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88
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30110
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2690
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1395

Thomas C. Kaufman publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Kaufman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 179 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thomas C. Kaufman D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Kaufman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas C. Kaufman is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their subfields of study include molecular biology, insect science, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecological modeling, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Key topics in Kaufman's research encompass neurobiology and insect physiology research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, species distribution and climate change, insect behavior and control techniques, diptera species taxonomy and behavior, insect-plant interactions and control, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Frequent coauthors include Helen Attrill, Gillian Millburn, L. Sian Gramates, Gilberto dos Santos, and Beverley Matthews.

Kaufman has published several papers in prominent journals. Recent papers include:

  • FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila genes and genomes database, 2024, Genetics
  • FlyBase: a guided tour of highlighted features, 2022, Genetics
  • Harmonizing model organism data in the Alliance of Genome Resources, 2022, Genetics
  • FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila melanogaster knowledge base, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Assessment of Chemical Toxicity in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster, 2023, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Their work is often published in journals such as Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Visualized Experiments, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

    Brenton R. Graveley;Angela N. Brooks;Joseph W. Carlson;Michael O. Duff

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

    Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

  • brahma: a regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2.

    John W. Tamkun;Renate Deuring;Matthew P. Scott;Mark Kissinger

  • Systematic generation of high-resolution deletion coverage of the Drosophila melanogaster genome

    Annette L Parks;Kevin R Cook;Marcia Belvin;Nicholas A Dompe

  • Discovery of functional elements in 12 Drosophila genomes using evolutionary signatures

    Alexander Stark;Michael F Lin;Pouya Kheradpour;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • Hox genes and the evolution of the arthropod body plan.

    Cynthia L. Hughes;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Molecular and Genetic Organization of The Antennapedia Gene Complex of Drosophila melanogaster

    Thomas C. Kaufman;Mark A. Seeger;Gary Olsen

  • The molecular organization of the Antennapedia locus of drosophila

    Matthew P. Scott;Amy J. Weiner;Tulle I. Hazelrigg;Barry A. Polisky

  • Comparative analysis of the transcriptome across distant species

    Mark B. Gerstein;Joel Rozowsky;Koon Kiu Yan;Daifeng Wang

  • Safeguarding gene drive experiments in the laboratory

    Omar S. Akbari;Hugo J. Bellen;Ethan Bier;Simon L. Bullock

  • The testis-specific β-tubulin subunit in Drosophila melanogaster has multiple functions in spermatogenesis

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Thomas C. Kaufman;Rudolf A. Raff;Elizabeth C. Raff

  • RNAi analysis of Deformed, proboscipedia and Sex combs reduced in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus: novel roles for Hox genes in the hemipteran head.

    Cynthia L. Hughes;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • The centrosomin protein is required for centrosome assembly and function during cleavage in Drosophila.

    Timothy L. Megraw;Kaijun Li;Ling-Rong Kao;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps

    Stephen W. Schaeffer;Arjun Bhutkar;Arjun Bhutkar;Bryant F. McAllister;Muneo Matsuda

  • Zygotic development without functional mitotic centrosomes

    Timothy L Megraw;Ling-Rong Kao;Thomas C Kaufman

  • hunchback is required for suppression of abdominal identity, and for proper germband growth and segmentation in the intermediate germband insect Oncopeltus fasciatus.

    Paul Z. Liu;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Mutation in a testis-specific β-tubulin in Drosophila: Analysis of its effects on meiosis and map location of the gene

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Elizabeth C. Raff;Rudolf A. Raff;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Identification of polycomb and trithorax group responsive elements in the regulatory region of the Drosophila homeotic gene Sex combs reduced

    J G Gindhart;T C Kaufman

  • The Drosophila homeotic target gene centrosomin (cnn) encodes a novel centrosomal protein with leucine zippers and maps to a genomic region required for midgut morphogenesis

    Josef G. Heuer;Kaijun Li;Thomas C. Kaufman

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Shear
William A. Shear American Museum of Natural History
Frank H. Collins
Frank H. Collins University of Notre Dame
Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott Stanford University
Susan J. Brown
Susan J. Brown Kansas State University
Heinrich Reichert
Heinrich Reichert University of Basel

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