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12299
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Jonathan Widom 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 Widom sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 93 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan Widom 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 Widom 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: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jonathan Widom was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States during their career. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology as a subfield.

The main topics addressed in their work included Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Fungal and yeast genetics research. Widom contributed to several publications mostly in the venue UNC Libraries.

Their recent published papers included:

  • Gene expression divergence in yeast is coupled to evolution of DNA-encoded nucleosome organization, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • High Nucleosome Occupancy Is Encoded at Human Regulatory Sequences, 2020, UNC Libraries

Widom frequently collaborated with several co-authors who appeared repeatedly in their work, such as:

  • Yair Field
  • Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf
  • Irene K. Moore
  • N. Kaplan
  • Jason D. Lieb

Best Publications

  • A genomic code for nucleosome positioning

    Eran Segal;Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf;Lingyi Chen;Annchristine Thåström

  • The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome

    Noam Kaplan;Irene K. Moore;Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf;Andrea J. Gossett

  • Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA.

    Gu Li;Marcia Levitus;Carlos Bustamante;Jonathan Widom

  • Poly(dA:dT) tracts: major determinants of nucleosome organization.

    Eran Segal;Jonathan Widom

  • Distinct modes of regulation by chromatin encoded through nucleosome positioning signals.

    Yair Field;Noam Kaplan;Yvonne N Fondufe-Mittendorf;Irene K. Moore

  • The Major Cytoplasmic Histone Acetyltransferase in Yeast: Links to Chromatin Replication and Histone Metabolism

    Mark R Parthun;Jonathan Widom;Daniel E Gottschling

  • What controls nucleosome positions

    Eran Segal;Jonathan Widom

  • Nucleosomes facilitate their own invasion.

    Gu Li;Jonathan Widom

  • A map of nucleosome positions in yeast at base-pair resolution

    Kristin Brogaard;Liqun Xi;Ji Ping Wang;Jonathan Widom

  • Role of DNA sequence in nucleosome stability and dynamics.

    J Widom

  • Spontaneous sharp bending of double-stranded DNA.

    Timothy E. Cloutier;Jonathan Widom

  • High flexibility of DNA on short length scales probed by atomic force microscopy

    Paul A. Wiggins;Thijn van der Heijden;Fernando Moreno-Herrero;Andrew Spakowitz

  • H2A.Z-mediated localization of genes at the nuclear periphery confers epigenetic memory of previous transcriptional state.

    Donna Garvey Brickner;Ivelisse Cajigas;Yvonne N Fondufe-Mittendorf;Sara Ahmed

  • From DNA sequence to transcriptional behaviour: a quantitative approach

    Eran Segal;Jonathan Widom

  • Structure of the 3000Å chromatin filament: X-ray diffraction from oriented samples

    J. Widom;A. Klug

  • Controls of Nucleosome Positioning in the Human Genome

    Daniel J. Gaffney;Graham McVicker;Graham McVicker;Athma A. Pai;Yvonne N. Fondufe-Mittendorf;Yvonne N. Fondufe-Mittendorf

  • A Relationship Between the Helical Twist of DNA and the Ordered Positioning of Nucleosomes in all Eukaryotic Cells

    Jonathan Widom

  • Collaborative Competition Mechanism for Gene Activation In Vivo

    Joanna A. Miller;Jonathan Widom

  • What Does Physics Have to Do With Cancer

    Franziska Michor;Jan Liphardt;Mauro Ferrari;Jonathan Widom

  • Toward a Unified Model of Chromatin Folding

    J Widom

Frequent Co-Authors

Eran Segal
Eran Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
Jason D. Lieb
Jason D. Lieb University of Chicago
Timothy P. Hughes
Timothy P. Hughes South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Franziska Michor
Franziska Michor Harvard University
William M. Grady
William M. Grady Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Olke C. Uhlenbeck
Olke C. Uhlenbeck Northwestern University
Anjana Rao
Anjana Rao La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan K. Pritchard Stanford University
Steven Henikoff
Steven Henikoff Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist

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