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David J. Robbins

David J. Robbins

Dartmouth College
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
16724
World Ranking
11768
National Ranking
5061

David J. Robbins publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 307 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Robbins 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 J. Robbins 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: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David J. Robbins is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research output comprises 64 publications in this area, with significant contributions to molecular biology and genetics.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

David J. Robbins has focused on topics such as:

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors

Their recent papers include:

  • "Nuclear Regulation of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling: It's a Complex Situation," 2020, Genes
  • "Opioids Impair Intestinal Epithelial Repair in HIV-Infected Humanized Mice," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "The E3 ubiquitin ligase component, Cereblon, is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of Wnt signaling," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Pharmacological Disruption of the Notch1 Transcriptional Complex Inhibits Tumor Growth by Selectively Targeting Cancer Stem Cells," 2021, Cancer Research
  • "Casein Kinase 1α as a Regulator of Wnt-Driven Cancer," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David J. Robbins are:

  • Daniel T. Wynn
  • Yashi Ahmed
  • Ethan Lee
  • Nagi G. Ayad
  • Chen Shen

The scholar has published multiple works in key venues, including:

  • Nature Communications
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • Genes

Best Publications

  • ERKs: A family of protein-serine/threonine kinases that are activated and tyrosine phosphorylated in response to insulin and NGF

    Teri G. Boulton;Steven H. Nye;David J. Robbins;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Atomic structure of the MAP kinase ERK2 at 2.3 A resolution.

    Faming Zhang;Arne Strand;David Robbins;Melanie H. Cobb

  • The interaction of SV40 small tumor antigen with protein phosphatase 2A stimulates the map kinase pathway and induces cell proliferation.

    Estelle Sontag;Sergei Fedorov;Craig Kamibayashi;David Robbins

  • Extracellular signal-regulated kinases: ERKs in progress

    Melanie H. Cobb;Teri G. Boulton;David J. Robbins

  • Regulation and properties of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 in vitro

    David J. Robbins;Erzhen Zhen;Hajime Owaki;Colleen A. Vanderbilt

  • A freely diffusible form of Sonic hedgehog mediates long-range signalling

    Xin Zeng;John A. Goetz;Liza M. Suber;William J. Scott

  • Hedgehog elicits signal transduction by means of a large complex containing the kinesin-related protein costal2.

    David J Robbins;Kent E Nybakken;Ryuji Kobayashi;John C Sisson

  • The Hedgehog Signal Transduction Network

    David J. Robbins;Dennis Liang Fei;Natalia A. Riobo

  • Evidence for a Ras-dependent extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) cascade.

    David J. Robbins;Mangeng Cheng;Erzhen Zhen;Colleen A. Vanderbilt

  • G protein Gαi functions immediately downstream of Smoothened in Hedgehog signalling

    Stacey K. Ogden;Dennis Liang Fei;Neal S. Schilling;Yashi F. Ahmed

  • Shk1, a homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ste20 and mammalian p65PAK protein kinases, is a component of a Ras/Cdc42 signaling module in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Stevan Marcus;Anthony Polverino;Anthony Polverino;Eric Chang;David Robbins

  • MEKK1 phosphorylates MEK1 and MEK2 but does not cause activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    Shuichan Xu;David Robbins;David Robbins;Jeffrey A Frost;Alphonsus Dang

  • TGFβ2 mediates the effects of Hedgehog on hypertrophic differentiation and PTHrP expression

    Jesus Alvarez;Philip Sohn;Xin Zeng;Thomas Doetschman

  • Frequent requirement of hedgehog signaling in non-small cell lung carcinoma

    Z Yuan;J A Goetz;S Singh;S K Ogden

  • The mitogen-activated protein kinases, ERK1 and ERK2

    Melanie H. Cobb;Jessie E. Hepler;Mangeng Cheng;David Robbins

  • Characterization of a High-Molecular-Weight Notch Complex in the Nucleus of Notchic-Transformed RKE Cells and in a Human T-Cell Leukemia Cell Line

    Shawn Jeffries;David J. Robbins;Anthony J. Capobianco

  • Cloning of rat MEK kinase 1 cDNA reveals an endogenous membrane-associated 195-kDa protein with a large regulatory domain.

    Shuichan Xu;David J. Robbins;David J. Robbins;Lori B. Christerson;Jessie M. English

  • ERKs, extracellular signal-regulated MAP-2 kinases.

    Melanie H. Cobb;David J. Robbins;Teri G. Boulton

  • A Highly Conserved Amino-terminal Region of Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for the Formation of Its Freely Diffusible Multimeric Form

    John A. Goetz;Samer Singh;Liza M. Suber;F. Jon Kull

  • Identification of a functional interaction between the transmembrane protein Smoothened and the kinesin-related protein Costal2.

    Stacey K. Ogden;Manuel Ascano;Manuel Ascano;Melanie A. Stegman;Melanie A. Stegman;Liza M. Suber

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie H. Cobb
Melanie H. Cobb The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Carmen J. Marsit
Carmen J. Marsit Emory University
Margaret R. Karagas
Margaret R. Karagas Dartmouth College
Corey Cutler
Corey Cutler Harvard University
Elizabeth J. Goldsmith
Elizabeth J. Goldsmith The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Michael Wigler
Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop University of California, San Francisco
Cyril H. Benes
Cyril H. Benes Harvard University
Thomas H. Lee
Thomas H. Lee Harvard University
John W. Haycock
John W. Haycock Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

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