William Greenleaf Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
William Greenleaf's h-index is 93 (183 i10-index, 54,616+ total citations across 364+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. William Greenleaf is affiliated with Associate Professor of Genetics, Stanford University.
William Greenleaf is a researcher affiliated with Associate Professor of Genetics, Stanford University, specializing in chromatin structure, high-throughput biochemistry, single molecule biophysics. Their work has been cited 54,616 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
William Greenleaf's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 364 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 93
- i10-Index
- 183
- Total Citations
- 54,616
- Citing Countries
- 47
As of October 2026.
William Greenleaf has an h-index of 93 and 54,616 total citations across 364 publications, with research cited by institutions in 47 countries.
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Transposition of native chromatin for fast and sensitive epigenomic profiling of open chromatin, DNA-binding proteins and nucleosome position
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The researcher established and refined ATAC-seq as a standard method for genome-wide chromatin accessibility analysis, significantly improving protocol robustness and broadening its applicability to frozen tissues.
The researcher developed a transposition-based method for fast, sensitive epigenomic profiling of open chromatin, DNA-binding proteins, and nucleosome positions, as detailed in a seminal 2013 Nature Methods paper.
The researcher established foundational principles of regulatory variation by applying single-cell chromatin accessibility analysis, a contribution recognized as seminal in the field.
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About William Greenleaf's research
William Greenleaf is a researcher in chromatin structure, high-throughput biochemistry and single molecule biophysics at Associate Professor of Genetics, Stanford University. Their work has been cited 54,616 times across 364 publications (h-index 93), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Transposition of native chromatin for fast and sensitive epigenomic profiling of open chromatin, DNA-binding proteins and nucleosome position” (2013), has accumulated 7,595 citations. Other influential works include “ATAC‐seq: A Method for Assaying Chromatin Accessibility Genome‐Wide” (2015) with 4,310 citations and “An improved ATAC-seq protocol reduces background and enables interrogation of frozen tissues” (2017) with 2,828 citations.
Citations of William Greenleaf's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
