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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
29473
World Ranking
4014
National Ranking
1983

Cristian Coarfa 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 Cristian Coarfa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 734 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cristian Coarfa 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 Cristian Coarfa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Cristian Coarfa is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with notable focus on molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, oncology, and immunology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of study represented in their work are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Immunology

Coarfa has contributed to research across several significant topics such as:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

The scientist's work has been published extensively in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Coarfa has collaborated regularly with several co-authors including:

  • Sandra L. Grimm (86 collaborations)
  • Kimal Rajapakshe (44 collaborations)
  • Matthew J. Robertson (37 collaborations)
  • Nagireddy Putluri (28 collaborations)
  • Tajhal D. Patel (21 collaborations)

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Concerted type I interferon signaling in microglia and neural cells promotes memory impairment associated with amyloid β plaques," 2022, Immunity
  • "Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Bempegaldesleukin selectively depletes intratumoral Tregs and potentiates T cell-mediated cancer therapy," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Comprehensive Molecular Characterization Identifies Distinct Genomic and Immune Hallmarks of Renal Medullary Carcinoma," 2020, Cancer Cell
  • "DNA hypermethylation during tuberculosis dampens host immune responsiveness," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

  • The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Caleb F. Davis;Christopher J. Ricketts;Min Wang;Lixing Yang

  • A metagenomic approach to characterization of the vaginal microbiome signature in pregnancy.

    Kjersti Aagaard;Kevin Riehle;Jun Ma;Nicola Segata

  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome Signatures of Pediatric Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Delphine M. Saulnier;Delphine M. Saulnier;Kevin Riehle;Toni–Ann Mistretta;Toni–Ann Mistretta;Maria–Alejandra Diaz;Maria–Alejandra Diaz

  • Comparison of sequencing-based methods to profile DNA methylation and identification of monoallelic epigenetic modifications

    R Alan Harris;Ting Wang;Cristian Coarfa;Raman P. Nagarajan

  • Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

    Matthew N Davies;Manuela Volta;Ruth Pidsley;Katie Lunnon

  • Circadian Homeostasis of Liver Metabolism Suppresses Hepatocarcinogenesis.

    Nicole M. Kettner;Horatio Voicu;Milton J. Finegold;Cristian Coarfa

  • Genomic, Pathway Network, and Immunologic Features Distinguishing Squamous Carcinomas

    Joshua D. Campbell;Joshua D. Campbell;Joshua D. Campbell;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Reanne Bowlby;Yuexin Liu

  • An integrative variant analysis suite for whole exome next-generation sequencing data

    Danny Challis;Jin Yu;Uday S Evani;Andrew R Jackson

  • Fatty Acid Oxidation-Driven Src Links Mitochondrial Energy Reprogramming and Oncogenic Properties in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    Jun Hyoung Park;Sajna Vithayathil;Santosh Kumar;Pi Lin Sung;Pi Lin Sung

  • Proinflammatory role for let-7 microRNAS in experimental asthma.

    Sumanth Polikepahad;John M. Knight;Arash O. Naghavi;Toni Oplt

  • Oncogenic lncRNA downregulates cancer cell antigen presentation and intrinsic tumor suppression.

    Qingsong Hu;Youqiong Ye;Li-Chuan Chan;Yajuan Li

  • ReadDepth: a parallel R package for detecting copy number alterations from short sequencing reads.

    Christopher A Miller;Oliver A Hampton;Cristian Coarfa;Aleksandar Milosavljevic

  • Prostate cancer-associated mutations in speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP) regulate steroid receptor coactivator 3 protein turnover

    Chuandong Geng;Bin He;Limei Xu;Christopher E. Barbieri;Christopher E. Barbieri

  • The Repertoire and Features of Human Platelet microRNAs

    Hélène Plé;Patricia Landry;Ashley Benham;Cristian Coarfa

  • Performance analysis of TLS Web servers

    Cristian Coarfa;Peter Druschel;Dan S. Wallach

  • SOX2 Regulates YAP1 to Maintain Stemness and Determine Cell Fate in the Osteo-Adipo Lineage

    Eunjeong Seo;Upal Basu-Roy;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Cristian Coarfa

  • A SNP discovery method to assess variant allele probability from next-generation resequencing data.

    Yufeng Shen;Zhengzheng Wan;Cristian Coarfa;Rafal Drabek

  • An epigenomic approach to therapy for tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer

    Qin Feng;Zheng Zhang;Martin J Shea;Chad J Creighton

  • An evaluation of global address space languages: co-array fortran and unified parallel C

    Cristian Coarfa;Yuri Dotsenko;John Mellor-Crummey;François Cantonnet

Frequent Co-Authors

Nagireddy Putluri
Nagireddy Putluri Baylor College of Medicine
Aleksandar Milosavljevic
Aleksandar Milosavljevic Baylor College of Medicine
Preethi H. Gunaratne
Preethi H. Gunaratne University of Houston
Chad J. Creighton
Chad J. Creighton Baylor College of Medicine
R. Alan Harris
R. Alan Harris Baylor College of Medicine
Nicholas Mitsiades
Nicholas Mitsiades Baylor College of Medicine
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Dean P. Edwards
Dean P. Edwards Baylor College of Medicine
Robert A. Waterland
Robert A. Waterland Baylor College of Medicine
Michael Ittmann
Michael Ittmann Baylor College of Medicine

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