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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 101 509 282 443 40965

Errol C. Friedberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Errol C. Friedberg between 1960 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Errol C. Friedberg published across 64 years, from 1960 to 2023, averaging 8.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2014. 1 of the 529 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1960 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2014. 1960: 1 publication 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 1 publication 1965: 4 publications 1966: 1 publication 1967: 0 publications 1968: 1 publication 1969: 3 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 4 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 5 publications 1975: 11 publications 1976: 6 publications 1977: 8 publications 1978: 9 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 8 publications 1981: 11 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 9 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 18 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 17 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 26 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 25 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 1 publication 2019: 2 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication
1960 2023

529 publications in total across all disciplines

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Errol C. Friedberg: publications per year, 1960 to 2023
Year Publications
1960 1
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 1
1965 4
1966 1
1967 0
1968 1
1969 3
1970 0
1971 1
1972 4
1973 1
1974 5
1975 11
1976 6
1977 8
1978 9
1979 4
1980 8
1981 11
1982 6
1983 6
1984 4
1985 6
1986 9
1987 9
1988 6
1989 5
1990 6
1991 6
1992 12
1993 10
1994 14
1995 9
1996 18
1997 15
1998 11
1999 12
2000 17
2001 17
2002 17
2003 21
2004 26
2005 21
2006 28
2007 17
2008 25
2009 11
2010 9
2011 4
2012 3
2013 10
2014 34
2015 5
2016 16
2017 1
2018 1
2019 2
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 1
Total 529
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Errol C. Friedberg 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 Errol C. Friedberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 437–446 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 443 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20 443
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Errol C. Friedberg 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 Errol C. Friedberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 100–101 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41 101
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Errol C. Friedberg was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributed to areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on molecular biology. Their academic work spanned fields such as oncology and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics encompassed DNA repair mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, cancer-related molecular pathways, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Errol C. Friedberg authored several papers, including:

  • Paul Berg (1926-2023), 2023, Nature
  • Two-polymerase mechanisms dictate error-free and error-prone translesion DNA synthesis in mammals, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease (APE/REF-1) Haploinsufficient Mice Display Tissue-specific Differences in DNA Polymerase β-Dependent Base Excision Repair, 2021, UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors included:

  • Hani Zaher
  • Sigal Shachar
  • Omer Ziv
  • Sharon Avkin
  • Sheera Adar

Most of their publications appeared in UNC Libraries and Nature, with two papers published in the former and one in the latter.

Best Publications

  • DNA Repair and Mutagenesis

    Errol C. Friedberg;Graham C. Walker;Wolfram Siede

  • DNA damage and repair

    Errol C. Friedberg

  • The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

    Haruo Ohmori;Errol C. Friedberg;Robert P.P. Fuchs;Myron F. Goodman

  • How nucleotide excision repair protects against cancer

    Errol C. Friedberg

  • p53 modulation of TFIIH-associated nucleotide excision repair activity.

    Xin Wei Wang;H. Yeh;L. Schaeffer;Richard Roy

  • The SAD1/RAD53 protein kinase controls multiple checkpoints and DNA damage-induced transcription in yeast.

    James B. Allen;Zheng Zhou;Wolfram Siede;Errol C. Friedberg

  • DNA repair: A laboratory manual of research procedures

    Errol C. Friedberg;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • The absence of a pyrimidine dimer repair mechanism in mammalian mitochondria

    David A. Clayton;Jackie N. Doda;Errol C. Friedberg

  • The Cockayne syndrome group A gene encodes a WD repeat protein that interacts with CSB protein and a subunit of RNA polymerase II TFIIH

    Karla A. Henning;Lei Li;Narayan Iyer;Lisa D. McDaniel

  • Specialized DNA polymerases, cellular survival, and the genesis of mutations.

    Errol C. Friedberg;Robert Wagner;Miroslav Radman

  • Trading places: how do DNA polymerases switch during translesion DNA synthesis?

    Errol C. Friedberg;Alan R. Lehmann;Robert P.P. Fuchs

  • Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

    Peter M J Burgers;Eugene V. Koonin;Elspeth Bruford;Luis Blanco

  • Dual roles of a multiprotein complex from S. cerevisiae in transcription and DNA repair

    William J. Feaver;Jesper Q. Svejstrup;Lee Bardwell;A.Jane Bardwell

  • Mouse Rev1 protein interacts with multiple DNA polymerases involved in translesion DNA synthesis.

    Caixia Guo;Paula L. Fischhaber;Margaret J. Luk-Paszyc;Yuji Masuda

  • Deoxyribonucleic acid repair in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    E C Friedberg

  • UV-induced ubiquitination of RNA polymerase II: a novel modification deficient in Cockayne syndrome cells

    David B. Bregman;David B. Bregman;Ruth Halaban;Alain J. Van Gool;Karla A. Henning;Karla A. Henning

  • Suffering in silence: the tolerance of DNA damage

    Errol C. Friedberg

  • Two-polymerase mechanisms dictate error-free and error-prone translesion DNA synthesis in mammals

    Sigal Shachar;Omer Ziv;Sharon Avkin;Sheera Adar

  • Relationships between DNA repair and transcription.

    Errol C. Friedberg

  • Erratum: Trading places: How do DNA polymerases switch during translesion DNA synthesis? (Molecular Cell (May 27, 2005) 18 (499-505) PII: S1097-2765(05)01276-1 and DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.03.032)

    Errol C. Friedberg;Alan R. Lehmann;Robert P P Fuchs

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Kornberg
Roger D. Kornberg Stanford University
Jesper Q. Svejstrup
Jesper Q. Svejstrup University of Copenhagen
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Harry van Steeg
Harry van Steeg Centre for Health Protection
Kiyoji Tanaka
Kiyoji Tanaka University of Tsukuba
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics
Vilhelm A. Bohr
Vilhelm A. Bohr University of Copenhagen
Alan R. Lehmann
Alan R. Lehmann University of Sussex

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