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2024

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Genetics

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111
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World Ranking
519
National Ranking
35

Molecular Biology

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111
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44321
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357
National Ranking
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William Martin publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Martin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 328 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

William Martin D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Martin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 1965 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1941 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1925 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

William Martin is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology. Their work also engages with subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

Their scholarly output reflects significant contributions to several topics including:

  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

William Martin has authored multiple papers, with selected recent publications including:

  • Older Than Genes: The Acetyl CoA Pathway and Origins, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing, 2020, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • A hydrogen-dependent geochemical analogue of primordial carbon and energy metabolism, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Autocatalytic chemical networks at the origin of metabolism, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Phylogenetic analyses with systematic taxon sampling show that mitochondria branch within Alphaproteobacteria, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has frequently published in journals such as Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, Genome Biology and Evolution, Frontiers in Microbiology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and FEBS Journal.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Martina Preiner, Natalia Mrnjavac, Karl Kleinermanns, Harun Tüysüz, and Jessica L. E. Wimmer.

William Martin has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1965)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1941)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1925)

Best Publications

  • Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer: Organelle Genomes Forge Eukaryotic Chromosomes

    Jeremy N. Timmis;Michael A. Ayliffe;Chun Y. Huang;William Martin

  • Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis, cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus.

    William Martin;Tamas Rujan;Erik Richly;Andrea Hansen

  • The energetics of genome complexity

    Nick Lane;William Martin

  • Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges

    T. Martin Embley;William Martin

  • Isoprenoid biosynthesis: The evolution of two ancient and distinct pathways across genomes

    B. Markus Lange;Tamas Rujan;William Martin;Rodney Croteau

  • On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells

    William Martin;Michael J. Russell

  • Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

    Martin Wu;Ling V. Sun;Jessica Vamathevan;Markus Riegler

  • Genetics and geography of wild cereal domestication in the near east

    Francesco Salamini;Hakan Özkan;Andrea Brandolini;Ralf Schäfer-Pregl

  • The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

    Madeline C. Weiss;Filipa L. Sousa;Natalia Mrnjavac;Sinje Neukirchen

  • Gene transfer to the nucleus and the evolution of chloroplasts

    William Martin;Bettina Stoebe;Vadim Goremykin;Sabine Hansmann

  • Gene Transfer from Organelles to the Nucleus: How Much, What Happens, and Why?

    William Martin;Reinhold G. Herrmann

  • Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

    Stephen C. Cunnane;Eugenia Trushina;Cecilie Morland;Alessandro Prigione

  • Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes

    Miklós Müller;Marek Mentel;Jaap J. van Hellemond;Katrin Henze

  • Reading the entrails of chickens: molecular timescales of evolution and the illusion of precision.

    Dan Graur;William Martin

  • Molecular Poltergeists: Mitochondrial DNA Copies (numts) in Sequenced Nuclear Genomes

    Einat Hazkani-Covo;Raymond M. Zeller;Raymond M. Zeller;William Martin

  • Endosymbiotic theories for eukaryote origin

    William F. Martin;Sriram Garg;Verena Zimorski

  • Introns and the origin of nucleus–cytosol compartmentalization

    William Martin;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Modular networks and cumulative impact of lateral transfer in prokaryote genome evolution

    Tal Dagan;Yael Artzy-Randrup;William Martin

  • On the origin of genomes and cells within inorganic compartments

    Eugene V. Koonin;William Martin

  • Evolutionary biology: Essence of mitochondria

    Katrin Henze;William Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Tal Dagan
Tal Dagan Kiel University
Sven B. Gould
Sven B. Gould Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John Allen
John Allen Coventry University
Aloysius G.M. Tielens
Aloysius G.M. Tielens Erasmus University Rotterdam
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Francesco Salamini
Francesco Salamini Parco Tecnologico Padano
Edward W. Larsen
Edward W. Larsen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter J. Lockhart
Peter J. Lockhart Massey University
Uwe G. Maier
Uwe G. Maier Philipp University of Marburg
Benjamin Kilian
Benjamin Kilian Leibniz Association

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