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Ian J. Molineux publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian J. Molineux sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 144 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Ian J. Molineux D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian J. Molineux sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Bacteriophage

Overview

Ian J. Molineux is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work also delves into specialized subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

Their main topics of investigation focus on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Plant Virus Research Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Recent publications by Ian J. Molineux include:

  • Controlling Recombination to Evolve Bacteriophages, 2024, Cells
  • Structural basis for bacteriophage P22 assembly and infection initiation, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Structural basis of bacteriophage Ur-lambda infection initiation, 2025, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors in their publications are Jun Liu, James J. Bull, Holly A. Wichman, Stephen M. Krone, and L. Letti Lopez.

The venues where Ian J. Molineux has commonly published include:

  • Cells
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science Advances

In 2010, Ian J. Molineux was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, specifically acknowledged in the area of Bacteriophage research.

Best Publications

  • Studies on polynucleotides. XCVI. Repair replication of short synthetic DNA's as catalyzed by DNA polymerases

    K. Kleppe;E. Ohtsuka;R. Kleppe;Ian J Molineux

  • Exceptional Convergent Evolution in a Virus

    James J Bull;M. R. Badgett;H. A. Wichman;J. P. Huelsenbeck

  • SELECTION OF BENEVOLENCE IN A HOST-PARASITE SYSTEM.

    James J Bull;Ian J Molineux;W. R. Rice

  • Experimental phylogenetics: generation of a known phylogeny.

    David M. Hillis;James J. Bull;Mary E. White;Marty R. Badgett

  • No syringes please, ejection of phage T7 DNA from the virion is enzyme driven.

    Ian J. Molineux

  • The Bacteriophage T7 Virion Undergoes Extensive Structural Remodeling During Infection

    Bo Hu;William Margolin;Ian J. Molineux;Jun Liu

  • Reaction of the antitumor antibiotic CC-1065 with DNA. Location of the site of thermally induced strand breakage and analysis of DNA sequence specificity.

    Vincent L. Reynolds;Ian J. Molineux;David J. Kaplan;David H. Swenson

  • Virulence evolution in a virus obeys a trade off

    Sharon L. Messenger;Ian J Molineux;James J Bull

  • Peptidoglycan hydrolytic activities associated with bacteriophage virions

    Michael Moak;Ian J. Molineux

  • Structural remodeling of bacteriophage T4 and host membranes during infection initiation

    Bo Hu;William Margolin;Ian J. Molineux;Jun Liu

  • Short noncontractile tail machines: adsorption and DNA delivery by podoviruses.

    Sherwood R. Casjens;Ian J. Molineux

  • Popping the cork: mechanisms of phage genome ejection

    Ian J. Molineux;Debabrata Panja;Debabrata Panja

  • Properties of the Escherichia coli DNA-binding (unwinding) protein interaction with nucleolytic enzymes and DNA.

    Ian J. Molineux;Malcolm L. Gefter

  • Purification and properties of the Escherichia coli deoxyribonucleic acid-unwinding protein. Effects on deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in vitro.

    Ian J. Molineux;Susan Friedman;Malcolm L. Gefter

  • Role of the Gp16 lytic transglycosylase motif in bacteriophage T7 virions at the initiation of infection

    Michael Moak;Ian J. Molineux

  • The Structures of Bacteriophages K1E and K1-5 Explain Processive Degradation of Polysaccharide Capsules and Evolution of New Host Specificities

    Petr G. Leiman;Anthony J. Battisti;Valorie D. Bowman;Katharina Stummeyer

  • Computation, prediction, and experimental tests of fitness for bacteriophage T7 mutants with permuted genomes

    Drew Endy;Lingchong You;John Yin;Ian J. Molineux

  • Bacteriophage T7 DNA ejection into cells is initiated by an enzyme-like mechanism

    Priscilla Kemp;Manisha Gupta;Ian J. Molineux

  • Synergy as a rationale for phage therapy using phage cocktails.

    Matthew Schmerer;Ian J. Molineux;James J. Bull

  • Genomic Analysis of Bacteriophages SP6 and K1-5, an Estranged Subgroup of the T7 Supergroup

    Dean Scholl;Jan Kieleczawa;Priscilla Kemp;J Rush

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Bull
James J. Bull University of Idaho
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Yale University
David M. Hillis
David M. Hillis The University of Texas at Austin
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki
William Margolin
William Margolin The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Sherwood R. Casjens
Sherwood R. Casjens University of Utah
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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