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Robert J. C. Gilbert

Robert J. C. Gilbert

University of Oxford
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14269
World Ranking
10219
National Ranking
779

Robert J. C. Gilbert publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 184 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robert J. C. Gilbert D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. C. Gilbert sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert J. C. Gilbert is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed to various topics, including:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Structure and mechanism of bactericidal mammalian perforin-2, an ancient agent of innate immunity" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Hedgehog-Interacting Protein is a multimodal antagonist of Hedgehog signalling" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Perforin-2 clockwise hand-over-hand pre-pore to pore transition mechanism" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Cryo-EM structures of perforin-2 in isolation and assembled on a membrane suggest a mechanism for pore formation" (2022) published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Electron microscopy as a critical tool in the determination of pore forming mechanisms in proteins" (2021) published in Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Tao Ni, Peijun Zhang, Xiulian Yu, Gangshun Yi, and Mingda Ye.

Their work has been published extensively across several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • European Biophysics Journal
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Processing of tumour necrosis factor-alpha precursor by metalloproteinases

    A. J. H. Gearing;P. Beckett;M. Christodoulou;M. Churchill

  • The interaction properties of costimulatory molecules revisited.

    Alison V. Collins;Douglas W. Brodie;Robert J.C. Gilbert;Andrea Iaboni

  • The long and short of microRNA.

    Luke A. Yates;Chris J. Norbury;Robert J.C. Gilbert

  • Structural Basis of Pore Formation by the Bacterial Toxin Pneumolysin

    Sarah J. Tilley;Elena V. Orlova;Robert J.C. Gilbert;Robert J.C. Gilbert;Peter W. Andrew

  • A mechanical explanation of RNA pseudoknot function in programmed ribosomal frameshifting

    Olivier Namy;Stephen J. Moran;David I. Stuart;Robert J. C. Gilbert

  • Matrix metalloproteinases and processing of pro-TNF-alpha.

    A J Gearing;P Beckett;M Christodoulou;M Churchill

  • Initiation of T cell signaling by CD45 segregation at 'close contacts'

    Veronica T Chang;Ricardo A Fernandes;Kristina A Ganzinger;Steven F Lee

  • Transgenic potato plants with enhanced resistance to the tomato moth, Lacanobia oleracea: growth room trials

    Angharad M.R. Gatehouse;Gillian M. Davison;Christine A. Newell;Andrew Merryweather

  • Structure and dimerization of a soluble form of B7-1.

    S Ikemizu;R J Gilbert;R J Gilbert;J A Fennelly;A V Collins

  • The Nsp9 Replicase Protein of Sars-Coronavirus, Structure and Functional Insights

    Geoff Sutton;Elizabeth Fry;Lester Carter;Sarah Sainsbury

  • Pore-forming toxins.

    R J C Gilbert

  • Viral RNA pseudoknots: versatile motifs in gene expression and replication.

    Ian Brierley;Simon Pennell;Robert J C Gilbert

  • Structural basis of Nipah and Hendra virus attachment to their cell-surface receptor ephrin-B2

    T.A Bowden;A.R Aricescu;R.J Gilbert;J.M Grimes

  • Crystal structure of a soluble CD28-Fab complex

    E J Evans;R M Esnouf;R Manso-Sancho;Gilbert Rjc.

  • Human erythrocytes bind and inactivate type 5 adenovirus by presenting Coxsackie virus-adenovirus receptor and complement receptor 1

    Robert C. Carlisle;Ying Di;Anna M. Cerny;Andreas F.-P. Sonnen

  • Two structural transitions in membrane pore formation by pneumolysin, the pore-forming toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Robert J.C Gilbert;Jose L Jiménez;Shaoxia Chen;Ian J Tickle

  • Structural and Molecular Basis of Znrf3/Rnf43 Transmembrane Ubiquitin Ligase Inhibition by the Wnt Agonist R-Spondin.

    Matthias Zebisch;Yang Xu;Yang Xu;Christos Krastev;Bryan T. MacDonald

  • Molecular Determinants of Sphingomyelin Specificity of a Eukaryotic Pore-forming Toxin *

    Biserka Bakrač;Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre;Zdravko Podlesek;Andreas F.-P. Sonnen

  • Structure of the Fungal Beta-Glucan-Binding Immune Receptor Dectin-1: Implications for Function.

    J. Brown;C.A. O'Callaghan;A.S.J. Marshall;R.J.C. Gilbert

  • Dual interaction of JAM-C with JAM-B and alpha(M)beta2 integrin: function in junctional complexes and leukocyte adhesion.

    Chrystelle Lamagna;Paolo Meda;Guillaume Mandicourt;James Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford
Gregor Anderluh
Gregor Anderluh University of Ljubljana
Christian Siebold
Christian Siebold University of Oxford
Karl Harlos
Karl Harlos University of Oxford
Peter W. Andrew
Peter W. Andrew University of Leicester
Simon J. Davis
Simon J. Davis University of Oxford
David J. Rowlands
David J. Rowlands University of Leeds
Ian Brierley
Ian Brierley University of Cambridge
Mauro Dalla Serra
Mauro Dalla Serra Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Raymond J. Owens
Raymond J. Owens University of Oxford

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