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Alan Saghatelian publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Saghatelian sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 222 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alan Saghatelian D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Saghatelian sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alan Saghatelian is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research spans several fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also to medicine.

Their work primarily focuses on subjects such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, adipose tissue and metabolism, RNA modifications and cancer, diet and metabolism studies, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, RNA research and splicing, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Key subfields of study include molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, cancer research, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Alan Saghatelian has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Antônio F. M. Pinto, Joan Vaughan, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Jolene K. Diedrich, and Eduardo Vieira de Souza.

Their research has been published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature, Cell Metabolism, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Significant recent papers include:

  • Serine restriction alters sphingolipid diversity to constrain tumour growth, 2020, Nature
  • Standardized annotation of translated open reading frames, 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • Intestinal transgene delivery with native E. coli chassis allows persistent physiological changes, 2022, Cell
  • ATGL is a biosynthetic enzyme for fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids, 2022, Nature
  • Directed remodeling of the mouse gut microbiome inhibits the development of atherosclerosis, 2020, Nature Biotechnology

Alan Saghatelian has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

  • How many human proteoforms are there

    Ruedi Aebersold;Jeffrey N. Agar;I. Jonathan Amster;Mark S. Baker

  • Discovery of a class of endogenous mammalian lipids with anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects

    Mark M. Yore;Ismail Syed;Pedro M. Moraes-Vieira;Tejia Zhang

  • Peptidomic discovery of short open reading frame–encoded peptides in human cells

    Sarah A Slavoff;Andrew J Mitchell;Adam G Schwaid;Moran N Cabili;Moran N Cabili

  • The metabolite α-ketoglutarate extends lifespan by inhibiting ATP synthase and TOR

    Randall M. Chin;Xudong Fu;Melody Y. Pai;Laurent Vergnes

  • Toddler: an embryonic signal that promotes cell movement via Apelin receptors.

    Andrea Pauli;Megan L. Norris;Eivind Valen;Guo-Liang Chew

  • Identification of protein pheromones that promote aggressive behaviour

    Pablo Chamero;Tobias F. Marton;Darren W. Logan;Kelly Flanagan

  • mTORC1 and muscle regeneration are regulated by the LINC00961-encoded SPAR polypeptide

    Akinobu Matsumoto;Alessandra Pasut;Masaki Matsumoto;Riu Yamashita

  • Activity-based probes for the proteomic profiling of metalloproteases

    Alan Saghatelian;Nadim Jessani;Arul Joseph;Mark Humphrey

  • Inhibition of acetyl-CoA carboxylase suppresses fatty acid synthesis and tumor growth of non-small-cell lung cancer in preclinical models

    Robert U Svensson;Seth J Parker;Lillian J Eichner;Matthew J Kolar

  • Inactivation of N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipase D reveals multiple mechanisms for the biosynthesis of endocannabinoids.

    Donmienne Leung;Alan Saghatelian;Gabriel M. Simon;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • Antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion alters metabolic homeostasis by affecting gut signaling and colonic metabolism.

    Amir Zarrinpar;Amandine Chaix;Zhenjiang Z. Xu;Max W. Chang

  • Reversible Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase That Promote Analgesia: Evidence for an Unprecedented Combination of Potency and Selectivity

    Aron H. Lichtman;Donmienne Leung;Christopher C. Shelton;Alan Saghatelian

  • Assignment of endogenous substrates to enzymes by global metabolite profiling.

    Alan Saghatelian;Sunia A. Trauger;Elizabeth J. Want;Edward G. Hawkins

  • Gpr132 sensing of lactate mediates tumor-macrophage interplay to promote breast cancer metastasis.

    Peiwen Chen;Hao Zuo;Hu Xiong;Matthew J. Kolar

  • Metformin Inhibits Hepatic mTORC1 Signaling via Dose-Dependent Mechanisms Involving AMPK and the TSC Complex

    Jessica J. Howell;Kristina Hellberg;Marc Turner;George Talbott

  • A chiroselective peptide replicator

    Alan Saghatelian;Yohei Yokobayashi;Kathy Soltani;M. Reza Ghadiri

  • Pharmacological activation of REV-ERBs is lethal in cancer and oncogene-induced senescence.

    Gabriele Sulli;Amy Rommel;Xiaojie Wang;Matthew J. Kolar

  • Desorption/Ionization on Silicon Nanowires

    E. P. Go;J. V. Apon;G. Luo;A. Saghatelian

  • DNA-based photonic logic gates: AND, NAND, and INHIBIT.

    Alan Saghatelian;Nicolas H. Völcker;Kevin M. Guckian;Victor S.-Y. Lin

  • Defining the metabolome: size, flux, and regulation.

    Nicola Zamboni;Alan Saghatelian;Gary J. Patti

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute
Barbara B. Kahn
Barbara B. Kahn Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
M. Reza Ghadiri
M. Reza Ghadiri Scripps Research Institute
Benjamin G. Neel
Benjamin G. Neel New York University Langone Medical Center
Satchidananda Panda
Satchidananda Panda Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Christopher Benner
Christopher Benner University of California, San Diego
John R. Yates
John R. Yates Scripps Research Institute

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