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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 65 1668 1493 132 116 159 15678

Dale B. Wigley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dale B. Wigley between 1986 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dale B. Wigley published across 39 years, from 1986 to 2024, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 1996. 3 of the 211 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 1996. 1986: 2 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 15 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 3 publications
1986 2024

211 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dale B. Wigley: publications per year, 1986 to 2024
Year Publications
1986 2
1987 9
1988 2
1989 1
1990 3
1991 2
1992 4
1993 2
1994 5
1995 4
1996 15
1997 8
1998 11
1999 15
2000 12
2001 10
2002 8
2003 2
2004 6
2005 3
2006 5
2007 7
2008 3
2009 6
2010 0
2011 0
2012 8
2013 2
2014 5
2015 0
2016 9
2017 8
2018 12
2019 6
2020 10
2021 0
2022 3
2023 0
2024 3
Total 211
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Dale B. Wigley publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dale B. Wigley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 157–166 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 159 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Dale B. Wigley D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dale B. Wigley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131 65
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Dale B. Wigley is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in several interconnected subfields. These include molecular biology, ecology, genetics, surgery, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's published work addresses a range of topics including DNA repair mechanisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, genomics and chromatin dynamics, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, pancreatic function and diabetes, diet, metabolism, and disease, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts are Kaiying Cheng, Martin Wilkinson, Adam S. B. Jalal, Paul Girvan, and Elizabeth A. McCormack.

The typical venues for publication reflect a focus on molecular and cellular biology and related fields, appearing in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, eLife, Molecular Metabolism, and Molecular Cell.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wigley include:

  • A conformational switch in response to Chi converts RecBCD from phage destruction to DNA repair, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Structures of RecBCD in complex with phage-encoded inhibitor proteins reveal distinctive strategies for evasion of a bacterial immunity hub, 2022, eLife
  • The type 2 diabetes gene product STARD10 is a phosphoinositide-binding protein that controls insulin secretory granule biogenesis, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • Stabilization of the hexasome intermediate during histone exchange by yeast SWR1 complex, 2024, Molecular Cell
  • Nucleosome flipping drives kinetic proofreading and processivity by SWR1, 2024, Nature

Wigley was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Structure and mechanism of helicases and nucleic acid translocases.

    Martin R Singleton;Mark S Dillingham;Dale B Wigley

  • Crystal structures of complexes of PcrA DNA helicase with a DNA substrate indicate an inchworm mechanism.

    Sameer S Velankar;Panos Soultanas;Mark S Dillingham;Hosahalli S Subramanya

  • Crystal structure of an N-terminal fragment of the DNA gyrase B protein.

    Dale B. Wigley;Gideon J. Davies;Eleanor J. Dodson;Anthony Maxwell

  • Crystal structure of T7 gene 4 ring helicase indicates a mechanism for sequential hydrolysis of nucleotides.

    Martin R Singleton;Michael R Sawaya;Tom Ellenberger;Dale B Wigley

  • Crystal structure of a DExx box DNA helicase.

    Hosahalli S. Subramanya;Louise E. Bird;James A. Brannigan;Dale B. Wigley

  • Crystal structure of RecBCD enzyme reveals a machine for processing DNA breaks

    Martin R. Singleton;Mark S. Dillingham;Martin Gaudier;Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

  • THE NATURE OF INHIBITION OF DNA GYRASE BY THE COUMARINS AND THE CYCLOTHIALIDINES REVEALED BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

    R. J. Lewis;O. M. P. Singh;C. V. Smith;T. Skarzynski

  • The third IgG-binding domain from streptococcal protein G. An analysis by X-ray crystallography of the structure alone and in a complex with Fab.

    Jeremy P. Derrick;Dale B. Wigley

  • Structural Analysis of DNA Replication Fork Reversal by RecG

    Martin R. Singleton;Sarah Scaife;Dale B. Wigley

  • Crystal Structure of an ATP-Dependent DNA Ligase from Bacteriophage T7

    Hosahalli S. Subramanya;Aidan J. Doherty;Stephen R. Ashford;Dale B. Wigley

  • X-Ray Crystallography Reveals a Large Conformational Change during Guanyl Transfer by mRNA Capping Enzymes

    Kjell Håkansson;Aidan J. Doherty;Stewart Shuman;Dale B. Wigley

  • Structure of the single-strand annealing domain of human RAD52 protein

    Martin R. Singleton;Lois M. Wentzell;Yilun Liu;Stephen C. West

  • Modularity and specialization in superfamily 1 and 2 helicases.

    Martin R. Singleton;Dale B. Wigley

  • Crystal structure of the site-specific recombinase, XerD

    Hosahalli S. Subramanya;Lidia K. Arciszewska;Rachel A. Baker;Louise E. Bird

  • Demonstration of unidirectional single-stranded DNA translocation by PcrA helicase: measurement of step size and translocation speed.

    Mark S. Dillingham;Dale B. Wigley;Martin R. Webb

  • High resolution refinement of beta-galactosidase in a new crystal form reveals multiple metal-binding sites and provides a structural basis for alpha-complementation.

    Douglas H. Juers;Raymond H. Jacobson;Dale Wigley;Xue‐Jun Zhang

  • Crystal structure of a streptococcal protein G domain bound to an Fab fragment.

    Jeremy P. Derrick;Dale B. Wigley

  • DNA ligases in the repair and replication of DNA.

    David J Timson;Martin R Singleton;Dale B Wigley

  • Site-directed mutagenesis reveals role of mobile arginine residue in lactate dehydrogenase catalysis

    Anthony R. Clarke;Dale B. Wigley;William N. Chia;David Barstow

  • Demonstration of unidirectional single-stranded DNA translocation by PcrA helicase

    Mark S Dillingham;D B Wigley;M R Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Dillingham
Mark S. Dillingham University of Bristol
J. John Holbrook
J. John Holbrook University of Bristol
Anthony R. Clarke
Anthony R. Clarke University of Bristol
Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London
Anthony Maxwell
Anthony Maxwell John Innes Centre
Eleanor J. Dodson
Eleanor J. Dodson University of York
Keith S. Wilson
Keith S. Wilson University of York
Gideon J. Davies
Gideon J. Davies University of York
David J. Sherratt
David J. Sherratt University of Oxford
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski University of California, Davis

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