Robert S. Young

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Young is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Young has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Young's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Robert S. Young is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Robert S. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Robert S. Young's co-authors include Chris P. Ponting, Robert P. Langlais, John M. Opitz, Marie Öhman, Ian R. Adams, Niamh Mannion, Mary A. O’Connell, Christoffer Nellåker, Michael F. Jantsch and David F. Read and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Young

49 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1 Controls Innate Immune Respo... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1 Controls Innate Immune Responses to RNA
    2014 490 citations Robert S. Young, Chris P. Ponting 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
Robert S. Young United States 23 1.4k 391 363 234 203 50 2.1k
James C. Fleming United States 25 1.2k 0.8× 249 0.6× 304 0.8× 272 1.2× 93 0.5× 86 3.2k
Molly Weaver United States 17 1.7k 1.2× 366 0.9× 169 0.5× 96 0.4× 51 0.3× 20 2.4k
Ordan J. Lehmann Canada 29 1.5k 1.0× 685 1.8× 125 0.3× 145 0.6× 57 0.3× 56 2.6k
Jack Lichy United States 29 1.1k 0.8× 750 1.9× 160 0.4× 288 1.2× 105 0.5× 69 2.4k
Jonathan Zonana United States 22 2.5k 1.8× 937 2.4× 417 1.1× 676 2.9× 249 1.2× 44 4.1k
David I. Stott United Kingdom 25 1.5k 1.1× 449 1.1× 78 0.2× 856 3.7× 264 1.3× 81 2.9k
Eric Seboun United States 12 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 3.4× 202 0.6× 853 3.6× 118 0.6× 24 3.9k
Robert O. Kelley United States 20 695 0.5× 146 0.4× 181 0.5× 176 0.8× 67 0.3× 47 1.6k
Jean Weissenbach France 15 863 0.6× 378 1.0× 167 0.5× 84 0.4× 29 0.1× 19 1.4k
Joseph T.C. Shieh United States 24 911 0.6× 689 1.8× 202 0.6× 309 1.3× 62 0.3× 61 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert S. Young

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All Works

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Wang, Ziqi, Jiayue Ma, Zhaoyu Gu, et al.. (2025). The establishment and regulation of human germ cell lineage. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 139–139. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Ziqi, Xia Xiao, Wenyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Integrated analysis and systematic characterization of the regulatory network for human germline development. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(2). 204–219. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuan, et al.. (2024). Emergence of enhancers at late DNA replicating regions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3451–3451. 1 indexed citations
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Young, Robert S., et al.. (2022). The contribution of evolutionarily volatile promoters to molecular phenotypes and human trait variation. Genome biology. 23(1). 89–89. 3 indexed citations
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Longman, Dáša, Magdalena M. Maslon, Laura C. Murphy, et al.. (2020). Identification of a localized nonsense-mediated decay pathway at the endoplasmic reticulum. Genes & Development. 34(15-16). 1075–1088. 39 indexed citations
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Savisaar, Rosina, Robert S. Young, Michael A. Liss, et al.. (2020). Codon Usage and Splicing Jointly Influence mRNA Localization. Cell Systems. 10(4). 351–362.e8. 67 indexed citations
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Tan, Jennifer Y., et al.. (2020). Splicing of enhancer-associated lincRNAs contributes to enhancer activity. Life Science Alliance. 3(4). e202000663–e202000663. 21 indexed citations
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Rosa, Ilaria Dalla, Takehiro Yasukawa, Robert S. Young, et al.. (2017). Aberrant ribonucleotide incorporation and multiple deletions in mitochondrial DNA of the murine MPV17 disease model. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(22). 12808–12815. 33 indexed citations
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Fernández, Noemí, Ross A. Cordiner, Robert S. Young, et al.. (2017). Genetic variation and RNA structure regulate microRNA biogenesis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15114–15114. 62 indexed citations
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Jubb, Alasdair, Robert S. Young, David Hume, & Wendy A. Bickmore. (2015). Enhancer Turnover Is Associated with a Divergent Transcriptional Response to Glucocorticoid in Mouse and Human Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 196(2). 813–822. 46 indexed citations
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Young, Robert S., Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Robin Andersson, et al.. (2015). The frequent evolutionary birth and death of functional promoters in mouse and human. Genome Research. 25(10). 1546–1557. 39 indexed citations
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Jubb, Alasdair, Robert S. Young, Wendy A. Bickmore, & David Hume. (2015). Divergent transcriptional activation by glucocorticoids in mouse and human macrophages. The Lancet. 385. S54–S54. 3 indexed citations
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Ameyar‐Zazoua, Maya, Christophe Rachez, Mouloud Souidi, et al.. (2012). Argonaute proteins couple chromatin silencing to alternative splicing. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(10). 998–1004. 222 indexed citations
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Young, Robert S., Ana Claudia Marques, Charlotte Tibbit, et al.. (2012). Identification and Properties of 1,119 Candidate LincRNA Loci in the Drosophila melanogaster Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(4). 427–442. 163 indexed citations
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Kan, J. Herman, Robert S. Young, Chang Yu, & Marta Hernanz‐Schulman. (2010). Clinical impact of gadolinium in the MRI diagnosis of musculoskeletal infection in children. Pediatric Radiology. 40(7). 1197–1205. 66 indexed citations
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Stratton, Robert F., et al.. (1994). Deletion 5q35.3. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 51(2). 150–152. 24 indexed citations
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Stratton, Robert F., et al.. (1993). Trisomy 22 confirmed by fluorescent in situ hybridization. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 46(1). 109–112. 13 indexed citations
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Stratton, Robert F., et al.. (1993). Fryns syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 45(5). 562–564. 19 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Steven D., Linda M. Pasztor, John H. DiLiberti, et al.. (1985). Deletions of the long arm of chromosome 10. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 20(1). 181–196. 60 indexed citations
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Young, Robert S., Terry Reed, M. E. Hodes, & Catherine G. Palmer. (1982). The dermatoglyphic and clinical features of the 9p trisomy and partial 9p monosomy syndromes. Human Genetics. 62(1). 31–39. 53 indexed citations

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