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Nat Sternberg 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 Nat Sternberg sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 81 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nat Sternberg 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 Nat Sternberg 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: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Nat Sternberg was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spanned multiple intersecting fields, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

Their work addressed topics including identification and quantification in food, genomics and phylogenetic studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, and fish ecology and management studies.

Among the main venues where Sternberg published were BMC Research Notes and Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems.

  • Comparison of whole genome sequencing performance from fish swabs and fin clips, 2025, BMC Research Notes
  • Human impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif, 2025, Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Sternberg collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Temitope Opeyemi Oriowo
  • Madlen Stange
  • A. W. MacPhee
  • Anja Bodenheim
  • Lars Podsiadłowski

Their subfields of study included molecular biology, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation, highlighting an interdisciplinary approach linking molecular methods with ecological and conservation questions.

Best Publications

  • Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination: I. Recombination between loxP sites

    Nat Sternberg;Daniel Hamilton

  • P1 site-specific recombination: nucleotide sequence of the recombining sites

    Ronald H. Hoess;Marcia Ziese;Nat Sternberg

  • A novel role for site-specific recombination in maintenance of bacterial replicons

    Stuart Austin;Marcia Ziese;Nat Sternberg

  • Bacteriophage P1 cloning system for the isolation, amplification, and recovery of DNA fragments as large as 100 kilobase pairs.

    Nat Sternberg

  • A positive selection vector for cloning high molecular weight DNA by the bacteriophage P1 system: improved cloning efficacy.

    James C. Pierce;Brian Sauer;Nat Sternberg

  • Properties of a mutant of Escherichia coli defective in bacteriophage λ head formation (groE)

    Nat Sternberg

  • Preparation and screening of an arrayed human genomic library generated with the P1 cloning system

    Nancy S. Shepherd;Beverly D. Pfrogner;John N. Coulby;Susan L. Ackerman

  • Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. II. Recombination between loxP and the bacterial chromosome.

    Nat Sternberg;Daniel Hamilton;Ronald Hoess

  • Packaging of coliphage lambda DNA. II. The role of the gene D protein.

    N. Sternberg;R. Weisberg

  • Site-specific recombination and its role in the life cycle of bacteriophage P1

    N Sternberg;D Hamilton;S Austin;Michael B Yarmolinsky

  • A mouse genomic library in the bacteriophage P1 cloning system: organization and characterization.

    James C. Pierce;Nat Sternberg;Brian Sauer

  • A physical map and candidate genes in the BRCA1 region on chromosome 17q12–21

    H M Albertsen;S A Smith;S Mazoyer;E Fujimoto

  • Properties of a mutant of Escherichia coli defective in bacteriophage lambda head formation (groE). I. Initial characterization.

    Nat Sternberg

  • Using bacteriophage P1 system to clone high molecular weight genomic DNA.

    James C. Pierce;Nat L. Sternberg

  • Packaging of prophage and host DNA by coliphage lambda.

    Nat Sternberg;Robert Weisberg

  • Cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac) is regulated by adenine methylation.

    N Sternberg;J Coulby

  • Vitro headful packaging system for cloning DNA fragments as large as 95kb

    Nat L. Sternberg;Brian L. Sauer

  • Recognition and cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac): II. Functional limits of pac and location of pac cleavage termini

    N Sternberg;J Coulby

  • Recognition and cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac): I. Differential processing of the cleaved ends in vivo

    N. Sternberg;J. Coulby

  • Genetic and physical map of a P1 miniplasmid.

    S Austin;F Hart;A Abeles;N Sternberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Sauer
Brian Sauer Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kenneth H. Buetow
Kenneth H. Buetow Arizona State University
Lynn W. Enquist
Lynn W. Enquist Princeton University
Susan L. Ackerman
Susan L. Ackerman University of California, San Diego
Thomas Spies
Thomas Spies Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
David D. Chaplin
David D. Chaplin University of Alabama at Birmingham

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