2026 Brian Herman: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	78	4448	4105	2162	1947	231	33413

Overview

Brian Herman is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on oncology, physiology, radiology, nuclear medicine, and cancer research.

Their work covers various main topics including:

Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Cancer Risks and Factors
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
MRI in cancer diagnosis
Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Brian Herman has contributed to multiple publications across several venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer
Tomography
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Epiliepsy currents/Epilepsy currents

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian Herman include:

Repeatability and Reproducibility of ADC Histogram Metrics from the ACRIN 6698 Breast Cancer Therapy Response Trial (2020), published in Tomography
A randomized study of genetic education versus usual care in tumor profiling for advanced cancer in the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (EAQ152) (2021), published in Cancer
The effect of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage on smoking status, quit attempts, and receipt of cessation support among adults with cancer: Results from nine ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group trials (2023), published in Cancer
Cigarette and Alternative Tobacco Product Use among Adult Cancer Survivors Enrolled in 9 ECOG-ACRIN Clinical Trials (2023), published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Do Seizures Damage the Brain?-Cumulative Effects of Seizures and Epilepsy: A 2025 Perspective (2025), published in Epiliepsy currents/Epilepsy currents

Frequent co-authors working alongside Brian Herman include:

Ilana F. Gareen
Lynne I. Wagner
Ruth C. Carlos
Angela Wangari Walter
Jamie S. Ostroff

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
The mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death: a common mechanism in necrosis, apoptosis and autophagy.

John J. Lemasters;Anna Liisa Nieminen;Ting Qian;Lawrence C. Trost;Lawrence C. Trost

1771
Citations
Protection against Fatal Sindbis Virus Encephalitis by Beclin, a Novel Bcl-2-Interacting Protein

Xiao Huan Liang;Linda K. Kleeman;Hui Hui Jiang;Gerald Gordon

1609
Citations
Quantitative fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements using fluorescence microscopy.

Gerald W. Gordon;Gail Berry;Xiao Huan Liang;Beth Levine

1262
Citations
Measurement of Intracellular Calcium

Akiyuki Takahashi;Patricia Camacho;James D. Lechleiter;Brian Herman

1054
Citations
The TGF-α precursor expressed on the cell surface binds to the EGF receptor on adjacent cells, leading to signal transduction

Sharon T. Wong;Lisa F. Winchell;Bryan K. McCune;H.Shelton Earp

685
Citations
Blebbing, free Ca2+ and mitochondrial membrane potential preceding cell death in hepatocytes

John J. Lemasters;James Diguiseppi;Anna Liisa Nieminen;Brian Herman

642
Citations
Assessment of Fura-2 for measurements of cytosolic free calcium

M.W Roe;J.J Lemasters;B Herman

564
Citations
Contribution of the mitochondrial permeability transition to lethal injury after exposure of hepatocytes to t-butylhydroperoxide

A L Nieminen;A K Saylor;S A Tesfai;B Herman

559
Citations
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Necrotic and Apoptotic Cell Death

John J. Lemasters;Ting Qian;Cynthia A. Bradham;David A. Brenner

528
Citations
Mitochondrial permeability transition in hepatocytes induced by t-BuOOH: NAD(P)H and reactive oxygen species

Anna Liisa Nieminen;Aaeon M. Byrne;Brian Herman;John J. Lemasters

472
Citations
Bcl-2 and bax interactions in mitochondria probed with green fluorescent protein and fluorescence resonance energy transfer

Nupam P. Mahajan;Katrina Linder;Gail Berry;Gerald W. Gordon

468
Citations
Mitochondria as a Source of Reactive Oxygen Species During Reductive Stress in Rat Hepatocytes

T. L. Dawson;G. J. Gores;A. L. Nieminen;Brian Herman

418
Citations
Structure-function comparisons of the proapoptotic protein Bax in yeast and mammalian cells.

Hongbin Zha;Harold A. Fisk;Michael P. Yaffe;Nupam Mahajan

410
Citations
Binding and internalization of heparin by vascular smooth muscle cells.

John J. Castellot;Kent Wong;Brian Herman;Richard L. Hoover

359
Citations
The E5 oncoprotein of human papillomavirus type 16 inhibits the acidification of endosomes in human keratinocytes.

S W Straight;B Herman;D J McCance

357
Citations
Mitochondrial permeability transition in pH-dependent reperfusion injury to rat hepatocytes

Ting Qian;Anna Liisa Nieminen;Brian Herman;John J. Lemasters

354
Citations
Intracellular pH during "chemical hypoxia" in cultured rat hepatocytes. Protection by intracellular acidosis against the onset of cell death.

G J Gores;A L Nieminen;B E Wray;B Herman

340
Citations
Extracellular acidosis delays onset of cell death in ATP-depleted hepatocytes

G. J. Gores;A. L. Nieminen;K. E. Fleishman;T. L. Dawson

327
Citations
The mitochondrial permeability transition in toxic, hypoxic and reperfusion injury

John J. Lemasters;Anna Liisa Nieminen;Ting Qian;Lawrence C. Trost

310
Citations