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Maximilian J. Telford publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maximilian J. Telford sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 128 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Maximilian J. Telford D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maximilian J. Telford sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maximilian J. Telford is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. Their work addresses key topics such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Genetic diversity and population structure, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry.

Maximilian J. Telford has published multiple papers in well-known scientific venues. Among the recent publications are:

  • Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age (2020) in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Topology-dependent asymmetry in systematic errors affects phylogenetic placement of Ctenophora and Xenacoelomorpha (2020) in Science Advances
  • Lack of support for Deuterostomia prompts reinterpretation of the first Bilateria (2021) in Science Advances
  • Benchmarked approaches for reconstruction of in vitro cell lineages and in silico models of C. elegans and M. musculus developmental trees (2021) in Cell Systems
  • Systematic errors in phylogenetic trees (2021) in Current Biology

The frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Advances, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Current Biology, and Genome Biology and Evolution.

Collaborative research plays a notable role in their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paschalia Kapli
  • Daniel J. Leite
  • Paschalis Natsidis
  • Laura Piovani
  • Irepan Salvador-Martínez

Best Publications

  • TranslatorX: multiple alignment of nucleotide sequences guided by amino acid translations

    Federico Abascal;Rafael Zardoya;Maximilian J. Telford

  • Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida

    Sarah J. Bourlat;Thorhildur Juliusdottir;Christopher J. Lowe;Robert Freeman

  • Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella

    Hervé Philippe;Henner Brinkmann;Richard R. Copley;Leonid L. Moroz

  • Uncertainty in the Timing of Origin of Animals and the Limits of Precision in Molecular Timescales.

    Mario dos Reis;Mario dos Reis;Yuttapong Thawornwattana;Konstantinos Angelis;Maximilian J. Telford

  • Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age.

    Paschalia Kapli;Ziheng Yang;Maximilian J Telford

  • The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima

    Ariel D Chipman;David E. K. Ferrier;Carlo Brena;Jiaxin Qu

  • A congruent solution to arthropod phylogeny: phylogenomics, microRNAs and morphology support monophyletic Mandibulata

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Omar Rota-Stabelli;Lahcen I Campbell;Henner Brinkmann;Gregory D Edgecombe

  • MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda

    Lahcen I. Campbell;Omar Rota-Stabelli;Gregory D. Edgecombe;Trevor Marchioro

  • Expression of homeobox genes shows chelicerate arthropods retain their deutocerebral segment

    Maximilian J. Telford;Richard H. Thomas

  • Changes in mitochondrial genetic codes as phylogenetic characters: two examples from the flatworms.

    M. J. Telford;E. A. Herniou;R. B. Russell;D. T. J. Littlewood

  • Hox genes and the phylogeny of the arthropods

    Charles E. Cook;M.Louise Smith;Maximilian J. Telford;Alberto Bastianello

  • The evolution of the Ecdysozoa.

    Maximilian J Telford;Sarah J Bourlat;Andrew Economou;Daniel Papillon

  • The origin and evolution of arthropods

    Graham E. Budd;Maximilian J. Telford

  • A Transcriptomic-Phylogenomic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of Flatworms

    Bernhard Egger;Bernhard Egger;François Lapraz;Bartłomiej Tomiczek;Steven Müller

  • Ecdysozoan Mitogenomics: Evidence for a Common Origin of the Legged Invertebrates, the Panarthropoda

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Ehsan Kayal;Dianne Gleeson;Jennifer Daub

  • Xenoturbella is a deuterostome that eats molluscs

    Sarah J. Bourlat;Claus Nielsen;Anne E. Lockyer;D. Timothy J. Littlewood

  • Phylogenomic Insights into Animal Evolution

    Maximilian J. Telford;Graham E. Budd;Hervé Philippe

  • Consideration of RNA Secondary Structure Significantly Improves Likelihood-Based Estimates of Phylogeny: Examples from the Bilateria

    Maximilian J Telford;Michael J Wise;Vivek Gowri-Shankar

  • Combined large and small subunit ribosomal RNA phylogenies support a basal position of the acoelomorph flatworms.

    M. J. Telford;A. E. Lockyer;C. CartwrightFinch;D. T. J. Littlewood

  • Large-scale sequencing and the new animal phylogeny

    Hervé Philippe;Maximilian J. Telford

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard R. Copley
Richard R. Copley Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics
Michael C. Thorndyke
Michael C. Thorndyke Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
D. Timothy J. Littlewood
D. Timothy J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Mark Terasaki
Mark Terasaki University of Connecticut Health Center
D. T. J. Littlewood
D. T. J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Christophe Dessimoz
Christophe Dessimoz University College London
Davide Pisani
Davide Pisani University of Bristol
Michael Akam
Michael Akam University of Cambridge
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London

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