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16431
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Christina Yau 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 Christina Yau sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 380 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christina Yau 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 Christina Yau sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christina Yau is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus predominantly on oncology and cancer research. Additional subfields include radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The primary topics of Christina Yau's work involve breast cancer treatment studies, cancer genomics and diagnostics, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, advanced breast cancer therapies, cancer treatment and pharmacology, and cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers.

Notable publications authored or co-authored by Christina Yau include:

  • Effect of Pembrolizumab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Pathologic Complete Response in Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer, 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • Circulating tumor DNA in neoadjuvant-treated breast cancer reflects response and survival, 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • Comprehensive Analysis of Genetic Ancestry and Its Molecular Correlates in Cancer, 2020, Cancer Cell
  • Durvalumab with olaparib and paclitaxel for high-risk HER2-negative stage II/III breast cancer: Results from the adaptively randomized I-SPY2 trial, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Redefining breast cancer subtypes to guide treatment prioritization and maximize response: Predictive biomarkers across 10 cancer therapies, 2022, Cancer Cell

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Laura J. Esserman, Laura van 't Veer, Angela DeMichele, Gillian L. Hirst, and Denise M. Wolf.

Publications have appeared in several key venues, with the most frequent being Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Oncology, npj Breast Cancer, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Comprehensivemolecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Chad J. Creighton;Margaret Morgan;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Preethi H. Gunaratne;David A. Wheeler

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

  • Comprehensive Molecular Portraits of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer.

    Giovanni Ciriello;Giovanni Ciriello;Michael L. Gatza;Michael L. Gatza;Andrew H. Beck;Matthew D. Wilkerson

  • Multiplatform analysis of 12 cancer types reveals molecular classification within and across tissues of origin

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Denise M. Wolf;Andrew D. Cherniack

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura J. Esserman
Laura J. Esserman University of California, San Francisco
Christopher C. Benz
Christopher C. Benz Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Donald A. Berry
Donald A. Berry The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Laura J. van't Veer
Laura J. van't Veer University of California, San Francisco
Hope S. Rugo
Hope S. Rugo University of California, San Francisco
Angela DeMichele
Angela DeMichele University of Pennsylvania
Andrew D. Cherniack
Andrew D. Cherniack Broad Institute
Douglas Yee
Douglas Yee University of Minnesota
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University

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