2026 Clifford J. Tabin: 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	128	443	397	284	249	320	69679
Medicine	128	2682	2502	1499	1376	297	69276

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2012 - Edwin Grant Conklin Medal, Society for Developmental Biology
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Clifford J. Tabin is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on environmental science. The subfields they contribute to include molecular biology, paleontology, global and planetary change, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics of their research encompass subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, congenital heart defects research, developmental biology and gene regulation, marine ecology and invasive species, animal vocal communication and behavior, fish biology and ecology studies, and amphibian and reptile biology.

Clifford J. Tabin has published extensively in several venues, most notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Developmental Dynamics
Nature Communications
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
BMC Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators include Misty R. Riddle, ChangHee Lee, Suzanne E. McGaugh, Joshua B. Gross, and Tyler E. Boggs.

Notable recent publications include:

A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution, 2021, Nature Communications
Protein and lipid mass concentration measurement in tissues by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Genetic architecture underlying changes in carotenoid accumulation during the evolution of the blind Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus, 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Genetic mapping of metabolic traits in the blind Mexican cavefish reveals sex-dependent quantitative trait loci associated with cave adaptation, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
Limb positioning and initiation: An evolutionary context of pattern and formation, 2021, Developmental Dynamics

Among awards received, Clifford J. Tabin was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2014. Other distinctions include the Edwin Grant Conklin Medal from the Society for Developmental Biology (2012), membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2007), and fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000).

Best Publications

Regulation of Rate of Cartilage Differentiation by Indian Hedgehog and PTH-Related Protein

Andrea Vortkamp;Kaechoong Lee;Beate Lanske;Gino V. Segre

2944
Citations
Sonic Hedgehog Mediates the Polarizing Activity of the ZPA

Robert D. Riddle;Randy L. Johnson;Ed Laufer;Cliff Tabin

2803
Citations
p63 is essential for regenerative proliferation in limb, craniofacial and epithelial development

Annie Yang;Ronen Schweitzer;Deqin Sun;Mourad Kaghad

2774
Citations
Mechanism of activation of a human oncogene.

Clifford J. Tabin;Scott M. Bradley;Cornelia I. Bargmann;Robert A. Weinberg

1773
Citations
Biochemical evidence that Patched is the Hedgehog receptor

Valeria Marigo;Robert A. Davey;Yi Zuo;James M. Cunningham

1289
Citations
Human EJ bladder carcinoma oncogene is homologue of Harvey sarcoma virus ras gene

Luis F. Parada;Clifford J. Tabin;Chiaho Shih;Robert A. Weinberg

1263
Citations
Developmental roles and clinical significance of hedgehog signaling.

Andrew P McMahon;Philip W Ingham;Clifford J Tabin

1108
Citations
Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs

Neil Shubin;Cliff Tabin;Sean Carroll

1068
Citations
Evidence for an Expansion-Based Temporal Shh Gradient in Specifying Vertebrate Digit Identities

Brian D. Harfe;Paul J. Scherz;Sahar Nissim;Hua Tian

1066
Citations
Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty

Neil Shubin;Neil Shubin;Cliff Tabin;Sean Carroll

1038
Citations
Expression of Cre Recombinase in the developing mouse limb bud driven by a Prxl enhancer.

Malcolm Logan;James F. Martin;Andras Nagy;Corrinne Lobe

1016
Citations
Hox genes and the evolution of vertebrate axial morphology.

Ann C. Burke;Craig E. Nelson;Bruce A. Morgan;Cliff Tabin

1003
Citations
A molecular pathway determining left-right asymmetry in chick embryogenesis.

Michael Levin;Randy L Johnson;Claudio D Sterna;Michael Kuehn

998
Citations
BMP2 activity, although dispensable for bone formation, is required for the initiation of fracture healing.

Kunikazu Tsuji;Amitabha Bandyopadhyay;Brian D Harfe;Karen Cox

992
Citations
Sonic hedgehog and Fgf-4 act through a signaling cascade and feedback loop to integrate growth and patterning of the developing limb bud.

Ed Laufer;Craig E. Nelson;Randy L. Johnson;Bruce A. Morgan

985
Citations
Bmp4 and morphological variation of beaks in Darwin's finches.

Arhat Abzhanov;Meredith E. Protas;B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

976
Citations
Analysis of the tendon cell fate using Scleraxis, a specific marker for tendons and ligaments

Ronen Schweitzer;Jay H. Chyung;Lewis C. Murtaugh;Ava E. Brent

950
Citations
A Tissue-Mapped Axolotl De Novo Transcriptome Enables Identification of Limb Regeneration Factors

Donald M. Bryant;Kimberly Johnson;Tia DiTommaso;Timothy Tickle

845
Citations
The RNaseIII enzyme Dicer is required for morphogenesis but not patterning of the vertebrate limb

Brian D. Harfe;Michael T. McManus;Jennifer H. Mansfield;Eran Hornstein

783
Citations
A molecular pathway determining left–right asymmetry in chick

Michael Levin;Randy L. Johnson;C. D. Stern;Claudio D. Sterna

75
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