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D-Index
66
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76110
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2556
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326

Sam Griffiths-Jones 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 Sam Griffiths-Jones sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 127 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sam Griffiths-Jones 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 Sam Griffiths-Jones sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sam Griffiths-Jones is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive contributions to Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Ecology, Immunology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their scholarly work spans a range of interconnected topics, including:

  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Griffiths-Jones has coauthored multiple papers with several frequent collaborators, notably:

  • Matthew Ronshaugen (10 joint publications)
  • Anton I. Petrov (7 joint publications)
  • Nancy Ontiveros-Palacios (6 joint publications)
  • Blake Sweeney (6 joint publications)
  • Elena Rivas (5 joint publications)

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, with a higher concentration in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 13 papers
  • Nucleic Acids Research - 4 papers
  • Scientific Reports - 4 papers
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics - 3 papers
  • Nature Genetics - 2 papers

Among selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Griffiths-Jones are:

  • "Rfam 14: expanded coverage of metagenomic, viral and microRNA families" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "RNAcentral 2021: secondary structure integration, improved sequence search and new member databases" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum" (2020), published in BMC Genomics
  • "A guide to naming human non-coding RNA genes" (2020), published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Rfam 15: RNA families database in 2025" (2024), published in Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

    Christopher Ponting;Daniel Barker

  • miRBase: microRNA sequences, targets and gene nomenclature

    Sam Griffiths-Jones;Russell J. Grocock;Stijn van Dongen;Alex Bateman

  • miRBase: annotating high confidence microRNAs using deep sequencing data.

    Ana Kozomara;Sam Griffiths-Jones

  • miRBase: tools for microRNA genomics

    Sam Griffiths-Jones;Harpreet Kaur Saini;Stijn van Dongen;Anton J. Enright

  • miRBase: integrating microRNA annotation and deep-sequencing data

    Ana Kozomara;Sam Griffiths-Jones

  • miRBase: from microRNA sequences to function

    Ana Kozomara;Maria Birgaoanu;Sam Griffiths-Jones

  • The microRNA Registry

    Sam Griffiths-Jones

  • Identification of Mammalian microRNA Host Genes and Transcription Units

    Antony Rodriguez;Sam Griffiths-Jones;Jennifer L. Ashurst;Allan Bradley

  • Pfam: clans, web tools and services

    Robert D. Finn;Jaina Mistry;Benjamin Schuster-Böckler;Sam Griffiths-Jones

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • A uniform system for microRNA annotation

    Victor R. Ambros;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel;Christopher B. Burge

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The InterPro Database, 2003 brings increased coverage and new features

    Nicola J Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K Attwood;Amos Marc Bairoch

  • Rfam: an RNA family database

    Sam Griffiths-Jones;Alex Bateman;Mhairi Marshall;Ajay Khanna

  • Rfam: annotating non-coding RNAs in complete genomes

    Sam Griffiths-Jones;Simon Moxon;Mhairi Marshall;Ajay Khanna

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • The genome sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A platform for comparative genomics

    Lincoln D Stein;Zhirong Bao;Zhirong Bao;Darin Blasiar;Thomas Blumenthal

  • Rfam: updates to the RNA families database

    Paul P. Gardner;Jennifer Daub;John G. Tate;Eric P. Nawrocki

  • miRBase:The MicroRNA Sequence Database

    Sam Griffiths-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Bateman
Alex Bateman European Bioinformatics Institute
Sean R. Eddy
Sean R. Eddy Harvard University
Elspeth A. Bruford
Elspeth A. Bruford University of Cambridge
Adam Frankish
Adam Frankish European Bioinformatics Institute
Anton J. Enright
Anton J. Enright University of Cambridge
Todd M. Lowe
Todd M. Lowe University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Mark S. Searle
Mark S. Searle University of Nottingham
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou University Of Thessaly
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge

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