Richard J. Roberts

43.1k citations

401 papers · 21.4k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 71

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
Genetics top 0.1%
Ecology top 0.2%
Plant Science top 1%
Immunology top 2%

Co-authors: János Pósfai Xiaodong Cheng Dana Macelis Tamas Vincze Saulius Klimašauskas Sanjay Kumar Richard Gelinas Kenneth Murray
Topics: Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (75 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers)Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (62 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Genetics Ecology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Russia

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Roberts

397 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes

2009 862 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5′ ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA

1977 857 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
Hhal methyltransferase flips its target base out of the DNA helix

1994 805 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes

2014 564 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

2003 558 citations Richard J. Roberts Nucleic Acids Research profile →
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 →
Predictive motifs derived from cytosine methyltransferases

1989 435 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
The advantages of SMRT sequencing

2013 421 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
Restriction Endonuclease

1976 351 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. PubMed profile →
Oxygen toxicity in neonatal and adult animals of various species

1978 325 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine

1993 314 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
Nucleotide sequences from the adenovirus-2 genome.

1982 288 citations Richard J. Roberts et al. profile →
Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences

1981 241 citations Richard J. Roberts Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Acetaminophen elimination kinetics in neonates, children, and adults

1976 227 citations Richard J. Roberts, L.J. Fischer et al. profile →

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1	Antibiotic resistance and tolerance: What can drug delivery do against this global threat? 2024 ·Drug Delivery and Translational Research ·Juan Aparicio-Blanco,(unknown),Claus‐Michael Lehr,Clive A. Prestidge,Nicky Thomas,Richard J. Roberts,Chelsea R. Thorn,Ana Melero	17
2	Matching excellence: Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ rise to parity with Pacific Biosciences in genome reconstruction of non-model bacterium with high G+C content 2024 ·Microbial Genomics ·(unknown),Wenwen Li,(unknown),Hui Yan,(unknown),Alexey Fomenkov,Richard J. Roberts,Paulina Deptula,Łukasz Krych	5
3	Phage defence loci of Streptococcus thermophilus—tip of the anti-phage iceberg? 2024 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Philip Kelleher,(unknown),(unknown),Natalia Díaz‐Garrido,Francesca Bottacini,(unknown),Gabriele Andrea Lugli,Marco Ventura,Alexey Fomenkov,Pascal Quénée,Saulius Kulakauskas,(unknown),Noël N. M. E. van Peij,Christian Cambillau,Richard J. Roberts,(unknown),Jennifer Mahony	2
4	Enhanced transformation efficiency in Treponema denticola enabled by SyngenicDNA‐based plasmids lacking restriction–modification target motifs 2023 ·Molecular Oral Microbiology ·Christopher D. Johnston,M. Paula Goetting‐Minesky,K. Kennedy,(unknown),(unknown),Richard J. Roberts,J. Christopher Fenno	2
5	Metagenomic methylation patterns resolve bacterial genomes of unusual size and structural complexity 2022 ·The ISME Journal ·Elizabeth G. Wilbanks,Hugo Doré,Meredith Ashby,Cheryl Heiner,Richard J. Roberts,Jonathan A. Eisen	16
6	Genomic Stability and Genetic Defense Systems in Dolosigranulum pigrum , a Candidate Beneficial Bacterium from the Human Microbiome 2021 ·mSystems ·Stephany Flores Ramos,Silvio D. Brugger,Isabel F. Escapa,(unknown),Sean L. Cotton,Sara M. Eslami,Wei Gao,Lindsey Bomar,(unknown),Dakota S. Jones,Samuel S. Minot,Richard J. Roberts,Christopher D. Johnston,Katherine P. Lemon	17
7	Rapid identification of methylase specificity (RIMS-seq) jointly identifies methylated motifs and generates shotgun sequencing of bacterial genomes 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),Yu‐Cheng Lin,Alexey Fomenkov,Brian P. Anton,Lixin Chen,Bo Yan,Thomas C. Evans,Richard J. Roberts,Andrew C. Tolonen,Laurence Ettwiller	11
8	Analysis of a phase-variable restriction modification system of the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),Michael J. Coyne,Alexey Fomenkov,Jonathan Livny,William P. Robins,Maite Muniesa,Vincent J. Carey,(unknown),Tal Gefen,Juan Jofre,Richard J. Roberts,Laurie E. Comstock,Naama Geva‐Zatorsky	11
9	Prevalence of phase variable epigenetic invertons among host-associated bacteria 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),Juanjuan Wang,Jing Li,Yanni Liu,Xue Liu,Zeyao Li,(unknown),Yijie Deng,Guilin Wang,(unknown),Megan De Ste Croix,(unknown),Richard J. Roberts,Jan‐Willem Veening,Xun Lan,Marco R. Oggioni,Chunhao Li,Jing-Ren Zhang	14
10	The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori 2013 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),Richard Morgan,Boyke Bunk,Cathrin Spröer,Khai Luong,Raphael Parusel,Brian P. Anton,Christoph König,Christine Josenhans,Jörg Overmann,Richard J. Roberts,Jonas Korlach,Sebastian Suerbaum	97
11	Visual imagery perspectives and preference: Conceptualization and measurement 2012 ·Richard J. Roberts,Nichola Callow,R. James Roberts	6
12	RimO, a MiaB-like enzyme, methylthiolates the universally conserved Asp88 residue of ribosomal protein S12 in Escherichia coli 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian P. Anton,Lana Saleh,Jack S. Benner,Elisabeth A. Raleigh,Simon Kasif,Richard J. Roberts	96
13	Two crystal forms of the restriction enzyme MspI–DNA complex show the same novel structure 2005 ·Protein Science ·Qian Xu,Richard J. Roberts,Hwai‐Chen Guo	18
14	Parents' attitude towards the second dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine: a case-control study. 2003 ·PubMed ·Milan Petrović,Richard J. Roberts,Mary Ramsay,André Charlett	15
15	The parasitology of teleosts. 2001 ·Fish Pathology ·Richard J. Roberts	10
16	The nutritional pathology of teleosts. 2001 ·Fish Pathology ·Richard J. Roberts	4
17	The immunology of teleosts. 2001 ·Fish Pathology ·Richard J. Roberts	2
18	2 Type II Restriction Endonucleases 1993 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Richard J. Roberts,Stephen E. Halford	27
19	The need for sexual assault centres in the UK 1985 ·BMJ ·Richard J. Roberts	3
20	Age-related differences in salicylamide and acetaminophen conjugation in man 1977 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·(unknown),Richard J. Roberts,L.J. Fischer	67

About Richard J. Roberts

Richard J. Roberts is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 401 papers that have together received 21.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (75 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (62 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (15.2k citations), Genetics (5.2k citations) and Ecology (4.2k citations). Richard J. Roberts has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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