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Molecular Biology
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2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 131 184 165 114 102 449 59114

Robert H. Singer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert H. Singer between 1963 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert H. Singer published across 63 years, from 1963 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2023. 20 of the 543 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1963 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2023. 1963: 1 publication 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 2 publications 1973: 3 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 44 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 9 publications
1963 2025

543 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert H. Singer: publications per year, 1963 to 2025
Year Publications
1963 1
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 2
1973 3
1974 0
1975 2
1976 0
1977 2
1978 4
1979 1
1980 1
1981 2
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 3
1989 8
1990 6
1991 5
1992 5
1993 5
1994 11
1995 5
1996 8
1997 10
1998 9
1999 12
2000 8
2001 12
2002 11
2003 17
2004 10
2005 10
2006 18
2007 15
2008 17
2009 15
2010 15
2011 16
2012 20
2013 14
2014 9
2015 24
2016 13
2017 28
2018 11
2019 20
2020 15
2021 22
2022 25
2023 44
2024 11
2025 9
Total 543
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Robert H. Singer publications per year - data summary

  • Robert H. Singer, a Molecular Biology scholar from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has 543 publications recorded across 63 years, from 1963 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1963 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 44 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1963, 1979, 1980, 1982 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 10 of the 63 years in the span carry no publications at all (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.2 per year counting only the 53 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 111 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1963-1983: 20 publications (1.0 per year); 1984-2004: 152 publications (7.2 per year); 2005-2025: 371 publications (17.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Robert H. Singer 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 Robert H. Singer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 447–456 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 449 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11 449
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Robert H. Singer publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 47–56 to 564+ publications.
  • Robert H. Singer, a Molecular Biology scholar from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, records 449 publications - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Robert H. Singer, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 177–186 publications range, and Robert H. Singer ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 117–126 publications, holding 177 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 53% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 177–186 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 564 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Robert H. Singer 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 Robert H. Singer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 130–131 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 131 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13 131
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Robert H. Singer D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 40–41 to 145+ D-Index.
  • Robert H. Singer, a Molecular Biology scholar from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, records 131 D-Index - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Robert H. Singer, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Robert H. Singer ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 64–65 D-Index, holding 131 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 66–67 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert H. Singer is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing notably to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Biophysics, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Robert H. Singer has published research extensively, with recent notable papers including:

  • Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation, 2021, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • A DNA repair pathway can regulate transcriptional noise to promote cell fate transitions, 2021, Science
  • Single-molecule imaging of transcription dynamics in somatic stem cells, 2020, Nature
  • Presynaptic FMRP and local protein synthesis support structural and functional plasticity of glutamatergic axon terminals, 2022, Neuron
  • Cellular variability of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include Gary D. Rhodes, Sulagna Das, Pablo E. Castillo, Young J. Yoon, and Hanae Sato.

The scientist has contributed publications to various venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to research articles, Robert H. Singer has published books with Edinburgh University Press, including titles such as Consuming Images (2020).

Professional recognition includes:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009

Best Publications

  • Localization of ASH1 mRNA Particles in Living Yeast

    Edouard Bertrand;Pascal Chartrand;Matthias Schaefer;Shailesh M. Shenoy

  • Visualization of Single RNA Transcripts in Situ

    Andrea M. Femino;Fredric S. Fay;Fredric S. Fay;Kevin E. Fogarty;Kevin E. Fogarty;Robert H. Singer;Robert H. Singer

  • A general method to improve fluorophores for live-cell and single-molecule microscopy

    Jonathan B Grimm;Brian P English;Jiji Chen;Joel P Slaughter

  • Single-RNA counting reveals alternative modes of gene expression in yeast.

    Daniel Zenklusen;Daniel R Larson;Robert H Singer

  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization: past, present and future.

    Jeffrey M. Levsky;Robert H. Singer

  • Transcriptional pulsing of a developmental gene.

    Jonathan R. Chubb;Jonathan R. Chubb;Tatjana Trcek;Shailesh M. Shenoy;Robert H. Singer

  • From silencing to gene expression: real-time analysis in single cells.

    Susan M Janicki;Toshiro Tsukamoto;Simone E Salghetti;William P Tansey

  • Spatial regulation of beta-actin translation by Src-dependent phosphorylation of ZBP1.

    Stefan Huttelmaier;Stefan Huttelmaier;Daniel Zenklusen;Marcell Lederer;Jason B. Dictenberg

  • In vivo dynamics of RNA polymerase II transcription

    Xavier Darzacq;Yaron Shav-Tal;Yaron Shav-Tal;Valeria de Turris;Yehuda Brody

  • Intracellular localization of messenger RNAs for cytoskeletal proteins

    Jeanne Bentley Lawrence;Robert H. Singer

  • Characterization of a beta-actin mRNA zipcode-binding protein.

    Anthony F. Ross;Yuri Oleynikov;Edward H. Kislauskis;Krishan L. Taneja

  • Real-time observation of transcription initiation and elongation on an endogenous yeast gene.

    Daniel R. Larson;Daniel Zenklusen;Daniel Zenklusen;Bin Wu;Jeffrey A. Chao

  • Sensitive, high-resolution chromatin and chromosome mapping in situ: presence and orientation of two closely integrated copies of EBV in a lymphoma line.

    Jeanne Bentley Lawrence;Carol A. Villnave;Robert H. Singer

  • Foci of trinucleotide repeat transcripts in nuclei of myotonic dystrophy cells and tissues.

    Krishan L. Taneja;Mila McCurrach;Martin Schalling;David Housman

  • Single mRNA molecules demonstrate probabilistic movement in living mammalian cells.

    Dahlene Fusco;Nathalie Accornero;Brigitte Lavoie;Shailesh M. Shenoy

  • Expansion of a CUG trinucleotide repeat in the 3′ untranslated region of myotonic dystrophy protein kinase transcripts results in nuclear retention of transcripts

    Brigid M. Davis;Mila E. McCurrach;Mila E. McCurrach;Krishan L. Taneja;Robert H. Singer

  • Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling

    Jeffrey M. Levsky;Shailesh M. Shenoy;Rossanna C. Pezo;Robert H. Singer

  • Mating Type Switching in Yeast Controlled by Asymmetric Localization of ASH1 mRNA

    Roy M. Long;Robert H. Singer;Robert H. Singer;Xiuhua Meng;Xiuhua Meng;Isabel Gonzalez;Isabel Gonzalez

  • Sequences responsible for intracellular localization of beta-actin messenger RNA also affect cell phenotype.

    Edward H. Kislauskis;Xiaochun Zhu;Robert H. Singer

  • Highly localized tracks of specific transcripts within interphase nuclei visualized by in situ hybridization

    Jeanne Bentley Lawrence;Robert H. Singer;Lisa M. Marselle

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Condeelis
John S. Condeelis Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jeanne B. Lawrence
Jeanne B. Lawrence University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Xavier Darzacq
Xavier Darzacq University of California, Berkeley
Edouard Bertrand
Edouard Bertrand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stefan Hüttelmaier
Stefan Hüttelmaier Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
David L. Stern
David L. Stern Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gary J. Bassell
Gary J. Bassell Emory University
David Grunwald
David Grunwald University of Utah
Ulrich Steidl
Ulrich Steidl Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University

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