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Michael C. Schatz publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Schatz sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 244 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Michael C. Schatz D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Schatz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 81st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael C. Schatz is a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, they focus extensively on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Genetics, with additional attention to Cancer Research and Infectious Diseases.

Schatz's research topics include a range of genomic and genetic areas. These encompass Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Rare Diseases, and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics. Other notable topics in their portfolio are Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and RNA modifications and cancer.

The scientist has published multiple papers in various reputable venues. Some recent significant papers include:

  • The complete sequence of a human genome, 2022, Science
  • GenomeScope 2.0 and Smudgeplot for reference-free profiling of polyploid genomes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2022 update, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato, 2020, Cell
  • Automated assembly scaffolding using RagTag elevates a new tomato system for high-throughput genome editing, 2022, Genome Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael C. Schatz include:

  • Fritz J. Sedlazeck
  • Adam M. Phillippy
  • Winston Timp
  • Arang Rhie
  • Evan E. Eichler

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Research
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • The complete sequence of a human genome

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  • The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder

    Ivan Iossifov;Brian J. O'Roak;Stephan J. Sanders;Stephan J. Sanders;Michael Ronemus

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • GenomeScope 2.0 and Smudgeplot for reference-free profiling of polyploid genomes

    T. Rhyker Ranallo-Benavidez;Kamil S. Jaron;Kamil S. Jaron;Michael C. Schatz;Michael C. Schatz

  • Phased diploid genome assembly with single-molecule real-time sequencing

    Chen-Shan Chin;Paul Peluso;Fritz J Sedlazeck;Maria Nattestad

  • GenomeScope: fast reference-free genome profiling from short reads

    Gregory W Vurture;Fritz J Sedlazeck;Maria Nattestad;Charles J Underwood

  • Accurate detection of complex structural variations using single-molecule sequencing.

    Fritz J. Sedlazeck;Philipp Rescheneder;Moritz Smolka;Han Fang

  • Accurate circular consensus long-read sequencing improves variant detection and assembly of a human genome.

    Aaron M. Wenger;Paul Peluso;William J. Rowell;Pi-Chuan Chang

  • Big data: Astronomical or genomical?

    Zachary D. Stephens;Skylar Y. Lee;Faraz Faghri;Roy H. Campbell

  • De Novo Gene Disruptions in Children on the Autistic Spectrum

    Ivan Iossifov;Michael Ronemus;Dan Levy;Zihua Wang

  • KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase.

    Adam P. Arkin;Adam P. Arkin;Robert W. Cottingham;Christopher S. Henry;Nomi L. Harris

  • A whole-genome assembly of the domestic cow, Bos taurus

    Aleksey V Zimin;Arthur L Delcher;Liliana Florea;David R Kelley

  • Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector

    Vishvanath Nene;Jennifer R. Wortman;Daniel Lawson;Brian Haas

  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)

    Ray Ming;Shaobin Hou;Yun Feng;Qingyi Yu

  • Hybrid error correction and de novo assembly of single-molecule sequencing reads

    Sergey Koren;Michael C Schatz;Brian P Walenz;Jeffrey Martin

  • Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

  • Automated assembly scaffolding using RagTag elevates a new tomato system for high-throughput genome editing

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  • CloudBurst: highly sensitive read mapping with MapReduce

    Michael C. Schatz

  • GAGE: A critical evaluation of genome assemblies and assembly algorithms

    Steven L. Salzberg;Adam M. Phillippy;Aleksey Zimin;Daniela Puiu

  • Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

    Keith R. Bradnam;Joseph N. Fass;Anton Alexandrov;Paul Baranay

  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato.

    Michael Alonge;Xingang Wang;Matthias Benoit;Matthias Benoit;Sebastian Soyk

  • Draft Genome of the Filarial Nematode Parasite Brugia malayi

    Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Shiliang Wang;David Spiro;Elisabet Caler

  • Quake: quality-aware detection and correction of sequencing errors

    David R Kelley;Michael C Schatz;Steven L Salzberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz J. Sedlazeck
Fritz J. Sedlazeck Baylor College of Medicine
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health
W. Richard McCombie
W. Richard McCombie Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zachary B. Lippman
Zachary B. Lippman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Arthur L. Delcher
Arthur L. Delcher University of Maryland, College Park
Sergey Koren
Sergey Koren National Institutes of Health
Chen-Shan Chin
Chen-Shan Chin Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Gholson J. Lyon
Gholson J. Lyon Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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