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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 62 2963 2810 1296 1217 224 15940

Nadav Ahituv publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nadav Ahituv between 1998 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nadav Ahituv published across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026, averaging 14.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 97 publications in 2022. 28 of the 411 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 97. Peak 97 publications in 2022. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 29 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 66 publications 2022: 97 publications 2023: 36 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 26 publications 2026: 2 publications
1998 2026

411 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nadav Ahituv: publications per year, 1998 to 2026
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 2
2001 3
2002 1
2003 1
2004 2
2005 5
2006 4
2007 3
2008 4
2009 5
2010 0
2011 3
2012 12
2013 9
2014 12
2015 13
2016 8
2017 13
2018 14
2019 29
2020 12
2021 66
2022 97
2023 36
2024 28
2025 26
2026 2
Total 411
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Nadav Ahituv 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 Nadav Ahituv 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, 215–224 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: 224 publications — 59th percentile

59% 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
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134 224
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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Nadav Ahituv 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 Nadav Ahituv 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, 62–63 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: 62 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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 62
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
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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Overview

Nadav Ahituv is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, including extensive work in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The focus of Ahituv's research centers on several main topics related to genomics and molecular function. These include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Ahituv has contributed to numerous academic publications, with frequent appearances in a variety of venues. Key publication outlets include ENCODE Datasets, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature, and Science.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Ahituv include:

  • Single-cell epigenomics reveals mechanisms of human cortical development, 2021, Nature
  • A systematic evaluation of the design and context dependencies of massively parallel reporter assays, 2020, Nature Methods
  • Chromatin compartmentalization regulates the response to DNA damage, 2023, Nature
  • lentiMPRA and MPRAflow for high-throughput functional characterization of gene regulatory elements, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • Oestrogen engages brain MC4R signalling to drive physical activity in female mice, 2021, Nature

Ahituv collaborates regularly with several frequent coauthors, including Fumitaka Inoue, Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares, Jingjing Zhao, Chengyu Deng, and Martin Hemberg. These partnerships reflect a consistent pattern of collaborative research across related molecular biology and genetics disciplines.

Best Publications

  • In vivo enhancer analysis of human conserved non-coding sequences

    Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio;Nadav Ahituv;Alan M. Moses;Shyam Prabhakar

  • Massively parallel functional dissection of mammalian enhancers in vivo

    Rupali P. Patwardhan;Joseph B. Hiatt;Daniela M. Witten;Mee J. Kim

  • A distal enhancer and an ultraconserved exon are derived from a novel retroposon

    Gill Bejerano;Craig B. Lowe;Nadav Ahituv;Nadav Ahituv;Bryan King

  • Chromatin connectivity maps reveal dynamic promoter–enhancer long-range associations

    Yubo Zhang;Chee-Hong Wong;Ramon Y. Birnbaum;Guoliang Li

  • Mutations in DMRT3 affect locomotion in horses and spinal circuit function in mice

    Lisa S. Andersson;Martin Larhammar;Fatima Memic;Hanna Wootz

  • A Genome-wide Framework for Mapping Gene Regulation via Cellular Genetic Screens.

    Molly Gasperini;Andrew J. Hill;José L. McFaline-Figueroa;Beth Martin

  • Mutation in transcription factor POU4F3 associated with inherited progressive hearing loss in humans.

    Oz Vahava;Robert Morell;Eric D. Lynch;Sigal Weiss

  • Deletion of Ultraconserved Elements Yields Viable Mice

    Nadav Ahituv;Yiwen Zhu;Axel Visel;Amy Holt

  • A systematic comparison reveals substantial differences in chromosomal versus episomal encoding of enhancer activity

    Fumitaka Inoue;Martin Kircher;Beth Martin;Gregory M. Cooper

  • Variant Interpretation: Functional Assays to the Rescue

    Lea M. Starita;Nadav Ahituv;Maitreya J. Dunham;Jacob O. Kitzman

  • Genome-wide de novo risk score implicates promoter variation in autism spectrum disorder

    Joon Yong An;Kevin Lin;Lingxue Zhu;Donna M. Werling

  • MYO6, the human homologue of the gene responsible for deafness in Snell's waltzer mice, is mutated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

    Salvatore Melchionda;Nadav Ahituv;Luigi Bisceglia;Tama Sobe

  • CRISPR-mediated activation of a promoter or enhancer rescues obesity caused by haploinsufficiency

    Navneet Matharu;Sawitree Rattanasopha;Sawitree Rattanasopha;Serena Tamura;Lenka Maliskova

  • Massively parallel decoding of mammalian regulatory sequences supports a flexible organizational model

    Robin P Smith;Leila Taher;Rupali P Patwardhan;Mee J Kim

  • Medical sequencing at the extremes of human body mass.

    Nadav Ahituv;Nihan Kavaslar;Wendy Schackwitz;Wendy Schackwitz;Anna Ustaszewska

  • Decoding enhancers using massively parallel reporter assays.

    Fumitaka Inoue;Nadav Ahituv

  • Coding exons function as tissue-specific enhancers of nearby genes

    Ramon Y. Birnbaum;E. Josephine Clowney;Orly Agamy;Mee J. Kim

  • The Notch ligand Jagged1 is required for inner ear sensory development

    A. E. Kiernan;N. Ahituv;H. Fuchs;Rudi Balling

  • Single-cell epigenomics reveals mechanisms of human cortical development.

    Ryan S. Ziffra;Chang N. Kim;Jayden M. Ross;Amy Wilfert

  • Enhancer interaction networks as a means for singular olfactory receptor expression.

    Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou;William E. Allen;Bradley M. Colquitt;Tracie Goh

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Nir Yosef
Nir Yosef University of California, Berkeley
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Katherine S. Pollard
Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco
Martin Kircher
Martin Kircher Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Edward M. Rubin
Edward M. Rubin Joint Genome Institute
Carol A. Wise
Carol A. Wise The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Kathleen M. Giacomini
Kathleen M. Giacomini University of California, San Francisco
Pui-Yan Kwok
Pui-Yan Kwok University of California, San Francisco
Karen B. Avraham
Karen B. Avraham Tel Aviv University

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