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Don W. Cleveland 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 Don W. Cleveland sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 481 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Don W. Cleveland 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 Don W. Cleveland sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 188 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for elucidating the molecular pathogenesis of a type of inherited ALS, including the role of glia in neurodegeneration, and for establishing antisense oligonucleotide therapy in animal models of ALS and Huntington disease.
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Don W. Cleveland is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these fields, they have a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Neurology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Don W. Cleveland has contributed to a broad range of publication venues, with a significant number of papers published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 16 publications
  • Nature - 6 publications
  • Science - 4 publications
  • Nature Neuroscience - 4 publications
  • Nature Cell Biology - 3 publications

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Cleveland include:

  • "Reversing a model of Parkinson's disease with in situ converted nigral neurons" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Chromothripsis drives the evolution of gene amplification in cancer" (2020), published in Nature
  • "The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells" (2021), published in Science
  • "Causes and consequences of micronuclei" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cleveland include:

  • Sonia Vazquez-Sanchez
  • Melissa McAlonis-Downes
  • John Ravits
  • Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne
  • Melinda S. Beccari

Don W. Cleveland has been recognized with several awards and honors throughout their career, such as:

  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2018) for elucidating the molecular pathogenesis of a type of inherited ALS and for establishing antisense oligonucleotide therapy in animal models of ALS and Huntington disease
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
  • Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology (1999)

Best Publications

  • Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and analysis by gel electrophoresis.

    Don W. Cleveland;Stuart G. Fischer;Marc W. Kirschner;Ulrich K. Laemmli

  • Number and evolutionary conservation of α- and β-tubulin and cytoplasmic β- and γ-actin genes using specific cloned cDNA probes

    Don W. Cleveland;Margaret A. Lopata;Raymond J. MacDonald;Nicholas J. Cowan

  • Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

    Séverine Boillée;Koji Yamanaka;Christian S. Lobsiger;Neal G. Copeland

  • Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism

    J. Paul Taylor;Robert H. Brown;Don W. Cleveland;Don W. Cleveland

  • Converging mechanisms in ALS and FTD: disrupted RNA and protein homeostasis.

    Shuo-Chien Ling;Magdalini Polymenidou;Don W. Cleveland

  • An adverse property of a familial ALS-linked SOD1 mutation causes motor neuron disease characterized by vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria

    Philip C Wong;Carlos A Pardo;David R Borchelt;Michael K Lee

  • ALS: a disease of motor neurons and their nonneuronal neighbors.

    Séverine Boillée;Christine Vande Velde;Don W. Cleveland

  • From charcot to lou gehrig: deciphering selective motor neuron death in als

    Don W. Cleveland;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  • Unraveling the mechanisms involved in motor neuron degeneration in ALS.

    Lucie I. Bruijn;Timothy M. Miller;Don W. Cleveland

  • ALS-Linked SOD1 Mutant G85R Mediates Damage to Astrocytes and Promotes Rapidly Progressive Disease with SOD1-Containing Inclusions

    L. I. Bruijn;M. W. Becher;M. K. Lee;K. L. Anderson

  • Aggregation and motor neuron toxicity of an ALS-linked SOD1 mutant independent from wild-type SOD1.

    Lucie I. Bruijn;Megan K. Houseweart;Shinsuke Kato;Karen L. Anderson

  • On the road to cancer: aneuploidy and the mitotic checkpoint.

    Geert J. P. L. Kops;Beth A. A. Weaver;Don W. Cleveland

  • Long pre-mRNA depletion and RNA missplicing contribute to neuronal vulnerability from loss of TDP-43

    Magdalini Polymenidou;Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne;Kasey R. Hutt;Stephanie C. Huelga

  • Wild-type nonneuronal cells extend survival of SOD1 mutant motor neurons in ALS mice.

    A. M. Clement;M. D. Nguyen;E. A. Roberts;E. A. Roberts;M. L. Garcia;M. L. Garcia

  • Astrocytes as determinants of disease progression in inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Koji Yamanaka;Seung Joo Chun;Severine Boillee;Noriko Fujimori-Tonou

  • A Structural Scaffolding of Intermediate Filaments in Health and Disease

    Elaine Fuchs;Don W. Cleveland

  • Chromosomal instability drives metastasis through a cytosolic DNA response.

    Samuel F. Bakhoum;Samuel F. Bakhoum;Bryan Ngo;Ashley M. Laughney;Julie Ann Cavallo;Julie Ann Cavallo

  • Centromeres and Kinetochores: From Epigenetics to Mitotic Checkpoint Signaling

    Don W Cleveland;Yinghui Mao;Kevin F Sullivan

  • High level transient expression of a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene by DEAE-dextran mediated DNA transfection coupled with a dimethyl sulfoxide or glycerol shock treatment

    Margaret A. Lopata;Don W. Cleveland;Barbara Sollner-Webb

  • Purification of tau, a microtubule-associated protein that induces assembly of microtubules from purified tubulin.

    Don W. Cleveland;Shu-Ying Hwo;Marc W. Kirschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne Harvard University
Andrew J. Holland
Andrew J. Holland Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Donald L. Price
Donald L. Price Johns Hopkins University
Sangram S. Sisodia
Sangram S. Sisodia University of Chicago
Ben E. Black
Ben E. Black University of Pennsylvania
David R. Borchelt
David R. Borchelt University of Florida
Zuoshang Xu
Zuoshang Xu University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Koji Yamanaka
Koji Yamanaka Nagoya University
Philip C. Wong
Philip C. Wong Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
C. Frank Bennett
C. Frank Bennett Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)

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