2026 Paul Kersey: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9461	8729	721	670	139	24008

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Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

9461

8729

721

670

139

24008

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

24008

World Ranking

9461

National Ranking

721

Overview

Paul Kersey is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with prominent work in agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

They have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Genetics
Ecology
Ecological Modeling

Their research topics cover a spectrum of areas featuring genomics and phylogenetics, environmental studies, and genetic variation:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
Identification and Quantification in Food
Genetic diversity and population structure
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Among their recent publications are:

MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads, 2023, BMC Bioinformatics
A DNA barcoding framework for taxonomic verification in the Darwin Tree of Life Project, 2024, Wellcome Open Research
Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life, 2021, Systematic Biology

They frequently publish in venues such as:

Plants People Planet
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
F1000Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations feature recurring co-authors including:

William J. Baker
Alexandre Antonelli
Ilia J. Leitch
Cyril Pommier
Richard Durbin

Best Publications

A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

1469
Citations
Ensembl BioMarts: a hub for data retrieval across taxonomic space

Rhoda Kinsella;Andreas Kähäri;Syed Haider;Jorge Zamora

1386
Citations
Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing

Rachel Brenchley;Manuel Spannagl;Matthias Pfeifer;Gary L. A. Barker

1323
Citations
Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

1279
Citations
The International Protein Index: an integrated database for proteomics experiments.

Paul J. Kersey;Jorge Duarte;Allyson Williams;Youla Karavidopoulou

892
Citations
Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

Keith R. Bradnam;Joseph N. Fass;Anton Alexandrov;Paul Baranay

824
Citations
The HUPO PSI's molecular interaction format--a community standard for the representation of protein interaction data.

Henning Hermjakob;Luisa Montecchi-Palazzi;Gary Bader;Jérôme Wojcik

771
Citations
Multiple reference genomes and transcriptomes for Arabidopsis thaliana

Xiangchao Gan;Oliver Stegle;Jonas Behr;Joshua G. Steffen

753
Citations
Gene ontology annotations and resources

Blake Ja;Dolan M;Drabkin H

749
Citations
Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

Keith R. Bradnam;Joseph N. Fass;Anton Alexandrov;Paul Baranay

697
Citations
Assemblathon 1: A competitive assessment of de novo short read assembly methods

Dent Earl;Keith Bradnam;John St. John;Aaron Darling

621
Citations
WormBase ParaSite - a comprehensive resource for helminth genomics.

Kevin L. Howe;Bruce J. Bolt;Myriam Shafie;Paul Kersey

606
Citations
Ensembl Genomes 2016: more genomes, more complexity

Paul Julian Kersey;James E. Allen;Irina Armean;Sanjay Boddu

604
Citations
Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research.

Kevin L. Howe;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Nishadi De Silva;Gareth Maslen

467
Citations
Ensembl Genomes 2018: an integrated omics infrastructure for non-vertebrate species.

Paul Julian Kersey;James E Allen;Alexis Allot;Matthieu Barba

465
Citations
The Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) project: implementation of GO in SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL, and InterPro.

Evelyn Camon;Michele Magrane;Daniel Barrell;David Binns

459
Citations
Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Tadashi Imanishi;Takeshi Itoh;Yutaka Suzuki;Claire O'Donovan

431
Citations
An improved assembly and annotation of the allohexaploid wheat genome identifies complete families of agronomic genes and provides genomic evidence for chromosomal translocations

Bernardo J. Clavijo;Luca Venturini;Christian Schudoma;Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli

421
Citations
WormBase 2016: expanding to enable helminth genomic research

Kevin L. Howe;Bruce J. Bolt;Scott Cain;Juancarlos Chan

373
Citations
PomBase: a comprehensive online resource for fission yeast

Valerie Wood;Midori A. Harris;Mark D. McDowall;Kim Rutherford

360
Citations