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Nick Goldman 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 Nick Goldman sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 134 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nick Goldman 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 Nick Goldman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nick Goldman is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, plant science, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers a variety of key topics, including:

  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant virus research studies
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Evolution and genetic dynamics
  • Nanopore and nanochannel transport studies

Nick Goldman has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • PLoS Genetics
  • PLoS Computational Biology

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Mutation Rates and Selection on Synonymous Mutations in SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Stability of SARS-CoV-2 phylogenies, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England, 2021, Nature
  • Want to track pandemic variants faster? Fix the bioinformatics bottleneck, 2021, Nature
  • A Daily-Updated Database and Tools for Comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 Mutation-Annotated Trees, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Nicola De Maio (33 joint publications)
  • Yatish Turakhia (11 joint publications)
  • Conor R. Walker (9 joint publications)
  • Russell Corbett-Detig (7 joint publications)
  • Bùi Quang Minh (6 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • A General Empirical Model of Protein Evolution Derived from Multiple Protein Families Using a Maximum-Likelihood Approach

    Simon Whelan;Nick Goldman

  • Codon-Substitution Models for Heterogeneous Selection Pressure at Amino Acid Sites

    Ziheng Yang;Rasmus Nielsen;Nick Goldman;Anne Mette Krabbe Pedersen

  • A codon-based model of nucleotide substitution for protein-coding DNA sequences.

    N Goldman;Z Yang

  • Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA

    Nick Goldman;Paul Bertone;Siyuan Chen;Christophe Dessimoz

  • A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals.

    Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Manuel Garber;Or Zuk;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin

  • Likelihood-Based Tests of Topologies in Phylogenetics

    Nick Goldman;Jon P. Anderson;Allen G. Rodrigo

  • An algorithm for progressive multiple alignment of sequences with insertions

    Ari Löytynoja;Nick Goldman

  • Phylogeny-aware gap placement prevents errors in sequence alignment and evolutionary analysis

    Ari Löytynoja;Nick Goldman

  • Statistical tests of models of DNA substitution

    Nick Goldman

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • Accuracy and Power of Statistical Methods for Detecting Adaptive Evolution in Protein Coding Sequences and for Identifying Positively Selected Sites

    Wendy S. W. Wong;Ziheng Yang;Nick Goldman;Rasmus Nielsen;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Systematic evaluation of spliced alignment programs for RNA-seq data

    Pär G Engström;Tamara Steijger;Botond Sipos;Gregory R Grant

  • Comparison of models for nucleotide substitution used in maximum-likelihood phylogenetic estimation.

    Ziheng Yang;N. Goldman;A. Friday

  • Molecular phylogenetics: state-of-the-art methods for looking into the past.

    Simon Whelan;Pietro Liò;Nick Goldman

  • webPRANK: a phylogeny-aware multiple sequence aligner with interactive alignment browser.

    Ari Löytynoja;Nick Goldman

  • Models of Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny

    Pietro Liò;Nick Goldman

  • Genome sequencing of normal cells reveals developmental lineages and mutational processes

    Sam Behjati;Sam Behjati;Meritxell Huch;Meritxell Huch;Ruben van Boxtel;Wouter Karthaus

  • Covariation in frequencies of substitution, deletion, transposition, and recombination during eutherian evolution

    Ross C. Hardison;Krishna M. Roskin;Shan Yang;Mark Diekhans

Frequent Co-Authors

Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London
Pietro Liò
Pietro Liò University of Cambridge
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Christophe Dessimoz
Christophe Dessimoz University College London
David T. Jones
David T. Jones University College London
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory
Ewan Birney
Ewan Birney European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital

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