2026 Martin Kreitman: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	64	2756	2610	1212	1136	116	23515

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Martin Kreitman is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their work primarily engages with the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a concentration on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genetic diversity and population structure
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Martin Kreitman has contributed to a range of papers in several journals and preprint archives. Recent publications include:

"Functional biology in its natural context: A search for emergent simplicity," 2021, eLife
"The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells," 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
"Gap genes are involved in inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. santomea," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Rapid evolution of the functionally conserved gap gene giant in Drosophila," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent venues for Martin Kreitman's work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Their collaborative efforts often involve coauthors such as:

Wenhan Chang
Daniel R. Matute
Joy Bergelson
Dmitri A. Petrov
Álvaro Sánchez

Martin Kreitman has been recognized with awards including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1991

Best Publications

Adaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus in Drosophila

John H. McDonald;Martin Kreitman

3786
Citations
A Test of Neutral Molecular Evolution Based on Nucleotide Data

Richard R. Hudson;Martin Kreitman;Montserrat Aguadé

2478
Citations
The pattern of polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Magnus Nordborg;Tina T Hu;Yoko Ishino;Jinal Jhaveri

1111
Citations
Nucleotide polymorphism at the alcohol dehydrogenase locus of Drosophila melanogaster

Martin Kreitman

927
Citations
Fitness costs of R-gene-mediated resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

D. Tian;M. B. Traw;J. Q. Chen;M. Kreitman

838
Citations
Dynamics of disease resistance polymorphism at the Rpm1 locus of Arabidopsis

Eli A. Stahl;Greg Dwyer;Rodney Mauricio;Martin Kreitman

677
Citations
Evidence for stabilizing selection in a eukaryotic enhancer element

Michael Z. Ludwig;Casey Bergman;Nipam H. Patel;Martin Kreitman

671
Citations
Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant R-Genes

Joy Bergelson;Martin Kreitman;Eli A. Stahl;Dacheng Tian

607
Citations
The extent of linkage disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana

Magnus Nordborg;Justin O. Borevitz;Joy Bergelson;Charles C. Berry

573
Citations
Methods to Detect Selection in Populations with Applications to the Human

Martin Kreitman

505
Citations
Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis.

Dacheng Tian;Hitoshi Araki;Eli Stahl;Joy Bergelson

467
Citations
The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species

Richard M. Kliman;Peter Andolfatto;Jerry A. Coyne;Frantz Depaulis

421
Citations
Inferring the Evolutionary Histories of the Adh and Adh-Dup Loci in Drosophila Melanogaster from Patterns of Polymorphism and Divergence

M Kreitman;R R Hudson

421
Citations
Functional analysis of eve stripe 2 enhancer evolution in Drosophila: rules governing conservation and change

Michael Z. Ludwig;Nipam H. Patel;Martin Kreitman

400
Citations
A Genome-Wide Survey of R Gene Polymorphisms in Arabidopsis

Erica G. Bakker;Christopher Toomajian;Martin Kreitman;Joy Bergelson

375
Citations
Is mitochondrial DNA a strictly neutral marker

J.William O. Ballard;Martin Kreitman

371
Citations
Molecular analysis of an allozyme cline: alcohol dehydrogenase in Drosophila melanogaster on the east coast of North America.

A Berry;M Kreitman

363
Citations
Lack of polymorphism on the Drosophila fourth chromosome resulting from selection.

A J Berry;J W Ajioka;M Kreitman

341
Citations
Enantiomeric natural products: occurrence and biogenesis.

Jennifer M. Finefield;David H. Sherman;Martin Kreitman;Robert M. Williams;Robert M. Williams

319
Citations
Natural selection on synonymous sites is correlated with gene length and recombination in Drosophila.

Josep M. Comeron;Martin Kreitman;Montserrat Aguadé

317
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joy Bergelson University of Chicago

Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert M. Williams Colorado State University

Kevin P. White National University of Singapore

Casey M. Bergman University of Georgia

David H. Sherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Peter Andolfatto Columbia University

Magnus Nordborg Austrian Academy of Sciences

Richard R. Hudson University of Chicago

Graeme I. Bell University of Chicago

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