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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 74 1970 1876 901 848 131 18270

Michael W. Nachman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael W. Nachman between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael W. Nachman published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2023. 23 of the 182 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2023. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 12 publications
1989 2025

182 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael W. Nachman: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 3
1995 1
1996 3
1997 1
1998 4
1999 2
2000 4
2001 2
2002 5
2003 4
2004 8
2005 8
2006 3
2007 7
2008 6
2009 5
2010 7
2011 11
2012 6
2013 4
2014 7
2015 2
2016 6
2017 2
2018 5
2019 6
2020 3
2021 6
2022 7
2023 19
2024 11
2025 12
Total 182
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Michael W. Nachman 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 W. Nachman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 125–134 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 131 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217 131
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Michael W. Nachman 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 W. Nachman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136 74
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael W. Nachman is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science. The main topics covered in their research include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Genetic diversity and population structure, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Genetics and Physical Performance, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Michael W. Nachman has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Heredity, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), PLoS Genetics, and Genome Biology and Evolution.

Recent papers include:

  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • The gut microbiota and Bergmann's rule in wild house mice, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • The genomics of rapid climatic adaptation and parallel evolution in North American house mice, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • The Contribution of Genetic and Environmental Effects to Bergmann's Rule and Allen's Rule in House Mice, 2022, The American Naturalist
  • Gene expression plasticity and desert adaptation in house mice, 2021, Evolution

Frequent co-authors in their research include Mallory A. Ballinger, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Merly Escalona, Mohan P A Marimuthu, and Oanh Nguyen.

Throughout their career, Michael W. Nachman has contributed extensively to understanding genetic mechanisms underlying adaptation and evolutionary biology. Their work has dealt with both environmental and genetic factors affecting species, with a focus on house mice as a model organism in several studies.

In 2005, Michael W. Nachman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Estimate of the Mutation Rate per Nucleotide in Humans

    Michael W. Nachman;Susan L. Crowell

  • Genomics and the origin of species

    Ole Seehausen;Roger K. Butlin;Irene Keller;Catherine Wagner

  • The genetic basis of adaptive melanism in pocket mice

    Michael W. Nachman;Hopi E. Hoekstra;Susan L. D'Agostino

  • Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse

    Hyuna Yang;Jeremy R. Wang;John P. Didion;Ryan J. Buus

  • Adaptive Introgression of Anticoagulant Rodent Poison Resistance by Hybridization between Old World Mice

    Ying Song;Stefan Endepols;Nicole Klemann;Dania Richter

  • Recombination rate variation and speciation: theoretical predictions and empirical results from rabbits and mice

    Michael W. Nachman;Bret A. Payseur

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms and recombination rate in humans.

    Michael W Nachman

  • Variation in recombination rate across the genome: evidence and implications.

    Michael W Nachman

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • ADAPTIVE REPTILE COLOR VARIATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MC1R GENE

    Erica Bree Rosenblum;Hopi E. Hoekstra;Michael W. Nachman

  • DIFFERENTIAL PATTERNS OF INTROGRESSION ACROSS THE X CHROMOSOME IN A HYBRID ZONE BETWEEN TWO SPECIES OF HOUSE MICE

    Bret A. Payseur;James G. Krenz;Michael W. Nachman

  • Population subdivision in marine environments: the contributions of biogeography, geographical distance and discontinuous habitat to genetic differentiation in a blennioid fish, Axoclinus nigricaudus

    C. Riginos;M. W. Nachman

  • Genome-wide patterns of gene flow across a house mouse hybrid zone

    Katherine C. Teeter;Bret A. Payseur;Leslie W. Harris;Margaret A. Bakewell

  • ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF ADAPTIVE COLOR POLYMORPHISM IN POCKET MICE: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN SELECTED AND NEUTRAL GENES

    Hopi E. Hoekstra;Kristen E. Drumm;Michael W. Nachman

  • Natural history collections as windows on evolutionary processes.

    Michael W. Holmes;Michael W. Holmes;Talisin T. Hammond;Guinevere O. U. Wogan;Rachel E. Walsh

  • Nonneutral Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Humans and Chimpanzees

    Michael W. Nachman;Wesley M. Brown;Mark Stoneking;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Inferring the history of speciation in house mice from autosomal, X-linked, Y-linked and mitochondrial genes.

    Armando Geraldes;Patrick Basset;Barbara Gibson;Kimberley L. Smith

  • Why is the house mouse karyotype so variable

    Michael W. Nachman;Jeremy B. Searle

  • DNA variability and recombination rates at X-linked loci in humans.

    Michael W. Nachman;Vanessa L. Bauer;Susan L. Crowell;Charles F. Aquadro

  • The frequency of multiple paternity suggests that sperm competition is common in house mice (Mus domesticus).

    M. D. Dean;K. G. Ardlie;M. W. Nachman

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
Bret A. Payseur
Bret A. Payseur University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael F. Hammer
Michael F. Hammer University of Arizona
Hopi E. Hoekstra
Hopi E. Hoekstra Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jay F. Storz
Jay F. Storz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rafael Villafuerte
Rafael Villafuerte Spanish National Research Council
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University
Frédéric Delsuc
Frédéric Delsuc University of Montpellier
Willie J. Swanson
Willie J. Swanson University of Washington
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory

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