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Ann Dean 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 Ann Dean sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 96 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ann Dean 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 Ann Dean sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ann Dean is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with contributions also intersecting Medicine.

Their subfield expertise includes Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Plant Science, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Ann Dean has contributed to several research articles published across various scientific venues. Recent notable publications include:

  • "The mRNA-Binding Protein IGF2BP1 Restores Fetal Hemoglobin in Cultured Erythroid Cells from Patients with β-Hemoglobin Disorders," 2020, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • "Embryonic erythropoiesis and hemoglobin switching require transcriptional repressor ETO2 to modulate chromatin organization," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Enhancers, gene regulation, and genome organization," 2021, Genes & Development
  • "Enhancers navigate the three-dimensional genome to direct cell fate decisions," 2021, Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  • "Long noncoding RNA GATA2AS influences human erythropoiesis by transcription factor and chromatin landscape modulation," 2024, Blood

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Blood
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • Genes & Development

Ann Dean regularly collaborates with several researchers with multiple joint publications. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Juhyun Kim
  • Bingning Xie
  • Ivan Krivega
  • Xiang Guo

Best Publications

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin in K562 cells

    R D Klausner;J Van Renswoude;G Ashwell;C Kempf

  • Controlling long-range genomic interactions at a native locus by targeted tethering of a looping factor.

    Wulan Deng;Wulan Deng;Jongjoo Lee;Hongxin Wang;Jeff Miller

  • Enhancers: five essential questions

    Len A. Pennacchio;Wendy Bickmore;Ann Dean;Marcelo A. Nobrega

  • Reactivation of developmentally silenced globin genes by forced chromatin looping.

    Wulan Deng;Wulan Deng;Jeremy W. Rupon;Ivan Krivega;Laura Breda

  • Identification of genetic elements that autonomously determine DNA methylation states

    Florian Lienert;Christiane Wirbelauer;Indrani Som;Ann Dean

  • Cell type specificity of chromatin organization mediated by CTCF and cohesin

    Chunhui Hou;Ryan Dale;Ann Dean

  • Enhancer and promoter interactions-long distance calls.

    Ivan Krivega;Ann Dean

  • Enhancer function: mechanistic and genome-wide insights come together.

    Jennifer L. Plank;Ann Dean

  • A Positive Role for NLI/Ldb1 in Long-Range β-Globin Locus Control Region Function

    Sang-Hyun Song;Chunhui Hou;Ann Dean

  • CTCF-dependent enhancer-blocking by alternative chromatin loop formation

    Chunhui Hou;Hui Zhao;Keiji Tanimoto;Ann Dean

  • On a chromosome far, far away: LCRs and gene expression.

    Ann Dean

  • Induction of hemoglobin accumulation in human K562 cells by hemin is reversible.

    Ann Dean;Francois Erard;Arthur B. Schneider;Alan N. Schechter

  • BRG1 requirement for long-range interaction of a locus control region with a downstream promoter.

    Shin Il Kim;Scott J. Bultman;Christine M. Kiefer;Ann Dean

  • Yeast alpha 2 repressor positions nucleosomes in TRP1/ARS1 chromatin.

    S Y Roth;A Dean;R T Simpson

  • Inducible transcription of five globin genes in K562 human leukemia cells.

    A Dean;T J Ley;R K Humphries;M Fordis

  • An insulator blocks spreading of histone acetylation and interferes with RNA polymerase II transfer between an enhancer and gene

    Hui Zhao;Ann Dean

  • Distinctive Signatures of Histone Methylation in Transcribed Coding and Noncoding Human β-Globin Sequences

    AeRi Kim;Christine M. Kiefer;Ann Dean

  • Role of LDB1 in the transition from chromatin looping to transcription activation

    Ivan Krivega;Ryan K. Dale;Ann Dean

  • Epigenetics of β-globin gene regulation

    Christine M. Kiefer;Chunhui Hou;Jane A. Little;Ann Dean

  • In the loop: long range chromatin interactions and gene regulation

    Ann Dean

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd A. Blobel
Gerd A. Blobel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Alan N. Schechter
Alan N. Schechter National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Mark Groudine
Mark Groudine Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Philip D. Gregory
Philip D. Gregory Sangamo BioSciences (United States)
Robert T. Simpson
Robert T. Simpson Pennsylvania State University
Dirk Schübeler
Dirk Schübeler Friedrich Miescher Institute
Wenqing Xu
Wenqing Xu University of Washington
Paul E. Love
Paul E. Love National Institutes of Health
Keji Zhao
Keji Zhao National Institutes of Health
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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