Richard J. Roberts

43.1k total citations · 14 hit papers
401 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Roberts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Roberts has authored 401 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Molecular Biology, 115 papers in Ecology and 66 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Roberts's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (75 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (62 papers). Richard J. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (75 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (62 papers). Richard J. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Richard J. Roberts's co-authors include János Pósfai, Xiaodong Cheng, Dana Macelis, Tamas Vincze, Saulius Klimašauskas, Sanjay Kumar, Richard Gelinas, Kenneth Murray, Louise T. Chow and Thomas R. Broker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Roberts

397 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

REBASE—a database for DNA re... 1976 2026 1992 2009 2009 1977 1994 2014 2003 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes
    2009 862 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5′ ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA
    1977 857 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  3. Hhal methyltransferase flips its target base out of the DNA helix
    1994 805 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  4. REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes
    2014 564 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes
    2003 558 citations Richard J. Roberts Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  6. Heat shock proteins (chaperones) in fish and shellfish and their potential role in relation to fish health: a review
    2010 462 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  7. Predictive motifs derived from cytosine methyltransferases
    1989 435 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  8. The advantages of SMRT sequencing
    2013 421 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  9. Restriction Endonuclease
    1976 351 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  10. Oxygen toxicity in neonatal and adult animals of various species
    1978 325 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  11. Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine
    1993 314 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
  12. Nucleotide sequences from the adenovirus-2 genome.
    1982 288 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  13. Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences
    1981 241 citations Richard J. Roberts Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  14. Acetaminophen elimination kinetics in neonates, children, and adults
    1976 227 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard J. Roberts United States 71 15.2k 5.2k 4.2k 1.9k 1.2k 401 21.4k
Harry F. Noller United States 86 26.4k 1.7× 6.0k 1.1× 4.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 916 0.8× 220 29.6k
J. Craig Venter United States 70 19.1k 1.3× 6.1k 1.2× 4.2k 1.0× 2.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 135 27.3k
Hamilton O. Smith United States 54 16.2k 1.1× 5.7k 1.1× 4.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 638 0.5× 125 20.5k
H.C. Birnboim Canada 32 11.7k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 2.8k 0.7× 2.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 108 19.0k
Clyde A. Hutchison United States 55 15.5k 1.0× 5.1k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 3.1k 1.6× 768 0.6× 145 20.7k
David H. Gelfand United States 27 11.7k 0.8× 4.4k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 42 21.2k
Christian Cambillau France 80 11.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 347 20.0k
John J. Dunn United States 43 10.8k 0.7× 4.7k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 959 0.8× 98 15.9k
Radhey S. Gupta Canada 69 12.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.3× 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 367 18.2k
Antoine Danchin France 72 12.4k 0.8× 6.3k 1.2× 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 424 0.4× 426 18.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Anton, Brian P., Robert Blumenthal, James B. Eaglesham, et al.. (2025). Biology of host-dependent restriction-modification in prokaryotes. EcoSal Plus. 13(1). eesp00142022–eesp00142022. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sean R., Peter Weigele, Alexey Fomenkov, et al.. (2024). Domainator, a flexible software suite for domain-based annotation and neighborhood analysis, identifies proteins involved in antiviral systems. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(2). 1 indexed citations
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Wilbanks, Elizabeth G., Hugo Doré, Meredith Ashby, et al.. (2022). Metagenomic methylation patterns resolve bacterial genomes of unusual size and structural complexity. The ISME Journal. 16(8). 1921–1931. 16 indexed citations
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Lin, Yu‐Cheng, Alexey Fomenkov, Brian P. Anton, et al.. (2021). Rapid identification of methylase specificity (RIMS-seq) jointly identifies methylated motifs and generates shotgun sequencing of bacterial genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(19). e113–e113. 11 indexed citations
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Ramos, Stephany Flores, Silvio D. Brugger, Isabel F. Escapa, et al.. (2021). Genomic Stability and Genetic Defense Systems in Dolosigranulum pigrum , a Candidate Beneficial Bacterium from the Human Microbiome. mSystems. 6(5). e0042521–e0042521. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Juanjuan, Jing Li, Yanni Liu, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of phase variable epigenetic invertons among host-associated bacteria. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(20). 11468–11485. 14 indexed citations
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Luyten, Yvette A., Yogesh K. Gupta, Geoffrey G. Wilson, et al.. (2016). Structure of Type IIL Restriction-Modification Enzyme MmeI in Complex with DNA Has Implications for Engineering New Specificities. PLoS Biology. 14(4). e1002442–e1002442. 20 indexed citations
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Morgan, Richard, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, et al.. (2013). The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(4). 2415–2432. 97 indexed citations
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Anton, Brian P., Lana Saleh, Jack S. Benner, et al.. (2008). RimO, a MiaB-like enzyme, methylthiolates the universally conserved Asp88 residue of ribosomal protein S12 in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(6). 1826–1831. 96 indexed citations
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Xu, Qian, Richard J. Roberts, & Hwai‐Chen Guo. (2005). Two crystal forms of the restriction enzyme MspI–DNA complex show the same novel structure. Protein Science. 14(10). 2590–2600. 18 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard J.. (2001). The parasitology of teleosts.. Fish Pathology. 254–296. 10 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard J.. (2001). The immunology of teleosts.. Fish Pathology. 133–150. 2 indexed citations
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Pradhan, Sriharsa, Albino Bacolla, Robert D. Wells, & Richard J. Roberts. (1999). Recombinant Human DNA (Cytosine-5) Methyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(46). 33002–33010. 482 indexed citations
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Bacolla, Albino, Sriharsa Pradhan, Richard J. Roberts, & Robert D. Wells. (1999). Recombinant Human DNA (Cytosine-5) Methyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(46). 33011–33019. 111 indexed citations
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Mahmarian, John J., Thomas D. Hedrick, Daniel Edmundowicz, et al.. (1998). High incidence of coronary artery calcification among patients with a first acute myocardial infarction: results of a multicenter trial using electron beam tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 31. 209–210. 4 indexed citations
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Dubey, Ashok K. & Richard J. Roberts. (1992). Sequence-specific DNA binding by theMspl DNA methyltransferase. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(12). 3167–3173. 57 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard J., et al.. (1991). Use of Scrap Rubber in Asphalt Pavement Surfaces. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 92. 28902. 5 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard J.. (1985). The need for sexual assault centres in the UK. BMJ. 290(6472). 934.3–935. 3 indexed citations
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Modrich, Paul & Richard J. Roberts. (1982). Type-II Restriction and Modification Enzymes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 14. 109–154. 32 indexed citations

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