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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 132 175 156 110 98 332 61910

Roger D. Kornberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roger D. Kornberg between 1965 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roger D. Kornberg published across 61 years, from 1965 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 1994. 10 of the 376 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1965 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 1994. 1965: 2 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 4 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 1 publication 1981: 3 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 3 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 13 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 16 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 15 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 6 publications
1965 2025

376 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roger D. Kornberg: publications per year, 1965 to 2025
Year Publications
1965 2
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 2
1973 0
1974 2
1975 4
1976 1
1977 2
1978 3
1979 1
1980 1
1981 3
1982 1
1983 3
1984 0
1985 4
1986 5
1987 7
1988 8
1989 6
1990 11
1991 11
1992 13
1993 6
1994 16
1995 12
1996 15
1997 9
1998 11
1999 11
2000 10
2001 10
2002 8
2003 9
2004 13
2005 8
2006 9
2007 13
2008 8
2009 15
2010 4
2011 13
2012 7
2013 3
2014 7
2015 8
2016 3
2017 10
2018 5
2019 3
2020 2
2021 12
2022 6
2023 9
2024 4
2025 6
Total 376
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Roger D. Kornberg 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 Roger D. Kornberg 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, 327–336 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: 332 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.

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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 42 332
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
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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Roger D. Kornberg 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 Roger D. Kornberg 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, 132–133 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: 132 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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
132–133 14 132
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2006 - Nobel Prize for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
  • 2006 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 2005 - Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
  • 2002 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2001 - Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation
  • 2000 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Roger D. Kornberg is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, particularly focusing on Molecular Biology as the primary subfield. Additional subfields of interest include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Structural Biology; Materials Chemistry; and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Molecular Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Roger D. Kornberg are:

  • "3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type," 2021, Science
  • "Primary Role of the Nucleosome," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Simple biochemical features underlie transcriptional activation domain diversity and dynamic, fuzzy binding to Mediator," 2021, eLife
  • "Structure of mitotic chromosomes," 2021, Molecular Cell
  • "Accurate determination of solvation free energies of neutral organic compounds from first principles," 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Kornberg include:

  • David Bushnell
  • Andrew J. Beel
  • Heqiao Zhang
  • Erez Lieberman Aiden
  • Leonid Pereyaslavets

Roger D. Kornberg has received several awards throughout their career, including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2012)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2009)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University (2006)
  • Nobel Prize (2006) for studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
  • Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (2005)
  • Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (2002)
  • Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation (2001)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (1994)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1993)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1993)

Best Publications

  • Chromatin structure: a repeating unit of histones and DNA.

    Roger D. Kornberg

  • Structure of a thiol monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle at 1.1 A resolution

    Pablo D. Jadzinsky;Guillermo Calero;Christopher J. Ackerson;David A. Bushnell

  • Twenty-Five Years of the Nucleosome, Fundamental Particle of the Eukaryote Chromosome

    Roger D Kornberg;Yahli Lorch

  • Structure of chromatin.

    Roger D. Kornberg

  • Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II at 2.8 angstrom resolution.

    Patrick Cramer;David A. Bushnell;Roger D. Kornberg

  • A Multiprotein Mediator of Transcriptional Activation and Its Interaction with the C-Terminal Repeat Domain of RNA Polymerase II

    Young Joon Kim;Stefan Björklund;Yang Li;Michael H. Sayre

  • Chromatin structure; oligomers of the histones.

    Roger D. Kornberg;Jean O. Thomas

  • Structural Basis of Transcription: An RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex at 3.3 Å Resolution

    Averell L. Gnatt;Patrick Cramer;T. Jianhua Fu;David A. Bushnell

  • An octamer of histones in chromatin and free in solution.

    Jean O. Thomas;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Action of micrococcal nuclease on chromatin and the location of histone H1

    Markus Noll;Roger D. Kornberg

  • RSC, an Essential, Abundant Chromatin-Remodeling Complex

    Bradley R. Cairns;Yahli Lorch;Yang Li;Mincheng Zhang

  • Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implications for the transcription mechanism.

    Patrick Cramer;David A. Bushnell;Jianhua Fu;Averell L. Gnatt

  • Mediator and the mechanism of transcriptional activation.

    Roger D. Kornberg

  • Nucleosomes inhibit the initiation of transcription but allow chain elongation with the displacement of histones

    Yahli Lorch;Janice W. LaPointe;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Synthetic peptides as nuclear localization signals.

    David S. Goldfarb;Jean Gariépy;Gary Schoolnik;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Two DNA-binding factors recognize specific sequences at silencers, upstream activating sequences, autonomously replicating sequences, and telomeres in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    A R Buchman;W J Kimmerly;J Rine;R D Kornberg

  • A novel mediator between activator proteins and the RNA polymerase II transcription apparatus

    Raymond J. Kelleher;Peter M. Flanagan;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Relationship of CDK-activating kinase and RNA polymerase II CTD kinase TFIIH/TFIIK

    William J. Feaver;Jesper Q. Svejstrup;N. Lynn Henry;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Mediator of transcriptional regulation.

    Lawrence C. Myers;Roger D. Kornberg

  • A multisubunit complex containing the SWI1/ADR6, SWI2/SNF2, SWI3, SNF5, and SNF6 gene products isolated from yeast.

    Bradley R. Cairns;Young Joon Kim;Michael H. Sayre;Brehon C. Laurent

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesper Q. Svejstrup
Jesper Q. Svejstrup University of Copenhagen
Bradley R. Cairns
Bradley R. Cairns University of Utah
Errol C. Friedberg
Errol C. Friedberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Paul Tempst
Paul Tempst Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Patrick Cramer
Patrick Cramer Max Planck Society
Aled M. Edwards
Aled M. Edwards Structural Genomics Consortium
Claes M. Gustafsson
Claes M. Gustafsson University of Gothenburg
Yang Li
Yang Li Tianjin University
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage New York University
Philip C. Robinson
Philip C. Robinson University of Queensland

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