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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 78 1057 938 552 480 218 40517

Brian D. Strahl publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brian D. Strahl between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brian D. Strahl published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2023. 34 of the 279 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2023. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 9 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 34 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 23 publications
1994 2025

279 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brian D. Strahl: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2001 9
2002 6
2003 2
2004 1
2005 9
2006 6
2007 7
2008 4
2009 4
2010 0
2011 6
2012 14
2013 14
2014 11
2015 18
2016 23
2017 12
2018 16
2019 10
2020 14
2021 9
2022 9
2023 34
2024 11
2025 23
Total 279
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Brian D. Strahl 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 Brian D. Strahl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 217–226 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 218 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98 218
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Brian D. Strahl 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 Brian D. Strahl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78–79 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70 78
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Brian D. Strahl is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research predominantly lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics covered by Brian D. Strahl include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian D. Strahl are:

  • DNMT1 reads heterochromatic H4K20me3 to reinforce LINE-1 DNA methylation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Characterization of the plant homeodomain (PHD) reader family for their histone tail interactions, 2020, Epigenetics & Chromatin
  • HDAC inhibition results in widespread alteration of the histone acetylation landscape and BRD4 targeting to gene bodies, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Direct readout of heterochromatic H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • BAHCC1 binds H3K27me3 via a conserved BAH module to mediate gene silencing and oncogenesis, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian D. Strahl include:

  • Krzysztof Krajewski
  • Scott B. Rothbart
  • Tatiana G. Kutateladze
  • Kanishk Jain
  • Gang Greg Wang

Brian D. Strahl's publications have appeared in various scientific venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • The language of covalent histone modifications.

    B D Strahl;C D Allis

  • Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases

    S Rea;F Eisenhaber;D O'Carroll;B D Strahl

  • Role of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methylation in Epigenetic Control of Heterochromatin Assembly

    Jun-ichi Nakayama;Judd C. Rice;Brian D. Strahl;C. David Allis

  • Methylation of histone H4 at arginine 3 facilitating transcriptional activation by nuclear hormone receptor

    Hengbin Wang;Zhi-Qing Huang;Li Xia;Qin Feng

  • Cotranscriptional set2 methylation of histone H3 lysine 36 recruits a repressive Rpd3 complex.

    Michael Christopher Keogh;Siavash K. Kurdistani;Stephanie A. Morris;Seong Hoon Ahn

  • Evidence for nucleosome depletion at active regulatory regions genome-wide.

    Cheol Koo Lee;Yoichiro Shibata;Bhargavi Rao;Brian D. Strahl

  • Interpreting the language of histone and DNA modifications

    Scott B. Rothbart;Brian D. Strahl

  • Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is mediated by Set1 and required for cell growth and rDNA silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Scott D. Briggs;Mary Bryk;Brian D. Strahl;Wang L. Cheung

  • Set2 Is a Nucleosomal Histone H3-Selective Methyltransferase That Mediates Transcriptional Repression

    Brian D Strahl;Patrick A. Grant;Scott D. Briggs;Zu Wen Sun

  • A nucleosomal function for IκB kinase-α in NF-κB-dependent gene expression

    Vasiliki Anest;Julie L. Hanson;Patricia C. Cogswell;Kris A. Steinbrecher

  • Methylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 is highly conserved and correlates with transcriptionally active nuclei in Tetrahymena

    Brian D. Strahl;Reiko Ohba;Richard G. Cook;C. David Allis

  • Gene silencing: Trans -histone regulatory pathway in chromatin

    Scott D. Briggs;Tiaojiang Xiao;Zu Wen Sun;Jennifer A. Caldwell

  • A Novel Domain in Set2 Mediates RNA Polymerase II Interaction and Couples Histone H3 K36 Methylation with Transcript Elongation

    Kelby O. Kizer;Hemali P. Phatnani;Yoichiro Shibata;Hana Hall

  • Role of protein methylation in regulation of transcription.

    David Y. Lee;Catherine Teyssier;Brian D. Strahl;Michael R. Stallcup

  • Methylation of histone H4 at arginine 3 occurs in vivo and is mediated by the nuclear receptor coactivator PRMT1

    Brian D. Strahl;Scott D. Briggs;Cynthia J. Brame;Jennifer A. Caldwell

  • Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II CTD regulates H3 methylation in yeast

    Tiaojiang Xiao;Hana Hall;Kelby O. Kizer;Yoichiro Shibata

  • Long noncoding RNAs are rarely translated in two human cell lines

    Balázs Bánfai;Hui Jia;Jainab Khatun;Emily Wood

  • Histone H2B Ubiquitylation Is Associated with Elongating RNA Polymerase II

    Tiaojiang Xiao;Cheng Fu Kao;Nevan J. Krogan;Zu Wen Sun

  • OPERating ON chromatin, a colorful language where context matters

    Kathryn E. Gardner;C. David Allis;Brian D. Strahl

  • Polymerase IV occupancy at RNA-directed DNA methylation sites requires SHH1

    Julie A. Law;Jiamu Du;Christopher J. Hale;Suhua Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatiana G. Kutateladze
Tatiana G. Kutateladze University of Colorado Denver
C. David Allis
C. David Allis Rockefeller University
Robert J. Duronio
Robert J. Duronio University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. Gregory Matera
A. Gregory Matera University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Mark T. Bedford
Mark T. Bedford The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium
Xiaobing Shi
Xiaobing Shi Van Andel Institute
Dinshaw J. Patel
Dinshaw J. Patel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Benjamin A. Garcia
Benjamin A. Garcia Washington University in St. Louis

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