2026 Jason D. Lieb: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	78	1663	1581	765	721	138	40750

Jason D. Lieb 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 Jason D. Lieb sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 138 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jason D. Lieb 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 Jason D. Lieb sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jason D. Lieb is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology. They have contributed to subfields including Aging, Immunology, Plant Science, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's main research topics cover a variety of areas, including:

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Nuclear Structure and Function
RNA Research and Splicing
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Fungal and yeast genetics research
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Jason D. Lieb has authored numerous publications, with a strong presence in the UNC Libraries and Developmental Cell, as well as Circulation Research. Recent papers include:

Phosphorylated Lamin A/C in the Nuclear Interior Binds Active Enhancers Associated with Abnormal Transcription in Progeria (2020, Developmental Cell)
Evidence for compensatory upregulation of expressed X-linked genes in mammals, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster (2020, UNC Libraries)
Zelda is differentially required for chromatin accessibility, transcription factor binding, and gene expression in the early Drosophila embryo (2020, UNC Libraries)
The function and regulation of the GATA factor ELT-2 in the C. elegans endoderm (2020, UNC Libraries)
Systematic evaluation of factors influencing ChIP-seq fidelity (2020, UNC Libraries)

Throughout their career, Jason D. Lieb has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

Sevinç Ercan
Kohta Ikegami
Paul G. Giresi
Daniel J. McKay
Sheera Adar

The scientist's work spans 50 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 44 specifically in Molecular Biology. Their extensive contributions to the UNC Libraries collection, with 46 publications, indicate a substantial output in both archival and cutting-edge research contexts.

Best Publications

Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
The accessible chromatin landscape of the human genome

Robert E. Thurman;Eric Rynes;Richard Humbert;Jeff Vierstra

3038
Citations
An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

2824
Citations
ChIP-seq guidelines and practices of the ENCODE and modENCODE consortia

Stephen G. Landt;Georgi K. Marinov;Anshul Kundaje;Pouya Kheradpour

2471
Citations
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

1560
Citations
The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome

Noam Kaplan;Irene K. Moore;Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf;Andrea J. Gossett

1399
Citations
Integrative analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome by the modENCODE project

Mark B. Gerstein;Zhi John Lu;Eric L. Van Nostrand;Chao Cheng

1165
Citations
FAIRE (Formaldehyde-Assisted Isolation of Regulatory Elements) isolates active regulatory elements from human chromatin

Paul G. Giresi;Jonghwan Kim;Ryan M. McDaniell;Vishwanath R. Iyer

1118
Citations
Unlocking the Secrets of the Genome

Susan E. Celniker;Laura A. L. Dillon;Mark B. Gerstein;Kristin C. Gunsalus

973
Citations
Promoter-specific binding of Rap1 revealed by genome-wide maps of protein–DNA association

Jason D. Lieb;Xiaole Liu;David Botstein;Patrick O. Brown

941
Citations
Evidence for nucleosome depletion at active regulatory regions genome-wide.

Cheol Koo Lee;Yoichiro Shibata;Bhargavi Rao;Brian D. Strahl

923
Citations
ChIP-chip: considerations for the design, analysis, and application of genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments.

Michael J Buck;Jason D Lieb

839
Citations
Defining functional DNA elements in the human genome

Manolis Kellis;Barbara Wold;Michael P. Snyder;Bradley E. Bernstein

828
Citations
What are super-enhancers?

Sebastian Pott;Jason D Lieb

755
Citations
A map of open chromatin in human pancreatic islets

Kyle J. Gaulton;Takao Nammo;Lorenzo Pasquali;Jeremy M. Simon

648
Citations
Open chromatin defined by DNaseI and FAIRE identifies regulatory elements that shape cell-type identity

Lingyun Song;Zhancheng Zhang;Linda L. Grasfeder;Alan P. Boyle

611
Citations
Nucleosome dynamics define transcriptional enhancers.

Housheng Hansen He;Clifford A. Meyer;Hyunjin Shin;Shannon T. Bailey

553
Citations
A library of yeast transcription factor motifs reveals a widespread function for Rsc3 in targeting nucleosome exclusion at promoters.

Gwenael Badis;Esther T. Chan;Harm van Bakel;Lourdes Pena-Castillo

530
Citations
An assessment of histone-modification antibody quality

Thea A. Egelhofer;Aki Minoda;Aki Minoda;Sarit Klugman;Sarit Klugman;Kyungjoon Lee

463
Citations
Integrating regulatory motif discovery and genome-wide expression analysis

Erin M. Conlon;X. Shirley Liu;Jason D. Lieb;Jun S. Liu

446
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory E. Crawford Duke University

Terrence S. Furey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Vishwanath R. Iyer The University of Texas at Austin

Ewan Birney European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Mark Gerstein Yale University

Manolis Kellis MIT

Anshul Kundaje Stanford University

Michael Snyder Stanford University

Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute

Peggy J. Farnham University of Southern California

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