2026 David R. Corey: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	83	901	801	475	414	250	24792

David R. Corey 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 David R. Corey sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 250 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

David R. Corey 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 David R. Corey sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David R. Corey is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. The scientist's research primarily falls within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics related to RNA biology including RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, RNA Research and Splicing, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Corneal Surgery and Treatments, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and RNA regulation and disease.

Corey's recent published papers include:

"Reexamining assumptions about miRNA-guided gene silencing" (2021, Nucleic Acids Research)
"The 10th Oligonucleotide Therapy Approved: Golodirsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" (2020, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics)
"Challenges and Opportunities for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics" (2021, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics)
"Argonaute binding within 3'-untranslated regions poorly predicts gene repression" (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
"Analyzing pre-symptomatic tissue to gain insights into the molecular and mechanistic origins of late-onset degenerative trinucleotide repeat disease" (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)

The frequent coauthors associated with David R. Corey include Jiaxin Hu, Krystal C. Johnson, V. Vinod Mootha, Xin Gong, and Audrius Kilikevičius.

Publications by Corey are often found in venues such as Nucleic Acids Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, RNA, and Cell Chemical Biology. The largest number of publications appear in Nucleic Acids Research, followed by contributions to bioRxiv and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.

David R. Corey has been recognized with awards including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011) and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1984).

Best Publications

Non-coding RNAs as drug targets

Masayuki Matsui;David R. Corey

904
Citations
Locked nucleic acid (LNA): fine-tuning the recognition of DNA and RNA

Dwaine A Braasch;David R Corey

883
Citations
RNA interference in mammalian cells by chemically-modified RNA

Dwaine A. Braasch;Susan Jensen;Yinghui Liu;Kiran Kaur

777
Citations
Inhibition of human telomerase in immortal human cells leads to progressive telomere shortening and cell death

B. S. Herbert;A. E. Pitts;S. I. Baker;S. E. Hamilton

743
Citations
Activating gene expression in mammalian cells with promoter-targeted duplex RNAs.

Bethany A Janowski;Scott T Younger;Daniel B Hardy;Rosalyn Ram

630
Citations
Immunological, morphological, and electrophysiological variation among retinal ganglion cells purified by panning

Barbara A. Barres;Bruce E. Silverstein;Bruce E. Silverstein;David R. Corey;David R. Corey;Linda L.Y. Chun

607
Citations
Chemistry, mechanism and clinical status of antisense oligonucleotides and duplex RNAs

Xiulong Shen;David R Corey

583
Citations
Inhibition of human telomerase activity by peptide nucleic acids.

James C. Norton;Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek;Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek;Woodring E. Wright;Jerry W. Shay

575
Citations
Novel antisense and peptide nucleic acid strategies for controlling gene expression.

Dwaine A. Braasch;David R. Corey

509
Citations
Regulation of TFEB and V‐ATPases by mTORC1

Samuel Peña-Llopis;Silvia Vega-Rubin-De-Celis;Jacob C. Schwartz;Nicholas C. Wolff

493
Citations
Silencing disease genes in the laboratory and the clinic

Jonathan K. Watts;David R. Corey

423
Citations
Involvement of AGO1 and AGO2 in mammalian transcriptional silencing

Bethany A Janowski;Kenneth E Huffman;Jacob C Schwartz;Rosalyn Ram

409
Citations
RNAi Factors Are Present and Active in Human Cell Nuclei

Keith T. Gagnon;Liande Li;Yongjun Chu;Bethany A. Janowski

392
Citations
Chemical modification: the key to clinical application of RNA interference?

David R. Corey

391
Citations
Generation of a hybrid sequence-specific single-stranded deoxyribonuclease.

D. R. Corey;P. G. Schultz

351
Citations
Antisense transcripts are targets for activating small RNAs

Jacob C. Schwartz;Scott T. Younger;Ngoc Bich Nguyen;Daniel B. Hardy

350
Citations
Biodistribution of phosphodiester and phosphorothioate siRNA.

Dwaine A. Braasch;Zain Paroo;Anca Constantinescu;Gang Ren

349
Citations
Single-Stranded RNAs Use RNAi to Potently and Allele-Selectively Inhibit Mutant Huntingtin Expression

Dongbo Yu;Hannah Pendergraff;Jing Liu;Holly B. Kordasiewicz;Holly B. Kordasiewicz

331
Citations
Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides: tools for investigating vertebrate development.

David R Corey;John M Abrams

318
Citations
Progesterone Receptor Plays a Major Antiinflammatory Role in Human Myometrial Cells by Antagonism of Nuclear Factor-κB Activation of Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression

Daniel B. Hardy;Bethany A. Janowski;David R. Corey;Carole R. Mendelson

317
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry W. Shay The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Frank Rigo Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)

Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute

Eric E. Swayze Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)

Woodring E. Wright The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

John D. Minna The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Charles S. Craik University of California, San Francisco

Muthiah Manoharan Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States)

Masad J. Damha McGill University

David J. Mangelsdorf The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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