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D-Index
36
Citations
4323
World Ranking
153
National Ranking
117

John A. Robertson publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

John A. Robertson D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

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

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

    John A Robertson

  • Human embryonic stem cell research: ethical and legal issues.

    John A. Robertson

  • Involuntary euthanasia of defective newborns: a legal analysis.

    John A. Robertson

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

    Rebecca S. Dresser;John A. Robertson

  • Procreative liberty and the control of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth.

    John A Robertson

  • Preconception Gender Selection

    John A. Robertson

  • Consent and privacy in pharmacogenetic testing.

    John A. Robertson

  • Children of choice

    John A. Robertson

  • Passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants: legal considerations.

    John A Robertson;Norman Fost

  • Passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants: legal considerations.

    John A. Robertson;Norman Fost

  • Protecting embryos and burdening women: assisted reproduction in Italy.

    John A. Robertson

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

    John A. Robertson

  • Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues and policy options.

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

  • Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: the ethical debate

    John A. Robertson

  • Pharmacogenetic challenges for the health care system.

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

  • Procreative Liberty and Harm to Offspring in Assisted Reproduction

    John A. Robertson

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

    Insoo Hyun;Patrick Taylor;Giuseppe Testa;Bernard Dickens

  • Cancer and fertility: ethical and legal challenges.

    John A. Robertson

  • Embryo Stem Cell Research: Ten Years of Controversy

    John A. Robertson

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

    John A. Robertson

  • Extreme prematurity and parental rights after Baby Doe.

    John A. Robertson

  • Ethical and legal issues in human embryo donation

    John A Robertson

  • Ethical issues in new uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis

    John A. Robertson

  • Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: medical and non-medical uses

    John A. Robertson

  • Symbolic issues in embryo research

    John A. Robertson

  • Liberty, Identity, and Human Cloning

    John A Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren University of Cambridge
Julian Savulescu
Julian Savulescu University of Oxford
Søren Holm
Søren Holm University of Manchester
John Harris
John Harris Newcastle University
Roger A. Pedersen
Roger A. Pedersen University of Cambridge
George J. Annas
George J. Annas Boston University
Jeff McMahan
Jeff McMahan University of Oxford
Allen Buchanan
Allen Buchanan University of Arizona
Andrea Califano
Andrea Califano Columbia University
Martin H. Johnson
Martin H. Johnson University of Cambridge

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