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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 72 1328 1183 100 90 280 17044

Daniel J. Rigden publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel J. Rigden between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel J. Rigden published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2021. 36 of the 385 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2021. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 24 publications 2003: 24 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 19 publications
1990 2025

385 publications in total across all disciplines

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Daniel J. Rigden: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 2
1997 2
1998 4
1999 7
2000 8
2001 10
2002 24
2003 24
2004 17
2005 10
2006 11
2007 10
2008 5
2009 11
2010 6
2011 14
2012 15
2013 9
2014 13
2015 10
2016 12
2017 13
2018 14
2019 8
2020 12
2021 31
2022 17
2023 28
2024 17
2025 19
Total 385
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Daniel J. Rigden 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 Daniel J. Rigden 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, 277–286 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: 280 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
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 49 280
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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Daniel J. Rigden 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 Daniel J. Rigden 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, 72–73 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: 72 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% 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
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83 72
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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Overview

Daniel J. Rigden is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research focus lies primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 193 publications in this broad field.

The main subfields of study in which Rigden contributes include Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cancer Research, Ecology, and Genetics. Their work extensively covers topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, enzyme structure and function, protein structure and dynamics, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Daniel J. Rigden's most frequent co-authors consist of Adam J. Simpkin, Ronan M. Keegan, Shahram Mesdaghi, Jia Meng, and Filomeno Sánchez Rodríguez. Collaboration with these researchers has been substantial, with co-authorship counts ranging from 17 to 36 papers per colleague.

The venues where Rigden frequently publishes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acids Research, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, and Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances.

Among Rigden's recent publications are:

  • The CCP4 suite: integrative software for macromolecular crystallography, 2023, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
  • High-accuracy protein structure prediction in CASP14, 2021, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • m6A-Atlas: a comprehensive knowledgebase for unraveling the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Assessment of three-dimensional RNA structure prediction in CASP15, 2023, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • Attention-based multi-label neural networks for integrated prediction and interpretation of twelve widely occurring RNA modifications, 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Mammalian Atg18 (WIPI2) localizes to omegasome-anchored phagophores and positively regulates LC3 lipidation

    Hannah E.J. Polson;Jane de Lartigue;Daniel J. Rigden;Marco Reedijk

  • Plant alpha-amylase inhibitors and their interaction with insect alpha-amylases.

    Octávio L. Franco;Daniel J. Rigden;Francislete R. Melo;Maria F. Grossi-de-Sá

  • The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

    Arjen E. van’t Hof;Pascal Campagne;Daniel J. Rigden;Carl J. Yung

  • Deubiquitylases From Genes to Organism

    Michael J. Clague;Igor Barsukov;Judy M. Coulson;Han Liu

  • Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling

    Michael John Clarke;Amanda J Lohan;Bernard Liu;Ilias Lagkouvardos

  • Family-wide characterization of the DENN domain Rab GDP-GTP exchange factors

    Shin-ichiro Yoshimura;Andreas Gerondopoulos;Andrea Linford;Daniel J. Rigden

  • Genomic determinants of sporulation in Bacilli and Clostridia: Towards the minimal set of sporulation-specific genes

    Michael Y. Galperin;Sergei L. Mekhedov;Pere Puigbo;Sergey Smirnov

  • High-accuracy protein structure prediction in CASP14.

    Joana Pereira;Adam J Simpkin;Marcus D Hartmann;Daniel J Rigden

  • Activity of wheat α‐amylase inhibitors towards bruchid α‐amylases and structural explanation of observed specificities

    Octávio L. Franco;Daniel J. Rigden;Francislete R. Melo;Carlos Bloch

  • Plant-like traits associated with metabolism of Trypanosoma parasites.

    Véronique Hannaert;Emma Saavedra;Francis Duffieux;Jean-Pierre Szikora

  • m6A-Atlas: a comprehensive knowledgebase for unraveling the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome.

    Yujiao Tang;Yujiao Tang;Kunqi Chen;Kunqi Chen;Bowen Song;Bowen Song;Jiongming Ma

  • The histidine phosphatase superfamily: structure and function.

    Daniel J. Rigden

  • Autophagy in protists

    Michael Duszenko;Michael L Ginger;Ana Brennand;Melisa Gualdrón-López

  • WHISTLE: a high-accuracy map of the human N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome predicted using a machine learning approach.

    Kunqi Chen;Kunqi Chen;Zhen Wei;Zhen Wei;Qing Zhang;Xiangyu Wu;Xiangyu Wu

  • Amidase domains from bacterial and phage autolysins define a family of γ-d,l-glutamate-specific amidohydrolases

    Daniel J. Rigden;Mark J. Jedrzejas;Michael Y. Galperin

  • The 2014 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue and an updated NAR online Molecular Biology Database Collection

    Xosé M. Fernández-Suárez;Daniel J. Rigden;Michael Y. Galperin

  • Weeds, Worms, and More. Papain's Long-Lost Cousin, Phytochelatin Synthase

    Philip A. Rea;Olena K. Vatamaniuk;Daniel J. Rigden

  • The DxDxDG Motif for Calcium Binding: Multiple Structural Contexts and Implications for Evolution

    Daniel J. Rigden;Michael Y. Galperin

  • L-ascorbic acid-6-hexadecanoate, a potent hyaluronidase inhibitor: X-ray structure and molecular modeling of enzyme-inhibitor complexes

    Alexander Botzki;Daniel J. Rigden;Stephan Braun;Masatoshi Nukui

  • Autophagy in parasitic protists: unique features and drug targets.

    Ana Brennand;Melisa Gualdrón-López;Isabelle Coppens;Daniel J. Rigden

Frequent Co-Authors

Octavio L. Franco
Octavio L. Franco Universidade Católica de Brasília
Paul A. M. Michels
Paul A. M. Michels University of Edinburgh
Michael Y. Galperin
Michael Y. Galperin National Institutes of Health
Martin J. Donnelly
Martin J. Donnelly Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Michael J. Clague
Michael J. Clague University of Liverpool
Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa
Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Simon E. V. Phillips
Simon E. V. Phillips University of Oxford
Sylvie Urbé
Sylvie Urbé University of Liverpool
Fred R. Opperdoes
Fred R. Opperdoes Université Catholique de Louvain
João Pedro de Magalhães
João Pedro de Magalhães University of Liverpool

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