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Nicholas D. Holland

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
12197
World Ranking
9838
National Ranking
4312

Nicholas D. Holland publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 197 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas D. Holland 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 Nicholas D. Holland sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas D. Holland is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple disciplines including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main research topics include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

Some notable recent publications by Nicholas D. Holland are:

  • Cephalochordates: A window into vertebrate origins, 2020, Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • A new species of deep-sea torquaratorid enteropneust (Hemichordata): A sequential hermaphrodite with exceptionally wide lips, 2022, Invertebrate Biology
  • The sensory peripheral nervous system in the tail of a cephalochordate studied by serial blockface scanning electron microscopy, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Other frequently published venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Morphology
  • Biological Bulletin
  • Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Acta Zoologica

Collaborative research appears significant in their career, with frequent co-authors such as Linda Z. Holland, Ildikó Somorjai, Greg W. Rouse, Avery S. Hiley, and Daniel S. Matasic. These collaborations may encompass shared interests in developmental biology, marine biodiversity, and neurobiology among other fields.

The range of their published work shows an integration of molecular and ecological perspectives, emphasizing studies on both marine organisms and broader developmental processes that contribute to understanding vertebrate origins and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • A brominated secondary metabolite synthesized by the cyanobacterial symbiont of a marine sponge and accumulation of the crystalline metabolite in the sponge tissue

    M. D. Unson;N. D. Holland;D. J. Faulkner

  • Two classes of metabolites from Theonella swinhoei are localized in distinct populations of bacterial symbionts.

    C. A. Bewley;N. D. Holland;D. J. Faulkner

  • Sequence and developmental expression of AmphiDll, an amphioxus Distal-less gene transcribed in the ectoderm, epidermis and nervous system: insights into evolution of craniate forebrain and neural crest

    Nicholas D. Holland;Grace Panganiban;Erika L. Henyey;Linda Z. Holland

  • Early central nervous system evolution: an era of skin brains?

    Nicholas D. Holland

  • Sequence and embryonic expression of the amphioxus engrailed gene (AmphiEn): the metameric pattern of transcription resembles that of its segment-polarity homolog in Drosophila

    L.Z. Holland;M. Kene;N.A. Williams;N.D. Holland

  • Landmarks in the Anterior Central Nervous System of Amphioxus Larvae

    Thurston C. Lacalli;N. D. Holland;J. E. West

  • Characterization of an amphioxus paired box gene, AmphiPax2/5/8: developmental expression patterns in optic support cells, nephridium, thyroid-like structures and pharyngeal gill slits, but not in the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region

    Z. Kozmik;N.D. Holland;A. Kalousova;J. Paces

  • Axial patterning in cephalochordates and the evolution of the organizer

    Jr-Kai Yu;Yutaka Satou;Nicholas D. Holland;Tadasu Shin-I

  • Origin and early evolution of the vertebrates: New insights from advances in molecular biology, anatomy, and palaeontology

    Nicholas D. Holland;Junyuan Chen

  • An amphioxus homeobox gene: sequence conservation, spatial expression during development and insights into vertebrate evolution

    Peter W. H. Holland;Linda Z. Holland;Nicola A. Williams;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Isolation and developmental expression of the amphioxus Pax-6 gene (AmphiPax-6): insights into eye and photoreceptor evolution

    Sacha Glardon;Linda Z. Holland;Walter J. Gehring;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Evolution of neural crest and placodes: amphioxus as a model for the ancestral vertebrate?

    Linda Z. Holland;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Evolution of genetic networks underlying the emergence of thymopoiesis in vertebrates.

    Baubak Bajoghli;Narges Aghaallaei;Isabell Hess;Immanuel Rode

  • Pax-Six-Eya-Dach network during amphioxus development: conservation in vitro but context specificity in vivo.

    Zbynek Kozmik;Nicholas D. Holland;Jana Kreslova;Diana Oliveri

  • Expression of AmphiHox-1 and AmphiPax-1 in amphioxus embryos treated with retinoic acid: insights into evolution and patterning of the chordate nerve cord and pharynx

    Linda Z. Holland;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Chordate origins of the vertebrate central nervous system.

    Linda Z Holland;Nicholas D Holland

  • Three Amphioxus Wnt Genes (AmphiWnt3, AmphiWnt5, and AmphiWnt6) Associated With the Tail Bud: The Evolution of Somitogenesis in Chordates

    Michael Schubert;Linda Z. Holland;M.Dale Stokes;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Embryos and Larvae of a Lancelet, Branchiostoma floridae, from Hatching through Metamorphosis: Growth in the Laboratory and External Morphology

    M. Dale Stokes;Nicholas D. Holland

  • Amphioxus Postembryonic Development Reveals the Homology of Chordate Metamorphosis

    Mathilde Paris;Hector Escriva;Michael Schubert;Frédéric Brunet

  • The retinoic acid signaling pathway regulates anterior/posterior patterning in the nerve cord and pharynx of amphioxus, a chordate lacking neural crest

    Hector Escriva;Nicholas D. Holland;Hinrich Gronemeyer;Vincent Laudet

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda Z. Holland
Linda Z. Holland University of California, San Diego
Vincent Laudet
Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Peter W. H. Holland
Peter W. H. Holland University of Oxford
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society
Rolf Bodmer
Rolf Bodmer Discovery Institute
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Sebastian M. Shimeld
Sebastian M. Shimeld University of Oxford
R. Andrew Cameron
R. Andrew Cameron California Institute of Technology
Marianne Bronner-Fraser
Marianne Bronner-Fraser California Institute of Technology
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen

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