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 L. Jernigan sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 336 publications — 85th percentile
85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
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 L. Jernigan sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 71 D-Index — 57th percentile
57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
Robert L. Jernigan is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology. Additional subfields include materials chemistry, spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and cell biology.
The scientist's main areas of work cover several topics, notably protein structure and dynamics, enzyme structure and function, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, genomics and phylogenetic studies, machine learning in bioinformatics, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, and microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.
Frequent coauthors include Kejue Jia, Andrzej Kloczkowski, Pranav M. Khade, Ambuj Kumar, and Eshel Faraggi.
Jernigan's publications frequently appear in Biophysical Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Methods in Molecular Biology, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jernigan include:
In 1999, Robert L. Jernigan was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Sanzo Miyazawa;Robert L. Jernigan
A.R. Atilgan;S.R. Durell;R.L. Jernigan;M.C. Demirel
Sanzo Miyazawa;Sanzo Miyazawa;Robert L. Jernigan;Robert L. Jernigan
A. Abe;R. L. Jernigan;P. J. Flory
L. Young;R.L. Jernigan;D.G. Covell
I. Bahar;I. Bahar;R.L. Jernigan
Robert L Jernigan;Ivet Bahar
Yongmei Wang;A.J. Rader;Ivet Bahar;Robert L. Jernigan
Feng Long;Chih-Chia Su;Michael T. Zimmermann;Scott E. Boyken
David G. Covell;Robert L. Jernigan
Lei Yang;Guang Song;Robert L. Jernigan
Pemra Doruker;Robert L. Jernigan;Ivet Bahar
Ivet Bahar;Burak Erman;Robert L. Jernigan;Ali Rana Atilgan
Taner Z. Sen;Robert L. Jernigan;Jean Garnier;Andrzej Kloczkowski
Lei Yang;Guang Song;Robert L. Jernigan
Chih-Chia Su;Feng Long;Michael T. Zimmermann;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar
William R. Church;Robert L. Jernigan;Jay Toole;Rodney M. Hewick
Michael Terribilini;Jeffry D. Sander;Jae-Hyung Lee;Peter Zaback
Sanzo Miyazawa;Robert L. Jernigan
Moon K. Kim;Robert L. Jernigan;Gregory S. Chirikjian
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