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Norman Arnheim 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 Norman Arnheim sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 198 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Norman Arnheim 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 Norman Arnheim sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Norman Arnheim is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broad areas, they focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology and Immunology.

Arnheim's recent research contributions include a 2022 paper titled Germline selection of PTPN11 (HGNC:9644) variants make a major contribution to both Noonan syndrome's high birth rate and the transmission of sporadic cancer variants resulting in fetal abnormality, published in the journal Human Mutation.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Jordan Eboreime
  • Soo-Kyung Choi
  • Song-Ro Yoon
  • Anastasiia Sadybekov
  • Vsevolod Katritch

Norman Arnheim's work has been published in venues such as Human Mutation.

Key research topics covered by Arnheim include:

  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology

Norman Arnheim was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Enzymatic amplification of beta-globin genomic sequences and restriction site analysis for diagnosis of sickle cell anemia.

    Randall K. Saiki;Stephen Scharf;Fred Faloona;Kary B. Mullis

  • Process for amplifying, detecting, and/or-cloning nucleic acid sequences

    Kary Banks Mullis;Norman Arnheim;Randall Keichi Saiki;Henry Anthony Erlich

  • Most human carcinomas of the exocrine pancreas contain mutant c-K-ras genes.

    Concepcion Almoguera;Darryl Shibata;Kathleen Forrester;John Martin

  • Whole genome amplification from a single cell: implications for genetic analysis

    Lin Zhang;Xiangfeng Cui;Karin Schmitt;Rene Hubert

  • Venezuelan kindreds reveal that genetic and environmental factors modulate Huntington's disease age of onset

    Nancy S. Wexler;Judith Lorimer;Julie Porter;Fidela Gomez

  • Involvement of mouse Mlh1 in DNA mismatch repair and meiotic crossing over.

    Baker Sm;Plug Aw;Prolla Ta;Bronner Ce

  • Detection of a specific mitochondrial DNA deletion in tissues of older humans

    Gino A. Cortopassi;Norman Arnheim

  • Amplification and analysis of DNA sequences in single human sperm and diploid cells

    Honghua Li;Ulf B. Gyllensten;Xiangfeng Cui;Randall K. Saiki

  • Detection of human papilloma virus in paraffin-embedded tissue using the polymerase chain reaction.

    D K Shibata;N Arnheim;W J Martin

  • Hydroxylated quantum dots as luminescent probes for in situ hybridization.

    Srikant Pathak;Soo-Kyung Choi;Norman Arnheim;Mark E. Thompson

  • A pattern of accumulation of a somatic deletion of mitochondrial DNA in aging human tissues.

    Gino A Cortopassi;D. Shibata;N. W. Soong;N. Arnheim

  • A simple method for site-directed mutagenesis using the polymerase chain reaction

    Anne Hemsley;Norman Arnheim;Michael Dennis Toney;Gino A Cortopassi

  • Concerted evolution of multigene families

    N. Arnheim;M. Nei;R.K. Koehn

  • Male mice defective in the DNA mismatch repair gene PMS2 exhibit abnormal chromosome synapsis in meiosis

    Sean M Baker;C.Eric Bronner;Lin Zhang;Annemieke W Plug

  • Polyglutamine-Expanded Human Huntingtin Transgenes Induce Degeneration of Drosophila Photoreceptor Neurons

    George R Jackson;Iris Salecker;Xinzhong Dong;Xiang Yao

  • Molecular evidence for genetic exchanges among ribosomal genes on nonhomologous chromosomes in man and apes

    Norman Arnheim;Mark Krystal;Roy Schmickel;Golder Wilson

  • Mosaicism for a specific somatic mitochondrial DNA mutation in adult human brain

    Nay Wei Soong;David R. Hinton;Gino A Cortopassi;Norman Arnheim

  • Length mutations in human mitochondrial DNA: direct sequencing of enzymatically amplified DNA

    Lisa A. Wrischnik;Russell G. Higuchi;Mark Stoneking;Henry A. Erlich

  • Advancing age has differential effects on DNA damage, chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and aneuploidies in sperm

    A. J. Wyrobek;B. Eskenazi;S. Young;N. Arnheim

  • The polymerase chain reaction.

    Thomas J. White;Norman Arnheim;Henry A. Erlich

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry A. Erlich
Henry A. Erlich UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Allan C. Wilson
Allan C. Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Gino A Cortopassi
Gino A Cortopassi University of California, Davis
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Marcy E. MacDonald
Marcy E. MacDonald Harvard University
William J. Martin
William J. Martin National Institutes of Health
Kenneth Lange
Kenneth Lange University of California, Los Angeles
Myron F. Goodman
Myron F. Goodman University of Southern California
Michael S. Waterman
Michael S. Waterman University of Southern California

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