Richard S. Jones

16.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
138 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Richard S. Jones is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard S. Jones has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Richard S. Jones's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (51 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (29 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (27 papers). Richard S. Jones is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (51 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (29 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (27 papers). Richard S. Jones collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Richard S. Jones's co-authors include Liangjun Wang, Yi Zhang, Hediye Erdjument‐Bromage, Paul Tempst, Hengbin Wang, Andreas Sjödin, Ru Cao, Li Xia, Larry L. Needham and Colin McEvedy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard S. Jones

135 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of Histone H3 Lysine 27 Methylation in Polycomb-Group Silencing

2002 2.9k citations Ru Cao, Liangjun Wang et al. Science profile →
Role of histone H2A ubiquitination in Polycomb silencing

2004 1.3k citations Hengbin Wang, Liangjun Wang et al. profile →
Atlas of World Population History

1978 601 citations Richard S. Jones et al. profile →
Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment

2010 544 citations Julie B. Herbstman, Andreas Sjödin et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe

2010 499 citations Richard S. Jones et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard S. Jones United States	48	6.2k	3.5k	1.6k	1.3k	1.1k	138	12.8k
John Cairns United States	64	5.3k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	562	18.1k
Laura N. Vandenberg United States	48	1.9k 0.3×	10.9k 3.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	125	15.5k
Gail S. Prins United States	60	3.8k 0.6×	6.9k 2.0×	2.0k 1.3×	3.5k 2.6×	481 0.5×	204	16.4k
Chris M. Wood Canada	103	2.6k 0.4×	14.8k 4.2×	422 0.3×	2.5k 1.9×	497 0.5×	1.0k	44.8k
John A. McLachlan United States	67	4.1k 0.7×	6.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	5.2k 3.9×	994 0.9×	246	15.6k
Jae‐Seong Lee South Korea	62	4.3k 0.7×	6.5k 1.9×	371 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	647 0.6×	597	17.9k
Theo Colborn United States	31	824 0.1×	6.8k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	59	10.7k
Ana M. Soto United States	73	4.2k 0.7×	18.1k 5.2×	4.3k 2.8×	4.6k 3.4×	1.4k 1.3×	197	28.1k
Niels Jørgensen Denmark	70	4.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.2×	994 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	403 0.4×	279	16.5k
Yaru Chen China	15	7.7k 1.2×	273 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.7×	3.8k 3.6×	59	16.3k

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Alcover, Karl C., Celia Byrne, Andreas Sjödin, et al.. (2025). Serum concentrations of persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals in U.S. military personnel: A comparison by race/ethnicity and sex. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 265. 114540–114540. 1 indexed citations

Haynes, Erin N., Brenda Eskenazi, Timothy Hilbert, et al.. (2024). Serum Dioxin Levels in a Subset of Participants of the East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Health Tracking Study. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 11(7). 673–678. 3 indexed citations

Park, Seonyoung, Whitney Cowell, Amy Margolis, et al.. (2023). Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and inattention/hyperactivity symptoms in mid to late adolescents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1061234–1061234. 2 indexed citations

Benes, Judith, et al.. (2021). Polycomb-group recruitment to a Drosophila target gene is the default state that is inhibited by a transcriptional activator. Science Advances. 7(29). 7 indexed citations

Cowell, Whitney, Andreas Sjödin, Richard S. Jones, et al.. (2019). Pre- and Postnatal Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Concentrations in Relation to Thyroid Parameters Measured During Early Childhood. Thyroid. 29(5). 631–641. 18 indexed citations

Radon, Tomasz P., Nathalie J. Massat, Richard S. Jones, et al.. (2015). Identification of a Three-Biomarker Panel in Urine for Early Detection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(15). 3512–3521. 148 indexed citations

Richards, Stephen C., et al.. (2012). The Challenge of Pragmatic Solutions: Convict Criminology, Prisoner Re-Entry, and Public Policy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 388(1). 5–6. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Duk‐Hee, Michael W. Steffes, Andreas Sjödin, et al.. (2010). Low Dose of Some Persistent Organic Pollutants Predicts Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case–Control Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 118(9). 1235–1242. 280 indexed citations

Jones, Richard S., Stephen C. Richards, Jeffrey Ian Ross, & Daniel S. Murphy. (2009). The First Dime: A Decade of Convict Criminology. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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Sjödin, Andreas, Olaf Päpke, Ernest McGahee, et al.. (2008). Concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in household dust from various countries. Chemosphere. 73(1). S131–S136. 182 indexed citations

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Toms, Leisa‐Maree, Andreas Sjödin, Olaf Paepke, et al.. (2008). Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations decrease with age: Analysis of pooled human blood serum in the Australian population. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 70. 446–449. 1 indexed citations

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Sjödin, Andreas, Olaf Päpke, Jean‐François Focant, et al.. (2006). Concentration of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Household Dust from Various Countries Is Dust a Major Source of Human Exposure. Organohalogen compounds. 68(2). 2181–2185. 4 indexed citations

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Sjödin, Andreas, Richard S. Jones, Jean-François Focant, et al.. (2004). Retrospective time-trend study of polybrominated diphenyl ether and polybrominated and polychlorinated biphenyl levels in human serum from the United States.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(6). 654–658. 266 indexed citations

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Sjödin, Andreas, Richard S. Jones, Jean‐François Focant, et al.. (2004). Retrospective Time-Trend Study of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether and Polybrominated and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Levels in Human Serum from the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(6). 654–658. 177 indexed citations

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Päpke, Olaf, Richard S. Jones, Jean‐François Focant, et al.. (2004). Concentration of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in House Hold Dust from Various Countries - Inhalation a Potential Route of Human Exposure. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 66. 3817–3822. 27 indexed citations

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Sjödin, Andreas, Richard S. Jones, Chester R. Lapeza, et al.. (2003). Retrospective time trend study of brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in human serum from various regions of the United States, 1985-2002. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Ru, Liangjun Wang, Hengbin Wang, et al.. (2002). Role of Histone H3 Lysine 27 Methylation in Polycomb-Group Silencing. Science. 298(5595). 1039–1043. 2927 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sedkov, Yurii, Judith Benes, Joseph R. Berger, et al.. (1999). Molecular genetic analysis of the Drosophila trithorax-related gene which encodes a novel SET domain protein. Mechanisms of Development. 82(1-2). 171–179. 34 indexed citations

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Peterson, Aidan J., et al.. (1998). The Drosophila esc and E(z) Proteins Are Direct Partners in Polycomb Group-Mediated Repression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(5). 2825–2834. 99 indexed citations

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Jones, Richard S.. (1994). Processing Civilian Complaints: A Study of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Marquette law review. 77(3). 505. 2 indexed citations

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