly of eleven human genomes.

    Kishwar Shafin;Trevor Pesout;Ryan Lorig-Roach;Marina Haukness

  • A complete reference genome improves analysis of human genetic variation

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  • Assuring the quality of next-generation sequencing in clinical laboratory practice

    Amy S Gargis;Lisa Kalman;Meredith W Berry;David P Bick

  • The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

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  • Best practices for benchmarking germline small-variant calls in human genomes.

    Peter Krusche;Len Trigg;Paul C Boutros;Christopher E Mason

  • An open resource for accurately benchmarking small variant and reference calls.

    Justin M. Zook;Jennifer McDaniel;Nathan D. Olson;Justin M. Wagner

  • A robust benchmark for detection of germline large deletions and insertions.

    Justin M. Zook;Nancy F. Hansen;Nathan D. Olson;Lesley Chapman

  • Curated variation benchmarks for challenging medically-relevant autosomal genes

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  • Stable nanoparticle aggregates/agglomerates of different sizes and the effect of their size on hemolytic cytotoxicity

    Justin M Zook;Robert I Maccuspie;Laurie E Locascio;Melissa D Halter

  • Semi-automated assembly of high-quality diploid human reference genomes

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  • Measuring silver nanoparticle dissolution in complex biological and environmental matrices using UV–visible absorbance

    Justin M. Zook;Stephen E. Long;Danielle Cleveland;Carly Lay A. Geronimo

  • Comparing Variant Call Files for Performance Benchmarking of Next-Generation Sequencing Variant Calling Pipelines

    John G. Cleary;Ross Braithwaite;Kurt Gaastra;Brian S Hilbush

  • Best practices for evaluating single nucleotide variant calling methods for microbial genomics.

    Nathanael D. Olson;Steven P. Lund;Rebecca Colman;Jeffery T. Foster

  • Chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved assembly of human genomes.

    Shilpa Garg;Arkarachai Fungtammasan;Andrew Carroll;Mike Chou

  • Good laboratory practice for clinical next-generation sequencing informatics pipelines

    Amy S. Gargis;Lisa Kalman;David P. Bick;Cristina Da Silva

  • Effects of temperature, acyl chain length, and flow-rate ratio on liposome formation and size in a microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing device

    Justin M. Zook;Wyatt N. Vreeland

  • Medical implications of technical accuracy in genome sequencing

    Rachel L. Goldfeder;James R. Priest;Justin M. Zook;Megan E. Grove

  • An analytical framework for optimizing variant discovery from personal genomes

    Gareth Highnam;Jason J. Wang;Dean Kusler;Justin Zook

  • svclassify: a method to establish benchmark structural variant calls

    Hemang Parikh;Hemang Parikh;Marghoob Mohiyuddin;Hugo Y. K. Lam;Hariharan Iyer

  • Genome-wide reconstruction of complex structural variants using read clouds

    Noah Spies;Ziming Weng;Alex Bishara;Jennifer H. McDaniel

  • Statistical analysis of fractal-based brain tumor detection algorithms

    Justin M. Zook;Khan M. Iftekharuddin

  • Performance assessment of DNA sequencing platforms in the ABRF Next-Generation Sequencing Study

    Jonathan Foox;Scott W. Tighe;Charles M. Nicolet;Justin M. Zook

  • An analytical framework for optimizing variant discovery from personal genomes

    Justin M. Zook;Gareth Highnam;Jason Wang;Dean Kusler

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz J. Sedlazeck
Fritz J. Sedlazeck Baylor College of Medicine
Tobias Marschall
Tobias Marschall Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University
Chen-Shan Chin
Chen-Shan Chin Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Arend Sidow
Arend Sidow Stanford University
Sergey Koren
Sergey Koren National Institutes of Health
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health
Stephen T. Sherry
Stephen T. Sherry National Institutes of Health
Benedict Paten
Benedict Paten University of California, Santa Cruz

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