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Douglas R. Green 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 R. Green sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 811 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas R. Green 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 R. Green sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 222 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
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Douglas R. Green is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. More specifically, their work involves subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Physiology.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass:

  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Immune cells in cancer

Douglas R. Green has contributed to a number of recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Autophagy in major human diseases" (2021), published in The EMBO Journal
  • "The clearance of dead cells by efferocytosis" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Influenza Virus Z-RNAs Induce ZBP1-Mediated Necroptosis" (2020), published in Cell
  • "Autophagy in tumour immunity and therapy" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Cancer
  • "Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023" (2023), published in Cell Death and Differentiation

Frequent collaborators in their research include Bart Tummers, Piyush Sharma, Emilio Boada-Romero, Jeremy Chase Crawford, and Marcin M. Kamiński.

Key venues for Douglas R. Green's publications are:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature

The scientist has been recognized by notable organizations, having received the Member of the National Academy of Sciences award in 2020 and the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada distinction in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondria and apoptosis

    Douglas R. Green;John C. Reed

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • The Release of Cytochrome c from Mitochondria: A Primary Site for Bcl-2 Regulation of Apoptosis

    Ruth M. Kluck;Ella Bossy-Wetzel;Douglas R. Green;Donald D. Newmeyer

  • The Pathophysiology of Mitochondrial Cell Death

    Douglas R. Green;Guido Kroemer

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Early redistribution of plasma membrane phosphatidylserine is a general feature of apoptosis regardless of the initiating stimulus: inhibition by overexpression of Bcl-2 and Abl.

    S. J. Martin;C. P. M. Reutelingsperger;A. J. Mcgahon;J. A. Rader

  • Suppression of TNF-α-Induced Apoptosis by NF-κB

    Daniel J. Van Antwerp;Seamus J. Martin;Tal Kafri;Douglas R. Green

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Mitochondria and cell death: outer membrane permeabilization and beyond

    Stephen W. G. Tait;Douglas R. Green

  • Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Immune Privilege

    Thomas S. Griffith;Thomas Brunner;Sharon M. Fletcher;Douglas R. Green

  • Ordering the cytochrome c-initiated caspase cascade: hierarchical activation of caspases-2, -3, -6, -7, -8, and -10 in a caspase-9-dependent manner.

    Elizabeth A. Slee;Mary T. Harte;Ruth M. Kluck;Beni B. Wolf

  • Direct activation of Bax by p53 mediates mitochondrial membrane permeabilization and apoptosis.

    Jerry E. Chipuk;Tomomi Kuwana;Lisa Bouchier-Hayes;Nathalie M. Droin

  • The transcription factor Myc controls metabolic reprogramming upon T lymphocyte activation

    Ruoning Wang;Christopher P. Dillon;Lewis Zhichang Shi;Sandra Milasta

  • Heat-shock protein 70 inhibits apoptosis by preventing recruitment of procaspase-9 to the Apaf-1 apoptosome.

    Helen M. Beere;Beni B. Wolf;Kelvin Cain;Dick D. Mosser

  • HIF1α–dependent glycolytic pathway orchestrates a metabolic checkpoint for the differentiation of TH17 and Treg cells

    Lewis Z. Shi;Ruoning Wang;Gonghua Huang;Peter Vogel

  • Bid, Bax, and lipids cooperate to form supramolecular openings in the outer mitochondrial membrane.

    Tomomi Kuwana;Mason R. Mackey;Guy Perkins;Mark H. Ellisman

  • The BCL-2 Family Reunion

    Jerry E. Chipuk;Tudor Moldoveanu;Fabien Llambi;Melissa J. Parsons

  • Protease activation during apoptosis: Death by a thousand cuts?

    Seamus J Martin;Douglas R Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner University of Konstanz
Seamus J. Martin
Seamus J. Martin Trinity College Dublin
Stephen W.G. Tait
Stephen W.G. Tait University of Glasgow
Jerry E. Chipuk
Jerry E. Chipuk Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ella Bossy-Wetzel
Ella Bossy-Wetzel University of Central Florida
Yufang Shi
Yufang Shi Soochow University
Gordon B. Mills
Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Nigel J. Waterhouse
Nigel J. Waterhouse QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Donald D. Newmeyer
Donald D. Newmeyer La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

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