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D-Index
48
Citations
11476
World Ranking
18257
National Ranking
7461

Sam John publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sam John sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 77 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Sam John D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sam John sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sam John is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a total of 26 publications in Medicine and 15 in Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields, including Immunology, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

The scientist's research focuses on various key topics, such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Vitamin D Research Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Vasculitis and related conditions, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Adrenal Hormones and Disorders.

Sam John has published articles in multiple reputed venues, frequently contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Gastroenterology, The Journal of Immunology, Nature Immunology, and The Journal of Experimental Medicine. Notable papers include:

  • Autocrine vitamin D signaling switches off pro-inflammatory programs of TH1 cells (2021, Nature Immunology)
  • Immunogenomics of Colorectal Cancer Response to Checkpoint Blockade: Analysis of the KEYNOTE 177 Trial and Validation Cohorts (2021, Gastroenterology)
  • Human marginal zone B cell development from early T2 progenitors (2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
  • CD1d-dependent rewiring of lipid metabolism in macrophages regulates innate immune responses (2022, Nature Communications)
  • An autocrine Vitamin D-driven Th1 shutdown program can be exploited for COVID-19 (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Throughout their research career, Sam John has collaborated with various co-authors, including David D'Cruz, Paul Lavender, Jo Spencer, Daniel Chauss, and Tilo Freiwald. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in immunology and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Chromatin accessibility pre-determines glucocorticoid receptor binding patterns

    Sam John;Peter J. Sabo;Robert E. Thurman;Myong Hee Sung

  • Replication fork stability confers chemoresistance in BRCA-deficient cells

    Arnab Ray Chaudhuri;Elsa Callen;Xia Ding;Ewa Gogola

  • Transcriptional activators direct histone acetyltransferase complexes to nucleosomes

    Rhea T. Utley;Keiko Ikeda;Patrick A. Grant;Jacques Côté

  • Transcription Factor AP1 Potentiates Chromatin Accessibility and Glucocorticoid Receptor Binding

    Simon C. Biddie;Sam John;Pete J. Sabo;Robert E. Thurman

  • Expanded lysine acetylation specificity of Gcn5 in native complexes.

    Patrick A. Grant;Anton Eberharter;Sam John;Richard G. Cook

  • Ultradian hormone stimulation induces glucocorticoid receptor-mediated pulses of gene transcription

    Diana A. Stavreva;Malgorzata Wiench;Sam John;Becky L. Conway-Campbell

  • Extensive chromatin remodelling and establishment of transcription factor 'hotspots' during early adipogenesis

    Rasmus Siersbæk;Ronni Nielsen;Sam John;Myong-Hee Sung

  • Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor with the chromatin landscape.

    Sam John;Peter J. Sabo;Thomas A. Johnson;Myong Hee Sung

  • Dynamic Exchange at Regulatory Elements during Chromatin Remodeling Underlies Assisted Loading Mechanism

    Ty C. Voss;R. Louis Schiltz;Myong Hee Sung;Paul M. Yen

  • Actin-dependent intranuclear repositioning of an active gene locus in vivo

    Miroslav Dundr;Jason K. Ospina;Myong Hee Sung;Sam John

  • The Something About Silencing protein, Sas3, is the catalytic subunit of NuA3, a yTAFII30-containing HAT complex that interacts with the Spt16 subunit of the yeast CP (Cdc68/Pob3)–FACT complex

    Sam John;LeAnn Howe;Stefan T. Tafrov;Patrick A. Grant

  • Histone H3 specific acetyltransferases are essential for cell cycle progression

    LeAnn Howe;Darryl Auston;Patrick Grant;Sam John

  • DNA methylation status predicts cell type-specific enhancer activity

    Malgorzata Wiench;Sam John;Songjoon Baek;Thomas A. Johnson

  • C/EBP maintains chromatin accessibility in liver and facilitates glucocorticoid receptor recruitment to steroid response elements

    Lars Grøntved;Sam John;Songjoon Baek;Ying Liu

  • Dynamic behavior of transcription factors on a natural promoter in living cells.

    Matthias Becker;Christopher Baumann;Sam John;Dawn A. Walker

  • Nucleosome positioning on the MMTV LTR results from the frequency-biased occupancy of multiple frames.

    G Fragoso;S John;M S Roberts;G L Hager

  • HDAC1 Acetylation Is Linked to Progressive Modulation of Steroid Receptor-Induced Gene Transcription

    Yi Qiu;Yingming Zhao;Matthias Becker;Sam John

  • Purified histone acetyltransferase complexes stimulate HIV-1 transcription from preassembled nucleosomal arrays

    David J. Steger;Anton Eberharter;Sam John;Patrick A. Grant

  • Diverse gene reprogramming events occur in the same spatial clusters of distal regulatory elements.

    Ofir Hakim;Myong Hee Sung;Ty C. Voss;Erik Splinter

  • Overlapping chromatin-remodeling systems collaborate genome wide at dynamic chromatin transitions

    Stephanie A Morris;Songjoon Baek;Myong-Hee Sung;Sam John

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon L. Hager
Gordon L. Hager National Institutes of Health
Jerry L. Workman
Jerry L. Workman Stowers Institute for Medical Research
John A. Stamatoyannopoulos
John A. Stamatoyannopoulos University of Washington
Patrick A. Grant
Patrick A. Grant University of Virginia
André Nussenzweig
André Nussenzweig National Institutes of Health
David J. Steger
David J. Steger University of Pennsylvania
Sven Rottenberg
Sven Rottenberg University of Bern
Tom Owen-Hughes
Tom Owen-Hughes University of Dundee
Charles Vinson
Charles Vinson National Institutes of Health
Thomas Ried
Thomas Ried National Institutes of Health

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