A. Keith Dunker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by A. Keith Dunker between 1969 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. A. Keith Dunker published across 56 years, from 1969 to 2024, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2012. 4 of the 326 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20

1969 2024

326 publications in total across all disciplines

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A. Keith Dunker: publications per year, 1969 to 2024
Year	Publications
1969	1
1970	0
1971	1
1972	0
1973	0
1974	1
1975	1
1976	0
1977	0
1978	1
1979	2
1980	2
1981	1
1982	2
1983	0
1984	1
1985	0
1986	2
1987	3
1988	0
1989	0
1990	2
1991	0
1992	1
1993	2
1994	5
1995	0
1996	3
1997	1
1998	5
1999	2
2000	4
2001	10
2002	10
2003	8
2004	10
2005	13
2006	12
2007	23
2008	21
2009	19
2010	16
2011	23
2012	24
2013	18
2014	13
2015	8
2016	6
2017	6
2018	8
2019	9
2020	14
2021	4
2022	4
2023	2
2024	2
Total	326

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A. Keith Dunker publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Keith Dunker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150

47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 287 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
47–56	7
57–66	17
67–76	65
77–86	90
87–96	125
97–106	131
107–116	162
117–126	177
127–136	158
137–146	158
147–156	146
157–166	159
167–176	131
177–186	110
187–196	112
197–206	100
207–216	89
217–226	98
227–236	74
237–246	72
247–256	63
257–266	53
267–276	54
277–286	49
287–296	52	287
297–306	43
307–316	46
317–326	41
327–336	42
337–346	31
347–356	28
357–366	29
367–376	26
377–386	24
387–396	24
397–406	14
407–416	13
417–426	20
427–436	12
437–446	20
447–456	11
457–466	10
467–476	14
477–486	14
487–496	10
497–506	13
507–516	13
517–526	2
527–536	4
537–546	6
547–556	8
557–563	6
564+	100

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A. Keith Dunker D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Keith Dunker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

25 50 75 100 125

40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
40–41	36
42–43	101
44–45	115
46–47	121
48–49	118
50–51	130
52–53	106
54–55	116
56–57	113
58–59	129
60–61	120
62–63	105
64–65	131
66–67	95
68–69	97
70–71	106
72–73	83
74–75	89
76–77	77
78–79	70
80–81	73
82–83	60
84–85	48
86–87	45
88–89	50
90–91	31
92–93	51
94–95	43
96–97	38
98–99	39
100–101	41
102–103	29
104–105	33	105
106–107	35
108–109	20
110–111	38
112–113	19
114–115	28
116–117	13
118–119	23
120–121	16
122–123	15
124–125	11
126–127	21
128–129	7
130–131	13
132–133	14
134–135	17
136–137	9
138–139	8
140–141	16
142–143	7
144	7
145+	100

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Overview

A. Keith Dunker is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable work in medicine. The scientist's subfields of study include molecular biology, infectious diseases, cell biology, animal science and zoology, and ecology.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics with a strong emphasis on protein science and viral research. Key areas of study include protein structure and dynamics, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, machine learning in bioinformatics, animal virus infection studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Publications by the scientist have appeared frequently in journals such as Biomolecules, Cell Communication and Signaling, Microbial Pathogenesis, Nature Methods, and Nucleic Acids Research. The number of publications in these venues reflects their engagement with specific research communities:

Biomolecules (4 publications)
Cell Communication and Signaling (2 publications)
Microbial Pathogenesis (2 publications)
Nature Methods (1 publication)
Nucleic Acids Research (1 publication)

Among the recent papers associated with A. Keith Dunker are the following:

Critical assessment of protein intrinsic disorder prediction, 2021, Nature Methods
Intrinsically disordered proteins play diverse roles in cell signaling, 2022, Cell Communication and Signaling
On the roles of intrinsically disordered proteins and regions in cell communication and signaling, 2021, Cell Communication and Signaling
Shell disorder analysis predicts greater resilience of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outside the body and in body fluids, 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
DescribePROT: database of amino acid-level protein structure and function predictions, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Collaborative efforts have been a part of their research profile, with frequent co-authors including Vladimir N. Uversky, Gerard Kian-Meng Goh, James A. Foster, Lukasz Kurgan, and Christopher J. Oldfield. The counts of joint publications indicate repeated partnerships across different projects and fields of study.

Best Publications

Classification of intrinsically disordered regions and proteins.

Robin van der Lee;Robin van der Lee;Marija Buljan;Benjamin Lang;Robert J. Weatheritt

2336
Citations
Sequence complexity of disordered protein.

Pedro Romero;Zoran Obradovic;Xiaohong Li;Ethan C. Garner

2137
Citations
Intrinsic Disorder and Protein Function

A Keith Dunker;Celeste J Brown;J David Lawson;Lilia M Iakoucheva

2071
Citations
The unfoldomics decade: an update on intrinsically disordered proteins

A Keith Dunker;Christopher J Oldfield;Jingwei Meng;Pedro Romero

2044
Citations
The importance of intrinsic disorder for protein phosphorylation

Lilia M. Iakoucheva;Predrag Radivojac;Celeste J. Brown;Celeste J. Brown;Timothy R. O’Connor

1655
Citations
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Human Diseases: Introducing the D2 Concept

Vladimir N. Uversky;Christopher J. Oldfield;A. Keith Dunker

1582
Citations
Intrinsic disorder in cell-signaling and cancer-associated proteins.

Lilia M. Iakoucheva;Celeste J. Brown;J.David Lawson;Zoran Obradović

1452
Citations
Understanding protein non-folding.

Vladimir N. Uversky;A. Keith Dunker

1369
Citations
Flexible nets. The roles of intrinsic disorder in protein interaction networks.

A. Keith Dunker;Marc S. Cortese;Pedro Romero;Pedro Romero;Lilia M. Iakoucheva

1334
Citations
PONDR-FIT: a meta-predictor of intrinsically disordered amino acids.

Bin Xue;Roland L. Dunbrack;Robert W. Williams;A. Keith Dunker

1289
Citations
Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins

A Keith Dunker;Israel Silman;Vladimir N Uversky;Vladimir N Uversky;Joel L Sussman

1145
Citations
Length-dependent prediction of protein intrinsic disorder

Kang Peng;Predrag Radivojac;Slobodan Vucetic;A Keith Dunker

1059
Citations
Intrinsically disordered proteins and intrinsically disordered protein regions.

Christopher J. Oldfield;A. Keith Dunker

1042
Citations
DisProt: the Database of Disordered Proteins

Megan Sickmeier;Justin A. Hamilton;Tanguy LeGall;Vladimir Vacic

993
Citations
Showing your ID: intrinsic disorder as an ID for recognition, regulation and cell signaling.

Vladimir N. Uversky;Christopher J. Oldfield;A. Keith Dunker

963
Citations
Analysis of molecular recognition features (MoRFs).

Amrita Mohan;Christopher J. Oldfield;Predrag Radivojac;Vladimir Vacic

852
Citations
Intrinsic Disorder and Functional Proteomics

Predrag Radivojac;Lilia M. Iakoucheva;Christopher J. Oldfield;Zoran Obradovic

841
Citations
Intrinsic disorder in transcription factors.

Jiangang Liu;Narayanan B. Perumal;Christopher J. Oldfield;Eric W. Su

804
Citations
Coupled folding and binding with α-helix-forming molecular recognition elements

Christopher J. Oldfield;Yugong Cheng;Marc S. Cortese;Pedro Romero

746
Citations
The protein trinity--linking function and disorder.

A. Keith Dunker;Zoran Obradovic

737
Citations