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D-Index
50
Citations
7415
World Ranking
17750
National Ranking
7265

David Apirion 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 David Apirion sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Apirion 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 David Apirion sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Apirion is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their academic profile emphasizes research activities connected with this institution.

No recent papers have been recorded in the available data, and there are no listed frequent co-authors associated with their work. Likewise, information about frequent publication venues, book publications, main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research is not provided.

There are no documented awards or honors attributed to David Apirion in the current data set.

This profile reflects the public academic information available and does not include any subjective interpretation beyond the provided factual details.

Best Publications

  • Structural analysis and in vitro processing to p5 rRNA of a 9S RNA molecule isolated from an rne mutant of E. coli

    Basanta K. Ghora;David Apirion

  • Biosynthetic precursors of 30S and 50S ribosomal particles in Escherichia coli.

    Giorgio. Mangiarotti;David. Apirion;David. Schlessinger;L. Silengo

  • Biochemical and genetic studies on two different types of erythromycin resistant mutants of Escherichia coli with altered ribosomal proteins.

    Wittmann Hg;Stöffler G;Apirion D;Rosen L

  • Processing of procaryotic ribonucleic acid.

    P Gegenheimer;D Apirion

  • Processing enzyme ribonuclease E specifically cleaves RNA I. An inhibitor of primer formation in plasmid DNA synthesis

    Tihamer Tomcsányi;David Apirion

  • A conditional lethal mutant of Escherichia coli which affects the processing of ribosomal RNA.

    D Apirion;A B Lassar

  • ISOLATION, GENETIC MAPPING AND SOME CHARACTERIZATION OF A MUTATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI THAT AFFECTS THE PROCESSING OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID

    David Apirion

  • Multiple pathways for primary processing of ribosomal RNA in Escherichia coli.

    P Gegenheimer;N Watson;D Apirion

  • Small Stable RNAs from Escherichia coli: Evidence for the Existence of New Molecules and for a New Ribonucleoprotein Particle Containing 6S RNA

    Suzanne Y. Lee;Stephen C. Bailey;David Apirion

  • Mechanism of action of streptomycin in E. coli: interruption of the ribosome cycle at the initiation of protein synthesis.

    L Luzzatto;D Apirion;D Schlessinger

  • Electrophoretic and immunological studies on ribosomal proteins of 100 Escherichia coli revertants from streptomycin dependence.

    R. Hasenbank;R. Hasenbank;C. Guthrie;C. Guthrie;C. Guthrie;G. Stöffler;G. Stöffler;H. G. Wittmann;H. G. Wittmann

  • The gene specifying RNase E (rne) and a gene affecting mRNA stability (ams) are the same gene.

    L. Taraseviciene;A. Miczak;D. Apirion

  • RNA processing in prokaryotic cells.

    David Apirion;Andras Miczak

  • Degradation of RNA in Escherichia coli. A hypothesis.

    David Apirion

  • Ribosomal proteins. XVI. Altered S4 proteins in Escherichia coli revertants from streptomycin dependence to independence.

    Deusser E;Stöffler G;Wittmann Hg

  • Three genes that affect Escherichia coli ribosomes.

    David Apirion

  • 10Sa RNA, a small stable RNA of Escherichia coli, is functional.

    Bong-Kyeong Oh;David Apirion

  • Characterization of 10S RNA: a new stable rna molecule from Escherichia coli.

    Bimal K. Ray;David Apirion

  • The formation and stabilization of 30S and 50S ribosome couples in Escherichia coli.

    David Schlessinger;Giorgio Mangiarotti;David Apirion

  • Location of the RNA-processing enzymes RNase III, RNase e and RNase P in the Escherichia coli cell

    A. Miczak;R. A. K. Srivastava;D. Apirion

Frequent Co-Authors

David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger National Institutes of Health
Michael Gurevitz
Michael Gurevitz Tel Aviv University
Jeffrey J. Neil
Jeffrey J. Neil Washington University in St. Louis
Georg Stöffler
Georg Stöffler Innsbruck Medical University
Alfred L. M. Bothwell
Alfred L. M. Bothwell University of Arizona
Michihiko Kuwano
Michihiko Kuwano Kyushu University

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