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Douglas D. Boyd

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10258
World Ranking
15109
National Ranking
6316

Douglas D. Boyd 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 Douglas D. Boyd sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 103 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas D. Boyd 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 Douglas D. Boyd sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Douglas D. Boyd is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on aerospace engineering as well as safety, risk, reliability, and quality. Their work also extends into related subfields such as statistics, probability and uncertainty, radiological and ultrasound technology, and social psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas including:

  • Traffic and road safety
  • Air traffic management and optimization
  • Risk and safety analysis
  • Occupational health and safety research
  • Human-automation interaction and safety
  • Aerospace and aviation technology
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Douglas D. Boyd's publication record shows a strong focus on general aviation safety and human factors in aviation. Examples of recent papers include:

  • Cardiac surgery in North America and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Regional variability in burden and impact (2020), published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • A comparison of general aviation accidents involving airline pilots and instrument-rated private pilots (2020), published in the Journal of Safety Research
  • Instrument flying infrequency and weather decision-making for general aviation pilots - implications for flight safety in degraded visibility (2022), published in Safety Science
  • Accident rates, causes, and occupant injury involving high-performance general aviation aircraft (2020), published in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
  • Use of flight tracking data to inform safety deficiencies for general aviation cross-country operations in challenging flying environments (2022), published in the Journal of Safety Research

Frequent coauthors associated with Boyd's work include:

  • Mark T. Scharf
  • Jochen Hinkelbein
  • Thomas A. Guinn
  • Jasti S. Rao
  • Niv Ad

Their research has been published across multiple venues with a concentration in aerospace and safety-focused journals. Leading venues where Boyd has contributed include:

  • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
  • Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Safety
  • Oncogene

Best Publications

  • Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression.

    Chunhong Yan;Douglas D. Boyd

  • Stimulation of 92-kDa gelatinase B promoter activity by ras is mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1-independent and requires multiple transcription factor binding sites including closely spaced PEA3/ets and AP-1 sequences.

    Rebecca Gum;Ernst Lengyel;Jose Juarez;Ji Hshiung Chen

  • Regulation of BAD phosphorylation at serine 112 by the Ras-mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

    Xianjun Fang;Shuangxing Yu;Astrid Eder;Muling Mao

  • KiSS-1 Represses 92-kDa Type IV Collagenase Expression by Down-regulating NF-κB Binding to the Promoter as a Consequence of IκBα-induced Block of p65/p50 Nuclear Translocation *

    Chunhong Yan;Heng Wang;Douglas D. Boyd

  • Inhibition of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase by SB 203580 blocks PMA-induced Mr 92,000 type IV collagenase secretion and in vitro invasion.

    Christian Simon;Helmuth Goepfert;Douglas Boyd

  • Measurement of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in blood and tissues. Clinical and experimental applications

    Stanley Zucker;Michelle Hymowitz;Cathleen Conner;Hosein M. Zarrabi

  • Activation of Src kinase in primary colorectal carcinoma: an indicator of poor clinical prognosis.

    Heike Allgayer M.D.;Douglas D. Boyd;Markus M. Heiss;Eddie K. Abdalla

  • Regulation of 92 kDa type IV collagenase expression by the jun aminoterminal kinase- and the extracellular signal-regulated kinase-dependent signaling cascades

    R Gum;H Wang;E Lengyel;J Juarez

  • ZKSCAN3 Is a Master Transcriptional Repressor of Autophagy

    Santosh Chauhan;Jinesh G. Goodwin;Swati Chauhan;Ganiraju Manyam

  • Genetic Deletion of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Abrogates Activation of IκBα Kinase, JNK, Akt, and p44/p42 MAPK but Potentiates Apoptosis Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor

    Yasunari Takada;Xianjun Fang;Md. Saha Jamaluddin;Douglas D. Boyd

  • Invasion and metastasis.

    Douglas D Boyd

  • Activating transcription factor 3, a stress sensor, activates p53 by blocking its ubiquitination

    Chunhong Yan;Dan Lu;Tsonwin Hai;Douglas D Boyd

  • Histone H3 acetylation and H3 K4 methylation define distinct chromatin regions permissive for transgene expression.

    Chunhong Yan;Douglas D. Boyd

  • Modulation of in Vitro Invasion of Human Glioblastoma Cells by Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor Antibody

    Sanjeeva Mohanam;Raymond E Sawaya;Ian E McCutcheon;Francis Ali-Osman

  • Targeting of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Human Pancreatic Carcinoma Cells Inhibits c-Met– and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor–Mediated Migration and Invasion and Orthotopic Tumor Growth in Mice

    Todd W. Bauer;Wenbiao Liu;Fan Fan;Ernest R. Camp

  • Involvement of urokinase and its receptor in the invasiveness of human prostatic carcinoma cell lines.

    Naseema M. Hoosein;Douglas D. Boyd;William J. Hollas;Andrew Mazar

  • Expression cloning identifies transgelin (SM22) as a novel repressor of 92-kDa type IV collagenase (MMP-9) expression.

    Rajesh R. Nair;Julian Solway;Douglas D. Boyd

  • Role of the urokinase receptor in facilitating extracellular matrix invasion by cultured colon cancer.

    William Hollas;Francesco Blasi;Douglas Boyd

  • An inhibitor of c-jun aminoterminal kinase (SP600125) represses c-Jun activation, DNA-binding and PMA-inducible 92-kDa type IV collagenase expression.

    M. Shin;C. Yan;D. Boyd

  • Interferons Inhibit Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-mediated Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Activation via Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 Binding Competition with NF-κB

    Josiane Sancéau;Douglas D. Boyd;Motoharu Seiki;Brigitte Bauvois

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Lengyel
Ernst Lengyel University of Chicago
Andrew P. Mazar
Andrew P. Mazar Northwestern University
Helmuth Goepfert
Helmuth Goepfert The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gary E. Gallick
Gary E. Gallick The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jack Henkin
Jack Henkin Northwestern University
Motoharu Seiki
Motoharu Seiki University of Tokyo
Gary L. Clayman
Gary L. Clayman The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Raymond Sawaya
Raymond Sawaya The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Garth L. Nicolson
Garth L. Nicolson University of Helsinki
Motowo Nakajima
Motowo Nakajima Novartis (Switzerland)

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