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Craig B. Thompson 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 Craig B. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 653 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Craig B. Thompson 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 Craig B. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
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This scientist: 238 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Craig B. Thompson is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, immunology, and physiology.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Frequent publication venues for Thompson's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • The EMBO Journal

Notable recent publications are:

  • "The hallmarks of cancer metabolism: Still emerging," 2022, Cell Metabolism
  • "Oncogenic activation of PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling suppresses ferroptosis via SREBP-mediated lipogenesis," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Impaired mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation limits the self-renewal of T cells exposed to persistent antigen," 2020, Nature Immunology
  • "Proline biosynthesis is a vent for TGFβ-induced mitochondrial redox stress," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Mitochondrial NADP(H) generation is essential for proline biosynthesis," 2021, Science

Frequent coauthors with whom Thompson has collaborated include:

  • Justin R. Cross
  • Natalya N. Pavlova
  • Bryan H. King
  • Scott W. Lowe
  • Simon Schwörer

Throughout their career, Thompson has been recognized by various professional organizations. They were named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2005 and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2002. In 1999, they became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and are also a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation

    Matthew G. Vander Heiden;Lewis C. Cantley;Craig B. Thompson

  • Apoptosis in the pathogenesis and treatment of disease

    Craig B. Thompson

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

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

  • The Emerging Hallmarks of Cancer Metabolism

    Natalya N. Pavlova;Craig B. Thompson

  • Proapoptotic BAX and BAK: A Requisite Gateway to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Death

    Michael C. Wei;Michael C. Wei;Wei-Xing Zong;Emily H.-Y. Cheng;Tullia Lindsten

  • THE BIOLOGY OF CANCER: METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING FUELS CELL GROWTH AND PROLIFERATION

    Ralph J. DeBerardinis;Julian J. Lum;Georgia Hatzivassiliou;Craig B. Thompson

  • Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate

    Lenny Dang;David W. White;Stefan Gross;Bryson D. Bennett

  • bcl-x, a bcl-2-related gene that functions as a dominant regulator of apoptotic cell death

    Lawrence H. Boise;Maribel González-García;Christina E. Postema;Liyun Ding

  • An inhibitor of Bcl-2 family proteins induces regression of solid tumours

    Tilman Oltersdorf;Steven W. Elmore;Alexander R. Shoemaker;Robert C. Armstrong

  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders with Early Lethality in Mice Deficient in Ctla-4

    Paul Waterhouse;Josef M. Penninger;Emma Timms;Andrew Wakeham

  • Metabolic Reprogramming: A Cancer Hallmark Even Warburg Did Not Anticipate

    Patrick S. Ward;Craig B. Thompson

  • Leukemic IDH1 and IDH2 mutations result in a hypermethylation phenotype, disrupt TET2 function, and impair hematopoietic differentiation.

    Maria E. Figueroa;Omar Abdel-Wahab;Chao Lu;Patrick S. Ward

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Bad, a heterodimeric partner for Bcl-xL and Bcl-2, displaces bax and promotes cell death

    Elizabeth Yang;Jiping Zha;Jennifer Jockel;Lawrence H Boise

  • Beyond aerobic glycolysis : Transformed cells can engage in glutamine metabolism that exceeds the requirement for protein and nucleotide synthesis

    Ralph J. DeBerardinis;Anthony Mancuso;Evgueni Daikhin;Ilana Nissim

  • CTLA-4 can function as a negative regulator of T cell activation

    Theresa L. Walunas;Deborah J. Lenschow;Christina Y. Bakker;Peter S. Linsley

  • Succinate links TCA cycle dysfunction to oncogenesis by inhibiting HIF-α prolyl hydroxylase

    Mary A. Selak;Sean M. Armour;Elaine D. MacKenzie;Houda Boulahbel

  • CTLA-4 and PD-1 receptors inhibit T-cell activation by distinct mechanisms

    Richard V. Parry;Jens M. Chemnitz;Kenneth A. Frauwirth;Anthony R. Lanfranco

  • The Common Feature of Leukemia-Associated IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations Is a Neomorphic Enzyme Activity Converting α-Ketoglutarate to 2-Hydroxyglutarate

    Patrick S. Ward;Jay Patel;David R. Wise;Omar Abdel-Wahab

  • ATP-Citrate Lyase Links Cellular Metabolism to Histone Acetylation

    Kathryn E. Wellen;Georgia Hatzivassiliou;Uma M. Sachdeva;Thi V. Bui

Frequent Co-Authors

Tullia Lindsten
Tullia Lindsten Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Carl H. June
Carl H. June University of Pennsylvania
Lawrence H. Boise
Lawrence H. Boise Emory University
Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Justin R. Cross
Justin R. Cross Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Wei-Xing Zong
Wei-Xing Zong Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Laurence A. Turka
Laurence A. Turka Harvard University
Jeffrey C. Rathmell
Jeffrey C. Rathmell Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Joshua D. Rabinowitz
Joshua D. Rabinowitz Princeton University

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