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Marianne Bronner-Fraser 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 Marianne Bronner-Fraser sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 564+

This scientist: 305 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marianne Bronner-Fraser 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 Marianne Bronner-Fraser sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Marianne Bronner-Fraser is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Surgery, and Genetics as key subfields. The scientist's work involves various topics including Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Congenital heart defects research, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies, RNA Research and Splicing, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition," 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Schwann cell precursors represent a neural crest-like state with biased multipotency," 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • "Riding the crest to get a head: neural crest evolution in vertebrates," 2021, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and different migration strategies as viewed from the neural crest," 2020, Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • "Single-cell atlas of early chick development reveals gradual segregation of neural crest lineage from the neural plate border during neurulation," 2022, eLife

Frequent co-authors with whom Marianne Bronner-Fraser has collaborated include Jan Štundl, Michael L. Piacentino, Hugo A. Urrutia, Erica J. Hutchins, and Megan L. Martik. These collaborations span various projects intrinsic to their scientific focus.

The scientist has contributed frequently to publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental Biology, eLife, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Development.

In recognition of their work, Marianne Bronner-Fraser was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Cancerous stem cells can arise from pediatric brain tumors

    Houman D. Hemmati;Ichiro Nakano;Jorge A. Lazareff;Michael Masterman-Smith

  • The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Thomas Butts;David E. K. Ferrier;Rebecca F. Furlong

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions: the importance of changing cell state in development and disease

    Hervé Acloque;Meghan S. Adams;Katherine Fishwick;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • A gene regulatory network orchestrates neural crest formation.

    Tatjana Sauka-Spengler;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Cell lineage analysis reveals multipotency of some avian neural crest cells.

    Marianne Bronner-Fraser;Scott E. Fraser

  • Vertebrate cranial placodes I. Embryonic induction.

    Clare V.H. Baker;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Ectodermal Wnt function as a neural crest inducer.

    Martı́n I. Garcı́a-Castro;Christophe Marcelle;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

    Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

  • Neural crest induction in Xenopus: evidence for a two-signal model

    Carole LaBonne;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Vital dye analysis of cranial neural crest cell migration in the mouse embryo

    George N. Serbedzija;Marianne Bronner-Fraser;Scott E. Fraser

  • Analysis of the Early Stages of Trunk Neural Crest Migration in Avian Embryos Using Monoclonal Antibody HNK-1

    Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Gene-Regulatory Interactions in Neural Crest Evolution and Development

    Daniel Meulemans;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Origins of the avian neural crest: the role of neural plate-epidermal interactions.

    Mark A. J. Selleck;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Interactions of Eph-related receptors and ligands confer rostrocaudal pattern to trunk neural crest migration

    Catherine E. Krull;Rusty Lansford;Nicholas W. Gale;Andres Collazo

  • Induction of the neural crest: a multigene process.

    Anne K. Knecht;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Specification of the neural crest occurs during gastrulation and requires Pax7

    Martín L. Basch;Marianne Bronner-Fraser;Martín I. García-Castro;Martín I. García-Castro

  • Dorsalization of the neural tube by the non-neural ectoderm

    Mary E. Dickinson;Mark A. J. Selleck;Andrew P. McMahon;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Coordinate actions of BMPs, Wnts, Shh and noggin mediate patterning of the dorsal somite

    Christophe Marcelle;Michael R. Stark;Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • An antibody to a receptor for fibronectin and laminin perturbs cranial neural crest development in vivo

    Marianne Bronner-Fraser

  • Pathways of trunk neural crest cell migration in the mouse embryo as revealed by vital dye labelling

    George N. Serbedzija;Scott E. Fraser;Marianne E. Bronner-Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott E. Fraser
Scott E. Fraser University of Southern California
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler University of Oxford
Roberto Perris
Roberto Perris University of Parma
Linda Z. Holland
Linda Z. Holland University of California, San Diego
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Claudio D. Stern
Claudio D. Stern University College London
Marc Robinson-Rechavi
Marc Robinson-Rechavi University of Lausanne
Yutaka Satou
Yutaka Satou Kyoto University
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Paul W. Sternberg
Paul W. Sternberg California Institute of Technology

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