2026 Jennifer L. Gerton: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	49	2591	2342	1270	1138	124	19230

Overview

Jennifer L. Gerton is affiliated with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in the United States. Their work spans several fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields of study associated with their research include molecular biology, plant science, genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cell biology.

Their research explores a variety of topics, including:

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities
RNA Modifications and Cancer
RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
DNA Repair Mechanisms

Jennifer L. Gerton has contributed to multiple publications in several prominent venues. The frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
SSRN Electronic Journal
Science
Cell Genomics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Jennifer L. Gerton are:

The complete sequence of a human genome (2022, Science)
Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome (2020, Nature)
Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres (2022, Science)
The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome (2023, Nature)
The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8 (2021, Nature)

Collaboration is a feature of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

Tamara Potapova
Adam M. Phillippy
Sergey Koren
Evan E. Eichler
Arang Rhie

Best Publications

Psychological impact of biculturalism: Evidence and theory.

Teresa LaFromboise;Hardin L. K. Coleman;Jennifer Gerton

4395
Citations
Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome

Karen H. Miga;Sergey Koren;Arang Rhie;Mitchell R. Vollger

785
Citations
Global mapping of meiotic recombination hotspots and coldspots in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Jennifer L. Gerton;Joseph DeRisi;Robert Shroff;Michael Lichten

611
Citations
Integrative structure and functional anatomy of a nuclear pore complex

Seung Joong Kim;Javier Fernandez-Martinez;Ilona Nudelman;Yi Shi

528
Citations
Genome-wide mapping of the cohesin complex in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Earl F Glynn;Paul C Megee;Hong-Guo Yu;Cathy Mistrot

524
Citations
Preferential occupancy of histone variant H2AZ at inactive promoters influences local histone modifications and chromatin remodeling

Bing Li;Samantha G. Pattenden;Daeyoup Lee;José Gutiérrez

394
Citations
Homologous chromosome interactions in meiosis: diversity amidst conservation.

Jennifer L. Gerton;Jennifer L. Gerton;R. Scott Hawley;R. Scott Hawley

362
Citations
The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8

Glennis A. Logsdon;Mitchell R. Vollger;Ping Hsun Hsieh;Yafei Mao

275
Citations
Scm3 Is Essential to Recruit the Histone H3 Variant Cse4 to Centromeres and to Maintain a Functional Kinetochore

Raymond Camahort;Bing Li;Laurence Florens;Selene K. Swanson

273
Citations
Cse4 is Part of an Octameric Nucleosome in Budding Yeast

Raymond Camahort;Manjunatha Shivaraju;Manjunatha Shivaraju;Mark Mattingly;Bing Li;Bing Li

199
Citations
Psh1 Is an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase that Targets the Centromeric Histone Variant Cse4

Geetha Hewawasam;Manjunatha Shivaraju;Manjunatha Shivaraju;Mark Mattingly;Swaminathan Venkatesh

187
Citations
The kinetochore is an enhancer of pericentric cohesin binding.

Stewart A Weber;Jennifer L Gerton;Joan E Polancic;Joseph L DeRisi

175
Citations
An Essential Interaction between Distinct Domains of HIV-1 Integrase Mediates Assembly of the Active Multimer (∗)

Viola Ellison;Jennifer Gerton;Karen A. Vincent;Karen A. Vincent;Patrick O. Brown;Patrick O. Brown

170
Citations
The complete sequence of a human genome

Nurk S;Koren S;Rhie A;Rautiainen M

160
Citations
Ribosomal DNA copy number loss and sequence variation in cancer

Baoshan Xu;Baoshan Xu;Hua Li;John M. Perry;Vijay Pratap Singh

145
Citations
Cell-cycle-coupled structural oscillation of centromeric nucleosomes in yeast.

Manjunatha Shivaraju;Manjunatha Shivaraju;Jay R. Unruh;Brian D. Slaughter;Mark Mattingly

119
Citations
Cohesinopathies, gene expression, and chromatin organization

Tania Bose;Jennifer L. Gerton;Jennifer L. Gerton

118
Citations
DNA replication stress restricts ribosomal DNA copy number

Devika Salim;Devika Salim;William D. Bradford;Amy Freeland;Gillian Cady

116
Citations
The structure, function, and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8

Glennis A. Logsdon;Mitchell R. Vollger;PingHsun Hsieh;Yafei Mao

24
Citations
From telomere to telomere: the transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements

S. J. Hoyt;J. M. Storer;G. A. Hartley;P. G. S. Grady

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

Laurence Florens Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Ian D. Krantz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Patrick O. Brown Stanford University

Joseph L. DeRisi University of California, San Francisco

Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo

Urvashi Surti University of Pittsburgh

Dale Dorsett Saint Louis University

Bing Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health

External Links

Personal website of Jennifer L. Gerton

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