2026 Robert D. Wells: 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	92	706	628	384	336	276	26234

Research.com Recognitions

1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert D. Wells is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed significantly to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with numerous publications emphasizing stellar, planetary, and galactic studies as well as astro and planetary science.

Their recent papers cover diverse topics within astrophysics and instrumentation. Notable works include:

Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
prose: a python framework for modular astronomical images processing, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Uncovering the true periods of the young sub-Neptunes orbiting TOI-2076, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
(Untitled work), 2021, UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)
A study of flares in the ultra-cool regime from SPECULOOS-South, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Wells frequently publishes in prominent journals, including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 publications)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (6 publications)
arXiv (Cornell University) (3 publications)
Academic Medicine
Pilot and Feasibility Studies

The scientist's work spans several subfields such as:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Computational Mechanics
Psychiatry and Mental Health

Main research topics addressed in their publications include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Collaborations form a significant part of Wells's research activities. Frequent co-authors include M. Gillon, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, F. J. Pozuelos, Brice-Olivier Demory, and L. J. Garcia.

Among their recognitions, Wells was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

Recombinant Human DNA (Cytosine-5) Methyltransferase I. EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION, AND COMPARISON OF DE NOVO AND MAINTENANCE METHYLATION

Sriharsa Pradhan;Albino Bacolla;Robert D. Wells;Richard J. Roberts

797
Citations
Physicochemical studies on polydeoxyribonucleotides containing defined repeating nucleotide sequences

R.D. Wells;J.E. Larson;R.C. Grant;B.E. Shortle

725
Citations
The chemistry and biology of unusual DNA structures adopted by oligopurine.oligopyrimidine sequences.

Robert D. Wells;David A. Collier;Jeffery C. Hanvey;Mitsuhiro Shimizu

716
Citations
Cruciform structures in supercoiled DNA

Nikos Panayotatos;Nikos Panayotatos;Robert D. Wells

666
Citations
Left-handed Z-DNA is induced by supercoiling in physiological ionic conditions

Charles K. Singleton;Charles K. Singleton;Jan Klysik;Jan Klysik;Steven M. Stirdivant;Steven M. Stirdivant;Robert D. Wells;Robert D. Wells

517
Citations
Expansion and deletion of CTG repeats from human disease genes are determined by the direction of replication in E. coli

Seongman Kang;Adam Jaworski;Keiichi Ohshima;Robert D. Wells

511
Citations
Molecular Basis of Genetic Instability of Triplet Repeats

Robert D. Wells

427
Citations
Genetic instabilities and hereditary neurological diseases

R. D. Wells;Stephen T. Warren;Marion Sarmiento

408
Citations
Unusual DNA Structures

R D Wells

403
Citations
Non-B DNA conformations, mutagenesis and disease

Robert D. Wells

393
Citations
Non-B DNA Conformations, Genomic Rearrangements, and Human Disease

Albino Bacolla;Robert D. Wells

392
Citations
Specificity of the three-stranded complex formation between double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA containing repeating nucleotide sequences.

A.R. Morgan;R.D. Wells

379
Citations
Sticky DNA: self-association properties of long GAA.TTC repeats in R.R.Y triplex structures from Friedreich's ataxia.

Naoaki Sakamoto;Paul D. Chastain;Pawel Parniewski;Keiichi Ohshima

376
Citations
Netropsin. A specific probe for A-T regions of duplex deoxyribonucleic acid.

Roger M. Wartell;Jacquelynn E. Larson;Robert D. Wells

357
Citations
Inhibitory effects of expanded GAA.TTC triplet repeats from intron I of the Friedreich ataxia gene on transcription and replication in vivo.

Keiichi Ohshima;Laura Montermini;Robert D. Wells;Massimo Pandolfo;Massimo Pandolfo

354
Citations
Left-handed DNA in restriction fragments and a recombinant plasmid

Jan Kłysik;Steven M. Stirdivant;Jacquelynn E. Larson;Phillip A. Hart

319
Citations
Preferential nucleosome assembly at DNA triplet repeats from the myotonic dystrophy gene

Yuh Hwa Wang;Sorour Amirhaeri;Seongman Kang;Robert D. Wells

309
Citations
A rapid microscale technique for isolation of recombinant plasmid DNA suitable for restriction enzyme analysis

Ronald D. Klein;Erik Selsing;Robert D. Wells

302
Citations
New nomenclature and DNA testing guidelines for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)

T. Ashizawa;I. Gonzales;N. Ohsawa;R. H. Singer

295
Citations
Stabilization of Z DNA in vivo by localized supercoiling

AR Rahmouni;RD Wells

276
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Pandolfo McGill University

H G Khorana MIT

Richard R. Sinden South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Wolfgang Hillen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs

Jack D. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David Neil Cooper Cardiff University

Sriharsa Pradhan New England Biolabs

Laura P.W. Ranum University of Florida

Charles R. Cantor Boston University

External Links

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