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2023

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
126
Citations
46049
World Ranking
219
National Ranking
133

Richard M. Schultz 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 Richard M. Schultz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 405 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard M. Schultz 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 Richard M. Schultz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard M. Schultz is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as medicine. The primary subfields include molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, genetics, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Their work covers several main research topics such as reproductive biology and fertility, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genomics and chromatin dynamics, birth, development, and health, assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and DNA repair mechanisms.

Recent significant publications include:

  • OBOX regulates mouse zygotic genome activation and early development (2023, Nature)
  • Chromatin remodeling in bovine embryos indicates species-specific regulation of genome activation (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Histone remodeling reflects conserved mechanisms of bovine and human preimplantation development (2023, EMBO Reports)
  • Assisted reproductive technologies induce temporally specific placental defects and the preeclampsia risk marker sFLT1 in mouse (2020, Development)
  • Embryonic microRNAs are essential for bovine preimplantation embryo development (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent publication venues for Schultz include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), EMBO Reports, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, and Nature, reflecting a focus on high-impact journals in molecular biology and genetics.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EMBO Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature

Schultz collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Satoshi H. Namekawa, Eric A. Rhon-Calderón, Marisa S. Bartolomei, Mengwen Hu, and Laren Riesche.

  • Satoshi H. Namekawa
  • Eric A. Rhon-Calderón
  • Marisa S. Bartolomei
  • Mengwen Hu
  • Laren Riesche

In 1996, Schultz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes

    Oliver H. Tam;Alexei A. Aravin;Paula Stein;Angelique Girard

  • Differential Effects of Culture on Imprinted H19 Expression in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo

    Adam S. Doherty;Adam S. Doherty;Mellissa R.W. Mann;Kimberly D. Tremblay;Marisa S. Bartolomei

  • Regulation of transcriptional activity during the first and second cell cycles in the preimplantation mouse embryo.

    Fugaku Aoki;Diane M. Worrad;Richard M. Schultz

  • Regulation of zygotic gene activation in the mouse.

    Richard M. Schultz

  • Preimplantation development of mouse embryos in KSOM: augmentation by amino acids and analysis of gene expression.

    Yugong Ho;Karen Wigglesworth;John J. Eppig;Richard M. Schultz

  • The molecular foundations of the maternal to zygotic transition in the preimplantation embryo.

    Richard M Schultz

  • Selective reduction of dormant maternal mRNAs in mouse oocytes by RNA interference

    Petr Svoboda;Paula Stein;Harutoshi Hayashi;Richard M. Schultz

  • Critical roles for Dicer in the female germline

    Elizabeth P. Murchison;Paula Stein;Zhenyu Xuan;Hua Pan

  • Regulation of mouse oocyte meiotic maturation: Implication of a decrease in oocyte cAMP and protein dephosphorylation in commitment to resume meiosis

    Richard M. Schultz;Ruth R. Montgomery;Jeffrey R. Belanoff

  • Transcript profiling during preimplantation mouse development.

    Fanyi Zeng;Don A. Baldwin;Richard M. Schultz

  • Apoptosis during mouse blastocyst formation: evidence for a role for survival factors including transforming growth factor alpha.

    Daniel R. Brison;Richard M. Schultz

  • Egg-to-embryo transition is driven by differential responses to Ca(2+) oscillation number.

    Tom Ducibella;Daniel Huneau;Elizabeth Angelichio;Zhe Xu

  • Selective loss of imprinting in the placenta following preimplantation development in culture.

    Mellissa R. W. Mann;Susan S. Lee;Adam S. Doherty;Raluca I. Verona

  • Nuclear m6A reader YTHDC1 regulates alternative polyadenylation and splicing during mouse oocyte development.

    Seth D. Kasowitz;Jun Ma;Stephen J. Anderson;N. Adrian Leu

  • Protamine 2 Deficiency Leads to Sperm DNA Damage and Embryo Death in Mice

    Chunghee Cho;Haesook Jung-Ha;William D. Willis;Eugenia H. Goulding

  • Evidence that weakened centromere cohesion is a leading cause of age-related aneuploidy in oocytes

    Teresa Chiang;Francesca E. Duncan;Karen Schindler;Richard M. Schultz

  • Relationship between the developmental programs controlling nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation of mouse oocytes.

    John J. Eppig;Richard M. Schultz;Marilyn O'Brien;Franck Chesnel

  • Cdc25b phosphatase is required for resumption of meiosis during oocyte maturation

    A. Jeannine Lincoln;Dineli Wickramasinghe;Paula Stein;Richard M. Schultz

  • Transgenic RNAi Reveals Essential Function for CTCF in H19 Gene Imprinting

    Andrew M. Fedoriw;Paula Stein;Paula Stein;Petr Svoboda;Petr Svoboda;Richard M. Schultz;Richard M. Schultz

  • Maternal BRG1 regulates zygotic genome activation in the mouse

    Scott J. Bultman;Thomas C. Gebuhr;Thomas C. Gebuhr;Hua Pan;Petr Svoboda;Petr Svoboda

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory S. Kopf
Gregory S. Kopf University of Pennsylvania
Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda Czech Academy of Sciences
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Marisa S. Bartolomei University of Pennsylvania
Michael A. Lampson
Michael A. Lampson University of Pennsylvania
Paul M. Wassarman
Paul M. Wassarman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Norman B. Hecht
Norman B. Hecht University of Pennsylvania
John J. Eppig
John J. Eppig Jackson Laboratory
Nicholas Pavlidis
Nicholas Pavlidis University of Ioannina
Keith E. Latham
Keith E. Latham Michigan State University
Gregory J. Hannon
Gregory J. Hannon University of Cambridge

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