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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
21114
World Ranking
6919
National Ranking
6

Balázs Sarkadi 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 Balázs Sarkadi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 305 publications — 79th percentile

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

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

Balázs Sarkadi 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 Balázs Sarkadi 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: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Balázs Sarkadi is affiliated with the TTK Research Centre for Natural Sciences in Hungary. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed significantly to areas such as drug transport and resistance mechanisms, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, RNA interference and gene delivery, trace elements in health, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, gout, hyperuricemia, uric acid, and hemoglobinopathies and related disorders.

Balázs Sarkadi's recent publication record includes the following papers:

  • Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • The ABCG2/BCRP transporter and its variants - from structure to pathology, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • Interactions of Potential Anti-COVID-19 Compounds with Multispecific ABC and OATP Drug Transporters, 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • Interactions of anti-COVID-19 drug candidates with hepatic transporters may cause liver toxicity and affect pharmacokinetics, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • RBD-specific antibody responses after two doses of BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm, Beijing CNBG) vaccine, 2022, BMC Infectious Diseases

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Balázs Sarkadi include Orsolya Mózner, György Várady, Edit Szabó, Ágnes Telbisz, and Anna Kulin.

Several scientific journals have been preferred venues for publication, such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Preprints.org
  • FEBS Letters

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2005.

Best Publications

  • Human Multidrug Resistance ABCB and ABCG Transporters: Participation in a Chemoimmunity Defense System

    Balázs Sarkadi;László Homolya;Gergely Szakács;András Váradi

  • The stem cell marker Bcrp/ABCG2 enhances hypoxic cell survival through interactions with heme.

    Partha Krishnamurthy;Douglas D. Ross;Douglas D. Ross;Takeo Nakanishi;Kim Bailey-Dell

  • Expression of the human multidrug resistance cDNA in insect cells generates a high activity drug-stimulated membrane ATPase.

    Balazs Sarkadi;Elmer M. Price;Richard C. Boucher;Ursula A. Germann

  • The role of ABC transporters in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADME-Tox).

    Gergely Szakács;András Váradi;Csilla Özvegy-Laczka;Balázs Sarkadi

  • Efficiency of gene transfer for restoration of normal airway epithelial function in cystic fibrosis

    Larry G. Johnson;John C. Olsen;Balazs Sarkadi;Karen L. Moore

  • Functional characterization of the human multidrug transporter, ABCG2, expressed in insect cells.

    Csilla Özvegy;Thomas Litman;Gergely Szakács;Zoltán Nagy

  • Functional multidrug resistance protein (MRP1) lacking the N-terminal transmembrane domain.

    Éva Bakos;Raymond Evers;Gergely Szakács;Gábor E. Tusnády

  • High-affinity interaction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors with the ABCG2 multidrug transporter

    Csilla Ozvegy-Laczka;Tamás Hegedus;György Várady;Olga Ujhelly

  • ABCG2 - A transporter for all seasons

    Balázs Sarkadi;Csilla Özvegy-Laczka;Katalin Német;András Váradi

  • Membrane topology distinguishes a subfamily of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters

    Gábor E Tusnády;Éva Bakos;András Váradi;Balázs Sarkadi

  • The role of multidrug transporters in drug availability, metabolism and toxicity.

    Adrienn Bodó;Éva Bakos;Flóra Szeri;András Váradi

  • Multidrug Transporter ABCG2 Prevents Tumor Cell Death Induced by the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor Iressa (ZD1839, Gefitinib)

    N. Barry Elkind;Zsófia Szentpétery;Ágota Apáti;Csilla Özvegy-Laczka

  • Loss of ATP-dependent Transport Activity in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-associated Mutants of Human ABCC6 (MRP6)

    Attila Iliás;Zsolt Urbán;Thomas L. Seidl;Olivier Le Saux

  • Characterization of drug transport, ATP hydrolysis, and nucleotide trapping by the human ABCG2 multidrug transporter. Modulation of substrate specificity by a point mutation.

    Csilla Özvegy;András Váradi;Balázs Sarkadi

  • Multidrug resistance-associated proteins: Export pumps for conjugates with glutathione, glucuronate or sulfate.

    László Homolya;András Váradi;Balázs Sarkadi

  • Membrane topology and glycosylation of the human multidrug resistance-associated protein.

    Éva Bakos;Tamás Hegedüs;Zsolt Holló;Ervin Welker

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms modify the transporter activity of ABCG2

    Kuniaki Morisaki;Robert W. Robey;Csilla Özvegy-Laczka;Yasumasa Honjo

  • Interaction of nilotinib, dasatinib and bosutinib with ABCB1 and ABCG2: implications for altered anti-cancer effects and pharmacological properties

    C Hegedűs;C Özvegy-Laczka;Á Apáti;M Magócsi

  • Interaction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors with the human multidrug transporter proteins, MDR1 and MRP1.

    Tamás Hegedűs;László Őrfi;Attila Seprődi;András Váradi

  • and directly interacts with drugs as judged by interference with nucleotide trapping

    Alexander J. Smith;Ardy van Helvoort;Gerrit van Meer;Katalin Szabó

Frequent Co-Authors

András Váradi
András Váradi Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Zsuzsanna Izsvák
Zsuzsanna Izsvák Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Zoltán Ivics
Zoltán Ivics Paul Ehrlich Institut
Brian P. Sorrentino
Brian P. Sorrentino St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University
György Kéri
György Kéri Semmelweis University
Susan E. Bates
Susan E. Bates Columbia University
Péter Ferdinandy
Péter Ferdinandy Semmelweis University
Giovanni Migliaccio
Giovanni Migliaccio University of Washington
Michael Dean
Michael Dean National Institutes of Health

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