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Kevin Struhl 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 Kevin Struhl sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 345 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin Struhl 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 Kevin Struhl sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 144 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kevin Struhl is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, with additional research in Genetics, Cell Biology, Endocrinology, and Immunology.

Their research spans several key topics, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Frequent publication venues for Kevin Struhl include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • eLife
  • Molecular Cell
  • Trends in Genetics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin Struhl include:

  • "YAP and TAZ are transcriptional co-activators of AP-1 proteins and STAT3 during breast cellular transformation," 2021, eLife
  • "S100A8/S100A9 cytokine acts as a transcriptional coactivator during breast cellular transformation," 2021, Science Advances
  • "The transcriptional elongation rate regulates alternative polyadenylation in yeast," 2020, eLife
  • "Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain," 2021, UNC Libraries
  • "Nucleotide-level linkage of transcriptional elongation and polyadenylation," 2022, eLife

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including:

  • Joseph V. Geisberg
  • Zarmik Moqtaderi
  • Zhiping Weng
  • Lizhi He
  • Henry Pratt

Kevin Struhl has been recognized with several awards throughout their career:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2015)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)

Best Publications

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Histone acetylation and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms

    Kevin Struhl

  • High-frequency transformation of yeast: autonomous replication of hybrid DNA molecules

    Kevin Struhl;Dan T. Stinchcomb;Stewart Scherer;Ronald W. Davis

  • An Epigenetic Switch Involving NF-κB, Lin28, Let-7 MicroRNA, and IL6 Links Inflammation to Cell Transformation

    Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Heather A. Hirsch;Kevin Struhl

  • A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

    Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

  • Unbiased mapping of transcription factor binding sites along human chromosomes 21 and 22 points to widespread regulation of noncoding RNAs.

    Simon Cawley;Stefan Bekiranov;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Philipp Kapranov

  • Targeted Recruitment of Set1 Histone Methylase by Elongating Pol II Provides a Localized Mark and Memory of Recent Transcriptional Activity

    Huck Hui Ng;François Robert;Richard A. Young;Kevin Struhl

  • Metformin selectively targets cancer stem cells, and acts together with chemotherapy to block tumor growth and prolong remission

    Heather A. Hirsch;Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Philip N. Tsichlis;Kevin Struhl

  • The GCN4 basic region leucine zipper binds DNA as a dimer of uninterrupted α Helices: Crystal structure of the protein-DNA complex

    Thomas E. Ellenberger;Christopher J. Brandl;Kevin Struhl;Stephen C. Harrison

  • Functional dissection of a eukaryotic transcriptional activator protein, GCN4 of Yeast

    Ian A. Hope;Kevin Struhl

  • Isolation and characterisation of a yeast chromosomal replicator.

    D. T. Stinchcomb;K. Struhl;R. W. Davis

  • Sterile host yeasts (SHY): a eukaryotic system of biological containment for recombinant DNA experiments.

    D Botstein;S C Falco;S E Stewart;M Brennan

  • TREX is a conserved complex coupling transcription with messenger RNA export

    Katja Sträßer;Seiji Masuda;Paul Mason;Jens Pfannstiel

  • Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain

    Qin Feng;Hengbin Wang;Huck Hui Ng;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

  • STAT3 Activation of miR-21 and miR-181b-1 via PTEN and CYLD Are Part of the Epigenetic Switch Linking Inflammation to Cancer

    Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Savina A. Jaeger;Heather A. Hirsch;Martha L. Bulyk;Martha L. Bulyk

  • Transcriptional noise and the fidelity of initiation by RNA polymerase II

    Kevin Struhl

  • The gradient morphogen bicoid is a concentration-dependent transcriptional activator

    Gary Struhl;Kevin Struhl;Paul M. Macdonald

  • STERILE HOST YEASTS (SHY): A EUKARYOTIC SYSTEM OF BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT FOR RECOMBINANT DNA

    David Botstein;S. Carl Falco;Sue E. Stewart;Miles Brennan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios Iliopoulos
Dimitrios Iliopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Thomas R. Gingeras
Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Philipp Kapranov
Philipp Kapranov Huaqiao University
Huck-Hui Ng
Huck-Hui Ng Genome Institute of Singapore
Joseph T. Wade
Joseph T. Wade New York State Department of Health
Zhiping Weng
Zhiping Weng University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Vishwanath R. Iyer
Vishwanath R. Iyer The University of Texas at Austin

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