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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 85 1323 1253 626 587 243 21645

Thomas B. Friedman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas B. Friedman between 1972 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas B. Friedman published across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2021. 20 of the 299 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2021. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 1 publication 1975: 3 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 3 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 10 publications
1972 2025

299 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas B. Friedman: publications per year, 1972 to 2025
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 1
1974 1
1975 3
1976 1
1977 1
1978 3
1979 0
1980 1
1981 2
1982 2
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 4
1992 2
1993 3
1994 2
1995 3
1996 3
1997 4
1998 9
1999 5
2000 9
2001 8
2002 16
2003 15
2004 7
2005 7
2006 9
2007 13
2008 6
2009 9
2010 6
2011 13
2012 10
2013 9
2014 9
2015 10
2016 6
2017 9
2018 10
2019 5
2020 10
2021 17
2022 4
2023 5
2024 10
2025 10
Total 299
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Thomas B. Friedman 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 Thomas B. Friedman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 235–244 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 243 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105 243
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Thomas B. Friedman 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 Thomas B. Friedman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 84–85 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110 85
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Overview

Thomas B. Friedman is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 63 publications, and Neuroscience, with 44 publications. Within these broader fields, they focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cell Biology, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include hearing and cochlea-related studies, genetics, and disorders such as tinnitus, with 54 publications addressing these areas. Additional topics they explore are vestibular and auditory disorders, cellular transport and secretion, mitochondrial function and pathology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA regulation and disease, and muscle physiology and disorders.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas B. Friedman include:

  • "Exosomes mediate sensory hair cell protection in the inner ear," published in 2020 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Bi-allelic variants in the mitochondrial RNase P subunit PRORP cause mitochondrial tRNA processing defects and pleiotropic multisystem presentations," published in 2021 in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "New insights into Perrault syndrome, a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder," published in 2021 in Human Genetics
  • "Disease-specific ACMG/AMP guidelines improve sequence variant interpretation for hearing loss," published in 2021 in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Myosins and Hearing," published in 2020 in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Thomas B. Friedman collaborates extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Inna A. Belyantseva (25 joint publications), Rabia Faridi (13 joint publications), Rizwan Yousaf (11 joint publications), Melanie Barzik (9 joint publications), and Sheikh Riazuddin (9 joint publications).

Their work has been published repeatedly in several venues, such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 8 publications, Clinical Genetics with 4 publications, The American Journal of Human Genetics and Human Genetics each with 2 publications, and Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development with 2 publications.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the Connexin 26 Gene (GJB2) among Ashkenazi Jews with Nonsyndromic Recessive Deafness

    Morell Rj;Kim Hj;Hood Lj;Goforth L

  • Usher Syndrome 1D and Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Deafness DFNB12 Are Caused by Allelic Mutations of the Novel Cadherin-Like Gene CDH23

    Julie M. Bork;Linda M. Peters;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein

  • Mutations in the gene encoding tight junction claudin-14 cause autosomal recessive deafness DFNB29.

    Edward R Wilcox;Quianna L Burton;Sadaf Naz;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin

  • Correction of deafness in shaker-2 mice by an unconventional myosin in a BAC transgene

    Frank J. Probst;Robert A. Fridell;Yehoash Raphael;Thomas L. Saunders

  • Association of Unconventional Myosin MYO15 Mutations with Human Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB3

    Aihui Wang;Yong Liang;Robert A. Fridell;Frank J. Probst

  • Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1 , required for cochlear hair-cell function

    Kiyoto Kurima;Linda M. Peters;Yandan Yang;Saima Riazuddin

  • Mutations of the protocadherin gene PCDH15 cause Usher syndrome type 1F.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein;Zahoor Ahmed

  • A mutation in PDS causes non-syndromic recessive deafness.

    Xiaoyan C. Li;Lorraine A. Everett;Anil K. Lalwani;Dilip Desmukh

  • Mutation in transcription factor POU4F3 associated with inherited progressive hearing loss in humans.

    Oz Vahava;Robert Morell;Eric D. Lynch;Sigal Weiss

  • Claudin 14 knockout mice, a model for autosomal recessive deafness DFNB29, are deaf due to cochlear hair cell degeneration

    Tamar Ben-Yosef;Inna A. Belyantseva;Thomas L. Saunders;Elizabeth D. Hughes

  • Myosin-XVa is required for tip localization of whirlin and differential elongation of hair-cell stereocilia.

    Inna A. Belyantseva;Erich T. Boger;Erich T. Boger;Sadaf Naz;Gregory I. Frolenkov

  • Tricellulin Is a Tight-Junction Protein Necessary for Hearing

    Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Zubair M. Ahmed;Alan S. Fanning;Ayala Lagziel

  • PCDH15 is expressed in the neurosensory epithelium of the eye and ear and mutant alleles are responsible for both USH1F and DFNB23

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Jamil Ahmad;Steve L. Bernstein

  • Myosin XVa localizes to the tips of inner ear sensory cell stereocilia and is essential for staircase formation of the hair bundle.

    Inna A. Belyantseva;Erich T. Boger;Thomas B. Friedman

  • The Tip-Link Antigen, a Protein Associated with the Transduction Complex of Sensory Hair Cells, Is Protocadherin-15

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Richard Goodyear;Saima Riazuddin;Ayala Lagziel

  • Human Nonsyndromic Sensorineural Deafness

    Thomas B. Friedman;Andrew J. Griffith

  • Alterations of the CIB2 calcium- and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48

    Saima Riazuddin;Inna A Belyantseva;Arnaud P J Giese;Kwanghyuk Lee

  • Genetic insights into the morphogenesis of inner ear hair cells

    Gregory I Frolenkov;Inna A Belyantseva;Thomas B Friedman;Andrew J Griffith

  • Beethoven, a mouse model for dominant, progressive hearing loss DFNA36.

    Sarah Vreugde;Alexandra Erven;Corné J. Kros;Walter Marcotti

  • A gene for congenital, recessive deafness DFNB3 maps to the pericentromeric region of chromosome 17

    T. B. Friedman;Yong Liang;J. L. Weber;J T Hinnant

Frequent Co-Authors

Zubair M. Ahmed
Zubair M. Ahmed University of Maryland, Baltimore
Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Robert J. Morell
Robert J. Morell National Institutes of Health
Andrew J. Griffith
Andrew J. Griffith National Institutes of Health
Inna A. Belyantseva
Inna A. Belyantseva National Institutes of Health
Shaheen N. Khan
Shaheen N. Khan University of the Punjab
James R. Sellers
James R. Sellers National Institutes of Health
Sally A. Camper
Sally A. Camper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William G. Newman
William G. Newman University of Manchester

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