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Patrick O. Brown 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 Patrick O. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 372 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick O. Brown 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 Patrick O. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2003 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Patrick O. Brown is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Molecular Biology, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Artificial Intelligence. Their work incorporates a range of topics including Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, and Diverticular Disease and Complications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brown include:

  • Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century, 2022, PLOS Climate
  • Risk stratification of pulmonary embolism, 2023, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
  • Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2emissions this century, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Effect of Hispanic Status in Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke: Insights From STAR, 2021, Stroke
  • Full-thickness resection device for management of lesions involving the appendiceal orifice: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Endoscopy International Open

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Brown include Steven P. Roose, Bret R. Rutherford, Charles M. Perou, David Botstein, and Xiaofu He.

Brown has published multiple works in notable venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLOS Climate

Additionally, Brown has contributed book publications under the European Organization for Nuclear Research, including titles such as "Unlocking the power of computational modelling and simulation across the product lifecycle in life sciences: A UK Landscape Report," published in 2023.

Throughout their career, Brown has been recognized with awards including the Promega Biotechnology Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2003, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2002, and designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns

    Michael B. Eisen;Paul T. Spellman;Patrick O. Brown;David Botstein

  • Molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Charles M. Perou;Therese Sørlie;Michael B. Eisen;Matt van de Rijn

  • Quantitative monitoring of gene expression patterns with a complementary DNA microarray.

    Mark Schena;Dari Shalon;Ronald W. Davis;Patrick O. Brown

  • Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications

    Therese Sørlie;Charles M. Perou;Robert Tibshirani;Turid Aas

  • Distinct types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identified by gene expression profiling

    Ash A. Alizadeh;Michael B. Eisen;R. Eric Davis;Izidore S. Lossos

  • Repeated observation of breast tumor subtypes in independent gene expression data sets

    Therese Sørlie;Robert Tibshirani;Joel Parker;Trevor Hastie

  • Comprehensive Identification of Cell Cycle–regulated Genes of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Microarray Hybridization

    Paul T. Spellman;Gavin Sherlock;Gavin Sherlock;Michael Q. Zhang;Vishwanath R. Iyer

  • Exploring the Metabolic and Genetic Control of Gene Expression on a Genomic Scale

    Joseph L. DeRisi;Vishwanath R. Iyer;Patrick O. Brown

  • Genomic expression programs in the response of yeast cells to environmental changes.

    Audrey P. Gasch;Paul T. Spellman;Camilla M. Kao;Orna Carmel-Harel

  • Development of the human infant intestinal microbiota.

    Chana Palmer;Elisabeth M Bik;Daniel B DiGiulio;Daniel B DiGiulio;David A Relman;David A Relman

  • Exploring the new world of the genome with DNA microarrays

    Patrick O. Brown;David Botstein

  • Structural impact

    Unknown

  • Parallel human genome analysis: microarray-based expression monitoring of 1000 genes

    Mark Schena;Dari Shalon;Renu Heller;Andrew Chai

  • Systematic variation in gene expression patterns in human cancer cell lines.

    Douglas T. Ross;Uwe Scherf;Michael B. Eisen;Charles M. Perou

  • The transcriptional program in the response of human fibroblasts to serum.

    Vishwanath R. Iyer;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas T. Ross;Greg Schuler

  • Singular value decomposition for genome-wide expression data processing and modeling

    Orly Alter;Patrick O. Brown;David Botstein

  • Circular RNAs Are the Predominant Transcript Isoform from Hundreds of Human Genes in Diverse Cell Types

    Julia Salzman;Charles Gawad;Peter Lincoln Wang;Norman Lacayo

  • The Transcriptional Program of Sporulation in Budding Yeast

    S. Chu;J. DeRisi;M. Eisen;J. Mulholland

  • Genome-wide analysis of DNA copy-number changes using cDNA microarrays.

    Jonathan R. Pollack;Charles M. Perou;Ash A. Alizadeh;Michael B. Eisen

  • A gene expression database for the molecular pharmacology of cancer

    Uwe Scherf;Douglas T. Ross;Mark Waltham;Lawrence H. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University
Michael B. Eisen
Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley
Matt van de Rijn
Matt van de Rijn Stanford University
Ash A. Alizadeh
Ash A. Alizadeh Stanford University
Maximilian Diehn
Maximilian Diehn Stanford University
Joseph L. DeRisi
Joseph L. DeRisi University of California, San Francisco
Robert Tibshirani
Robert Tibshirani Stanford University
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University
Charles M. Perou
Charles M. Perou University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gavin Sherlock
Gavin Sherlock Stanford University

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