2026 Jacqueline K. Barton: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	125	435	412	260	244	500	63879
Chemistry	125	395	352	170	137	494	64336

Jacqueline K. Barton publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacqueline K. Barton sits on this spectrum.

61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 494 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Jacqueline K. Barton D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacqueline K. Barton sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Jacqueline K. Barton is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans several subfields within biochemistry and molecular biology, with a focus on areas including molecular biology, oncology, renewable energy and sustainability, inorganic chemistry, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their work addresses a range of topics such as DNA repair mechanisms, metal complex synthesis and properties, metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, RNA modifications and cancer, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and microbial fuel cells and bioremediation.

Jacqueline K. Barton's recent papers include the following:

Extracellular DNA Promotes Efficient Extracellular Electron Transfer by Pyocyanin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms, 2020, Cell
DNA Electrochemistry: Charge-Transport Pathways through DNA Films on Gold, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
In vivo anticancer activity of a rhodium metalloinsertor in the HCT116 xenograft tumor model, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The [4Fe4S] Cluster of Yeast DNA Polymerase ε Is Redox Active and Can Undergo DNA-Mediated Signaling, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Rhodium Complexes Targeting DNA Mismatches as a Basis for New Therapeutics in Cancers Deficient in Mismatch Repair, 2021, Biochemistry

The most frequent publication venues for Jacqueline K. Barton are:

Journal of the American Chemical Society
Biochemistry
Cell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their research network include:

Adela Nano
Stephanie D. Threatt
Julie M. Bailis
Scott Saunders
Edmund C. M. Tse

The fields of study associated with their work primarily focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine.

Best Publications

Electrochemical DNA sensors

T Gregory Drummond;Michael G Hill;Jacqueline K Barton

3194
Citations
Recognition and reaction of metallointercalators with DNA.

Kathryn E. Erkkila;Duncan T. Odom;Jacqueline K. Barton

2280
Citations
Molecular light switch for DNA : Ru(bpy)2(dppz)2+

Alan E. Friedman;Jean Claude Chambron;Jean Pierre Sauvage;Nicholas J. Turro

2099
Citations
Mixed-ligand complexes of ruthenium(II): factors governing binding to DNA

A. M. Pyle;J. P. Rehmann;R. Meshoyrer;C. V. Kumar

1814
Citations
TRIS(PHENANTHROLINE)RUTHENIUM(II): STEREOSELECTIVITY IN BINDING TO DNA

J. K. Barton;A. T. Danishefsky;J. M. Goldberg

1448
Citations
Long-range photoinduced electron transfer through a DNA helix

C. J. Murphy;M. R. Arkin;Y. Jenkins;N. D. Ghatlia

1404
Citations
On demonstrating DNA intercalation

Eric C. Long;Jacqueline K. Barton

1277
Citations
Electron transfer between bases in double helical DNA.

Shana O. Kelley;Jacqueline K. Barton

1171
Citations
Oxidative DNA damage through long-range electron transfer

D B Hall;R E Holmlin;J K Barton

1157
Citations
Metals and DNA: molecular left-handed complements

Jacqueline K. Barton

1088
Citations
Novel dipyridophenazine complexes of ruthenium(II): exploring luminescent reporters of DNA

Richard M. Hartshorn;Jacqueline K. Barton

903
Citations
Mutation detection by electrocatalysis at DNA-modified electrodes.

Elizabeth M. Boon;Donato M. Ceres;Thomas G. Drummond;Michael G. Hill

892
Citations
Mechanisms for DNA Charge Transport

Joseph C. Genereux;Jacqueline K. Barton

885
Citations
Photophysics of ruthenium complexes bound to double helical DNA

Challa V. Kumar;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicholas J. Turro

772
Citations
Single-base mismatch detection based on charge transduction through DNA

Shana O. Kelley;Elizabeth M. Boon;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicole M. Jackson

760
Citations
Metallo-intercalators and metallo-insertors

Brian M. Zeglis;Valerie C. Pierre;Jacqueline K. Barton

759
Citations
Binding Modes and Base Specificity of Tris(phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) Enantiomers with Nucleic Acids: Tuning the Stereoselectivity.

J. K. Barton;J. M. Goldberg;C. V. Kumar;N. J. Turro

703
Citations
Electrochemistry of Methylene Blue Bound to a DNA-Modified Electrode

Shana O. Kelley;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicole M. Jackson;Michael G. Hill

696
Citations
Methods to Explore Cellular Uptake of Ruthenium Complexes

Cindy A. Puckett;Jacqueline K. Barton

635
Citations
Oxidative thymine dimer repair in the DNA helix.

Peter J. Dandliker;R. Erik Holmlin;Jacqueline K. Barton

604
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University

Michael G. Hill Occidental College

Shana O. Kelley Northwestern University

Challa V. Kumar University of Connecticut

Michelle R. Arkin University of California, San Francisco

Anna Marie Pyle Yale University

Sheila S. David University of California, Davis

Brian M. Zeglis Hunter College

Walter J. Chazin Vanderbilt University

Duncan T. Odom University of Cambridge

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