2026 Ben Z. Stanger: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	79	1023	909	539	469	332	40661

Ben Z. Stanger 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 Ben Z. Stanger sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 332 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ben Z. Stanger 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 Ben Z. Stanger sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Ben Z. Stanger is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers research topics including:

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Immune cells in cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Among their recent publications are:

"Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition," 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
"Extracellular Vesicle and Particle Biomarkers Define Multiple Human Cancers," 2020, Cell
"Senescence-Induced Vascular Remodeling Creates Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Pancreas Cancer," 2020, Cell
"Single-cell lineage tracing of metastatic cancer reveals selection of hybrid EMT states," 2021, Cancer Cell
"Tumor restriction by type I collagen opposes tumor-promoting effects of cancer-associated fibroblasts," 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Jinyang Li
Robert J. Norgard
Robert H. Vonderheide
Jason R. Pitarresi
Samantha B. Kemp

Key venues for their publications are:

Cancer Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cancer Discovery
Nature Communications
Cell

Ben Z. Stanger holds membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

Pancreatic cancer exosomes initiate pre-metastatic niche formation in the liver

Bruno Costa-Silva;Nicole M. Aiello;Allyson J. Ocean;Swarnima Singh

2568
Citations
EMT and Dissemination Precede Pancreatic Tumor Formation

Andrew D. Rhim;Emily T. Mirek;Nicole M. Aiello;Anirban Maitra

2405
Citations
Stromal elements act to restrain, rather than support, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Andrew D. Rhim;Andrew D. Rhim;Paul E. Oberstein;Dafydd H. Thomas;Emily T. Mirek

1999
Citations
Fas(CD95)/FasL interactions required for programmed cell death after T-cell activation

Shyr-Te Ju;D. J. Panka;Haili Cui;R. Ettinger

1875
Citations
Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Haoqiang Ying;Prasenjit Dey;Wantong Yao;Alec C. Kimmelman

1612
Citations
Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

Jing Yang;Parker Antin;Geert Berx;Cédric Blanpain

1546
Citations
The Death Domain Kinase RIP Mediates the TNF-Induced NF-κB Signal

Michelle A Kelliher;Stefan Grimm;Yasumasa Ishida;Frank Kuo

1357
Citations
RIP : a novel protein containing a death domain that interacts with Fas/APO-1 (CD95) in yeast and causes cell death

Ben Z. Stanger;Ben Z. Stanger;Philip Leder;Philip Leder;Tae Ho Lee;Emily Kim

1303
Citations
Extracellular Vesicle and Particle Biomarkers Define Multiple Human Cancers

Ayuko Hoshino;Ayuko Hoshino;Han Sang Kim;Han Sang Kim;Linda Bojmar;Linda Bojmar;Linda Bojmar;Kofi Ennu Gyan

1159
Citations
Notch signaling controls multiple steps of pancreatic differentiation

L. Charles Murtaugh;Ben Z. Stanger;Kristen M. Kwan;Douglas A. Melton

877
Citations
Hippo Pathway Activity Influences Liver Cell Fate

Dean Yimlamai;Constantina Christodoulou;Constantina Christodoulou;Giorgio Giorgio G Galli;Giorgio Giorgio G Galli;Kilangsungla Yanger

812
Citations
Tumor Cell-Intrinsic Factors Underlie Heterogeneity of Immune Cell Infiltration and Response to Immunotherapy

Jinyang Li;Katelyn T. Byrne;Fangxue Yan;Taiji Yamazoe

727
Citations
Akt-Dependent Metabolic Reprogramming Regulates Tumor Cell Histone Acetylation

Joyce V. Lee;Alessandro Carrer;Supriya Shah;Nathaniel W. Snyder

602
Citations
EMT Subtype Influences Epithelial Plasticity and Mode of Cell Migration

Nicole M. Aiello;Ravikanth Maddipati;Robert J. Norgard;David Balli

592
Citations
Protection against Fas-dependent Th1-mediated apoptosis by antigen receptor engagement in B cells.

Thomas L. Rothstein;Julia K. M. Wang;David J. Panka;Linda C. Foote

530
Citations
Notch signaling controls liver development by regulating biliary differentiation

Yiwei Zong;Archana Panikkar;Jie Xu;Aline Antoniou

518
Citations
IL-4 induces allergic-like inflammatory disease and alters T cell development in transgenic mice.

Robert I. Tepper;Douglas A. Levinson;Ben Z. Stanger;Juanita Campos-Torres

513
Citations
Robust cellular reprogramming occurs spontaneously during liver regeneration

Kilangsungla Yanger;Yiwei Zong;Lara R. Maggs;Suzanne N. Shapira

500
Citations
Organ size is limited by the number of embryonic progenitor cells in the pancreas but not the liver

Ben Z. Stanger;Ben Z. Stanger;Ben Z. Stanger;Akemi J. Tanaka;Douglas A. Melton

454
Citations
Pdx1 maintains β-cell identity and function by repressing an α-cell program

Tao Gao;Brian McKenna;Changhong Li;Maximilian Reichert

433
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Vonderheide University of Pennsylvania

Anil K. Rustgi Columbia University

Scott W. Lowe Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Douglas A. Melton Harvard University

Benjamin A. Garcia Washington University in St. Louis

Yuval Dor Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shoukat Dedhar University of British Columbia

Philip Leder Harvard University

David E. Housman MIT

David Issadore University of Pennsylvania

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