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Robert K. Mortimer 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. Mortimer sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 104 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert K. Mortimer 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. Mortimer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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. Mortimer was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research activity spanned across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Food Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics explored in their work included:

  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their recent publications demonstrated involvement in prominent research areas related to genomic resources, chromatin dynamics, and data sharing standards:

  • "The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes" (2020), published in Nature
  • "The Gene Ontology knowledgebase in 2023" (2023), published in Genetics
  • "An atlas of dynamic chromatin landscapes in mouse fetal development" (2020), published in Nature
  • "GA4GH: International policies and standards for data sharing across genomic research and healthcare" (2021), published in Cell Genomics

Robert K. Mortimer frequently collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. The most common co-authors included Suzi Aleksander, Stuart R. Miyasato, Stacia R. Engel, Robert S Nash, and Edith D. Wong.

Their work was regularly published in journals recognized in the genetics and molecular biology community, with frequent venues being:

  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Cell

Best Publications

  • Life Span of Individual Yeast Cells

    Robert K. Mortimer;John R. Johnston

  • GENETIC CONTROL OF THE CELL DIVISION CYCLE IN YEAST: V. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF cdc MUTANTS

    Leland H. Hartwell;Robert K. Mortimer;Joseph Culotti;Marilyn Culotti

  • GENEALOGY OF PRINCIPAL STRAINS OF THE YEAST GENETIC STOCK CENTER

    Robert K. Mortimer;John R. Johnston

  • Genetic and physical maps of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    J. Michael Cherry;Catherine Ball;Shuai Weng;Gail Juvik

  • A genetic study of x-ray sensitive mutants in yeast.

    J.C. Game;R.K. Mortimer

  • Recombination in yeast.

    Seymour Fogel;Robert K. Mortimer

  • On the origins of wine yeast.

    Robert Mortimer;Mario Polsinelli

  • Genetic map of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, edition 10.

    Mortimer Rk;Schild D;Contopoulou Cr;Kans Ja

  • Evolution and Variation of the Yeast (Saccharomyces) Genome

    Robert K. Mortimer

  • Evidence for S. cerevisiae fermentation in ancient wine.

    Duccio Cavalieri;Patrick E. McGovern;Daniel L. Hartl;Robert Mortimer

  • Genome renewal: A new phenomenon revealed from a genetic study of 43 strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae derived from natural fermentation of grape musts

    Robert K. Mortimer;Patrizia Romano;Giovanna Suzzi;Mario Polsinelli

  • RADIOBIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES ON A POLYPLOID SERIES (HAPLOID TO HEXAPLOID) OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

    Robert K. Mortimer

  • Genetic Mapping in Saccharomyces IV. Mapping of Temperature-Sensitive Genes and Use of Disomic Strains in Localizing Genes.

    R. K. Mortimer;D. C. Hawthorne

  • Use of snail digestive juice in isolation of yeast spore tetrads.

    John R. Johnston;Robert K. Mortimer

  • Unsaturated Fatty Acid Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Michael A. Resnick;Robert K. Mortimer

  • Regulation of RAD54- and RAD52-lacZ gene fusions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to DNA damage.

    G M Cole;D Schild;S T Lovett;R K Mortimer

  • Conversion-Associated Recombination in Yeast

    Donald D. Hurst;Seymour Fogel;Robert K. Mortimer

  • A Polymerization Model of Chiasma Interference and Corresponding Computer Simulation

    J S King;R K Mortimer

  • Mechanisms of Meiotic Gene Conversion, or “Wanderings on a Foreign Strand”

    Seymour Fogel;Robert K. Mortimer;Karin Lusnak

  • Characterization of null mutants of the RAD55 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: effects of temperature, osmotic strength and mating type.

    Susan T. Lovett;Robert K. Mortimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Romano
Patrizia Romano University of Basilicata
Giovanna Suzzi
Giovanna Suzzi University of Teramo
Bernard A. Prior
Bernard A. Prior Stellenbosch University
Susan T. Lovett
Susan T. Lovett Brandeis University
Michael A. Resnick
Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health
J. Michael Cherry
J. Michael Cherry Stanford University
Duccio Cavalieri
Duccio Cavalieri University of Florence
Marian Carlson
Marian Carlson Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University

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