2026 Andrew W. Murray: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	93	953	899	471	441	191	49537
Molecular Biology	93	662	589	364	318	191	49537

Andrew W. Murray 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 Andrew W. Murray sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 191 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew W. Murray 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 Andrew W. Murray sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 79th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Andrew W. Murray is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, encompassing a total of 95 publications. Within this broad field, their subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Plant Science, and Food Science.

Their scientific contributions are reflected in a variety of research topics, emphasizing:

Fungal and yeast genetics research
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
DNA Repair Mechanisms
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Frequent publication venues for Andrew W. Murray include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 13 papers, Current Biology with 9 papers, eLife with 3 papers, PLoS Biology with 2 papers, and PLoS Genetics with 2 papers.

Notable recent papers include:

"Many, but not all, lineage-specific genes can be explained by homology detection failure" (2020, PLoS Biology)
"Mixing genome annotation methods in a comparative analysis inflates the apparent number of lineage-specific genes" (2022, Current Biology)
"Cohesion is established during DNA replication utilising chromosome associated cohesin rings as well as those loaded de novo onto nascent DNAs" (2020, eLife)
"A Putative Bet-Hedging Strategy Buffers Budding Yeast against Environmental Instability" (2020, Current Biology)
"Polymerization in the actin ATPase clan regulates hexokinase activity in yeast" (2020, Science)

Andrew W. Murray has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Marco Fumasoni, Caroline M. Weisman, Sean R. Eddy, Julien Barrere, and Piyush Nanda.

Recognition for their work includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014. Additionally, they became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Best Publications

From molecular to modular cell biology.

Leland H. Hartwell;John J. Hopfield;Stanislas Leibler;Andrew W. Murray

4541
Citations
Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway

Michael Glotzer;Andrew W. Murray;Marc W. Kirschner

3128
Citations
Coding-sequence determinants of gene expression in Escherichia coli.

Grzegorz Kudla;Andrew W. Murray;David Tollervey;Joshua B. Plotkin

1660
Citations
Feedback control of mitosis in budding yeast.

Rong Li;Andrew W. Murray

1625
Citations
Cyclin synthesis drives the early embryonic cell cycle.

Andrew W. Murray;Marc W. Kirschner

1525
Citations
Recycling the Cell Cycle: Cyclins Revisited

Andrew W Murray

1473
Citations
The role of cyclin synthesis and degradation in the control of maturation promoting factor activity

Andrew W. Murray;Mark J. Solomon;Marc W. Kirschner

1397
Citations
Cell cycle extracts.

Andrew W. Murray

1150
Citations
The Cell Cycle: An Introduction

Andrew Wood Murray;Tim Hunt

1014
Citations
Creative blocks: cell-cycle checkpoints and feedback controls

Andrew W. Murray

971
Citations
Integrating genetic approaches into the discovery of anticancer drugs

Leland H. Hartwell;Philippe Szankasi;Christopher J. Roberts;Andrew W. Murray

956
Citations
Dominoes and clocks: the union of two views of the cell cycle.

Andrew W. Murray;Marc W. Kirschner

882
Citations
In vivo localization of DNA sequences and visualization of large-scale chromatin organization using lac operator/repressor recognition.

Carmen C. Robinett;Aaron Straight;Gang Li;Carol Willhelm

845
Citations
Interphase chromosomes undergo constrained diffusional motion in living cells.

W.F Marshall;A Straight;J.F Marko;J Swedlow

769
Citations
Budding Yeast Cdc20: A Target of the Spindle Checkpoint

Lena H. Hwang;Lucius F. Lau;Lucius F. Lau;Dana L. Smith;Dana L. Smith;Cathy A. Mistrot;Cathy A. Mistrot

769
Citations
Association of Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Component XMAD2 with Unattached Kinetochores

Rey-Huei Chen;Jennifer C. Waters;E. D. Salmon;Andrew W. Murray

765
Citations
Anaphase is initiated by proteolysis rather than by the inactivation of maturation-promoting factor

Sandra L. Holloway;Michael Glotzer;Randall W. King;Andrew W. Murray

727
Citations
GFP tagging of budding yeast chromosomes reveals that protein–protein interactions can mediate sister chromatid cohesion

Aaron F. Straight;Andrew S. Belmont;Carmen C. Robinett;Andrew W. Murray

689
Citations
Cell cycle: A snip separates sisters

Andrew Murray

638
Citations
Construction of artificial chromosomes in yeast

Andrew W. Murray;Jack W. Szostak

629
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack W. Szostak University of Chicago

Aaron F. Straight Stanford University

Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University

Sue Biggins Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Andrew S. Belmont University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sean R. Eddy Harvard University

Rong Li Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Peter K. Sorger Harvard University

Kevin R. Foster University of Oxford

External Links

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