2026 Thomas Blumenthal: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	60	3148	2979	1374	1289	229	13941

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Genetics

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Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Thomas Blumenthal is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic profile indicates a longstanding career in research, recognized through notable fellowships.

Among the awards received, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. Earlier, they were also honored as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Their profile does not list recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, main fields or subfields of study, or specific book publications. Additionally, no main topics of work or detailed publication data are available in the record provided.

Best Publications

C. Elegans II

Donald L Riddle;Thomas Blumenthal;Barbara J Meyer;James R Priess

1689
Citations
The genome sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A platform for comparative genomics

Lincoln D Stein;Zhirong Bao;Zhirong Bao;Darin Blasiar;Thomas Blumenthal

1107
Citations
RNA replication: function and structure of Qbeta-replicase.

Thomas Blumenthal;Gordon G. Carmichael

505
Citations
A global analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans operons

Thomas Blumenthal;Donald Evans;Christopher D. Link;Alessandro Guffanti

443
Citations
Operons in C. elegans: Polycistronic mRNA precursors are processed by trans-splicing of SL2 to downstream coding regions

John Spieth;Glenn Brooke;Scott Kuersten;Kristi Lea

425
Citations
Both subunits of U2AF recognize the 3′ splice site in Caenorhabditis elegans

Diego A. R. Zorio;Thomas Blumenthal

415
Citations
Operons as a common form of chromosomal organization in C. elegans

Diego A. R. Zorio;Niansheng Nick Cheng;Thomas Blumenthal;John Spieth

350
Citations
Bacteriophage Qβ Replicase Contains the Protein Biosynthesis Elongation Factors EF Tu and EF Ts

Thomas Blumenthal;Terry A. Landers;Klaus Weber

328
Citations
RNA Processing and Gene Structure

Thomas Blumenthal;Keith Steward

314
Citations
Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease: Common pathways, common goals.

Dean Hartley;Thomas Blumenthal;Maria Carrillo;Gilbert DiPaolo

285
Citations
Trans-splicing and polycistronic transcription in Caenohabditis elegans

Thomas Blumenthal

265
Citations
Gene clusters and polycistronic transcription in eukaryotes.

Thomas Blumenthal

259
Citations
Caenorhabditis elegans operons: form and function

Thomas Blumenthal;Kathy Seggerson Gleason

248
Citations
Coexpression of neighboring genes in Caenorhabditis elegans is mostly due to operons and duplicate genes.

Martin J. Lercher;Thomas Blumenthal;Laurence D. Hurst

239
Citations
Operons in eukaryotes.

Thomas Blumenthal

235
Citations
Functional Characterization of Five eIF4E Isoforms inCaenorhabditis elegans

Brett D. Keiper;Barry J. Lamphear;Atul M. Deshpande;Marzena Jankowska-Anyszka

199
Citations
A global analysis of C. elegans trans-splicing

Mary Ann Allen;LaDeana W. Hillier;Robert H. Waterston;Thomas Blumenthal

191
Citations
Trisomy 21 causes changes in the circulating proteome indicative of chronic autoinflammation.

Kelly D. Sullivan;Donald Evans;Ahwan Pandey;Thomas H. Hraha

189
Citations
The C. elegans Trans-spliced leader RNA is bound to Sm and has a trimethylguanosine cap

Jeffrey D. Thomas;Richard C. Conrad;Thomas Blumenthal

180
Citations
Cis and trans mRNA splicing in C. elegans.

Thomas Blumenthal;Jeffrey Thomas

179
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald L Riddle University of Missouri

Barbara J Meyer University of California, Berkeley

Stanley M. Garn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Katheleen Gardiner University of Colorado Denver

LaDeana W. Hillier University of Washington

Peter D'Eustachio New York University

Jacqueline E. Schein BC Cancer Agency

James C. Mullikin National Institutes of Health

Lincoln Stein Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia

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