Robert S. Illingworth

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Illingworth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Illingworth has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Illingworth's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Robert S. Illingworth is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Robert S. Illingworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert S. Illingworth's co-authors include Adrian Bird, Alastair Kerr, Shaun Webb, Robert Andrews, Wendy A. Bickmore, Keith James, Daniel J. Turner, Peter J. Skene, Shelagh Boyle and Iain Williamson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Illingworth

27 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

CpG islands – ‘A rough guide’

2009 618 citations Robert S. Illingworth, Adrian Bird FEBS Letters profile →
Neuronal MeCP2 Is Expressed at Near Histone-Octamer Levels and Globally Alters the Chromatin State

2010 526 citations Robert S. Illingworth, Shaun Webb et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Illingworth United Kingdom	22	3.8k	1.2k	380	251	233	29	4.2k
Alastair Kerr United Kingdom	32	4.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	442 1.2×	234 0.9×	176 0.8×	59	4.7k
Shaun Webb United Kingdom	24	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	186 0.5×	201 0.8×	147 0.6×	34	3.3k
Gert Jan C. Veenstra Netherlands	32	4.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	375 1.0×	364 1.5×	213 0.9×	70	5.4k
Bernard Ramsahoye United Kingdom	26	3.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	298 0.8×	328 1.3×	261 1.1×	38	4.3k
Peter J. Skene United States	14	2.7k 0.7×	757 0.6×	284 0.7×	224 0.9×	87 0.4×	22	3.1k
Laura Carrel United States	27	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 2.2×	579 1.5×	238 0.9×	192 0.8×	46	4.1k
Leonard Lee United States	8	4.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	430 1.1×	387 1.5×	308 1.3×	31	4.5k
Barbara R. DuPont United States	25	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	513 1.4×	105 0.4×	305 1.3×	91	3.3k
Danielle Vermaak United States	18	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	789 2.1×	153 0.6×	129 0.6×	22	3.7k
Claire Rougeulle France	30	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	301 0.8×	778 3.1×	145 0.6×	60	3.8k

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Williams, Charles A.C., Dounia Djeghloul, Nicolás Veland, et al.. (2025). SOX2 phosphorylation during mitosis limits genomic damage. Genes & Development. 40(3-4). 185–198.

Burgess, Matthew, Matthieu Vermeren, Christopher D. Lucas, et al.. (2025). Epithelial Memory After Respiratory Viral Infection in Mice Results in Prolonged Enhancement of Antigen Presentation. Allergy. 80(9). 2501–2518.

Lu, Yuting, Jana Trávníčková, Florian Rambow, et al.. (2024). ALDH1A3-acetaldehyde metabolism potentiates transcriptional heterogeneity in melanoma. Cell Reports. 43(7). 114406–114406. 6 indexed citations

Lhoumaud, Priscillia, Max Greenberg, Frédéric Bonhomme, et al.. (2023). DAXX safeguards heterochromatin formation in embryonic stem cells. Journal of Cell Science. 136(19). 1 indexed citations

Flyamer, Ilya M., Robert S. Illingworth, & Wendy A. Bickmore. (2020). Coolpup.py: versatile pile-up analysis of Hi-C data. Bioinformatics. 36(10). 2980–2985. 118 indexed citations

Boyle, Shelagh, Ilya M. Flyamer, Iain Williamson, et al.. (2020). A central role for canonical PRC1 in shaping the 3D nuclear landscape. Genes & Development. 34(13-14). 931–949. 93 indexed citations

Johansson, Jeanette A., Kerrie L. Marie, Yuting Lu, et al.. (2020). PRL3-DDX21 Transcriptional Control of Endolysosomal Genes Restricts Melanocyte Stem Cell Differentiation. Developmental Cell. 54(3). 317–332.e9. 29 indexed citations

Flyamer, Ilya M., John P. Thomson, Heidi K. Mjoseng, et al.. (2019). DNA Methylation Directs Polycomb-Dependent 3D Genome Re-organization in Naive Pluripotency. Cell Reports. 29(7). 1974–1985.e6. 62 indexed citations

Benabdallah, Nezha S., Iain Williamson, Robert S. Illingworth, et al.. (2019). Decreased Enhancer-Promoter Proximity Accompanying Enhancer Activation. Molecular Cell. 76(3). 473–484.e7. 229 indexed citations

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Thomson, John P., Raffaele Ottaviano, Harri Lempiäinen, et al.. (2016). Loss of Tet1-Associated 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Is Concomitant with Aberrant Promoter Hypermethylation in Liver Cancer. Cancer Research. 76(10). 3097–3108. 69 indexed citations

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Williamson, Iain, Wendy A. Bickmore, & Robert S. Illingworth. (2016). Polycomb-mediated chromatin compaction weathers the STORM. Genome biology. 17(1). 35–35. 2 indexed citations

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Illingworth, Robert S., David Read, Chris Hunter, et al.. (2015). The E3 ubiquitin ligase activity of RING1B is not essential for early mouse development. Genes & Development. 29(18). 1897–1902. 116 indexed citations

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Illingworth, Robert S., Dina De Sousa, Shaun Webb, et al.. (2015). Inter-individual variability contrasts with regional homogeneity in the human brain DNA methylome. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(2). 732–744. 34 indexed citations

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Williamson, Iain, Soizik Berlivet, Ragnhild Eskeland, et al.. (2014). Spatial genome organization: contrasting views from chromosome conformation capture and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Genes & Development. 28(24). 2778–2791. 180 indexed citations

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Clouaire, Thomas, Shaun Webb, Robert S. Illingworth, et al.. (2012). Cfp1 integrates both CpG content and gene activity for accurate H3K4me3 deposition in embryonic stem cells. Genes & Development. 26(15). 1714–1728. 198 indexed citations

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Illingworth, Robert S., Catherine H. Botting, Graeme R. Grimes, Wendy A. Bickmore, & Ragnhild Eskeland. (2012). PRC1 and PRC2 Are Not Required for Targeting of H2A.Z to Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34848–e34848. 34 indexed citations

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Illingworth, Robert S., Shaun Webb, Alastair Kerr, et al.. (2010). Orphan CpG Islands Identify Numerous Conserved Promoters in the Mammalian Genome. PLoS Genetics. 6(9). e1001134–e1001134. 384 indexed citations

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Illingworth, Robert S. & Adrian Bird. (2009). CpG islands – ‘A rough guide’. FEBS Letters. 583(11). 1713–1720. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Illingworth, Robert S., Alastair Kerr, Helle F. Jørgensen, et al.. (2008). A Novel CpG Island Set Identifies Tissue-Specific Methylation at Developmental Gene Loci. PLoS Biology. 6(1). e22–e22. 470 indexed citations

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Allsop, Aileen E & Robert S. Illingworth. (2002). The impact of genomics and related technologies on the search for new antibiotics. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 92(1). 7–12. 12 indexed citations

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