2026 William R. Pearson: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	57	3348	3161	1450	1359	115	39829

William R. Pearson 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 R. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 115 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William R. Pearson 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 R. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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

2018 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William R. Pearson is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by William R. Pearson include:

"Ten Years of Collaborative Progress in the Quest for Orthologs," 2021, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
"Comparison of Detection Methods and Genome Quality when Quantifying Nuclear Mitochondrial Insertions in Vertebrate Genomes," 2022, published in Frontiers in Genetics
"Making Change Sustainable: Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE) Meeting Review," 2022, published in CourseSource
"Improved Selection of Canonical Proteins for Reference Proteomes," 2024, published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
"Improved Selection of Canonical Proteins for Reference Proteomes," 2024, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently encountered co-authors in their research include María Martin, Benjamin Linard, Ingo Ebersberger, Shawn E. McGlynn, and Natasha Glover.

The scientist has published in several venues repeatedly, such as:

Molecular Biology and Evolution
Frontiers in Genetics
CourseSource
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

William R. Pearson has been recognized with the following awards:

Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology, 2018
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007

Best Publications

Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.

William R. Pearson;David J. Lipman

15607
Citations
Rapid and sensitive protein similarity searches

David J. Lipman;William R. Pearson

5081
Citations
Rapid and Sensitive Sequence Comparison with FASTP and FASTA.

William R. Pearson

2410
Citations
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics

Alex Bateman;William R. Pearson;Lincoln D. Stein;Gary D. Stormo

1236
Citations
Hereditary differences in the expression of the human glutathione transferase active on trans-stilbene oxide are due to a gene deletion.

Janeric Seidegard;William R. Vorachek;Ronald W. Pero;William R. Pearson

1000
Citations
An Introduction to Sequence Similarity (“Homology”) Searching

William R. Pearson

981
Citations
NOMENCLATURE FOR HUMAN GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASES

B Mannervik;Y C Awasthi;P G Board;J D Hayes

919
Citations
Flexible sequence similarity searching with the FASTA3 program package.

William R. Pearson

829
Citations
Searching Protein Sequence Libraries: Comparison of the Sensitivity and Selectivity of the Smith-Waterman and FASTA Algorithms

William R. Pearson

782
Citations
Comparison of DNA sequences with protein sequences

William R. Pearson;Todd Wood;Zheng Zhang;Webb Miller

741
Citations
The genome of Cryptosporidium hominis

Ping Xu;Giovanni Widmer;Yingping Wang;Luiz S. Ozaki

696
Citations
Comparison of methods for searching protein sequence databases

William R. Pearson

503
Citations
Effective protein sequence comparison.

William R. Pearson

490
Citations
Empirical statistical estimates for sequence similarity searches.

William R Pearson

458
Citations
Nomenclature for mammalian soluble glutathione transferases.

Bengt Mannervik;Philip G. Board;John D. Hayes;Irving Listowsky

397
Citations
Using the FASTA program to search protein and DNA sequence databases.

William R. Pearson

391
Citations
Identification of class-mu glutathione transferase genes GSTM1-GSTM5 on human chromosome 1p13.

W.R. Pearson;W.R. Vorachek;Shi-jie Xu;R. Berger

348
Citations
Characterization of the human class Mu glutathione S-transferase gene cluster and the GSTM1 deletion.

Shi-jie Xu;Ying-ping Wang;Bruce Roe;William R. Pearson

305
Citations
Getting More from Less Algorithms for Rapid Protein Identification with Multiple Short Peptide Sequences

Aaron J. Mackey;Timothy A.J. Haystead;William R. Pearson

277
Citations
Aligning two sequences within a specified diagonal band.

Kun-Mao Chao;William R. Pearson;Webb Miller

235
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James Bonner California Institute of Technology

Bengt Mannervik Stockholm University

Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University

Philip G. Board Australian National University

Eric W. Triplett University of Florida

Timothy A. J. Haystead Duke University

Charles R. Hauser St. Edward's University

Elizabeth A. Dinsdale Flinders University

Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis

Roy J. Britten California Institute of Technology

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