2026 Robert E. Kingston: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	115	452	434	231	221	283	53657
Molecular Biology	115	304	279	183	166	283	53657

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert E. Kingston is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a focus on Molecular Biology as the predominant subfield of study. Their research encompasses related areas including Cancer Research, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Plant Science.

The main research topics covered by Robert E. Kingston include:

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
RNA modifications and cancer
RNA Research and Splicing
Cancer-related gene regulation
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Significant recent papers authored by or involving Robert E. Kingston include:

"lncRNA DIGIT and BRD3 protein form phase-separated condensates to regulate endoderm differentiation" (2020), published in Nature Cell Biology
"Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development" (2022), published in Nature Reviews Genetics
"De Novo Variants in the ATPase Module of MORC2 Cause a Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Growth Retardation and Variable Craniofacial Dysmorphism" (2020), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
"The CBX family of proteins in transcriptional repression and memory" (2020), published in Journal of Biosciences
"A Polycomb domain found in committed cells impairs differentiation when introduced into PRC1 in pluripotent cells" (2021), published in Molecular Cell

Robert E. Kingston frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors including Sharon K. Marr, Manashree Damle, Ruslan I. Sadreyev, Jongmin Kim, and Stefan Niekamp.

The venues in which Robert E. Kingston publishes frequently include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Cell
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Cell Reports
Life Science Alliance

Recognition for Robert E. Kingston's career achievements include election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, and fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2011.

Best Publications

The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

3299
Citations
Cooperation between Complexes that Regulate Chromatin Structure and Transcription

Geeta J. Narlikar;Hua-Ying Fan;Robert E. Kingston

1998
Citations
Histone methyltransferase activity of a Drosophila Polycomb group repressor complex

Jürg Müller;Craig M. Hart;Nicole J. Francis;Marcus L. Vargas

1789
Citations
Mechanisms of Polycomb gene silencing: knowns and unknowns

Jeffrey A. Simon;Robert E. Kingston

1577
Citations
Alteration of Nucleosome Structure as a Mechanism of Transcriptional Regulation

J L Workman;R E Kingston

1506
Citations
Genome-wide identification of Polycomb-associated RNAs by RIP-seq

Jing Zhao;Toshiro K. Ohsumi;Johnny T. Kung;Johnny T. Kung;Yuya Ogawa;Yuya Ogawa

1166
Citations
Nucleosome disruption and enhancement of activator binding by a human SW1/SNF complex

Hyockman Kwon;Anthony N. Imbalzano;Paul A. Khavari;Robert E. Kingston

1003
Citations
Characterization of the piRNA Complex from Rat Testes

Nelson C. Lau;Anita G. Seto;Jinkuk Kim;Satomi Kuramochi-Miyagawa

994
Citations
Chromatin compaction by a polycomb group protein complex.

Nicole J. Francis;Robert E. Kingston;Christopher L. Woodcock

984
Citations
Stabilization of Chromatin Structure by PRC1, a Polycomb Complex

Zhaohui Shao;Florian Raible;Ramin Mollaaghababa;Jeffrey R. Guyon

964
Citations
ATP-dependent remodeling and acetylation as regulators of chromatin fluidity.

Robert E. Kingston;Geeta J. Narlikar

939
Citations
Chromatin deacetylation by an ATP-dependent nucleosome remodelling complex

Jeffrey K. Tong;Christian A. Hassig;Gavin R. Schnitzler;Robert E. Kingston

846
Citations
Facilitated binding of TATA-binding protein to nucleosomal DNA

Anthony N. Imbalzano;Hyockman Kwon;Michael R. Green;Robert E. Kingston

823
Citations
Occupying chromatin: Polycomb mechanisms for getting to genomic targets, stopping transcriptional traffic, and staying put.

Jeffrey A. Simon;Robert E. Kingston

763
Citations
Reconstitution of a Core Chromatin Remodeling Complex from SWI/SNF Subunits

Michael L Phelan;Saïd Sif;Geeta J Narlikar;Robert E Kingston

757
Citations
Functional selectivity of recombinant mammalian SWI/SNF subunits

Shilpa Kadam;Glenn S. McAlpine;Michael L. Phelan;Robert E. Kingston

757
Citations
Ikaros DNA-binding proteins direct formation of chromatin remodeling complexes in lymphocytes

John Kim;Saïd Sif;Beverly Jones;Audrey Jackson

724
Citations
The Long Noncoding RNAs NEAT1 and MALAT1 Bind Active Chromatin Sites

Jason A. West;Christopher P. Davis;Hongjae Sunwoo;Matthew D. Simon

673
Citations
Purification of proteins associated with specific genomic Loci.

Jérôme Déjardin;Robert E. Kingston

623
Citations
Repression and activation by multiprotein complexes that alter chromatin structure.

R E Kingston;C A Bunker;A N Imbalzano

598
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Y. Tolstorukov Harvard University

Peter J. Park Harvard University

Geeta J. Narlikar University of California, San Francisco

Ruslan I. Sadreyev Harvard University

Peter V. Kharchenko Harvard University

Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Paul Schimmel Scripps Research Institute

Jeannie T. Lee Harvard University

William Stafford Noble University of Washington

Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute

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