2026 Joel D. Richter: 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	87	801	714	423	371	177	26721

Overview

Joel D. Richter is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics. Their work also touches on Immunology, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

The main research topics addressed include RNA modifications and cancer, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA research and splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA regulation and disease, Epigenetics and DNA methylation, as well as congenital heart defects research.

Joel D. Richter has contributed to several scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

The molecular biology of FMRP: new insights into fragile X syndrome (2021), published in Nature reviews. Neuroscience
FMRP Control of Ribosome Translocation Promotes Chromatin Modifications and Alternative Splicing of Neuronal Genes Linked to Autism (2020), published in Cell Reports
FMRP links optimal codons to mRNA stability in neurons (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Antisense oligonucleotide rescue of CGG expansion-dependent FMR1 mis-splicing in fragile X syndrome restores FMRP (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
CPEB and translational control by cytoplasmic polyadenylation: impact on synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory (2023), published in Molecular Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include:

Suna Jung
Sneha Shah
Botao Liu
Ruijia Wang
Heleen M. van 't Spijker

Joel D. Richter regularly publishes in venues such as:

RNA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Cell Reports
Molecular Psychiatry

Best Publications

FMRP stalls ribosomal translocation on mRNAs linked to synaptic function and autism

Jennifer C. Darnell;Sarah J. Van Driesche;Chaolin Zhang;Ka Ying Sharon Hung

2198
Citations
Regulation of cap-dependent translation by eIF4E inhibitory proteins

Joel D. Richter;Nahum Sonenberg

1208
Citations
Translational control by CPEB: a means to the end

Raul Mendez;Joel D. Richter

861
Citations
CPEB : a life in translation

Joel D. Richter

730
Citations
Human let-7a miRNA blocks protein production on actively translating polyribosomes

Stephanie Nottrott;Martin J Simard;Martin J Simard;Joel D Richter

629
Citations
CPEB is a specificity factor that mediates cytoplasmic polyadenylation during Xenopus oocyte maturation

Laura E. Hake;Joel D. Richter

628
Citations
CPEB-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation and the regulation of experience-dependent translation of alpha-CaMKII mRNA at synapses

Lin Wu;David G. Wells;Joyce Tay;Duane Mendis

608
Citations
Poly(A) elongation during Xenopus oocyte maturation is required for translational recruitment and is mediated by a short sequence element.

Laura Lynn McGrew;Eva Dworkin-Rastl;Mark B. Dworkin;Joel D. Richter

561
Citations
Maskin Is a CPEB-Associated Factor that Transiently Interacts with eIF-4E

Barbara Stebbins-Boaz;Quiping Cao;Cornelia H de Moor;Raul Mendez

542
Citations
Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation in Development and Beyond

Joel D. Richter

478
Citations
Degradation of nuclear oncoproteins by the ubiquitin system in vitro.

Aaron Ciechanover;Joseph A. Digiuseppe;Beatrice Bercovich;Amir Orian

451
Citations
Phosphorylation of CPE binding factor by Eg2 regulates translation of c-mos mRNA.

Raul Mendez;Laura E. Hake;Laura E. Hake;Thorkell Andresson;Laurie E. Littlepage

433
Citations
CPEB controls the cytoplasmic polyadenylation of cyclin, Cdk2 and c-mos mRNAs and is necessary for oocyte maturation in Xenopus.

B Stebbins-Boaz;L E Hake;J D Richter

424
Citations
Making synaptic plasticity and memory last: mechanisms of translational regulation

Joel D. Richter;Eric Klann

409
Citations
Opposing Polymerase-Deadenylase Activities Regulate Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation

Jong Heon Kim;Joel D. Richter

406
Citations
Symplekin and xGLD-2 are required for CPEB-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation.

Daron C. Barnard;Kevin Ryan;James L. Manley;Joel D. Richter

379
Citations
Local RNA translation at the synapse and in disease.

Liqun Liu-Yesucevitz;Gary J. Bassell;Aaron D. Gitler;Anne C. Hart

375
Citations
CPEB, maskin, and cyclin B1 mRNA at the mitotic apparatus: implications for local translational control of cell division.

Irina Groisman;Yi-Shuian Huang;Raul Mendez;Quiping Cao

325
Citations
Germ cell differentiation and synaptonemal complex formation are disrupted in CPEB knockout mice.

Joyce Tay;Joel D. Richter

317
Citations
Dissolution of the maskin–eIF4E complex by cytoplasmic polyadenylation and poly(A)-binding protein controls cyclin B1 mRNA translation and oocyte maturation

Quiping Cao;Joel D. Richter

316
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary J. Bassell Emory University

Eric Klann New York University

Kimberly M. Huber The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Justin R. Fallon Brown University

Schahram Akbarian Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eric R. Kandel Columbia University

Claudia Bagni University of Rome Tor Vergata

Xinyu Zhao University of Wisconsin–Madison

Fen-Biao Gao University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Robert B. Darnell Rockefeller University

External Links

Personal website of Joel D. Richter

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