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Jonathan King

Jonathan King

MIT
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
24885
World Ranking
2364
National Ranking
1259

Jonathan King publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan King sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 316 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jonathan King D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jonathan King is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research focus in the field of Medicine, with a concentration on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics. Their work spans a range of topics related to public health and infectious disease control.

The main topics covered in Jonathan King's research include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Frequent co-authors in Jonathan King's research collaborations include:

  • Skye McGregor
  • Rebecca Guy
  • Andrew E. Grulich
  • Kathy Petoumenos
  • Steven J. Nigro

Jonathan King's work has been published regularly in journals such as the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Communicable Diseases Intelligence, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, BMJ Open, and The Lancet Psychiatry. Their research contributions include studies published in these venues totaling multiple papers.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "A decentralised point-of-care testing model to address inequities in the COVID-19 response," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Study of potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) for chronic conditions: what proportion are preventable and what factors are associated with preventable PPH?", 2020, BMJ Open
  • "Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2019," 2020, Communicable Diseases Intelligence
  • "The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme for mental, neurological, and substance use conditions: the new and updated guideline recommendations," 2023, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2020," 2021, Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Jonathan King has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1985 and as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • An unstable triplet repeat in a gene related to myotonic muscular dystrophy.

    Y. H. Fu;A. Pizzuti;R. G. Fenwick;J. King

  • Polypeptides of the tail fibres of bacteriophage T4

    Jonathan King;Ulrich K. Laemmli

  • Protein folding intermediates and inclusion body formation

    Anna Mitraki;Jonathan King

  • Protein misfolding and aggregation in cataract disease and prospects for prevention

    Kate L. Moreau;Jonathan A. King

  • Cyanobacterial photosynthesis in the oceans: the origins and significance of divergent light-harvesting strategies

    Claire S. Ting;Gabrielle Rocap;Jonathan King;Sallie W. Chisholm;Sallie W. Chisholm

  • Specific aggregation of partially folded polypeptide chains: The molecular basis of inclusion body composition

    Margaret A. Speed;Daniel I. C. Wang;Jonathan King

  • Mechanism of head assembly and DNA encapsulation in Salmonella phage P22: I. Genes, proteins, structures and DNA maturation

    David Botstein;Carol H. Waddell;Jonathan King

  • Structure of epsilon15 bacteriophage reveals genome organization and DNA packaging/injection apparatus

    Wen Jiang;Juan Chang;Joanita Jakana;Peter Weigele

  • Assembly of the tau of bacteriophage T4

    Jonathan King

  • Nucleation and growth phases in the polymerization of coat and scaffolding subunits into icosahedral procapsid shells

    P.E. Prevelige;D. Thomas;J. King

  • Crystal cataracts: Human genetic cataract caused by protein crystallization

    Ajay Pande;Jayanti Pande;Neer Asherie;Aleksey Lomakin

  • Mechanism of head assembly and DNA encapsulation in Salmonella phage P22: II. Morphogenetic pathway

    Jonathan King;Elaine V. Lenk;David Botstein

  • Formation of aggregates from a thermolabile in vivo folding intermediate in P22 tailspike maturation. A model for inclusion body formation.

    C A Haase-Pettingell;J King

  • The DNA Translocating Vertex of DSDNA Bacteriophage

    C Bazinet;J King

  • Global suppression of protein folding defects and inclusion body formation

    Anna Mitraki;Bentley Fane;Bentley Fane;Cameron Haase-Pettingell;Julian Sturtevant

  • Whole proteome pI values correlate with subcellular localizations of proteins for organisms within the three domains of life.

    Russell Schwartz;Claire S. Ting;Jonathan King

  • Backbone structure of the infectious ε15 virus capsid revealed by electron cryomicroscopy

    Wen Jiang;Matthew L. Baker;Joanita Jakana;Peter R. Weigele

  • Scaffolding protein regulates the polymerization of P22 coat subunits into icosahedral shells in vitro

    Peter E. Prevelige;Dennis Thomas;Jonathan King

  • Catalytic head assembling protein in virus morphogenesis

    Jonathan King;Sherwood Casjens

  • Author response: A large field of view two-photon mesoscope with subcellular resolution for in vivo imaging

    Nicholas James Sofroniew;Daniel Flickinger;Jonathan King;Karel Svoboda

Frequent Co-Authors

Wah Chiu
Wah Chiu Stanford University
Peter E. Prevelige
Peter E. Prevelige University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel I. C. Wang
Daniel I. C. Wang Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
Ruhong Zhou
Ruhong Zhou Columbia University
Paul D. Adams
Paul D. Adams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sherwood R. Casjens
Sherwood R. Casjens University of Utah
Bonnie Berger
Bonnie Berger MIT
David M. Goldenberg
David M. Goldenberg Immunomedics (United States)
Margaret T. Fuller
Margaret T. Fuller Stanford University
George J. Thomas
George J. Thomas University of Missouri–Kansas City

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