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Monte Westerfield

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
94
Citations
48392
World Ranking
1961
National Ranking
1072

Monte Westerfield 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 Monte Westerfield sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 282 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Monte Westerfield 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 Monte Westerfield sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Monte Westerfield is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Monte Westerfield has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Zebrafish information network, the knowledgebase for Danio rerio research", 2022, Genetics
  • "Multiomic atlas with functional stratification and developmental dynamics of zebrafish cis-regulatory elements", 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Model organisms contribute to diagnosis and discovery in the undiagnosed diseases network: current state and a future vision", 2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • "Updates to the Alliance of Genome Resources central infrastructure", 2024, Genetics
  • "BICRA, a SWI/SNF Complex Member, Is Associated with BAF-Disorder Related Phenotypes in Humans and Model Organisms", 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer B. Phillips
  • Ceri E. Van Slyke
  • Jeremy Wegner
  • Yvonne M. Bradford
  • Leyla Ruzicka

Monte Westerfield's works have appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • PLoS Genetics

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1981.

Best Publications

  • The Gene Ontology Resource: 20 years and still GOing strong

    S. Carbon;E. Douglass;N. Dunn;B. Good

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine

    Seth Carbon;Eric Douglass;Benjamin M Good

  • Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution

    Angel Amores;Allan Force;Yi Lin Yan;Lucille Joly

  • Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map.

    John H. Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael A. Gates;Sally Horne

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology project: linking molecular biology and disease through phenotype data

    Sebastian Köhler;Sandra C. Doelken;Christopher J. Mungall;Sebastian Bauer

  • Combinatorial expression of three zebrafish genes related to distal- less: part of a homeobox gene code for the head

    M.-A. Akimenko;M. Ekker;J. Wegner;Wei Lin

  • Identification of separate slow and fast muscle precursor cells in vivo, prior to somite formation

    Stephen H. Devoto;Ellie Melançon;Judith S. Eisen;Monte Westerfield

  • Gene ontology annotations and resources

    Blake Ja;Dolan M;Drabkin H

  • The Gene Ontology project in 2008

    Midori A Harris;Jennifer I. Deegan;Amelia Ireland;Jane Lomax

  • Development and axonal outgrowth of identified motoneurons in the zebrafish

    PZ Myers;JS Eisen;M Westerfield

  • Replication, integration and stable germ-line transmission of foreign sequences injected into early zebrafish embryos

    G.W. Stuart;J.V. McMurray;M. Westerfield

  • Identified motoneurons and their innervation of axial muscles in the zebrafish

    M Westerfield;JV McMurray;JS Eisen

  • Pathway selection by growth cones of identified motoneurones in live zebra fish embryos

    Judith S. Eisen;Paul Z. Myers;Monte Westerfield

  • Differential induction of four msx homeobox genes during fin development and regeneration in zebrafish

    Marie-Andrée Akimenko;Stephen L. Johnson;Monte Westerfield;Marc Ekker

  • A pair of Sox: distinct and overlapping functions of zebrafish sox9 co-orthologs in craniofacial and pectoral fin development

    Yi-Lin Yan;John Willoughby;John Willoughby;Dong Liu;Justin Gage Crump

  • Sequence and expression pattern of pax-6 are highly conserved between zebrafish and mice.

    A. W. Puschel;P. Gruss;M. Westerfield

  • Coordinate embryonic expression of three zebrafish engrailed genes

    M. Ekker;J. Wegner;M.A. Akimenko;M. Westerfield

  • The Zebrafish Information Network: the zebrafish model organism database

    Judy Sprague;Leyla Bayraktaroglu;Dave Clements;Tom Conlin

  • Correction: Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map

    John Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael Gates;Sally Horne

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Melissa A. Haendel
Melissa A. Haendel University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
James P. Balhoff
James P. Balhoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William A. Gahl
William A. Gahl National Institutes of Health
Michael F. Wangler
Michael F. Wangler Baylor College of Medicine
Christopher J. Mungall
Christopher J. Mungall Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christine M. Eng
Christine M. Eng Baylor College of Medicine
David A. Sweetser
David A. Sweetser Harvard University
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Jill A. Rosenfeld Baylor College of Medicine
Isaac S. Kohane
Isaac S. Kohane Harvard University

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