2026 Sherman M. Weissman: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	113	481	245	442	62756

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
1983 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sherman M. Weissman is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Cancer Research, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Hematology.

Their work covers several key topics, notably:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Among their recent scientific papers are:

Colorectal Cancer Stem Cell States Uncovered by Simultaneous Single-Cell Analysis of Transcriptome and Telomeres, 2021, Advanced Science
Dysregulation of BRD4 Function Underlies the Functional Abnormalities of MeCP2 Mutant Neurons, 2020, Molecular Cell
Spatial transcriptome profiling by MERFISH reveals fetal liver hematopoietic stem cell niche architecture, 2021, Cell Discovery
Sample-multiplexing approaches for single-cell sequencing, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Integrating Single-Cell Transcriptome and Network Analysis to Characterize the Therapeutic Response of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Weissman's frequent collaborators include Xinghua Pan, Sadie L. Marjani, Yulong Zhang, Liyao Mai, and Caiming Chen.

The scientist's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Advanced Science
Molecular Cell
Cell Discovery
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Sherman M. Weissman has been recognized with several awards over the years, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2013
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1983
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1982

Best Publications

Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
A SINGLE ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA GENE WITH A PRODUCT SIMILAR TO PI-3 KINASE

Kinneret Savitsky;Anat Bar-Shira;Shlomit Gilad;Galit Rotman

3708
Citations
The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

3299
Citations
An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

2824
Citations
Architecture of the human regulatory network derived from ENCODE data

Mark B Gerstein;Anshul Kundaje;Manoj Hariharan;Stephen G Landt

1747
Citations
The structure and evolution of the human β-globin gene family

Argiris Efstratiadis;James W. Posakony;Tom Maniatis;Richard M. Lawn

1642
Citations
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

1560
Citations
Paired-end mapping reveals extensive structural variation in the human genome.

Jan O. Korbel;Alexander Eckehart Urban;Jason P. Affourtit;Brian Godwin

1464
Citations
Mammalian Sir2 homolog SIRT3 regulates global mitochondrial lysine acetylation.

David B. Lombard;Frederick W. Alt;Hwei Ling Cheng;Jakob Bunkenborg

1413
Citations
Global Identification of Human Transcribed Sequences with Genome Tiling Arrays

Paul Bertone;Viktor Stolc;Viktor Stolc;Thomas E. Royce;Joel S. Rozowsky

1335
Citations
The genome of simian virus 40

VB Reddy;B Thimmappaya;R Dhar;KN Subramanian

1134
Citations
What is a gene, post-ENCODE? History and updated definition

Mark B. Gerstein;Joel S. Rozowsky;Deyou Zheng;Jiang Du

974
Citations
Ubiquitous, interspersed repeated sequences in mammalian genomes

Warren R. Jelinek;Thomas P. Toomey;Leslie Leinwand;Craig H. Duncan

708
Citations
Variation in Transcription Factor Binding Among Humans

Maya Kasowski;Fabian Grubert;Fabian Grubert;Christopher Heffelfinger;Manoj Hariharan;Manoj Hariharan

707
Citations
cDNA sequences of two inducible T-cell genes.

Byoung S. Kwon;Sherman M. Weissman

694
Citations
Fusion of Regionally Specified hPSC-Derived Organoids Models Human Brain Development and Interneuron Migration.

Yangfei Xiang;Yoshiaki Tanaka;Benjamin Patterson;Young Jin Kang

672
Citations
The molecular genetics of human hemoglobin.

Francis S. Collins;Sherman M. Weissman

517
Citations
An encyclopedia of mouse DNA elements (Mouse ENCODE)

John A Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ross Hardison;Bing Ren

488
Citations
FGFR1 is fused with a novel zinc-finger gene, ZNF198, in the t(8;13) leukaemia/lymphoma syndrome.

Sheng Xiao;Srinivasa R. Nalabolu;Jon C. Aster;Junli Ma

458
Citations
Isolation and partial nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone for human histocompatibility antigen HLA-B by use of an oligodeoxynucleotide primer

Ashwani K. Sood;Dennis Pereira;Sherman M. Weissman

454
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Snyder Stanford University

Mark Gerstein Yale University

Bernard G. Forget Yale University

Peter E. Newburger University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Ravi Dhar Yale University

Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health

Joel Rozowsky Yale University

Yuval Kluger Yale University

Jan O. Korbel European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Alexej Abyzov Mayo Clinic

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