2026 Ranjan Sen: 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	51	2469	2228	1218	1088	115	17512

Ranjan Sen 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 Ranjan Sen sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ranjan Sen 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 Ranjan Sen sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% 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

2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ranjan Sen is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad area of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Medicine, and Endocrinology as subfields.

The scientist's work largely revolves around RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions. Additional topics include RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and studies on Escherichia coli.

Recent publications by Ranjan Sen include:

Steps toward translocation-independent RNA polymerase inactivation by terminator ATPase ρ, 2020, Science
The Rho-Dependent Transcription Termination Is Involved in Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Susceptibility in Escherichia coli, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
In vivo regulation of bacterial Rho-dependent transcription termination by the nascent RNA, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Rho-dependent transcription termination regulates the toxin-antitoxin modules of cryptic prophages to silence their expression in Escherichia coli, 2021, FEBS Letters
Gain-induced Kerr beam cleaning in a femtosecond fiber amplifier, 2023, Journal of the Optical Society of America B

The scientist has published multiple articles in venues such as:

Journal of Biological Chemistry
Biochemical Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Science
Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ranjan Sen include Sriyans Jain, Nelly Said, Tarek Hilal, Bernhard Loll, and Irina Artsimovitch.

Ranjan Sen has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2013.

Best Publications

Multiple nuclear factors interact with the immunoglobulin enhancer sequences.

Ranjan Sen;David Baltimore

3894
Citations
Inducibility of κ immunoglobulin enhancer-binding protein NF-κB by a posttranslational mechanism

Ranjan Sen;David Baltimore

2900
Citations
Architectural Protein Subclasses Shape 3D Organization of Genomes during Lineage Commitment

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins;Michael E G Sauria;Amartya Sanyal;Tatiana I. Gerasimova

1296
Citations
A nuclear factor that binds to a conserved sequence motif in transcriptional control elements of immunoglobulin genes.

Harinder Singh;Ranjan Sen;David Baltimore;Phillip A. Sharp

1280
Citations
A lymphoid-specific protein binding to the octamer motif of immunoglobulin genes.

Louis M. Staudt;Harinder Singh;Ranjan Sen;Thomas Wirth

746
Citations
Aging, inflammation and the environment

Arsun Bektas;Shepherd H. Schurman;Ranjan Sen;Luigi Ferrucci

440
Citations
Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Links the B Cell Receptor to Nuclear Factor κb Activation

Urmila D. Bajpai;Keming Zhang;Mark Teutsch;Ranjan Sen

318
Citations
Human T cell immunosenescence and inflammation in aging

Arsun Bektas;Shepherd H. Schurman;Ranjan Sen;Luigi Ferrucci

295
Citations
Induction of the transcription factors NF-κB, AP-1 and NF-AT during B cell stimulation through the CD40 receptor

Delicia A. Francis;James G. Karras;Xiao yan Ke;Ranjan Sen

278
Citations
Regulation of primary response genes.

Trent Fowler;Ranjan Sen;Ananda L. Roy

265
Citations
Regulation of lymphoid-specific immunoglobulin mu heavy chain gene enhancer by ETS-domain proteins

Barbara Nelsen;Gang Tian;Batu Erman;Jacqueline Gregoire

262
Citations
Stepwise activation of the immunoglobulin μ heavy chain gene locus

Dipanjan Chowdhury;Ranjan Sen

254
Citations
Nuclear factors associated with transcriptional regulation

David Baltimore;Ranjan Sen;Phillip A. Sharp;Harinder Singh

199
Citations
Pax5 is required for recombination of transcribed, acetylated, 5′ IgH V gene segments

David G.T. Hesslein;David L. Pflugh;Dipanjan Chowdhury;Alfred L. M. Bothwell

193
Citations
IκB Family Members Function by Different Mechanisms

Winnie F. Tam;Ranjan Sen

177
Citations
A brain-specific transcription activator

Mira Korner;Amir Rattner;Fabienne Mauxion;Ranjan Sen

176
Citations
Two forms of loops generate the chromatin conformation of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus

Changying Guo;Tatiana Gerasimova;Haiping Hao;Irina Ivanova

165
Citations
NF-κB function in B lymphocytes.

Mary Kaileh;Ranjan Sen

162
Citations
Cyclosporin-A sensitive induction of NF-AT in murine B cells.

Lakshmi Venkataraman;Delicia A. Francis;Zihua Wang;Jialing Liu

154
Citations
Transient IL-7/IL-7R Signaling Provides a Mechanism for Feedback Inhibition of Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangements

Dipanjan Chowdhury;Ranjan Sen

151
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Baltimore California Institute of Technology

Kevin G. Becker National Institutes of Health

Harinder Singh University of Pittsburgh

Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health

Phillip A. Sharp MIT

Thomas L. Rothstein Western Michigan University

Dipanjan Chowdhury Harvard University

Michael L. Atchison University of Pennsylvania

Steven J. Burakoff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Anjana Rao La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

External Links

Personal website of Ranjan Sen

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