2026 Matthew N. Bainbridge: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	54	3599	3394	1558	1460	111	69687

Overview

Matthew N. Bainbridge is affiliated with Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The scientist's work is concentrated in the subfields of molecular biology, genetics, oncology, cancer research, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics of research undertaken by Bainbridge include genomics and rare diseases, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, DNA repair mechanisms, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bainbridge are:

Erica Sanford Kobayashi
Stephen F. Kingsmore
Aloran Mazumder
Svasti Haricharan
Jennifer Friedman

Bainbridge has published articles in multiple scientific venues, notably:

Cancer Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Genetics in Medicine Open
Science Advances
Brain

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Bainbridge include:

"Approaches to long-read sequencing in a clinical setting to improve diagnostic rate" (2022, Scientific Reports)
"POT1 mutation spectrum in tumour types commonly diagnosed among POT1-associated hereditary cancer syndrome families" (2020, Journal of Medical Genetics)
"The genomic landscape of familial glioma" (2023, Science Advances)
"Reclassification of the Etiology of Infant Mortality With Whole-Genome Sequencing" (2023, JAMA Network Open)
"Combination of whole exome sequencing and animal modeling identifies TMPRSS9 as a candidate gene for autism spectrum disorder" (2020, Human Molecular Genetics)

Best Publications

A global reference for human genetic variation.

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

18403
Citations
An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

13558
Citations
Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

10086
Citations
Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

7891
Citations
Clinical whole-exome sequencing for the diagnosis of mendelian disorders.

Yaping Yang;Donna M. Muzny;Jeffrey G. Reid;Matthew N. Bainbridge

2146
Citations
Genome-wide profiles of STAT1 DNA association using chromatin immunoprecipitation and massively parallel sequencing

Gordon Robertson;Martin Hirst;Matthew Bainbridge;Misha Bilenky

1790
Citations
Molecular Findings Among Patients Referred for Clinical Whole-Exome Sequencing

Yaping Yang;Donna M. Muzny;Fan Xia;Zhiyv Niu

1460
Citations
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

1331
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

963
Citations
Whole-Genome Sequencing in a Patient with Charcot–Marie–Tooth Neuropathy

James R. Lupski;Jeffrey G. Reid;Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui;David Rio Deiros

911
Citations
A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

569
Citations
Profiling the HeLa S3 transcriptome using randomly primed cDNA and massively parallel short-read sequencing.

Ryan D. Morin;Matthew Bainbridge;Anthony Fejes;Martin Hirst

569
Citations
FindPeaks 3.1

Anthony P. Fejes;Gordon Robertson;Mikhail Bilenky;Richard Varhol

383
Citations
Rapid whole-genome sequencing decreases infant morbidity and cost of hospitalization.

Lauge Farnaes;Lauge Farnaes;Amber Hildreth;Amber Hildreth;Nathaly M. Sweeney;Nathaly M. Sweeney;Michelle M. Clark

374
Citations
Whole-Genome Sequencing for Optimized Patient Management

Matthew N. Bainbridge;Wojciech Wiszniewski;David R. Murdock;Jennifer Friedman;Jennifer Friedman

327
Citations
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Analytic and Diagnostic Performance of Singleton and Trio, Rapid Genome and Exome Sequencing in Ill Infants.

Stephen F. Kingsmore;Julie A. Cakici;Julie A. Cakici;Michelle M. Clark;Mary Gaughran

276
Citations
Analysis of the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP transcriptome using a sequencing-by-synthesis approach

Matthew N. Bainbridge;René L. Warren;Martin Hirst;Tammy Romanuik

258
Citations
Exome Sequence Analysis Suggests that Genetic Burden Contributes to Phenotypic Variability and Complex Neuropathy

Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui;Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui;Tamar Harel;Tomasz Gambin;Maria Kousi

254
Citations
Launching genomics into the cloud: deployment of Mercury, a next generation sequence analysis pipeline.

Jeffrey G. Reid;Andrew Carroll;Narayanan Veeraraghavan;Mahmoud Dahdouli

251
Citations
Diagnosis of genetic diseases in seriously ill children by rapid whole-genome sequencing and automated phenotyping and interpretation

Michelle M. Clark;Amber Hildreth;Amber Hildreth;Amber Hildreth;Sergey Batalov;Yan Ding

245
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine

Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine

Jeffrey G. Reid Regeneron (United States)

Shalini N. Jhangiani Baylor College of Medicine

Christine M. Eng Baylor College of Medicine

Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University

Christie L. Kovar Baylor College of Medicine

Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

External Links

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