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D-Index
86
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28769
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1255
National Ranking
597

Shawn M. Burgess 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 Shawn M. Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 257 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shawn M. Burgess 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 Shawn M. Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shawn M. Burgess is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 94 publications in this area. Within this broader field, their work frequently concentrates on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Congenital heart defects research, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Shawn M. Burgess has published extensively, with notable recent papers such as:

  • Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Multiomic atlas with functional stratification and developmental dynamics of zebrafish cis-regulatory elements, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish, 2020, Current Biology
  • Suppressing STAT3 activity protects the endothelial barrier from VEGF-mediated vascular permeability, 2021, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • The Warburg effect is necessary to promote glycosylation in the blastema during zebrafish tail regeneration, 2021, npj Regenerative Medicine

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Zelin Chen, Erica Bresciani, Abdel Elkahloun, Wuhong Pei, and Gaurav K. Varshney.

Among the common venues for the scientist's publications are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), npj Regenerative Medicine, Nature Communications, Blood, and Cell Genomics.

Best Publications

  • Endocrine Regulation of the Fasting Response by PPARα-Mediated Induction of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21

    Takeshi Inagaki;Paul Dutchak;Guixiang Zhao;Xunshan Ding

  • Transcription Start Regions in the Human Genome Are Favored Targets for MLV Integration

    Xiaolin Wu;Yuan Li;Bruce Crise;Shawn M. Burgess

  • Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease.

    David B. Beck;Marcela A. Ferrada;Keith A. Sikora;Amanda K. Ombrello

  • Early-Onset Stroke and Vasculopathy Associated with Mutations in ADA2

    Qing Zhou;Dan Yang;Amanda K Ombrello;Andrey V Zavialov

  • FGF21 induces PGC-1α and regulates carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism during the adaptive starvation response

    Matthew J. Potthoff;Takeshi Inagaki;Santhosh Satapati;Xunshan Ding

  • A roadmap for interpreting 13 C metabolite labeling patterns from cells

    Joerg M. Buescher;Maciek R. Antoniewicz;Laszlo G. Boros;Shawn C Burgess

  • Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish rapidly identifies genes essential for early vertebrate development.

    Gregory Golling;Adam Amsterdam;Zhaoxia Sun;Marcelo Antonelli

  • Excessive hepatic mitochondrial TCA cycle and gluconeogenesis in humans with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Nishanth E. Sunny;Elizabeth J. Parks;Jeffrey D. Browning;Shawn C. Burgess

  • A large-scale insertional mutagenesis screen in zebrafish.

    Adam Amsterdam;Shawn Burgess;Gregory Golling;Wenbiao Chen

  • High-throughput gene targeting and phenotyping in zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9

    Gaurav K. Varshney;Wuhong Pei;Matthew C. LaFave;Jennifer Idol

  • Species-specific endogenous retroviruses shape the transcriptional network of the human tumor suppressor protein p53

    Ting Wang;Jue Zeng;Craig B. Lowe;Robert G. Sellers

  • FGF15/19 Regulates Hepatic Glucose Metabolism by Inhibiting the CREB-PGC-1α Pathway

    Matthew J. Potthoff;Jamie Boney-Montoya;Mihwa Choi;Tianteng He

  • Elevated TCA cycle function in the pathology of diet induced hepatic insulin resistance and fatty liver

    Santhosh Satapati;Nishanth E. Sunny;Blanka Kucejova;Xiaorong Fu

  • Mitochondrial metabolism mediates oxidative stress and inflammation in fatty liver

    Santhosh Satapati;Blanka Kucejova;Joao A.G. Duarte;Justin A. Fletcher

  • High-resolution genome-wide mapping of transposon integration in mammals.

    Stephen R. Yant;Xiaolin Wu;Yong Huang;Brian Garrison

  • Vector design influences hepatic genotoxicity after adeno-associated virus gene therapy

    Randy J. Chandler;Matthew C. LaFave;Gaurav K. Varshney;Niraj S. Trivedi

  • Short-term weight loss and hepatic triglyceride reduction: evidence of a metabolic advantage with dietary carbohydrate restriction

    Jeffrey D Browning;Jonathan A Baker;Thomas Rogers;Jeannie Davis

  • Acetyl CoA Carboxylase Inhibition Reduces Hepatic Steatosis but Elevates Plasma Triglycerides in Mice and Humans: A Bedside to Bench Investigation

    Chai-Wan Kim;Carol Addy;Jun Kusunoki;Norma N. Anderson

  • Oculofaciocardiodental and Lenz microphthalmia syndromes result from distinct classes of mutations in BCOR

    David Ng;Nalin Thakker;Connie M Corcoran;Dian Donnai

  • Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

    Nicholas G. Crawford;Derek E. Kelly;Matthew E. B. Hansen;Marcia H. Beltrame

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuo Lin
Shuo Lin University of California, Los Angeles
Abdel G. Elkahloun
Abdel G. Elkahloun National Human Genome Research Institute
James C. Mullikin
James C. Mullikin National Institutes of Health
Ivona Aksentijevich
Ivona Aksentijevich National Institutes of Health
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Daniel L. Kastner
Daniel L. Kastner National Institutes of Health
William J. Pavan
William J. Pavan National Institutes of Health
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics

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