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D. Grahame Hardie 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 D. Grahame Hardie sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 379 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.

D. Grahame Hardie 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 D. Grahame Hardie sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 142 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

D. Grahame Hardie is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the areas of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with extensive work also intersecting the field of Medicine. The scientist's subfield expertise includes Molecular Biology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Cancer Research, and Physiology.

The scientific topics central to their research encompass Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism.

The recent significant papers authored or co-authored by D. Grahame Hardie include:

  • New insights into activation and function of the AMPK (2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
  • AMPK and TOR: The Yin and Yang of Cellular Nutrient Sensing and Growth Control (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • AMPK activation induces mitophagy and promotes mitochondrial fission while activating TBK1 in a PINK1-Parkin independent manner (2020, The FASEB Journal)
  • Aldolase is a sensor for both low and high glucose, linking to AMPK and mTORC1 (2020, Cell Research)

The frequent co-authors working alongside Hardie include:

  • Fiona A. Ross
  • Simon A. Hawley
  • Fiona M. Russell
  • A. Mark Evans
  • Mark Dallas

Hardie's research findings have been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Biochemical Journal
  • Cell Metabolism
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1998.

Best Publications

  • AMPK: a nutrient and energy sensor that maintains energy homeostasis

    D. Grahame Hardie;Fiona A. Ross;Simon A. Hawley

  • AMP-activated protein kinase: Ancient energy gauge provides clues to modern understanding of metabolism

    Barbara B. Kahn;Thierry Alquier;David Carling;D. Grahame Hardie

  • AMP-activated/SNF1 protein kinases: conserved guardians of cellular energy.

    D. Grahame Hardie

  • Complexes between the LKB1 tumor suppressor, STRADα/β and MO25α/β are upstream kinases in the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade

    Simon A Hawley;Jérôme Boudeau;Jennifer L Reid;Kirsty J Mustard

  • The AMP‐Activated Protein Kinase

    D. Grahame Hardie;David Carling

  • The mechanisms of action of metformin

    Graham Rena;D. Grahame Hardie;Ewan R. Pearson

  • Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β is an alternative upstream kinase for AMP-activated protein kinase

    Simon A. Hawley;David A. Pan;Kirsty J. Mustard;Louise Ross

  • Characterization of the AMP-activated Protein Kinase Kinase from Rat Liver and Identification of Threonine 172 as the Major Site at Which It Phosphorylates AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Simon A. Hawley;Matthew Davison;Angela Woods;Stephen P. Davies

  • AMP-activated protein kinase—an energy sensor that regulates all aspects of cell function

    D. Grahame Hardie

  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Metabolic Control and Insulin Signaling

    Mhairi C. Towler;D. Grahame Hardie

  • LKB1 is a master kinase that activates 13 kinases of the AMPK subfamily, including MARK/PAR-1

    Jose M Lizcano;Olga Göransson;Rachel Toth;Maria Deak

  • The AMP-activated protein kinase pathway – new players upstream and downstream

    D. Grahame Hardie

  • 5‐Aminoimidazole‐4‐Carboxamide Ribonucleoside

    Julia M. Corton;John G. Gillespie;Simon A. Hawley;D. Grahame Hardie

  • Metabolism of inflammation limited by AMPK and pseudo-starvation

    Luke A. J. O'Neill;D. Grahame Hardie

  • Minireview: The AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade: The Key Sensor of Cellular Energy Status

    D. Grahame Hardie

  • Management of cellular energy by the AMP-activated protein kinase system.

    D.Grahame Hardie;John W Scott;David A Pan;Emma R Hudson

  • AMP-activated protein kinase--development of the energy sensor concept.

    D. Grahame Hardie;Simon A. Hawley;John W. Scott

  • Effects of the tumour promoter okadaic acid on intracellular protein phosphorylation and metabolism

    T. A. J. Haystead;A. T. R. Sim;D. Carling;R. C. Honnor

  • AMP-activated protein kinase: the energy charge hypothesis revisited.

    D. Grahame Hardie;Simon A. Hawley

  • AMPK: Sensing Glucose as well as Cellular Energy Status

    Sheng-Cai Lin;D. Grahame Hardie

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon A. Hawley
Simon A. Hawley University of Dundee
David Carling
David Carling Imperial College London
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Chris Peers
Chris Peers University of Leeds
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski University of Copenhagen
Erik A. Richter
Erik A. Richter University of Copenhagen
Philip Cohen
Philip Cohen University of Dundee
Kei Sakamoto
Kei Sakamoto University of Copenhagen
Marc Foretz
Marc Foretz Université Paris Cité
Sheng-Cai Lin
Sheng-Cai Lin Xiamen University

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