2026 Richard A. Padgett: 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	44	2892	2628	1377	1237	93	14068

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Molecular Biology

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14068

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard A. Padgett is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, focusing notably on molecular biology, hematology, cell biology, cancer research, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics include RNA research and splicing, acute myeloid leukemia research, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, interferon and immune responses, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and zebrafish biomedical research applications.

Frequent co-authors of Richard A. Padgett include:

Courtney E. Hershberger
Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski
Torsten Haferlach
Noah J. Daniels
Carmelo Gurnari

The venues where Padgett often publishes include:

Blood
Leukemia
Developmental Cell
Cell Stem Cell
Nucleic Acids Research

Among recent publications are:

"Excessive R-loops trigger an inflammatory cascade leading to increased HSPC production" (2021, Developmental Cell)
"Germline DDX41 mutations cause ineffective hematopoiesis and myelodysplasia" (2021, Cell Stem Cell)
"Comprehensive database and evolutionary dynamics of U12-type introns" (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
"Complex landscape of alternative splicing in myeloid neoplasms" (2020, Leukemia)
"Functional analyses of human LUC7-like proteins involved in splicing regulation and myeloid neoplasms" (2021, Cell Reports)

Richard A. Padgett has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) twice, in 2013 and again in 2017.

Best Publications

Splicing of Messenger RNA Precursors

Phillip A. Sharp;Stephen Hardy;Richard A. Padgett

1425
Citations
Rapid DNA isolations for enzymatic and hybridization analysis.

Ronald W. Davis;Marjorie Thomas;John Cameron;Thomas P. St. John

744
Citations
Recognition of cap structure in splicing in vitro of mRNA precursors

Maria M. Konarska;Richard A. Padgett;Phillip A. Sharp

722
Citations
Splicing of Messenger RNA Precursors

Phillip A. Sharp

651
Citations
Rates of in situ transcription and splicing in large human genes.

Jarnail Singh;Richard A Padgett

643
Citations
Lariat RNA's as Intermediates and Products in the Splicing of Messenger RNA precursors

Richard A. Padgett;Maria M. Konarska;Maria M. Konarska;Paula J. Grabowski;Steven F. Hardy

576
Citations
Gene amplification causes overproduction of the first three enzymes of UMP synthesis in N-(phosphonacetyl)-L-aspartate-resistant hamster cells.

G M Wahl;R A Padgett;G R Stark

531
Citations
Mutations in the spliceosome machinery, a novel and ubiquitous pathway in leukemogenesis.

Hideki Makishima;Valeria Visconte;Hirotoshi Sakaguchi;Anna M. Jankowska

465
Citations
Biased chromatin signatures around polyadenylation sites and exons.

Noah Spies;Cydney B. Nielsen;Richard A. Padgett;Christopher B. Burge

455
Citations
Inherited and Somatic Defects in DDX41 in Myeloid Neoplasms.

Chantana Polprasert;Isabell Schulze;Mikkael Sekeres;Hideki Makishima

450
Citations
Sequence requirements for splicing of higher eukaryotic nuclear pre-mRNA.

M. Aebi;H. Hornig;R.A. Padgett;J. Reiser

449
Citations
Splicing of messenger RNA precursors is inhibited by antisera to small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

Richard A. Padgett;Stephen M. Mount;Joan A. Steitz;Phillip A. Sharp

408
Citations
Evolutionary Fates and Origins of U12-Type Introns

Christopher B. Burge;Richard A. Padgett;Phillip A. Sharp

406
Citations
Conserved sequences in a class of rare eukaryotic nuclear introns with non-consensus splice sites.

Stephen L. Hall;Richard A. Padgett

329
Citations
Requirement of U12 snRNA for in vivo splicing of a minor class of eukaryotic nuclear pre-mRNA introns.

Stephen L. Hall;Richard A. Padgett

306
Citations
Messenger RNA splicing in vitro: An excised intervening sequence and a potential intermediate

Paula J. Grabowski;Richard A. Padgett;Phillip A. Sharp

300
Citations
Mutations in U4atac snRNA, a Component of the Minor Spliceosome, in the Developmental Disorder MOPD I

Huiling He;Sandya Liyanarachchi;Keiko Akagi;Rebecca Nagy

267
Citations
Characterization of the branch site in lariat RNAs produced by splicing of mRNA precursors

Maria M. Konarska;Maria M. Konarska;Paula J. Grabowski;Richard A. Padgett;Phillip A. Sharp

266
Citations
Trans splicing of mrna precursors in vitro

Maria M. Konarska;Richard A. Padgett;Phillip A. Sharp

247
Citations
New connections between splicing and human disease.

Richard A. Padgett

224
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski Cleveland Clinic

Mikkael A. Sekeres Cleveland Clinic

Phillip A. Sharp MIT

Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University

Yuichi Shiraishi University of Tokyo

Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Torsten Haferlach MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory

kenichi yoshida Kyoto University

Carsten Müller-Tidow University Hospital Heidelberg

Christopher B. Burge MIT

External Links

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