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Avi Ashkenazi

Avi Ashkenazi

MIT
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
110
Citations
62717
World Ranking
958
National Ranking
595

Avi Ashkenazi 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 Avi Ashkenazi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 336 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Avi Ashkenazi 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 Avi Ashkenazi 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: 110 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Avi Ashkenazi is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research focus centered on molecular biology and its intersections with medicine. Their work spans multiple topics, particularly emphasizing cellular stress responses and related disease mechanisms.

The primary fields of study for Avi Ashkenazi include biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also made in medicine. The scientist's research is further specialized within subfields such as cell biology, molecular biology, epidemiology, immunology, and surgery.

Core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Avi Ashkenazi has published extensively, with noteworthy contributions to academic journals and venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • PLoS Biology
  • Cancer Research

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Misfolded proteins bind and activate death receptor 5 to trigger apoptosis during unresolved endoplasmic reticulum stress," 2020, eLife
  • "IRE1α Disruption in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cooperates with Antiangiogenic Therapy by Reversing ER Stress Adaptation and Remodeling the Tumor Microenvironment," 2020, Cancer Research
  • "Endoplasmic reticulum stress activates human IRE1α through reversible assembly of inactive dimers into small oligomers," 2022, eLife
  • "Decoding non-canonical mRNA decay by the endoplasmic-reticulum stress sensor IRE1α," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Homeostasis control in health and disease by the unfolded protein response," 2024, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of Avi Ashkenazi's scientific output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Scot A. Marsters
  • Peter Walter
  • Joachim Rudolph
  • Zora Modrušan
  • Adrien Le Thomas

Best Publications

  • Death receptors: signaling and modulation

    Avi Ashkenazi;Vishva M. Dixit

  • Safety and antitumor activity of recombinant soluble Apo2 ligand

    Avi Ashkenazi;Roger C. Pai;Sharon Fong;Susan Leung

  • Induction of Apoptosis by Apo-2 Ligand, a New Member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Cytokine Family *

    Robert M. Pitti;Scot A. Marsters;Siegfried Ruppert;Christopher J. Donahue

  • Control of TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis by a Family of Signaling and Decoy Receptors

    James P. Sheridan;Scot A. Marsters;Robert M. Pitti;Austin Gurney

  • Targeting death and decoy receptors of the tumour-necrosis factor superfamily

    Avi Ashkenazi

  • Apoptosis control by death and decoy receptors

    Avi Ashkenazi;Vishva M Dixit

  • Apo2L/TRAIL-dependent recruitment of endogenous FADD and caspase-8 to death receptors 4 and 5.

    Frank C Kischkel;David A Lawrence;Anan Chuntharapai;Peter Schow

  • Apo2L/TRAIL and its death and decoy receptors.

    H N LeBlanc;A Ashkenazi

  • Genomic amplification of a decoy receptor for Fas ligand in lung and colon cancer

    Robert M. Pitti;Scot A. Marsters;David A. Lawrence;Margaret Roy

  • Distinct primary structures, ligand-binding properties and tissue-specific expression of four human muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

    E G Peralta;A Ashkenazi;J W Winslow;D H Smith

  • Differential hepatocyte toxicity of recombinant Apo2L/TRAIL versions

    David Lawrence;Zahra Shahrokh;Scot Marsters;Kirsten Achilles

  • A novel receptor for Apo2L/TRAIL contains a truncated death domain

    S.A. Marsters;J.P. Sheridan;R.M. Pitti;A. Huang

  • Differential regulation of PI hydrolysis and adenylyl cyclase by muscarinic receptor subtypes

    Ernest G. Peralta;Avi Ashkenazi;Avi Ashkenazi;John W. Winslow;J. Ramachandran;J. Ramachandran

  • From basic apoptosis discoveries to advanced selective BCL-2 family inhibitors

    Avi Ashkenazi;Wayne J. Fairbrother;Joel D. Leverson;Andrew J. Souers

  • Pharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory

    Carmela Sidrauski;Diego Acosta-Alvear;Arkady Khoutorsky;Punitha Vedantham

  • Apo2L/TRAIL: apoptosis signaling, biology, and potential for cancer therapy.

    Alexandru Almasan;Avi Ashkenazi

  • Death-receptor O-glycosylation controls tumor-cell sensitivity to the proapoptotic ligand Apo2L/TRAIL

    Klaus W Wagner;Elizabeth A Punnoose;Thomas Januario;David A Lawrence

  • Cullin3-Based Polyubiquitination and p62-Dependent Aggregation of Caspase-8 Mediate Extrinsic Apoptosis Signaling

    Zhaoyu Jin;Yun Li;Robert Pitti;David Lawrence

  • Death receptor recruitment of endogenous caspase-10 and apoptosis initiation in the absence of caspase-8.

    Frank C. Kischkel;David A. Lawrence;Antoine Tinel;Heidi LeBlanc

  • Death receptor signal transducers: nodes of coordination in immune signaling networks.

    Nicholas S Wilson;Vishva Dixit;Avi Ashkenazi

Frequent Co-Authors

Scot A. Marsters
Scot A. Marsters Genentech
william i wood
william i wood Genentech
Audrey Goddard
Audrey Goddard Gilead Sciences
Daniel J. Capon
Daniel J. Capon LabCorp (United States)
Christian Wiesmann
Christian Wiesmann Novartis (Switzerland)
Peter Walter
Peter Walter University of California, San Francisco
M. H. Shaevitz
M. H. Shaevitz Columbia University
M. Bishai
M. Bishai Brookhaven National Laboratory
S. Söldner-Rembold
S. Söldner-Rembold Imperial College London
V. Paolone
V. Paolone University of Pittsburgh

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