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David W. Speicher 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 W. Speicher sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 387 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David W. Speicher 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 W. Speicher sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David W. Speicher is affiliated with The Wistar Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

Their work addresses key topics including Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism; Autophagy in Disease and Therapy; Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism; Mitochondrial Function and Pathology; Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways; Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management; and Cytomegalovirus and Herpesvirus Research.

Frequent publication venues where they contribute include:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Discovery

They have several frequent co-authors with notable collaboration counts:

  • Hsin-Yao Tang (27 publications)
  • Andrew V. Kossenkov (22 publications)
  • Qin Liu (13 publications)
  • Aaron R. Goldman (12 publications)
  • Vito W. Rebecca (9 publications)

Selected recent publications include:

  • Stromal changes in the aged lung induce an emergence from melanoma dormancy, 2022, Nature
  • Changes in Aged Fibroblast Lipid Metabolism Induce Age-Dependent Melanoma Cell Resistance to Targeted Therapy via the Fatty Acid Transporter FATP2, 2020, Cancer Discovery
  • Targeting glutamine dependence through GLS1 inhibition suppresses ARID1A-inactivated clear cell ovarian carcinoma, 2021, Nature Cancer
  • MYC regulates fatty acid metabolism through a multigenic program in claudin-low triple negative breast cancer, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • The mitophagy effector FUNDC1 controls mitochondrial reprogramming and cellular plasticity in cancer cells, 2020, Science Signaling

Best Publications

  • Cyclophilin: A Specific Cytosolic Binding Protein for Cyclosporin A

    Robert E. Handschumacher;Matthew W. Harding;Jeffrey Rice;Rhett J. Drugge

  • Nuclear lamin-A Scales With Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

    Joe Swift;Irena L. Ivanovska;Amnon Buxboim;Takamasa Harada

  • Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

    Adam J. Engler;Christine Carag-Krieger;Colin P. Johnson;Matthew Raab

  • Overview of the HUPO Plasma Proteome Project: results from the pilot phase with 35 collaborating laboratories and multiple analytical groups, generating a core dataset of 3020 proteins and a publicly-available database.

    Gilbert S. Omenn;David J. States;Marcin Adamski;Thomas W. Blackwell

  • KAP-1, a novel corepressor for the highly conserved KRAB repression domain.

    Josh R. Friedman;William J. Fredericks;David E. Jensen;David W. Speicher

  • Overcoming Intrinsic Multidrug Resistance in Melanoma by Blocking the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain of Slow-Cycling JARID1Bhigh Cells

    Alexander Roesch;Adina Vultur;Ivan Bogeski;Huan Wang

  • Synthetic lethality by targeting EZH2 methyltransferase activity in ARID1A -mutated cancers

    Benjamin G. Bitler;Katherine M. Aird;Azat Garipov;Hua Li

  • Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Neutralize the Anti-tumor Effect of CSF1 Receptor Blockade by Inducing PMN-MDSC Infiltration of Tumors

    Vinit Kumar;Laxminarasimha Donthireddy;Douglas Marvel;Thomas Condamine

  • HUPO Plasma Proteome Project specimen collection and handling : Towards the standardization of parameters for plasma proteome samples

    Alex J. Rai;Craig A. Gelfand;Bruce C. Haywood;David J. Warunek

  • Erythrocyte spectrin is comprised of many homologous triple helical segments

    David W. Speicher;Vincent T. Marchesi

  • Depletion of multiple high-abundance proteins improves protein profiling capacities of human serum and plasma.

    Lynn A. Echan;Hsin-Yao Tang;Nadeem Ali-Khan;KiBeom Lee

  • Forced Unfolding of Proteins Within Cells

    Colin P. Johnson;Hsin-Yao Tang;Christine Carag;David W. Speicher

  • A HUPO test sample study reveals common problems in mass spectrometry–based proteomics

    Alexander W. Bell;Eric W. Deutsch;Catherine E. Au;Robert E. Kearney

  • The Proteome of the Mouse Photoreceptor Sensory Cilium Complex

    Qin Liu;Glenn Tan;Natasha Levenkova;Tiansen Li

  • Isolation and amino acid sequence of cyclophilin

    M W Harding;R E Handschumacher;D W Speicher

  • sFRP2 in the aged microenvironment drives melanoma metastasis and therapy resistance

    Amanpreet Kaur;Amanpreet Kaur;Marie R. Webster;Katie Marchbank;Reeti Behera

  • A chromatin remodelling complex that loads cohesin onto human chromosomes

    Mohamed-Ali Hakimi;Daniel A. Bochar;John A. Schmiesing;Yuanshu Dong

  • Remodeling of the Collagen Matrix in Aging Skin Promotes Melanoma Metastasis and Affects Immune Cell Motility

    Amanpreet Kaur;Amanpreet Kaur;Amanpreet Kaur;Brett L. Ecker;Stephen M. Douglass;Curtis H. Kugel

  • Challenges in deriving high-confidence protein identifications from data gathered by a HUPO plasma proteome collaborative study.

    David J States;Gilbert S Omenn;Thomas W Blackwell;Damian Fermin

  • The Proteome of the Mouse Photoreceptor Sensory Cilium

    Glenn Tan;Edward N. Pugh;David W. Speicher;Eric A. Pierce

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew V. Kossenkov
Andrew V. Kossenkov The Wistar Institute
Dennis E. Discher
Dennis E. Discher University of Pennsylvania
Rugang Zhang
Rugang Zhang The Wistar Institute
Lucia R. Languino
Lucia R. Languino Thomas Jefferson University
Vincent T. Marchesi
Vincent T. Marchesi Yale University
Xiaowei Xu
Xiaowei Xu University of Pennsylvania
Meenhard Herlyn
Meenhard Herlyn The Wistar Institute
Patrick G. Gallagher
Patrick G. Gallagher Yale University
Ronen Marmorstein
Ronen Marmorstein University of Pennsylvania
Dario C. Altieri
Dario C. Altieri The Wistar Institute

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