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135
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World Ranking
221
National Ranking
114

Michael Rosbash 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 Rosbash sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 359 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Rosbash 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 Rosbash sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 135 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
  • 2012 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 2011 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael Rosbash is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 65 publications, and Neuroscience, with 49 publications. Subfields focus primarily on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Plant Science, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Cell
  • Current Biology

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Michael Rosbash include Dingbang Ma, Katharine C. Abruzzi, Jasmine Quynh Le, Albert D. Yu, and Matthias Schlichting.

Notable recent publications are:

  • "A transcriptomic taxonomy of Drosophila circadian neurons around the clock" (2021), published in eLife
  • "Internal state configures olfactory behavior and early sensory processing in Drosophila larvae" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Myriad Other Applications" (2021), published in Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT
  • "TRIBE editing reveals specific mRNA targets of eIF4E-BP in Drosophila and in mammals" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Circadian Rhythms and the Transcriptional Feedback Loop (Nobel Lecture)" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Michael Rosbash has received multiple awards, including:

  • Nobel Prize in 2017 for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
  • Canada Gairdner International Award in 2012
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, in 2011
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2003
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1997
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1988

Best Publications

  • Feedback of the Drosophila period gene product on circadian cycling of its messenger RNA levels

    Paul E. Hardin;Jeffrey C. Hall;Michael Rosbash;Michael Rosbash

  • A pdf Neuropeptide Gene Mutation and Ablation of PDF Neurons Each Cause Severe Abnormalities of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila

    Susan C.P Renn;Jae H Park;Michael Rosbash;Michael Rosbash;Jeffrey C Hall

  • CRY, a Drosophila Clock and Light-Regulated Cryptochrome, Is a Major Contributor to Circadian Rhythm Resetting and Photosensitivity

    Patrick Emery;W.Venus So;Maki Kaneko;Jeffrey C Hall

  • The cryb mutation identifies cryptochrome as a circadian photoreceptor in Drosophila

    Ralf Stanewsky;Maki Kaneko;Patrick Emery;Bonnie Beretta

  • A mutant Drosophila homolog of mammalian Clock disrupts circadian rhythms and transcription of period and timeless.

    Ravi Allada;Neal E White;W.Venus So;Jeffrey C Hall

  • Coupled oscillators control morning and evening locomotor behaviour of Drosophila

    Dan Stoleru;Ying Peng;José Agosto;Michael Rosbash

  • CYCLE Is a Second bHLH-PAS Clock Protein Essential for Circadian Rhythmicity and Transcription of Drosophila period and timeless

    Joan E Rutila;Joan E Rutila;Vipin Suri;Vipin Suri;Myai Le;Myai Le;W.Venus So;W.Venus So

  • Microarray Analysis and Organization of Circadian Gene Expression in Drosophila

    Michael J. McDonald;Michael Rosbash;Michael Rosbash

  • Three abundance classes in HeLa cell messenger RNA

    J. O. Bishop;J. G. Morton;M. Rosbash;Melville Richardson

  • PAS is a dimerization domain common to Drosophila period and several transcription factors.

    Zuoshi Josh Huang;Isaac Edery;Michael Rosbash

  • Sequence, structure, and codon preference of the Drosophila ribosomal protein 49 gene

    Peter O'Connell;Michael Rosbash

  • Differential regulation of circadian pacemaker output by separate clock genes in Drosophila

    Jae H. Park;Charlotte Helfrich-Förster;Gyunghee Lee;Li Liu

  • A light-entrainment mechanism for the Drosophila circadian clock.

    Hongkui Zeng;Zuwei Qian;Michael P. Myers;Michael Rosbash

  • Circadian fluctuations of period protein immunoreactivity in the CNS and the visual system of Drosophila

    D. M. Zerr;J. C. Hall;M. Rosbash;Kathleen King Siwicki

  • The importin-beta family member Crm1p bridges the interaction between Rev and the nuclear pore complex during nuclear export

    Megan Neville;Francoise Stutz;Linda Lee;Laura I Davis

  • Some cis- and trans-acting mutants for splicing target pre-mRNA to the cytoplasm

    Pierre Legrain;Michael Rosbash

  • Drosophila CRY Is a Deep Brain Circadian Photoreceptor

    Patrick Emery;Ralf Stanewsky;Charlotte Helfrich-Förster;Myai Emery-Le;Myai Emery-Le

  • Temporal phosphorylation of the Drosophila period protein.

    Isaac Edery;Laurence J. Zwiebel;Marie E. Dembinska;Michael Rosbash

  • Molecular analysis of the period locus in Drosophila melanogaster and identification of a transcript involved in biological rhythms

    Pranhitha Reddy;William A. Zehring;David A. Wheeler;Vincent Pirrotta

  • Antibodies to the period gene product of drosophila reveal diverse tissue distribution and rhythmic changes in the visual system

    Kathleen K. Siwicki;Cheryl Eastman;Gabriele Petersen;Michael Rosbash

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey C. Hall
Jeffrey C. Hall Brandeis University
Bertrand Séraphin
Bertrand Séraphin Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sebastian Kadener
Sebastian Kadener Brandeis University
Ravi Allada
Ravi Allada University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leslie C. Griffith
Leslie C. Griffith Brandeis University
Torben Heick Jensen
Torben Heick Jensen Aarhus University
Paul E. Hardin
Paul E. Hardin Texas A&M University
Laurence J. Zwiebel
Laurence J. Zwiebel Vanderbilt University
Robert H. Singer
Robert H. Singer Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John L. Woolford
John L. Woolford Carnegie Mellon University

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