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Welcome Bender 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 Welcome Bender sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 67 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Welcome Bender 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 Welcome Bender sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Welcome Bender is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans subfields that include Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist has contributed to various topics related to developmental biology and genetics, including:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Welcome Bender's recent publications include:

  • "Molecular Lessons from the Drosophila Bithorax Complex," 2020, Genetics
  • "Genome-wide oscillations in G + C density and sequence conservation," 2021, Genome Research
  • "Molecular and genetic characterization of Cbx-Basel, a new dominant allele of Ultrabithorax in D. melanogaster," 2024, PubMed

These publications reflect contributions that span genetics, molecular mechanisms, and genome research topics.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Zarmik Moqtaderi, Susan J. Brown, Basil Willi, Lukas Brügger, and Livia Müller.

Welcome Bender has published in several notable venues such as Genetics, Genome Research, and PubMed.

In 2016, Welcome Bender was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Stabilization of Chromatin Structure by PRC1, a Polycomb Complex

    Zhaohui Shao;Florian Raible;Ramin Mollaaghababa;Jeffrey R. Guyon

  • Chromosomal walking and jumping to isolate DNA from the Ace and rosy loci and the bithorax complex in Drosophila melanogaster

    W. Bender;Pierre Spierer;D. S. Hogness

  • Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila melanogaster

    Welcome Bender;Michael Akam;François Karch;Philip A. Beachy

  • Ten different Polycomb group genes are required for spatial control of the abdA and AbdB homeotic products.

    Jeffrey Simon;Anne Chiang;Welcome Bender

  • Elements of the Drosophila bithorax complex that mediate repression by Polycomb group products.

    Jeffrey Simon;Anne Chiang;Welcome Bender;Mary Jane Shimell

  • The abdominal region of the bithorax complex

    François Karch;Barbara Weiffenbach;Mark Peifer;Welcome Bender

  • Proteins of the human erythrocyte membrane as modified by pronase.

    Welcome W. Bender;Hasan Garan;Howard C. Berg

  • Drosophila melanogaster mutations suppressible by the suppressor of Hairy-wing are insertions of a 7.3-kilobase mobile element

    Juan Modolell;Welcome Bender;Matthew Meselson

  • Construction of large DNA segments in Escherichia coli

    Michael O'Connor;Mark Peifer;Welcome Bender

  • abdA expression in Drosophila embryos.

    F Karch;W Bender;B Weiffenbach

  • Mapping of poly(A) sequences in the electron microscope reveals unusual structure of type C oncornavirus RNA molecules.

    Welcome Bender;Norman Davidson

  • The bithorax complex: control of segmental identity.

    Mark Peifer;François Karch;François Karch;Welcome Bender

  • Regulatory elements of the bithorax complex that control expression along the anterior-posterior axis.

    Jeffrey Simon;Mark Peifer;Welcome Bender;Michael O'Connor

  • High-molecular-weight RNAs of AKR, NZB, and wild mouse viruses and avian reticuloendotheliosis virus all have similar dimer structures.

    Welcome Bender;Yueh-Hsiu Chien;Sisir Chattopadhyay;Peter K. Vogt

  • RD-114, baboon, and woolly monkey viral RNAs compared in size and structure

    Hsing Jien Kung;Sylvia Hu;Welcome Bender;James M. Bailey

  • MicroRNAs in the Drosophila bithorax complex

    Welcome Bender

  • Comparison of germline mosaics of genes in the Polycomb group of Drosophila melanogaster.

    M. C. Soto;Tze-Bin Chou;W. Bender

  • Discrete Polycomb-binding sites in each parasegmental domain of the bithorax complex

    A. Chiang;M.B. O'Connor;R. Paro;J. Simon

  • Alternative RNA products from the Ultrabithorax domain of the bithorax complex.

    M. B. O'Connor;R. Binari;L. A. Perkins;W. Bender

  • H3K27 modifications define segmental regulatory domains in the Drosophila bithorax complex

    Sarah K Bowman;Aimee M Deaton;Heber Domingues;Peggy I Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

François Karch
François Karch University of Geneva
Mark Peifer
Mark Peifer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael B. O'Connor
Michael B. O'Connor University of Minnesota
Jeffrey A. Simon
Jeffrey A. Simon University of Minnesota
David S. Hogness
David S. Hogness Stanford University
Robert E. Kingston
Robert E. Kingston Harvard University
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ruslan I. Sadreyev
Ruslan I. Sadreyev Harvard University
Michael Akam
Michael Akam University of Cambridge
James F. Crow
James F. Crow University of Wisconsin–Madison

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