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Kenneth H. Wolfe 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 Kenneth H. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 214 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth H. Wolfe 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 Kenneth H. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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 Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Kenneth H. Wolfe is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Food Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a strong emphasis on yeasts and fungal biology, including Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Recent publications by Kenneth H. Wolfe include:

  • A genome-informed higher rank classification of the biotechnologically important fungal subphylum Saccharomycotina, 2023, Studies in Mycology
  • Systematic Analysis of Copy Number Variations in the Pathogenic Yeast Candida parapsilosis Identifies a Gene Amplification in RTA3 That is Associated with Drug Resistance, 2022, mBio
  • Polymorphic centromere locations in the pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis, 2020, Genome Research
  • Identification of genetic variants of the industrial yeast Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris) that contribute to increased yields of secreted heterologous proteins, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Identification of European isolates of the lager yeast parent Saccharomyces eubayanus, 2022, FEMS Yeast Research

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Geraldine Butler
  • Kevin P. Byrne
  • Sean A. Bergin
  • Eoin Ó Cinnéide
  • Adam P. Ryan

Kenneth H. Wolfe's work has been published often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • mBio
  • Yeast
  • Data in Brief

Throughout their career, Kenneth H. Wolfe has received several honors including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2017)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2004)
  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2000)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Rates of nucleotide substitution vary greatly among plant mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear DNAs.

    Kenneth H. Wolfe;Wen-Hsiung Li;Paul M. Sharp

  • Molecular evidence for an ancient duplication of the entire yeast genome

    Kenneth H. Wolfe;Denis C. Shields

  • Turning a hobby into a job: how duplicated genes find new functions.

    Gavin C. Conant;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Widespread Paleopolyploidy in Model Plant Species Inferred from Age Distributions of Duplicate Genes

    Guillaume Blanc;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Functional Divergence of Duplicated Genes Formed by Polyploidy during Arabidopsis Evolution

    Guillaume Blanc;Guillaume Blanc;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Yesterday's polyploids and the mystery of diploidization

    Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Codon usage patterns in Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens; a review of the considerable within-species diversity

    Paul M. Sharp;Elizabeth Cowe;Desmond G. Higgins;Denis C. Shields

  • A recent polyploidy superimposed on older large-scale duplications in the Arabidopsis genome.

    Guillaume Blanc;Karsten Hokamp;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • The Yeast Gene Order Browser: Combining curated homology and syntenic context reveals gene fate in polyploid species

    Kevin P. Byrne;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • SMURF: Genomic mapping of fungal secondary metabolite clusters.

    Nora Khaldi;Fayaz T. Seifuddin;Geoff Turner;Daniel Haft

  • Mutation rates differ among regions of the mammalian genome

    Kenneth H. Wolfe;Paul M. Sharp;Wen-Hsiung Li

  • Date of the monocot-dicot divergence estimated from chloroplast DNA sequence data

    Kenneth H. Wolfe;Manolo Gouy;Yau-Wen Yang;Paul M. Sharp

  • Function and evolution of a minimal plastid genome from a nonphotosynthetic parasitic plant

    Kenneth H. Wolfe;Clifford W. Morden;Jeffrey D. Palmer

  • Extensive genomic duplication during early chordate evolution

    Aoife McLysaght;Karsten Hokamp;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    Natalie D. Fedorova;Nora Khaldi;Vinita S. Joardar;Rama Maiti

  • Many parallel losses of infA from chloroplast DNA during angiosperm evolution with multiple independent transfers to the nucleus.

    Ronny S. Millen;Richard G. Olmstead;Keith L. Adams;Jeffrey D. Palmer

  • RNAi in Budding Yeast

    Ines A. Drinnenberg;David E. Weinberg;Kathleen Dongqin Xie;Jeffrey P. Mower

  • Rnai in budding yeast

    David P. Bartel;Ines A. Drinnenberg;David E. Weinberg;Kathleen T. Xie

  • Multiple rounds of speciation associated with reciprocal gene loss in polyploid yeasts

    Devin R. Scannell;Kevin P. Byrne;Jonathan L. Gordon;Simon Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Geraldine Butler
Geraldine Butler University College Dublin
Paul M. Sharp
Paul M. Sharp University of Edinburgh
Jeffrey D. Palmer
Jeffrey D. Palmer Indiana University
Karsten Hokamp
Karsten Hokamp Trinity College Dublin
Clifford W. Morden
Clifford W. Morden University of Hawaii at Manoa
Cathal Seoighe
Cathal Seoighe University of Galway
Denis C. Shields
Denis C. Shields University College Dublin
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li Academia Sinica
Chris Todd Hittinger
Chris Todd Hittinger University of Wisconsin–Madison
John P. Morrissey
John P. Morrissey University College Cork

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