2026 Daniel J. Klionsky: 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	166	99	87	74	63	738	166100

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Daniel J. Klionsky is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on mechanisms of autophagy and its role in human disease.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main fields of study:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these broad fields, their work covers key subfields, including:

Molecular Biology
Epidemiology
Cell Biology
Physiology
Neurology

The major topics addressed in their research include:

Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
RNA modifications and cancer
Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
Cellular transport and secretion
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Key venues where their work frequently appears are:

Autophagy
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Death and Differentiation
Cancer Letters
Nature Cell Biology

Daniel J. Klionsky's most recent papers demonstrate a focus on autophagy and ferroptosis, published in well-recognized journals:

Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
Ferroptosis: machinery and regulation, 2020, Autophagy
Autophagy-Dependent Ferroptosis: Machinery and Regulation, 2020, Cell Chemical Biology
Autophagy-dependent ferroptosis drives tumor-associated macrophage polarization via release and uptake of oncogenic KRAS protein, 2020, Autophagy
Copper metabolism in cell death and autophagy, 2023, Autophagy

This scientist has collaborated frequently with select coauthors, including:

Daolin Tang
Rui Kang
Guido Kroemer
Yuchen Lei
Ying Yang

In recognition of their contributions, Daniel J. Klionsky has received several awards:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2008
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

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

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Autophagy fights disease through cellular self-digestion

Noboru Mizushima;Beth Levine;Ana Maria Cuervo;Daniel J. Klionsky

7478
Citations
Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

6452
Citations
Development by Self-Digestion: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions of Autophagy

Beth Levine;Daniel J Klionsky

4628
Citations
Autophagy as a Regulated Pathway of Cellular Degradation

Daniel J. Klionsky;Scott D. Emr

4308
Citations
Regulation Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways of Autophagy

Congcong He;Daniel J. Klionsky

4181
Citations
Autophagy in Health and Disease: A Double-Edged Sword

Takahiro Shintani;Daniel J. Klionsky

3192
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

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

2934
Citations
Autophagosome formation: core machinery and adaptations

Zhiping Xie;Daniel J. Klionsky

2606
Citations
Eaten alive: a history of macroautophagy.

Zhifen Yang;Daniel J. Klionsky

2451
Citations
Autophagy: from phenomenology to molecular understanding in less than a decade

Daniel J. Klionsky

2321
Citations
An Overview of Autophagy: Morphology, Mechanism, and Regulation

Katherine R. Parzych;Daniel J. Klionsky

2314
Citations
Mammalian autophagy: core molecular machinery and signaling regulation

Zhifen Yang;Daniel J Klionsky

2288
Citations
The machinery of macroautophagy

Yuchen Feng;Ding He;Zhiyuan Yao;Daniel J Klionsky

2139
Citations
A protein conjugation system essential for autophagy

Noboru Mizushima;Takeshi Noda;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Yae Tanaka

2074
Citations
Autophagy: molecular machinery for self-eating

T Yorimitsu;D J Klionsky

1927
Citations
A Unified Nomenclature for Yeast Autophagy-Related Genes

Daniel J. Klionsky;James M. Cregg;William A Dunn;Scott D. Emr

1662
Citations
The molecular machinery of autophagy: unanswered questions

Daniel J. Klionsky

1269
Citations