2026 John A. Robertson: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	36	153	117	170	4323

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Overview

John A. Robertson was affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focused predominantly on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with ten publications in this broad field. Within this area, their work extended into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

Their main topics of research included Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, RNA modifications and cancer, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Viral-associated cancers and disorders, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

John A. Robertson had multiple collaborations, frequently coauthoring with Shorya Consul and Haris Vikalo. Their publications appeared in a variety of venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Computational Biology, arXiv (Cornell University), and PLoS Computational Biology.

Among their recent papers were:

XVir: A Transformer-Based Architecture for Identifying Viral Reads from Cancer Samples, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
XVir: A Transformer-Based Architecture for Identifying Viral Reads from Cancer Samples, 2025, Journal of Computational Biology
XVir: A Transformer-Based Architecture for Identifying Viral Reads from Cancer Samples, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
NextVir: Enabling classification of tumor-causing viruses with genomic foundation models, 2025, PLoS Computational Biology

Best Publications

The dead donor rule.

John A. Robertson

376
Citations
Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: the ethical debate Ethical issues in new uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis

John A Robertson

214
Citations
Human embryonic stem cell research: ethical and legal issues.

John A. Robertson

181
Citations
Involuntary euthanasia of defective newborns: a legal analysis.

John A. Robertson

181
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Quality of Life and Non-Treatment Decisions for Incompetent Patients: A Critique of the Orthodox Approach:

Rebecca S. Dresser;John A. Robertson

179
Citations
Procreative liberty and the control of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth.

John A Robertson

162
Citations
Preconception Gender Selection

John A. Robertson

132
Citations
Consent and privacy in pharmacogenetic testing.

John A. Robertson

131
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Children of choice

John A. Robertson

130
Citations
Passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants: legal considerations.

John A Robertson;Norman Fost

106
Citations
Passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants: legal considerations.

John A. Robertson;Norman Fost

102
Citations
Protecting embryos and burdening women: assisted reproduction in Italy.

John A. Robertson

101
Citations
Embryos, families, and procreative liberty: the legal structure of the new reproduction.

John A. Robertson

96
Citations
Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues and policy options.

Allen E. Buchanan;Andrea Califano;Jeffrey P. Kahn;Elizabeth McPherson

95
Citations
Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: the ethical debate

John A. Robertson

95
Citations
Pharmacogenetic challenges for the health care system.

John A. Robertson;Baruch Brody;Allen Buchanan;Jeffrey Kahn

93
Citations
Procreative Liberty and Harm to Offspring in Assisted Reproduction

John A. Robertson

90
Citations
Ethical standards for human-to-animal chimera experiments in stem cell research.

Insoo Hyun;Patrick Taylor;Giuseppe Testa;Bernard Dickens

89
Citations
Cancer and fertility: ethical and legal challenges.

John A. Robertson

86
Citations
Embryo Stem Cell Research: Ten Years of Controversy

John A. Robertson

86
Citations
The $1000 genome: ethical and legal issues in whole genome sequencing of individuals.

John A. Robertson

73
Citations
Extreme prematurity and parental rights after Baby Doe.

John A. Robertson

71
Citations
Ethical and legal issues in human embryo donation

John A Robertson

70
Citations
Ethical issues in new uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis

John A. Robertson

65
Citations
Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: medical and non-medical uses

John A. Robertson

63
Citations
Symbolic issues in embryo research

John A. Robertson

59
Citations
Liberty, Identity, and Human Cloning

John A Robertson

57
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Frequent Co-Authors

Anne McLaren University of Cambridge

Julian Savulescu University of Oxford

Søren Holm University of Manchester

John Harris Newcastle University

Roger A. Pedersen University of Cambridge

George J. Annas Boston University

Jeff McMahan University of Oxford

Allen Buchanan University of Arizona

Andrea Califano Columbia University

Martin H. Johnson University of Cambridge

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