2026 John Shine: 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	75	1175	1048	29	28	184	27274

John Shine publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 184 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

John Shine D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

John Shine is affiliated with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focused interest in genetics, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, pharmacy, and public health.

The scientist's recent work concentrates on genetic and kidney cyst diseases, renal and related cancers, genetic syndromes and imprinting, diabetes and cardiovascular risks, obesity and health practices, as well as renal cell carcinoma treatment. These topics have been addressed in various peer-reviewed journals and research venues.

Notable recent publications include:

Genomic diagnostics in polycystic kidney disease: an assessment of real-world use of whole-genome sequencing, 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
Atypical splicing variants in PKD1 explain most undiagnosed typical familial ADPKD, 2023, npj Genomic Medicine
A Study to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) among Obese women in selected urban community areas at Mangalore, 2021, Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research
Somatic mutation in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease revealed by deep sequencing human kidney cysts, 2024, npj Genomic Medicine
Short and long-read whole genome sequencing explains most undiagnosed Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, 2023, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside John Shine include:

Amali Mallawaarachchi
Yvonne Hort
Timothy J. Furlong
Chirag Patel
Andrew Mallett

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

European Journal of Human Genetics
npj Genomic Medicine
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research
Research Square (Research Square)
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

John Shine was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2020.

Best Publications

The 3′-Terminal Sequence of Escherichia coli 16S Ribosomal RNA: Complementarity to Nonsense Triplets and Ribosome Binding Sites

J Shine;L Dalgarno

5572
Citations
Determinant of cistron specificity in bacterial ribosomes

J. Shine;L. Dalgarno

2007
Citations
Sequence and expression of human estrogen receptor complementary DNA

Geoffrey L. Greene;Paul Gilna;Michael Waterfield;Andrew Baker

1814
Citations
Rat Insulin Genes: Construction of Plasmids Containing the Coding Sequences

Axel Ullrich;John Shine;John Chirgwin;Raymond Pictet

1679
Citations
Cloning and expression of full-length cDNA encoding human vitamin D receptor.

A. R. Baker;D. P. McDonnell;M. Hughes;T. M. Crisp

1221
Citations
Nucleotide sequence and amplification in bacteria of structural gene for rat growth hormone

Peter H. Seeburg;John Shine;Joseph A. Martial;John D. Baxter

734
Citations
Cloned human neuropeptide Y receptor couples to two different second messenger systems

Herbert Herzog;Yvonne J. Hort;Helen J. Ball;Gillian Hayes

553
Citations
Human prolactin. cDNA structural analysis and evolutionary comparisons.

Nancy E Cooke;Doris Coit;John Shine;John D Baxter

455
Citations
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-responsive element and glucocorticoid repression in the osteocalcin gene.

NA Morrison;J Shine;JC Fragonas;V Verkest

448
Citations
Primary structure and evolution of rat growth hormone gene.

Andrea Barta;Robert I. Richards;John D. Baxter;John Shine

356
Citations
Structure of mouse kallikrein gene family suggests a role in specific processing of biologically active peptides.

Anthony J. Mason;Bronwyn A. Evans;David R. Cox;John Shine

323
Citations
Structure of a genomic clone encoding biologically active human relaxin

P. Hudson;J. Haley;M. John;M. Cronk

321
Citations
Relaxin gene expression in human ovaries and the predicted structure of a human preprorelaxin by analysis of cDNA clones.

P. Hudson;M. John;R. Crawford;J. Haralambidis

293
Citations
Molecular cloning and expression of an adenosine A2b receptor from human brain.

Kerrie D. Pierce;Timothy J. Furlong;Lisa A. Selbie;John Shine

275
Citations
Construction and analysis of recombinant DNA for human chorionic somatomammotropin

John Shine;Peter H. Seeburg;Joseph A. Martial;John D. Baxter

251
Citations
Synthetic lac operator DNA is functional in vivo

Herbert L. Heyneker;John Shine;Howard M. Goodman;Herbert W. Boyer

244
Citations
Structural subtypes of the dopamine D2 receptor are functionally distinct: expression of the cloned D2A and D2B subtypes in a heterologous cell line.

G Hayes;T J Biden;L A Selbie;J Shine

243
Citations
Rapid screening for symbiotic mutants of Rhizobium and white clover

B.G. Rolfe;P.M. Gresshoff;J. Shine

227
Citations
Molecular biology of the vitamin D hormone.

M. R. Haussler;David J Mangelsdorf;B. S. Komm;C. M. Terpening

227
Citations
Molecular cloning and characterization of cDNA sequences coding for rat relaxin.

P. Hudson;J. Haley;M. Cronk;J. Shine

226
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Herzog Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Axel Ullrich Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

William J. Rutter University of California, San Francisco

Barry G. Rolfe Australian National University

John D. Baxter University of California, San Francisco

Peter M. Gresshoff University of Queensland

Geoffrey W. Tregear University of Melbourne

Robert I. Richards University of Adelaide

Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia

Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University

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