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Angelika Amon

Angelika Amon

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
91
Citations
39947
World Ranking
716
National Ranking
389

Angelika Amon 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 Angelika Amon sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 198 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Angelika Amon 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 Angelika Amon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award Cell Biology

Overview

Angelika Amon was affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Subfields of particular focus included molecular biology, cancer research, cell biology, plant science, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The scientist contributed extensively to topics such as cancer genomics and diagnostics, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, fungal and yeast genetics research, genomics and chromatin dynamics, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

The scientist authored several recent papers, reflecting a research interest in cellular plasticity, cell size, aneuploidy, and disease mechanisms. Notable publications included:

  • Emergence of a High-Plasticity Cell State during Lung Cancer Evolution (2020), published in Cancer Cell
  • Relevance and Regulation of Cell Density (2020), published in Trends in Cell Biology
  • Cell size is a determinant of stem cell potential during aging (2021), published in Science Advances
  • Aneuploidy increases resistance to chemotherapeutics by antagonizing cell division (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research (2021), published in Translational Science of Rare Diseases

Frequent coauthors that appeared across the scientist's body of work included Duanduan Ma, Xiaofeng A. Su, Charles A. Whittaker, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, and Xiaoxue Zhou.

Amon's research was published primarily in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cancer Research, Science Advances, and Genes & Development.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cancer Research
  • Science Advances
  • Genes & Development

Throughout their career, Amon received recognition including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. Earlier, in 2003, they were honored with the National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award in the field of Cell Biology.

Best Publications

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

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

  • CDC20 and CDH1: a family of substrate-specific activators of APC-dependent proteolysis.

    Rosella Visintin;Susanne Prinz;Angelika Amon

  • Effects of Aneuploidy on Cellular Physiology and Cell Division in Haploid Yeast

    Eduardo M. Torres;Tanya Sokolsky;Tanya Sokolsky;Cheryl M. Tucker;Cheryl M. Tucker;Leon Y. Chan;Leon Y. Chan

  • The Phosphatase Cdc14 Triggers Mitotic Exit by Reversal of Cdk-Dependent Phosphorylation

    Rosella Visintin;Karen Craig;Ellen S Hwang;Susanne Prinz

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

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

  • 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

  • Aneuploidy Affects Proliferation and Spontaneous Immortalization in Mammalian Cells

    Bret R. Williams;Bret R. Williams;Vineet R. Prabhu;Karen E. Hunter;Karen E. Hunter;Christina M. Glazier;Christina M. Glazier

  • Cfi1 prevents premature exit from mitosis by anchoring Cdc14 phosphatase in the nucleolus

    Rosella Visintin;Ellen S. Hwang;Angelika Amon

  • Closing the cell cycle circle in yeast: G2 cyclin proteolysis initiated at mitosis persists until the activation of G1 cyclins in the next cycle

    Angelika Amon;Stefan Irniger;Kim Nasmyth

  • Destruction of the CDC28/CLB mitotic kinase is not required for the metaphase to anaphase transition in budding yeast.

    Uttam Surana;A. Amon;C. Dowzer;J. Mcgrew

  • Context is everything: aneuploidy in cancer

    Uri Ben-David;Angelika Amon

  • Short- and long-term effects of chromosome mis-segregation and aneuploidy

    Stefano Santaguida;Angelika B Amon

  • The spindle checkpoint.

    Angelika Amon

  • Separase, polo kinase, the kinetochore protein Slk19, and Spo12 function in a network that controls Cdc14 localization during early anaphase.

    Frank Stegmeier;Rosella Visintin;Angelika Amon

  • Closing Mitosis: The Functions of the Cdc14 Phosphatase and Its Regulation

    Frank Stegmeier;Angelika Amon

  • Aneuploidy: Cells Losing Their Balance

    Eduardo M. Torres;Bret R. Williams;Angelika Amon

  • Mechanisms that help the yeast cell cycle clock tick: G2 cyclins transcriptionally activate G2 cyclins and repress G1 cyclins

    Angelika Amon;Mike Tyers;Bruce Futcher;Kim Nasmyth

  • Men and sin: what's the difference?

    Allison J. Bardin;Angelika Amon

  • Characterization of four B-type cyclin genes of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    I Fitch;C Dahmann;U Surana;A Amon

  • Excessive Cell Growth Causes Cytoplasm Dilution And Contributes to Senescence.

    Gabriel E. Neurohr;Rachel L. Terry;Rachel L. Terry;Jette Lengefeld;Megan Bonney;Megan Bonney

Frequent Co-Authors

Zuzana Storchova
Zuzana Storchova Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Maitreya J. Dunham
Maitreya J. Dunham University of Washington

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