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Robert K. Jansen publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert K. Jansen sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 197 publications — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Robert K. Jansen D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert K. Jansen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert K. Jansen is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses on various areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing extensively to the fields of molecular biology, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and genetics.

The scientist's work has covered multiple topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Among recent publications by Robert K. Jansen are:

  • Highly Resolved Papilionoid Legume Phylogeny Based on Plastid Phylogenomics, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The chicken or the egg? Plastome evolution and an independent loss of the inverted repeat in papilionoid legumes, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Under the rug: Abandoning persistent misconceptions that obfuscate organelle evolution, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Plastid Genome Assembly Using Long-read data, 2023, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Transcriptomic Analysis of Salt-Stress-Responsive Genes in Barley Roots and Leaves, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Tracey A. Ruhlman
  • In-Su Choi
  • Domingos Cardoso
  • Martin F. Wojciechowski
  • Chaehee Lee

The main publication venues for Robert K. Jansen's work comprise:

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Automatic annotation of organellar genomes with DOGMA

    Stacia K. Wyman;Robert K. Jansen;Jeffrey L. Boore

  • Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns.

    Robert K. Jansen;Zhengqiu Cai;Linda A. Raubeson;Henry Daniell

  • Hybridization and the Extinction of Rare Plant Species

    Donald A. Levin;Javier Francisco-Ortega;Robert K. Jansen

  • Chloroplast DNA variation and plant phylogeny.

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;Robert K. Jansen;Helen J. Michaels;Mark W. Chase

  • The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Pelargonium × hortorum: Organization and Evolution of the Largest and Most Highly Rearranged Chloroplast Genome of Land Plants

    Timothy W. Chumley;Jeffrey D. Palmer;Jeffrey P. Mower;H. Matthew Fourcade

  • Methods for Obtaining and Analyzing Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequences

    Robert K Jansen;Linda A Raubeson;Jeffrey L Boore;Claude W dePamphilis

  • Everywhere but Antarctica: using a supertree to understand the diversity and distribution of the Compositae.

    V. A. Funk;R.J. Bayer;S. Keeley;R. Chan

  • Extreme Reconfiguration of Plastid Genomes in the Angiosperm Family Geraniaceae: Rearrangements, Repeats, and Codon Usage

    Mary M. Guisinger;Mary M. Guisinger;Jennifer V. Kuehl;Jeffrey L. Boore;Jeffrey L. Boore;Robert K. Jansen

  • Comparative chloroplast genomics: Analyses including new sequences from the angiosperms Nuphar advena and Ranunculus macranthus

    Linda A Raubeson;Rhiannon Peery;Timothy W Chumley;Chris Dziubek

  • Plastid Genomes of Seed Plants

    Robert K. Jansen;Robert K. Jansen;Tracey A. Ruhlman;Tracey A. Ruhlman

  • CHLOROPLAST DNA EVIDENCE FOR THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF TOMATOES, POTATOES, AND PEPINOS (SOLANACEAE)

    David M. Spooner;Gregory J. Anderson;Robert K. Jansen

  • A chloroplast DNA inversion marks an ancient evolutionary split in the sunflower family (Asteraceae)

    Robert K. Jansen;Jeffrey D. Palmer

  • Chloroplast genomes of plants.

    L. A. Raubeson;R. K. Jansen;R. J. Henry

  • Reconstruction of the Ancestral Plastid Genome in Geraniaceae Reveals a Correlation between Genome Rearrangements, Repeats, and Nucleotide Substitution Rates

    Mao-Lun Weng;John C. Blazier;Madhumita Govindu;Robert K. Jansen;Robert K. Jansen

  • ndhF sequence evolution and the major clades in the sunflower family.

    Ki Joong Kim;Robert K. Jansen

  • Extensive Rearrangements in the Chloroplast Genome of Trachelium caeruleum Are Associated with Repeats and tRNA Genes

    Rosemarie C. Haberle;Rosemarie C. Haberle;H. Matthew Fourcade;Jeffrey L. Boore;Robert K. Jansen

  • A comparative analysis of the Lactuca and Helianthus (Asteraceae) plastid genomes: identification of divergent regions and categorization of shared repeats

    Ruth E. Timme;Jennifer V. Kuehl;Jeffrey L. Boore;Jeffrey L. Boore;Robert K. Jansen

  • Two Chloroplast DNA Inversions Originated Simultaneously During the Early Evolution of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

    Ki Joong Kim;Keung Sun Choi;Robert K. Jansen

  • Chloroplast DNA evidence on the ancient evolutionary split in vascular land plants.

    Linda A. Raubeson;Robert K. Jansen

  • Phylogenetic analyses of Vitis (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among rosids.

    Robert K Jansen;Charalambos Kaittanis;Christopher Saski;Seung-Bum Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey D. Palmer
Jeffrey D. Palmer Indiana University
Njud S. Alharbi
Njud S. Alharbi King Abdulaziz University
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Jeffrey P. Mower
Jeffrey P. Mower University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Stephen R. Downie
Stephen R. Downie University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tandy Warnow
Tandy Warnow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vijaya Ramachandran
Vijaya Ramachandran The University of Texas at Austin

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