2026 Roy J. Britten: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	87	1203	574	208	31455

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D-Index

World Ranking

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Publications

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Genetics

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31455

Research.com Recognitions

1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Roy J. Britten was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their academic career included contributions to research primarily from this institution.

The scientist was recognized with notable awards during their career. These include becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972 and being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987.

There are no records available detailing their recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields, subfields of study, or specific main topics related to their work.

Best Publications

Repeated Sequences in DNA

R. J. Britten;D. E. Kohne

4188
Citations
Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory

Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

2844
Citations
Analysis of repeating DNA sequences by reassociation

Roy J. Britten;Dale E. Graham;Berney R. Neufeld

1532
Citations
Repetitive and non-repetitive DNA sequences and a speculation on the origins of evolutionary novelty.

Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

1103
Citations
High-Resolution Density Gradient Sedimentation Analysis

R. J. Britten;R. B. Roberts

1102
Citations
Rates of DNA sequence evolution differ between taxonomic groups

Roy J. Britten

1051
Citations
Regulation of gene expression: possible role of repetitive sequences

Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

737
Citations
Organization, transcription, and regulation in the animal genome.

Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

602
Citations
Reduction in the rate of DNA reassociation by sequence divergence

Tom I. Bonner;Don J. Brenner;Berney R. Neufeld;Roy J. Britten;Roy J. Britten

564
Citations
General interspersion of repetitive with non-repetitive sequence elements in the DNA of Xenopus.

Eric H. Davidson;Barbara R. Hough;Christopher S. Amenson;Roy J. Britten

504
Citations
Sources and evolution of human Alu repeated sequences.

Roy J. Britten;Will F. Baron;David B. Stout;Eric H. Davidson

479
Citations
Structural Gene Sets Active in Embryos and Adult Tissues of the Sea Urchin

Glenn A. Galau;William H. Klein;Mark M. Davis;Barbara J. Wold

387
Citations
Nucleotide Sequence Repetition: A Rapidly Reassociating Fraction of Mouse DNA

Michael Waring;Roy J. Britten

376
Citations
Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human DNA sequences is 5%, counting indels

Roy J. Britten

372
Citations
DNA sequence insertion and evolutionary variation in gene regulation

Roy J. Britten

351
Citations
A measurement of the sequence complexity of polysomal messenger RNA in sea urchin embryos

Glenn A. Galau;Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

320
Citations
Comparative aspects of DNA organization in metazoa

Eric H. Davidson;Glenn A. Galau;Robert C. Angerer;Roy J. Britten

296
Citations
Introduction of cloned DNA into sea urchin egg cytoplasm: replication and persistence during embryogenesis.

Andrew P. McMahon;Constantin N. Flytzanis;Barbara R. Hough-Evans;Karen S. Katula

296
Citations
Mapping of gene transcripts by nuclease protection assays and cDNA primer extension.

Frank J. Calzone;Roy J. Britten;Eric H. Davidson

292
Citations
Interspersion of repetitive and non-repetitive DNA sequences in the sea urchin genome

Dale E. Graham;Berney R. Neufeld;Eric H. Davidson;Roy J. Britten

286
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric H. Davidson California Institute of Technology

R. Andrew Cameron California Institute of Technology

James W. Posakony University of California, San Diego

Amy S. Lee University of Southern California

Leroy Hood University of Washington

Howard T. Jacobs Tampere University

Barbara J. Wold California Institute of Technology

Scott E. Fraser University of Southern California

William R. Pearson University of Virginia

Mark S. Springer University of California, Riverside

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