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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 74 1238 1102 637 553 165 17475

Alan E. Tomkinson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alan E. Tomkinson between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alan E. Tomkinson published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2023. 10 of the 228 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2023. 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 5 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 58 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 5 publications
1981 2025

228 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alan E. Tomkinson: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 2
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 5
1991 3
1992 3
1993 2
1994 4
1995 4
1996 3
1997 6
1998 10
1999 3
2000 3
2001 2
2002 1
2003 4
2004 9
2005 6
2006 7
2007 3
2008 7
2009 6
2010 3
2011 6
2012 9
2013 5
2014 2
2015 6
2016 6
2017 5
2018 4
2019 2
2020 8
2021 5
2022 1
2023 58
2024 5
2025 5
Total 228
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Alan E. Tomkinson 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 Alan E. Tomkinson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 157–166 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 165 publications — 45th percentile

45% 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
157–166 159 165
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
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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Alan E. Tomkinson 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 Alan E. Tomkinson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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 74
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
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

Alan E. Tomkinson is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with primary subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Structural Biology.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on DNA repair mechanisms, which constitutes the main topic of their research. Additional key research topics include PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, CRISPR and genetic engineering, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, and genomics and chromatin dynamics.

Frequent collaborators in their research encompass Tasmin Naila, Seema Khattri Bhandari, Aleksandr Sverzhinsky, John M. Pascal, and Susan P. Lees-Miller.

Alan E. Tomkinson has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Prominent publication venues include Nucleic Acids Research, DNA Repair, Journal of Molecular Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature.

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Alan E. Tomkinson are:

  • Structural basis of long-range to short-range synaptic transition in NHEJ, 2021, Nature
  • Human DNA ligases in replication and repair, 2020, DNA Repair
  • XRCC1 promotes replication restart, nascent fork degradation and mutagenic DNA repair in BRCA2-deficient cells, 2020, NAR Cancer
  • Ligase 1 is a predictor of platinum resistance and its blockade is synthetically lethal in XRCC1 deficient epithelial ovarian cancers, 2021, Theranostics
  • An atypical BRCT-BRCT interaction with the XRCC1 scaffold protein compacts human DNA Ligase IIIα within a flexible DNA repair complex, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints and DNA strand break repair in development and tumorigenesis.

    Gopal K. Dasika;Suh Chin J. Lin;Song Zhao;Patrick Sung

  • AP endonuclease-independent DNA base excision repair in human cells

    Lee R Wiederhold;John B. Leppard;Padmini Kedar;Feridoun Karimi-Busheri

  • Mammalian Abasic Site Base Excision Repair: IDENTIFICATION OF THE REACTION SEQUENCE AND RATE-DETERMINING STEPS *

    Deepak K. Srivastava;Brian J. Vande Berg;Rajendra Prasad;James T. Molina

  • Human DNA ligase I completely encircles and partially unwinds nicked DNA.

    John M. Pascal;Patrick J. O'Brien;Patrick J. O'Brien;Alan E. Tomkinson;Tom Ellenberger

  • Reconstitution of 5'-directed human mismatch repair in a purified system.

    Yanbin Zhang;Fenghua Yuan;Steven R. Presnell;Keli Tian

  • Eukaryotic DNA ligases: structural and functional insights.

    Tom Ellenberger;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Mechanism of DNA double-strand break repair by non-homologous end joining.

    Melissa L. Hefferin;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Promotion of Dnl4-catalyzed DNA end-joining by the Rad50/Mre11/Xrs2 and Hdf1/Hdf2 complexes.

    Ling Chen;Kelly Trujillo;William Ramos;Patrick Sung

  • Chromosomal Translocations in Human Cells Are Generated by Canonical Nonhomologous End-Joining

    Hind Ghezraoui;Marion Piganeau;Marion Piganeau;Benjamin Renouf;Benjamin Renouf;Jean Baptiste Renaud;Jean Baptiste Renaud

  • Mutations in the DNA ligase I gene of an individual with immunodeficiencies and cellular hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents.

    Deborah E. Barnes;Alan E. Tomkinson;Alan R. Lehmann;A.David B. Webster

  • Specific cleavage of model recombination and repair intermediates by the yeast Rad1-Rad10 DNA endonuclease

    AJ Bardwell;L Bardwell;L Bardwell;AE Tomkinson;EC Friedberg

  • DNA ligases: structure, reaction mechanism, and function.

    Alan E. Tomkinson;Sangeetha Vijayakumar;John M. Pascal;Tom Ellenberger

  • An interaction between DNA ligase I and proliferating cell nuclear antigen: Implications for Okazaki fragment synthesis and joining

    David S. Levin;Wei Bai;Nina Yao;Michael O’Donnell

  • Specific Interaction of DNA Polymerase β and DNA Ligase I in a Multiprotein Base Excision Repair Complex from Bovine Testis

    Rajendra Prasad;Rakesh K. Singhal;Deepak K. Srivastava;James T. Molina

  • Interactions of the DNA ligase IV-XRCC4 complex with DNA ends and the DNA-dependent protein kinase.

    Ling Chen;Kelly Trujillo;Patrick Sung;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Physical and Functional Interaction between DNA Ligase IIIα and Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 in DNA Single-Strand Break Repair

    John B. Leppard;Zhiwan Dong;Zachary B. Mackey;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Mycobacterial Ku and Ligase Proteins Constitute a Two-Component NHEJ Repair Machine

    Marina Della;Phillip L. Palmbos;Hui Min Tseng;Louise M. Tonkin;Louise M. Tonkin

  • Interaction between PCNA and DNA ligase I is critical for joining of Okazaki fragments and long-patch base-excision repair.

    David S. Levin;Allison E. McKenna;Teresa A. Motycka;Yoshihiro Matsumoto

  • XRCC1 co‐localizes and physically interacts with PCNA

    Jinshui Fan;Marit Otterlei;Heng‐Kuan Wong;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Structure and function of mammalian DNA ligases

    Alan E Tomkinson;Zachary B Mackey

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Ellenberger
Tom Ellenberger Washington University in St. Louis
Sankar Mitra
Sankar Mitra Houston Methodist
John A. Tainer
John A. Tainer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tapas K. Hazra
Tapas K. Hazra The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
David M. Wilson
David M. Wilson AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Istvan Boldogh
Istvan Boldogh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Guo Min Li
Guo Min Li The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Susan P. Lees-Miller
Susan P. Lees-Miller University of Calgary
Susan S. Wallace
Susan S. Wallace University of Vermont
Christopher E. Pearson
Christopher E. Pearson University of Toronto

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