2026 Taekjip Ha: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	112	891	791	556	483	545	49721

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

112

891

791

556

483

545

49721

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

112

Citations

49721

World Ranking

891

National Ranking

556

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Taekjip Ha is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biophysics, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
DNA Repair Mechanisms
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Taekjip Ha has contributed multiple papers to well-known venues throughout their career. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biophysical Journal
Nature Communications
Molecular Cell
Nucleic Acids Research

Some recent papers from their work include:

"FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices," 2021, eLife
"Very fast CRISPR on demand," 2020, Science
"Mechanical stress determines the configuration of TGFβ activation in articular cartilage," 2021, Nature Communications
"Measuring DNA mechanics on the genome scale," 2020, Nature
"Reliability and accuracy of single-molecule FRET studies for characterization of structural dynamics and distances in proteins," 2023, Nature Methods

Taekjip Ha has collaborated extensively, with frequent co-authors including:

Roger S. Zou
Sua Myong
Momčilo Gavrilov
Jaba Mitra
Alberto Marín-González

In 2003, Taekjip Ha was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

A practical guide to single-molecule FRET

Rahul Roy;Sungchul Hohng;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

2438
Citations
Myosin V Walks Hand-Over-Hand: Single Fluorophore Imaging with 1.5-nm Localization

Ahmet Yildiz;Joseph N. Forkey;Sean A. McKinney;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

2326
Citations
Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

Carsten Grashoff;Brenton D. Hoffman;Michael D. Brenner;Ruobo Zhou

1740
Citations
A single-molecule study of RNA catalysis and folding.

Xiaowei Zhuang;Laura E. Bartley;Hazen P. Babcock;Rick Russell

943
Citations
Advances in Single-Molecule Fluorescence Methods for Molecular Biology

Chirlmin Joo;Hamza Balci;Yuji Ishitsuka;Chittanon Buranachai

909
Citations
Nonblinking and long-lasting single-molecule fluorescence imaging

Ivan Rasnik;Sean A McKinney;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

864
Citations
Analysis of Single-Molecule FRET Trajectories Using Hidden Markov Modeling

Sean A. McKinney;Chirlmin Joo;Taekjip Ha

850
Citations
Photophysics of Fluorescent Probes for Single-Molecule Biophysics and Super-Resolution Imaging

Taekjip Ha;Philip Tinnefeld

811
Citations
Probing Single-Stranded DNA Conformational Flexibility Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy

M.C. Murphy;Ivan Rasnik;Wei Cheng;Timothy M. Lohman

745
Citations
Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of enzyme conformational dynamics and cleavage mechanism

Taekjip Ha;Alice Y. Ting;Joy Liang;W. Brett Caldwell

717
Citations
Single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer on freely diffusing molecules: Observation of Förster distance dependence and subpopulations

Ashok A. Deniz;Maxime Dahan;Jocelyn R. Grunwell;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

678
Citations
Near-complete suppression of quantum dot blinking in ambient conditions.

Sungchul Hohng;Taekjip Ha

643
Citations
Initiation and re-initiation of DNA unwinding by the Escherichia coli Rep helicase

Taekjip Ha;Ivan Rasnik;Wei Cheng;Hazen P. Babcock

580
Citations
Defining single molecular forces required to activate integrin and notch signaling.

Xuefeng Wang;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

545
Citations
Precision and accuracy of single-molecule FRET measurements—a multi-laboratory benchmark study

Björn Hellenkamp;Björn Hellenkamp;Sonja Schmid;Sonja Schmid;Olga Doroshenko;Oleg Opanasyuk

504
Citations
Probing cellular protein complexes using single-molecule pull-down

Ankur Jain;Ruijie Liu;Biswarathan Ramani;Edwin Arauz

465
Citations
Cytosolic Viral Sensor RIG-I Is a 5′-Triphosphate-Dependent Translocase on Double-Stranded RNA

Su-A Myong;Sheng Cui;Peter V. Cornish;Peter V. Cornish;Axel Kirchhofer

451
Citations
Spontaneous intersubunit rotation in single ribosomes.

Peter V. Cornish;Dmitri N. Ermolenko;Harry F. Noller;Taekjip Ha;Taekjip Ha

438
Citations
Structural dynamics of individual Holliday junctions.

Sean A. McKinney;Anne Cécile Déclais;David M.J. Lilley;Taekjip Ha

426
Citations
Single-molecule techniques

Paul R. Selvin;Taekjip. Ha

414
Citations