2026 Laurence D. Hurst: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	95	900	847	126	120	319	32922

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Laurence D. Hurst is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial number of publications in molecular biology, genetics, and plant science. Their work extends into infectious diseases as well as sociology and political science.

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Genomics and phylogenetic studies
RNA modifications and cancer
Chromosomal and genetic variations
RNA research and splicing
CRISPR and genetic engineering
Evolution and genetic dynamics

Some of their recent papers include:

"Active and repressed biosynthetic gene clusters have spatially distinct chromosome states", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Codon Usage and Splicing Jointly Influence mRNA Localization", 2020, Cell Systems
"Evidence for Strong Mutation Bias toward, and Selection against, U Content in SARS-CoV-2: Implications for Vaccine Design", 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
"Dynamic reprogramming of H3K9me3 at hominoid-specific retrotransposons during human preimplantation development", 2022, Cell stem cell
"Causes and Consequences of Purifying Selection on SARS-CoV-2", 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Laurence D. Hurst are:

Alexander T Ho (11 co-authored works)
Grzegorz Kudla (8 co-authored works)
Zsuzsanna Izsvák (8 co-authored works)
Christine Mordstein (7 co-authored works)
Atahualpa Castillo-Morales (6 co-authored works)

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

Molecular Biology and Evolution (6 publications)
PLoS Biology (6 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
Genome Biology and Evolution (5 publications)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)

Laurence D. Hurst has also contributed to academic literature through book publication. A forthcoming book titled The Evolution of Imperfection is expected in 2025, published by Princeton University Press.

Among distinctions, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2015.

Best Publications

Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

1206
Citations
The Ka/Ks ratio: diagnosing the form of sequence evolution.

Laurence D Hurst

1184
Citations
Dosage sensitivity and the evolution of gene families in yeast

Balázs Papp;Csaba Pál;Csaba Pál;Laurence D. Hurst

995
Citations
Hearing silence: non-neutral evolution at synonymous sites in mammals

J. V. Chamary;Joanna L. Parmley;Laurence D. Hurst

930
Citations
The evolutionary dynamics of eukaryotic gene order

Laurence D. Hurst;Csaba Pál;Csaba Pál;Martin J. Lercher

826
Citations
Highly expressed genes in yeast evolve slowly

Csaba Pál;Balázs Papp;Laurence D. Hurst

714
Citations
Clustering of housekeeping genes provides a unified model of gene order in the human genome.

Martin J. Lercher;Araxi O. Urrutia;Laurence D. Hurst

626
Citations
The Genetic Code Is One in a Million

Stephen J. Freeland;Laurence D. Hurst

621
Citations
The evolution of isochores.

Adam Eyre-Walker;Laurence D. Hurst

495
Citations
Comparisons of dN/dS are time dependent for closely related bacterial genomes.

Eduardo P.C. Rocha;John Maynard Smith;Laurence D. Hurst;Matthew T.G. Holden

472
Citations
Primate-specific endogenous retrovirus-driven transcription defines naive-like stem cells

Jichang Wang;Gangcai Xie;Manvendra Singh;Avazeh Tashakkori Ghanbarian

446
Citations
Causes of Sex Ratio Bias May Account for Unisexual Sterility in Hybrids: - a New Explanation of Haldane's Rule and Related Phenomena

Laurence D. Hurst;Andrew Pomiankowski

433
Citations
Recent advances in understanding of the evolution and maintenance of sex.

Laurence D. Hurst;Joel R. Peck

432
Citations
Human SNP variability and mutation rate are higher in regions of high recombination

Martin J Lercher;Laurence D Hurst

422
Citations
Metabolic network analysis of the causes and evolution of enzyme dispensability in yeast.

Balázs Papp;Csaba Pál;Csaba Pál;Laurence D. Hurst

412
Citations
Positively charged residues are the major determinants of ribosomal velocity.

Catherine A. Charneski;Laurence D. Hurst

392
Citations
A quantitative measure of error minimization in the genetic code.

David Haig;Laurence D. Hurst

383
Citations
Do essential genes evolve slowly

Laurence D. Hurst;Nick G.C. Smith

364
Citations
Evidence for selection on synonymous mutations affecting stability of mRNA secondary structure in mammals

JV Chamary;Laurence D Hurst

361
Citations
Mitochondria and Male Disease

S A Frank;L D Hurst

353
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Csaba Pál Institute of Plant Biology

Martin J. Lercher Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Zsuzsanna Izsvák Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Balázs Papp Biological Research Centre

Xiangyin Kong Chinese Academy of Sciences

Andrew Pomiankowski University College London

Robert N. Kelsh University of Bath

Gregory D. D. Hurst University of Liverpool

Edward J. Feil University of Bath

Mike Tyers University of Montreal

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