2026 David P. Bartel: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	134	222	217	115	113	232	247434
Molecular Biology	134	151	135	98	87	232	247434

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

David P. Bartel is affiliated with MIT in the United States and primarily works in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research career has been focused predominantly on Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work spans various topics related to RNA biology, including RNA Research and Splicing, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and RNA regulation and disease.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the following:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Cell
RNA
Monde chinois
Science

David P. Bartel collaborates regularly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

Peter Y. Wang
Kehui Xiang
Jimmy Ly
Charlie Y. Shi
Elena R. Kingston

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David P. Bartel are listed below:

"The ZSWIM8 ubiquitin ligase mediates target-directed microRNA degradation," 2020, Science
"The Dynamics of Cytoplasmic mRNA Metabolism," 2020, Molecular Cell
"The Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein is a modulator of processing bodies and mRNA stability," 2022, Cell
"The molecular basis of coupling between poly(A)-tail length and translational efficiency," 2021, eLife
"The biochemical basis for the cooperative action of microRNAs," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

David P. Bartel has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2011.

Best Publications

MicroRNAs: Genomics, Biogenesis, Mechanism, and Function

David P Bartel

42369
Citations
MicroRNAs: Target Recognition and Regulatory Functions

David P. Bartel

22505
Citations
Conserved seed pairing, often flanked by adenosines, indicates that thousands of human genes are microRNA targets

Benjamin P. Lewis;Christopher B. Burge;David P. Bartel

14438
Citations
Most mammalian mRNAs are conserved targets of microRNAs

Robin Carl Friedman;Kyle Kai-How Farh;Christopher B. Burge;David Bartel

9854
Citations
Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs

Vikram Agarwal;George W. Bell;Jin Wu Nam;Jin Wu Nam;David P. Bartel

6758
Citations
Prediction of Mammalian MicroRNA Targets

Benjamin P. Lewis;I-hung Shih;Matthew W. Jones-Rhoades;David P. Bartel

6618
Citations
Microarray analysis shows that some microRNAs downregulate large numbers of target mRNAs

Lee P. Lim;Nelson C. Lau;Philip Garrett-Engele;Andrew Grimson

6020
Citations
MicroRNA targeting specificity in mammals: determinants beyond seed pairing.

Andrew Grimson;Kyle Kai-How Farh;Wendy K. Johnston;Philip Garrett-Engele

4716
Citations
An Abundant Class of Tiny RNAs with Probable Regulatory Roles in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nelson C. Lau;Lee P. Lim;Earl G. Weinstein;David P. Bartel

4644
Citations
Mammalian microRNAs predominantly act to decrease target mRNA levels

Huili Guo;Nicholas T. Ingolia;Nicholas T. Ingolia;Jonathan S. Weissman;Jonathan S. Weissman;David P. Bartel

4595
Citations
The impact of microRNAs on protein output

Daehyun Baek;Judit Villén;Chanseok Shin;Fernando D. Camargo

4377
Citations
RNAi: Double-Stranded RNA Directs the ATP-Dependent Cleavage of mRNA at 21 to 23 Nucleotide Intervals

Phillip D. Zamore;Thomas Tuschl;Phillip A. Sharp;David P. Bartel

4354
Citations
MicroRNAs Modulate Hematopoietic Lineage Differentiation

Chang-Zheng Chen;Ling Li;Harvey F. Lodish;David P. Bartel

4240
Citations
MicroRNAs AND THEIR REGULATORY ROLES IN PLANTS

Matthew W. Jones-Rhoades;David P. Bartel;Bonnie Bartel

3175
Citations
MicroRNAs in plants

Brenda Reinhart;Earl Weinstein;Matthew Rhoades;Bonnie Bartel

2933
Citations
Prediction of Plant MicroRNA Targets

Matthew W. Rhoades;Brenda J. Reinhart;Lee P. Lim;Christopher B. Burge

2907
Citations
Control of developmental regulators by Polycomb in human embryonic stem cells.

Tong Ihn Lee;Richard G. Jenner;Laurie A. Boyer;Matthew G. Guenther

2703
Citations
lincRNAs: genomics, evolution, and mechanisms.

Igor Ulitsky;David P. Bartel

2693
Citations
Computational Identification of Plant MicroRNAs and Their Targets, Including a Stress-Induced miRNA

Matthew W Jones-Rhoades;David P Bartel

2681
Citations
A uniform system for microRNA annotation

Victor R. Ambros;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel;Christopher B. Burge

2536
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University

Phillip A. Sharp MIT

Phillip D. Zamore University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Gerald R. Fink MIT

Igor Ulitsky Weizmann Institute of Science

Christopher B. Burge MIT

Michael J. Axtell Pennsylvania State University

Hervé Vaucheret University of Paris-Saclay

Jonathan S. Weissman MIT

Bonnie Bartel Rice University

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