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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 71 2169 2062 983 922 102 22392

Michael W. Young publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael W. Young between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael W. Young published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 2.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2000. 1 of the 127 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2000. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 7 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 5 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 3 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 3 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1974 2025

127 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael W. Young: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 2
1982 2
1983 1
1984 2
1985 3
1986 3
1987 4
1988 1
1989 1
1990 0
1991 2
1992 5
1993 2
1994 4
1995 5
1996 5
1997 1
1998 7
1999 2
2000 10
2001 6
2002 3
2003 3
2004 2
2005 4
2006 2
2007 4
2008 4
2009 0
2010 0
2011 5
2012 1
2013 5
2014 1
2015 3
2016 2
2017 2
2018 5
2019 2
2020 1
2021 3
2022 2
2023 2
2024 0
2025 1
Total 127
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Michael W. Young 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. Young 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, 95–104 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: 102 publications — 8th percentile

8% 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
95–104 151 102
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
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. Young 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. Young 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, 70–71 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: 71 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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 71
72–73 150
74–75 136
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

  • 2017 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Michael W. Young is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Forestry, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Anthropology.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on agricultural systems and livestock management, particularly sheep farming and mixed enterprise farm businesses. Notable works include:

  • "An economic analysis of sheep flock structures for mixed enterprise Australian farm businesses" (2020), published in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • "Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review" (2022), published in Animal Production Science
  • "Identifying high-value tactical livestock decisions on a mixed enterprise farm in a variable environment" (2024), published in Animal Production Science
  • "Representing weather-year variation in whole-farm optimisation models: Four-stage single-sequence vs eight-stage multi-sequence" (2023), published in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • "Reading and Remembering the Anthropologist James F. Weiner" (2021), published in Oceania

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Animal Production Science
  • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Oceania
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including Ross Kingwell and Philip E. Vercoe, each with five joint publications. Other frequent collaborators include J. M. Young, Aletta Biersack, and Laurence Goldman.

Their work covers a range of topics within agriculture, focusing on:

  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Michael W. Young has received notable recognition, including the Nobel Prize in 2017 for discoveries related to molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. Additionally, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Time zones: a comparative genetics of circadian clocks.

    Michael W. Young;Steve A. Kay

  • double-time Is a Novel Drosophila Clock Gene that Regulates PERIOD Protein Accumulation

    Jeffrey L Price;Justin Blau;Adrian Rothenfluh;Marla Abodeely

  • The Drosophila Clock Gene double-time Encodes a Protein Closely Related to Human Casein Kinase Iε

    Brian Kloss;Jeffrey L. Price;Lino Saez;Justin Blau

  • Loss of circadian behavioral rhythms and per RNA oscillations in the Drosophila mutant timeless

    Amita Sehgal;Jeffrey L. Price;Bernice Man;Michael W. Young

  • A Role for the Segment Polarity Gene shaggy/GSK-3 in the Drosophila Circadian Clock

    Sebastian Martinek;Susan Inonog;Armen S. Manoukian;Michael W. Young

  • vrille, Pdp1, and dClock form a second feedback loop in the Drosophila circadian clock

    Shawn A. Cyran;Anna M. Buchsbaum;Karen L. Reddy;Meng Chi Lin

  • Light-Induced Degradation of TIMELESS and Entrainment of the Drosophila Circadian Clock

    Michael P. Myers;Karen Wager-Smith;Adrian Rothenfluh-Hilfiker;Michael W. Young

  • Sequence of the notch locus of Drosophila melanogaster: relationship of the encoded protein to mammalian clotting and growth factors.

    S Kidd;M R Kelley;M W Young

  • Antineurogenic phenotypes induced by truncated Notch proteins indicate a role in signal transduction and may point to a novel function for Notch in nuclei.

    Toby Lieber;Simon Kidd;Elizabeth Alcamo;Victoria Corbin

  • Restoration of circadian behavioural rhythms by gene transfer in Drosophila

    Bargiello Ta;Jackson Fr;Young Mw

  • Cycling vrille expression is required for a functional Drosophila clock.

    Justin Blau;Michael W Young

  • Circadian regulation of gene expression systems in the Drosophila head

    Adam Claridge-Chang;Herman Wijnen;Felix Naef;Catharine Boothroyd

  • Isolation of timeless by PER Protein Interaction: Defective Interaction Between timeless Protein and Long-Period Mutant PERL

    Nicholas Gekakis;Lino Saez;Anne-Marie Delahaye-Brown;Michael P. Myers

  • Block in nuclear localization of period protein by a second clock mutation, timeless

    Leslie B. Vosshall;Jeffrey L. Price;Amita Sehgal;Lino Saez

  • Mammalian Circadian Autoregulatory Loop: A Timeless Ortholog and mPer1 Interact and Negatively Regulate CLOCK-BMAL1-Induced Transcription

    Ashvin M Sangoram;Lino Saez;Marina P Antoch;Nicholas Gekakis

  • Rhythmic Expression of timeless: A Basis for Promoting Circadian Cycles in period Gene Autoregulation

    Amita Sehgal;Adrian Rothenfluh-Hilfiker;Melissa Hunter-Ensor;Yifeng Chen

  • Regulation of nuclear entry of the Drosophila clock proteins period and timeless.

    Lino Saez;Michael W Young

  • Positional cloning and sequence analysis of the Drosophila clock gene, timeless

    Michael P. Myers;Karen Wager-Smith;Cedric S. Wesley;Michael W. Young

  • Repeated Gene Families in Drosophila melanogaster

    D. J. Finnegan;G. M. Rubin;M. W. Young;D. S. Hogness

  • Mutation of the Human Circadian Clock Gene CRY1 in Familial Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder

    Alina Patke;Patricia J. Murphy;Onur Emre Onat;Ana C. Krieger

Frequent Co-Authors

Amita Sehgal
Amita Sehgal University of Pennsylvania
Leslie B. Vosshall
Leslie B. Vosshall Rockefeller University
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Felix Naef
Felix Naef École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Brian R. Crane
Brian R. Crane Cornell University
Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
David C. Spray
David C. Spray Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John B. Hogenesch
John B. Hogenesch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Till Roenneberg
Till Roenneberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University

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