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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 46 4145 3913 470 447 79 12339

William Brown publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William Brown between 1950 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William Brown published across 76 years, from 1950 to 2025, averaging 1.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 6 publications in 2005. 4 of the 81 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1950 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 6. Peak 6 publications in 2005. 1950: 1 publication 1951: 1 publication 1952: 1 publication 1953: 0 publications 1954: 0 publications 1955: 0 publications 1956: 0 publications 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 1 publication 1966: 1 publication 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 6 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 1 publication 2017: 0 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications
1950 2025

81 publications in total across all disciplines

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William Brown: publications per year, 1950 to 2025
Year Publications
1950 1
1951 1
1952 1
1953 0
1954 0
1955 0
1956 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 1
1966 1
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 2
1987 4
1988 1
1989 1
1990 2
1991 1
1992 3
1993 1
1994 3
1995 0
1996 3
1997 2
1998 0
1999 2
2000 4
2001 3
2002 1
2003 4
2004 1
2005 6
2006 2
2007 1
2008 3
2009 1
2010 3
2011 3
2012 2
2013 3
2014 3
2015 1
2016 1
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 2
2025 2
Total 81
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William Brown 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 William Brown 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, 75–84 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: 79 publications — 2nd percentile

2% 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 79
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
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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William Brown 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 William Brown 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, 46–47 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: 46 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% 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 46
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
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

William Brown is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and has an active research profile primarily within the social sciences. Their work broadly encompasses cinema and media studies, with a focus on cultural analysis, gender and feminism, as well as posthumanist ethics.

Their research covers multiple interdisciplinary subfields, including economics and econometrics, cultural studies, sociology and political science, visual arts and performing arts, and literature and literary theory. This multidisciplinary scope allows for exploration of complex themes in media and culture through various academic lenses.

William Brown has contributed to several publication venues throughout their career. Frequent venues include:

  • Film-Philosophy
  • The Journal of Specialised Translation
  • Studies in European Cinema
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Aniki Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento

Their published papers reflect a concentration on cinematic and media topics, with notable works including:

  • "Celebrity headjobs: or oozing squid sex with a framed-up leaky {Schar-JØ}" (2020, Porn Studies)
  • "A (mush)room of one's own: feminism, posthumanism and race in Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled" (2020, Aniki Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento)

Brown has also authored books published by Edinburgh University Press and Berghahn Books. Titles include:

  • The Squid Cinema From Hell (2020, Edinburgh University Press)
  • Supercinema (2022, Berghahn Books)

Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Cinema and Media Studies
  • Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
  • South Asian Cinema and Culture
  • Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

William Brown has collaborated frequently with other academics. Regular co-authors are:

  • David H. Fleming
  • Francesco Mattiotti
  • N. Piovella
  • Stefano Olivares
  • Erik M. Gauger

Best Publications

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • The low-angle X-ray diagram of vertebrate striated muscle and its behaviour during contraction and rigor

    H.E. Huxley;W. Brown

  • Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts

    Nicholas Rhind;Zehua Chen;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Dawn A. Thompson

  • Structure and polymorphism of human telomere-associated DNA

    William R.A. Brown;Philip J. MacKinnon;Alfredo Villasanté;Nigel Spurr

  • A Comprehensive Collection of Chicken cDNAs

    Paul E Boardman;Juan Sanz-Ezquerro;Ian M Overton;David W Burt

  • Hypervariable telomeric sequences from the human sex chromosomes are pseudoautosomal

    Howard J. Cooke;William R. A. Brown;Gudrun A. Rappold

  • A model for the separation of large DNA molecules by crossed field gel electrophoresis

    E.M. Southern;R. Anand;W.R.A. Brown;D.S. Fletcher

  • A complete set of human telomeric probes and their clinical application

    Yi Ning;Anna Roschke;Ann C.M. Smith;Ann C.M. Smith;Michelle Macha;Michelle Macha

  • Identification of a glycophorin-like molecule at the cell surface of rat thymocytes

    William R. A. Brown;A. Neil Barclay;Christopher A. Sunderland;Christopher A. Sunderland;Alan F. Williams

  • Receptor subtype-specific pronociceptive and analgesic actions of galanin in the spinal cord: Selective actions via GalR1 and GalR2 receptors

    Hong-Xiang Liu;Pablo Brumovsky;Ralf Schmidt;William Brown

  • Long-range restriction site mapping of mammalian genomic DNA.

    William R. A. Brown;Adrian P. Bird

  • CENP-A Is Required for Accurate Chromosome Segregation and Sustained Kinetochore Association of BubR1

    Vinciane Régnier;Paola Vagnarelli;Tatsuo Fukagawa;Tatiana Zerjal

  • Report of the Second International Workshop on Y Chromosome Mapping 1995.

    N. Affara;C. Bishop;W. Brown;H. Cooke

  • Molecular cloning of human telomeres in yeast.

    William R. A. Brown

  • The chicken as a model for large-scale analysis of vertebrate gene function

    William R. A. Brown;Simon J. Hubbard;Cheryll Tickle;Stuart A. Wilson

  • CENP-H, a constitutive centromere component, is required for centromere targeting of CENP-C in vertebrate cells

    Tatsuo Fukagawa;Yoshikazu Mikami;Ai Nishihashi;Vinciane Regnier

  • Stable length polymorphism of up to 260 kb at the tip of the short arm of human chromosome 16.

    Andrew O.M. Wilkie;Douglas R. Higgs;Katrina A. Rack;Veronica J. Buckle

  • Structure of the major block of alphoid satellite DNA on the human Y chromosome.

    Chris Tyler-Smith;William R.A. Brown

  • Mini-chromosomes derived from the human Y chromosome by telomere directed chromosome breakage.

    R. Heller;K. E. Brown;C. Burgtorf;W. R. A. Brown

  • The genomic and phenotypic diversity of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Daniel C. Jeffares;Charalampos Rallis;Adrien Rieux;Doug Speed

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuo Fukagawa
Tatsuo Fukagawa Osaka University
Veronica J. Buckle
Veronica J. Buckle University of Oxford
Jian Yang
Jian Yang University of Birmingham
Austin Smith
Austin Smith University of Exeter
Simon J. Hubbard
Simon J. Hubbard Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Cheryll Tickle
Cheryll Tickle University of Bath
Lyndal Kearney
Lyndal Kearney Institute of Cancer Research
Samantha J.L. Knight
Samantha J.L. Knight University of Oxford
David H. Ledbetter
David H. Ledbetter University of Florida
Gianni Liti
Gianni Liti Grenoble Alpes University

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