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94
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943
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John F. Atkins 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 John F. Atkins sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 299 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John F. Atkins 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 John F. Atkins sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2007 - Gold Medal, Royal Irish Academy Life Sciences
  • 2003 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

John F. Atkins is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology as a subfield. Their work also extends into areas such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ecology, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, and RNA research and splicing. Other notable research topics include genomics and phylogenetic studies, viral infections and immunology research, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as CRISPR and genetic engineering.

John F. Atkins has published research in several reputable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Science Advances

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on ribosomal frameshifting and translation mechanisms. Selected recent publications include:

  • Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome, 2021, Science
  • The energy landscape of −1 ribosomal frameshifting, 2020, Science Advances
  • The translating bacterial ribosome at 1.55 Å resolution generated by cryo-EM imaging services, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Unusually efficient CUG initiation of an overlapping reading frame in POLG mRNA yields novel protein POLGARF, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Throughout their career, Atkins has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Gary Loughran
  • Pavel V. Baranov
  • Pramod R. Bhatt
  • Kate M. O'Connor
  • Martina M. Yordanova

John F. Atkins's distinctions include membership in the Royal Irish Academy since 2003 and receipt of the Gold Medal from the Royal Irish Academy for Life Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The RNA world : the nature of modern RNA suggests a prebiotic RNA world

    Raymond F. Gesteland;John F. Atkins

  • An overlapping essential gene in the Potyviridae.

    Betty Y.-W. Chung;W. Allen Miller;John F. Atkins;Andrew E. Firth

  • An Overlapping Protein-Coding Region in Influenza A Virus Segment 3 Modulates the Host Response

    B. W. Jagger;Helen Wise;J. C. Kash;K. A. Walters

  • Autoregulatory frameshifting in decoding mammalian ornithine decarboxylase antizyme

    Senya Matsufuji;Tamiko Matsufuji;Youichi Miyazaki;Yasuko Murakami

  • Deletion of Selenoprotein P Alters Distribution of Selenium in the Mouse

    Kristina E. Hill;Jiadong Zhou;Wendy J. McMahan;Amy K. Motley

  • A dual-luciferase reporter system for studying recoding signals

    Guido Grentzmann;Jennifer A. Ingram;Paul J. Kelly;Raymond F. Gesteland

  • Recoding: Dynamic Reprogramming of Translation

    Raymond F. Gesteland;John F. Atkins

  • Discovery of a small arterivirus gene that overlaps the GP5 coding sequence and is important for virus production

    Andrew E. Firth;Jessika C. Zevenhoven-Dobbe;Norma M. Wills;Yun Young Go

  • Slippery runs, shifty stops, backward steps, and forward hops: -2, -1, +1, +2, +5, and +6 ribosomal frameshifting.

    R B Weiss;D M Dunn;J F Atkins;R F Gesteland

  • Ribosomal frameshifting and transcriptional slippage: From genetic steganography and cryptography to adventitious use.

    John F Atkins;Gary Loughran;Pramod R Bhatt;Andrew Edwin Firth

  • Enhanced differential synthesis of proteins in a mammalian cell-free system by addition of polyamines.

    J F Atkins;J B Lewis;C W Anderson;R F Gesteland

  • Ribosome gymnastics--degree of difficulty 9.5, style 10.0.

    John F. Atkins;Robert B. Weiss;Raymond F. Gesteland

  • Sequence specificity of aminoglycoside-induced stop codon readthrough: Potential implications for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Michael T. Howard;Brian H. Shirts;Lorin M. Petros;Kevin M. Flanigan

  • Efficient −2 frameshifting by mammalian ribosomes to synthesize an additional arterivirus protein

    Ying Fang;Emmely E. Treffers;Yanhua Li;Ali Tas

  • Reading frame switch caused by base-pair formation between the 3' end of 16S rRNA and the mRNA during elongation of protein synthesis in Escherichia coli.

    R. B. Weiss;D. M. Dunn;A. E. Dahlberg;J. F. Atkins

  • The signal for a leaky UAG stop codon in several plant viruses includes the two downstream codons

    James M. Skuzeski;Lindy M. Nichols;Raymond F. Gesteland;John F. Atkins

  • Location and identification of the genes for adenovirus type 2 early polypeptides

    J.B. Lewis;J.F. Atkins;P.R. Baum;R. Solem

  • Recoding: translational bifurcations in gene expression.

    Pavel V. Baranov;Raymond F. Gesteland;John F. Atkins

  • Programmed ribosomal frameshifting in decoding the SARS-CoV genome.

    Pavel V. Baranov;Clark M. Henderson;Christine B. Anderson;Raymond F. Gesteland

  • A profusion of upstream open reading frame mechanisms in polyamine-responsive translational regulation

    Ivaylo P. Ivanov;John F. Atkins;John F. Atkins;Anthony J Michael

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond F. Gesteland
Raymond F. Gesteland University of Utah
Ivaylo Ivanov
Ivaylo Ivanov Georgia State University
Andrew E. Firth
Andrew E. Firth University of Cambridge
Robert B. Weiss
Robert B. Weiss University of Utah
Carl W. Anderson
Carl W. Anderson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Vadim N. Gladyshev
Vadim N. Gladyshev Brigham and Women's Hospital
Raymond F. Burk
Raymond F. Burk Vanderbilt University
Kevin M. Flanigan
Kevin M. Flanigan The Ohio State University
Diarmaid Hughes
Diarmaid Hughes Uppsala University
Peter N. Schlegel
Peter N. Schlegel Cornell University

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