2026 Kenneth S. Zaret: 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	88	777	692	411	360	208	33436

Kenneth S. Zaret 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 Kenneth S. Zaret sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 208 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth S. Zaret 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 Kenneth S. Zaret sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth S. Zaret is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Additional areas addressed in their work include Oncology, Plant Science, Cancer Research, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics cover Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Jonathan Lerner, Greg Donahue, Ryan L. McCarthy, Naomi Takenaka, and Andrew Katznelson.

They have published multiple papers in notable venues, with repeated contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Cell Biology, STAR Protocols, Molecular Cell, and Science.

Their recent significant publications include:

"Pioneer Transcription Factors Initiating Gene Network Changes" (2020) published in Annual Review of Genetics
"Building consensus on definition and nomenclature of hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary organoids" (2021) published in Cell Stem Cell
"Two-Parameter Mobility Assessments Discriminate Diverse Regulatory Factor Behaviors in Chromatin" (2020) published in Molecular Cell
"Chromatin expansion microscopy reveals nanoscale organization of transcription and chromatin" (2023) published in Science
"Pioneer factors: roles and their regulation in development" (2023) published in Trends in Genetics

Kenneth S. Zaret was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

Pioneer transcription factors: establishing competence for gene expression

Kenneth S. Zaret;Jason S. Carroll

1739
Citations
Opening of Compacted Chromatin by Early Developmental Transcription Factors HNF3 (FoxA) and GATA-4

Lisa Ann Cirillo;Frank Robert Lin;Isabel Cuesta;Dara Friedman

1370
Citations
DNA sequence required for efficient transcription termination in yeast.

Kenneth S. Zaret;Fred Sherman

1100
Citations
miR-122, a mammalian liver-specific microRNA, is processed from hcr mRNA and may downregulate the high affinity cationic amino acid transporter CAT-1.

Jinhong Chang;Emmanuelle Nicolas;Debora Marks;Chris Sander

1061
Citations
Liver organogenesis promoted by endothelial cells prior to vascular function.

Kunio Matsumoto;Kunio Matsumoto;Hideyuki Yoshitomi;Janet Rossant;Janet Rossant;Kenneth S. Zaret

999
Citations
Facilitators and Impediments of the Pluripotency Reprogramming Factors' Initial Engagement with the Genome

Abdenour Soufi;Greg Donahue;Kenneth S. Zaret

982
Citations
Initiation of Mammalian Liver Development from Endoderm by Fibroblast Growth Factors

Joonil Jung;Minghua Zheng;Mitchell Goldfarb;Kenneth S. Zaret

920
Citations
Distinct mesodermal signals, including BMPs from the septum transversum mesenchyme, are required in combination for hepatogenesis from the endoderm

Jennifer M. Rossi;N. Ray Dunn;Brigid L.M. Hogan;Kenneth S. Zaret

789
Citations
Pioneer transcription factors target partial DNA motifs on nucleosomes to initiate reprogramming

Abdenour Soufi;Meilin Fernandez Garcia;Artur Jaroszewicz;Nebiyu Osman

765
Citations
The formation and maintenance of the definitive endoderm lineage in the mouse: involvement of HNF3/forkhead proteins.

Siew-Lan Ang;A. Wierda;D. Wong;K. A. Stevens

763
Citations
A bipotential precursor population for pancreas and liver within the embryonic endoderm.

Gail Deutsch;Joonil Jung;Minghua Zheng;José Lóra

755
Citations
Hepatic specification of the gut endoderm in vitro: cell signaling and transcriptional control.

R Gualdi;P Bossard;M Zheng;Y Hamada

711
Citations
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha controls the development of a hepatic epithelium and liver morphogenesis.

Fereshteh Parviz;Christine Matullo;Wendy D Garrison;Laura Savatski

709
Citations
Generation and Regeneration of Cells of the Liver and Pancreas

Kenneth S. Zaret;Markus Grompe

701
Citations
Pioneer transcription factors in cell reprogramming

Makiko Iwafuchi-Doi;Kenneth S. Zaret

636
Citations
Regulatory phases of early liver development: paradigms of organogenesis.

Kenneth S. Zaret

598
Citations
Reversible and persistent changes in chromatin structure accompany activation of a glucocorticoid-dependent enhancer element

Kenneth S. Zaret;Keith R. Yamamoto

516
Citations
Binding of the winged-helix transcription factor HNF3 to a linker histone site on the nucleosome

Lisa A. Cirillo;Clifton E. McPherson;Pascale Bossard;Kimberly Stevens

467
Citations
H3K9me3-Dependent Heterochromatin: Barrier to Cell Fate Changes

Justin S. Becker;Dario Nicetto;Kenneth S. Zaret

450
Citations
GATA transcription factors as potentiators of gut endoderm differentiation

Pascale Bossard;Kenneth S. Zaret

411
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Smale University of California, Los Angeles

Pilar Santisteban Spanish National Research Council

Fred Sherman University of Rochester

Sangeeta N. Bhatia MIT

Frédéric Relaix Paris-Est Créteil University

Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania

Janet Rossant University of Toronto

Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles

Palle Serup University of Copenhagen

Frédéric P. Lemaigre Université Catholique de Louvain

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