2026 Beverly L. Davidson: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	114	741	707	451	427	466	47220
Molecular Biology	117	290	266	174	158	429	48100
Medicine	117	4220	3953	2311	2139	441	48292

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Beverly L. Davidson is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Neurology, and Physiology.

Their work covers several key research topics, including Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Virus-based Gene Therapy Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Recent publications by Beverly L. Davidson's research group highlight a range of topics in gene therapy and molecular biology:

Evaluating the state of the science for adeno-associated virus integration: An integrated perspective (2022, Molecular Therapy)
Gene therapy for ALS: A review (2021, Molecular Therapy)
Regulated control of gene therapies by drug-induced splicing (2021, Nature)
An orally available, brain penetrant, small molecule lowers huntingtin levels by enhancing pseudoexon inclusion (2022, Nature Communications)
Toxicity after AAV delivery of RNAi expression constructs into nonhuman primate brain (2021, Nature Medicine)

Frequent collaborators working alongside Beverly L. Davidson include Paul T. Ranum, Luis Tecedor, Alex Mas Monteys, Megan S. Keiser, and Ellie M. Carrell. These co-authors have contributed extensively to the body of research produced by this team.

Their research has been published across various scientific venues. Prominent publication venues encompass:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Therapy
Nature Communications
Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Beverly L. Davidson is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2017.

Best Publications

RNA polymerase III transcribes human microRNAs

Glen M. Borchert;William P. Lanier;Beverly L. Davidson

1993
Citations
Transvascular delivery of small interfering RNA to the central nervous system

Priti Kumar;Haoquan Wu;Jodi L. McBride;Kyeong Eun Jung

1457
Citations
siRNA-mediated gene silencing in vitro and in vivo

Haibin Xia;Qinwen Mao;Henry L Paulson;Beverly L Davidson

1306
Citations
Lysosomal storage diseases

Frances M Platt;Alessandra d'Azzo;Beverly L Davidson;Elizabeth F Neufeld

1133
Citations
A model system for in vivo gene transfer into the central nervous system using an adenoviral vector.

Beverly L. Davidson;Edward D. Allen;Karen F. Kozarsky;James M. Wilson

1071
Citations
Current prospects for RNA interference-based therapies

Beverly L. Davidson;Paul B. McCray

896
Citations
Recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2, 4, and 5 vectors: Transduction of variant cell types and regions in the mammalian central nervous system

Beverly L. Davidson;Colleen S. Stein;Jason A. Heth;Inês Martins

846
Citations
RNA interference improves motor and neuropathological abnormalities in a Huntington's disease mouse model.

Scott Q. Harper;Patrick D. Staber;Xiaohua He;Steven L. Eliason

834
Citations
RNAi suppresses polyglutamine-induced neurodegeneration in a model of spinocerebellar ataxia

Haibin Xia;Qinwen Mao;Steven L Eliason;Scott Q Harper

815
Citations
The bifunctional microRNA miR-9/miR-9* regulates REST and CoREST and is downregulated in Huntington's disease.

Amy N. Packer;Yi Xing;Scott Q. Harper;Lesley Jones

797
Citations
Superoxide Production in Vascular Smooth Muscle Contributes to Oxidative Stress and Impaired Relaxation in Atherosclerosis

Miller Fj;Gutterman Dd;Rios Cd;Heistad Dd

782
Citations
Dopaminergic Neurons Protected from Degeneration by GDNF Gene Therapy

Derek L. Choi-Lundberg;Qing Lin;Yung Nien Chang;Yawen L. Chiang

780
Citations
Artificial miRNAs mitigate shRNA-mediated toxicity in the brain: Implications for the therapeutic development of RNAi

Jodi L. McBride;Ryan L. Boudreau;Scott Q. Harper;Scott Q. Harper;Patrick D. Staber

712
Citations
Stimulation of new bone formation by direct transfer of osteogenic plasmid genes

Jianming Fang;Yao Yao Zhu;Elizabeth Smiley;Jeffrey Bonadio

680
Citations
Allele-specific silencing of dominant disease genes

Victor M. Miller;Haibin Xia;Ginger L. Marrs;Cynthia M. Gouvion

616
Citations
Identification of PDGFR as a receptor for AAV-5 transduction

Giovanni Di Pasquale;Beverly L Davidson;Colleen S Stein;Inês Martins

526
Citations
Platelet-mediated modulation of adaptive immunity. A communication link between innate and adaptive immune compartments.

Bennett D Elzey;Jun Tian;Robert J Jensen;Axel K Swanson

514
Citations
Viral vectors for gene delivery to the nervous system

Beverly L. Davidson;Xandra O. Breakefield

507
Citations
Structure and activity of putative intronic miRNA promoters.

Alex Mas Monteys;Ryan M. Spengler;Ji Wan;Luis Tecedor

504
Citations
Chapter 53 – Lysosomal Storage Diseases: Perspectives and Principles

Edward H. Schuchman;Melissa P. Wasserstein

24
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. McCray University of Iowa

Henry L. Paulson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

William N. Kelley University of Pennsylvania

Yi Xing Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Joseph Zabner University of Iowa

Donald D. Heistad University of Iowa

James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania

John A. Chiorini National Institutes of Health

Robert M. Kotin University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Peter Lobel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

Personal website of Beverly L. Davidson

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