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Alec C. Kimmelman 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 Alec C. Kimmelman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 160 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alec C. Kimmelman 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 Alec C. Kimmelman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alec C. Kimmelman is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research focus includes pancreatic and hepatic oncology, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, epigenetics and DNA methylation, autophagy in disease and therapy, cancer cells and metastasis, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and the role of immune cells in cancer.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts, 2020, Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • Autophagy promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer by degrading MHC-I, 2020, Nature
  • Microbiota-derived 3-IAA influences chemotherapy efficacy in pancreatic cancer, 2023, Nature
  • Neurons Release Serine to Support mRNA Translation in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Cell
  • Selective Alanine Transporter Utilization Creates a Targetable Metabolic Niche in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Cancer Discovery

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Alec C. Kimmelman include:

  • Albert S.W. Sohn
  • Keisuke Yamamoto
  • David P. Ryan
  • David T. Ting
  • Douglas E. Biancur

The scientist has published multiple times in prominent venues such as:

  • Cancer Research
  • Nature
  • Molecular Cancer Research
  • Autophagy
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts

    Erik Sahai;Igor Astsaturov;Edna Cukierman;David G. DeNardo

  • Drugging the undruggable Ras: mission possible?

    Adrienne D. Cox;Stephen W. Fesik;Alec C. Kimmelman;Ji Luo

  • Oncogenic Kras maintains pancreatic tumors through regulation of anabolic glucose metabolism

    Haoqiang Ying;Alec C. Kimmelman;Costas A. Lyssiotis;Sujun Hua

  • Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a Kras-regulated metabolic pathway

    Jaekyoung Son;Costas A. Lyssiotis;Costas A. Lyssiotis;Haoqiang Ying;Xiaoxu Wang

  • Quantitative proteomics identifies NCOA4 as the cargo receptor mediating ferritinophagy

    Joseph D. Mancias;Xiaoxu Wang;Steven P. Gygi;J. Wade Harper

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Haoqiang Ying;Prasenjit Dey;Wantong Yao;Alec C. Kimmelman

  • Pancreatic cancers require autophagy for tumor growth

    Shenghong Yang;Xiaoxu Wang;Gianmarco Contino;Marc Liesa

  • Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Ravi K. Amaravadi

  • Oncogene ablation-resistant pancreatic cancer cells depend on mitochondrial function

    Andrea Viale;Piergiorgio Pettazzoni;Costas A. Lyssiotis;Haoqiang Ying

  • Autophagy promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer by degrading MHC-I

    Keisuke Yamamoto;Anthony Venida;Julian Yano;Douglas E. Biancur

  • Coactivation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Affects the Response of Tumor Cells to Targeted Therapies

    Jayne M. Stommel;Alec C. Kimmelman;Haoqiang Ying;Roustem Nabioullin

  • Pancreatic stellate cells support tumour metabolism through autophagic alanine secretion

    Cristovão M. Sousa;Douglas E. Biancur;Xiaoxu Wang;Christopher J. Halbrook

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • p53 and Pten control neural and glioma stem/progenitor cell renewal and differentiation

    Hongwu Zheng;Haoqiang Ying;Haiyan Yan;Alec C. Kimmelman

  • Autophagy and Tumor Metabolism

    Alec C. Kimmelman;Eileen White

  • Targeting Autophagy in Cancer: Recent Advances and Future Directions

    Ravi K. Amaravadi;Alec C. Kimmelman;Jayanta Debnath

Frequent Co-Authors

Costas A. Lyssiotis
Costas A. Lyssiotis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Haoqiang Ying
Haoqiang Ying The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lewis C. Cantley
Lewis C. Cantley Harvard University
Ronald A. DePinho
Ronald A. DePinho The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John M. Asara
John M. Asara Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
J. Wade Harper
J. Wade Harper Harvard Medical School
Channing J. Der
Channing J. Der University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kwok-Kin Wong
Kwok-Kin Wong New York University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lynda Chin
Lynda Chin The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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