2026 Tim R. Mercer: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	53	3677	3470	120	115	101	32695

Overview

Tim R. Mercer is affiliated with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications specifically in Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their academic output includes work covering key topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Notable recent publications include the following papers:

Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations (2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, Nature Reviews Genetics)
Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist (2021, Nature Medicine)
Evaluating the analytical validity of circulating tumor DNA sequencing assays for precision oncology (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
Toward best practice in cancer mutation detection with whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing (2021, Nature Biotechnology)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Ira W. Deveson, Weida Tong, Bindu Swapna Madala, Joshua Xu, and Seth W. Cheetham.

The primary publication venues where their work has appeared comprise:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Genome Biology
Nature Biotechnology
SSRN Electronic Journal

Tim R. Mercer's contributions have centered around advancing understanding in molecular biology and cancer, with specific involvement in RNA-related mechanisms and genomic diagnostics. Their work also spans infectious disease research, including aspects related to SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Best Publications

Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

6975
Citations
Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions

Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;John S. Mattick

6140
Citations
Structure and function of long noncoding RNAs in epigenetic regulation

Tim R Mercer;John S Mattick

1607
Citations
Specific expression of long noncoding RNAs in the mouse brain

Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;Susan M. Sunkin;Mark F. Mehler

1331
Citations
Non‐coding RNAs: regulators of disease

Ryan J Taft;Ken C Pang;Timothy R Mercer;Marcel Dinger

1245
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs in mouse embryonic stem cell pluripotency and differentiation

Marcel E. Dinger;Paulo P. Amaral;Tim R. Mercer;Ken C. Pang;Ken C. Pang

895
Citations
The Human Mitochondrial Transcriptome

Tim R. Mercer;Shane Neph;Marcel E. Dinger;Joanna Crawford

847
Citations
The eukaryotic genome as an RNA machine

Paulo P. Amaral;Marcel E. Dinger;Tim R. Mercer;John S. Mattick

780
Citations
Differentiating protein-coding and noncoding RNA: Challenges and ambiguities

Marcel E. Dinger;Ken C. Pang;Tim R. Mercer;John S. Mattick

650
Citations
Targeted RNA sequencing reveals the deep complexity of the human transcriptome

Tim R Mercer;Daniel J Gerhardt;Marcel E Dinger;Joanna Crawford

544
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs in neuronal-glial fate specification and oligodendrocyte lineage maturation

Tim R Mercer;Irfan A Qureshi;Solen Gokhan;Marcel E Dinger

461
Citations
RNA regulation of epigenetic processes

John S. Mattick;Paulo P. Amaral;Marcel E. Dinger;Tim R. Mercer

437
Citations
SNORD-host RNA Zfas1 is a regulator of mammary development and a potential marker for breast cancer

Marjan E. Askarian-Amiri;Joanna Crawford;Juliet D. French;Chanel E. Smart

367
Citations
Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tim R. Mercer;Marc Salit

355
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs are generated from the mitochondrial genome and regulated by nuclear-encoded proteins

Oliver Rackham;Anne-Marie J. Shearwood;Tim R. Mercer;Stefan M.K. Davies

319
Citations
Extracellular Vesicles from Neural Stem Cells Transfer IFN-γ via Ifngr1 to Activate Stat1 Signaling in Target Cells

Chiara Cossetti;Nunzio Iraci;Nunzio Iraci;Tim R. Mercer;Tommaso Leonardi

304
Citations
NRED: a database of long noncoding RNA expression

Marcel E. Dinger;Ken C. Pang;Tim R. Mercer;Mark L. Crowe

303
Citations
Genome-Wide Identification of Long Noncoding RNAs in CD8+ T Cells

Ken C. Pang;Marcel E. Dinger;Tim R. Mercer;Lorenzo Malquori

271
Citations
RNA processing in human mitochondria

Maria I.G. Lopez Sanchez;Tim R. Mercer;Stefan M.K. Davies;Anne-Marie J. Shearwood

268
Citations
Expression of distinct RNAs from 3′ untranslated regions

Tim R. Mercer;Dagmar Wilhelm;Marcel E. Dinger;Giulia Soldà

262
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Mattick University of New South Wales

Marcel E. Dinger University of Sydney

Lars K. Nielsen University of Queensland

Ryan J. Taft Illumina (United States)

Martin A. Smith Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Aleksandra Filipovska University of Western Australia

Stefano Pluchino University of Cambridge

Mark F. Mehler Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Anton J. Enright University of Cambridge

Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne

External Links

Personal website of Tim R. Mercer

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