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Francesco J. DeMayo

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
45524
World Ranking
4766
National Ranking
2584

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
45544
World Ranking
838
National Ranking
523

Francesco J. DeMayo publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 455 publications — 93rd percentile

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

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

Francesco J. DeMayo 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 Francesco J. DeMayo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesco J. DeMayo is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Specific subfields of study include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to the reproductive system and pregnancy, with particular focus areas including endometriosis research and treatment, estrogen and related hormone effects, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, reproductive biology and fertility, RNA modifications and cancer, and genomics and chromatin dynamics.

Among recent publications by Francesco J. DeMayo are:

  • "KMT2D Deficiency Impairs Super-Enhancers to Confer a Glycolytic Vulnerability in Lung Cancer," 2020, Cancer Cell
  • "A resource of targeted mutant mouse lines for 5,061 genes," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "90 YEARS OF PROGESTERONE: New insights into progesterone receptor signaling in the endometrium required for embryo implantation," 2020, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
  • "Endometrial receptivity and implantation require uterine BMP signaling through an ACVR2A-SMAD1/SMAD5 axis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Targeting progesterone signaling prevents metastatic ovarian cancer," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francesco J. DeMayo include:

  • John P. Lydon
  • San-Pin Wu
  • Tianyuan Wang
  • Rong Li
  • Steven L. Young

Publication venues where Francesco J. DeMayo has published most frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biology of Reproduction
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Mice lacking progesterone receptor exhibit pleiotropic reproductive abnormalities.

    J. P. Lydon;F. J. Demayo;C. R. Funk;S. K. Mani

  • Prostate cancer in a transgenic mouse.

    N M Greenberg;F DeMayo;M J Finegold;D Medina

  • Diabetes, defective pancreatic morphogenesis, and abnormal enteroendocrine differentiation in BETA2/NeuroD-deficient mice

    Francisco J. Naya;Hsiang-Po Huang;Yuhong Qiu;Hiroyuki Mutoh

  • Synergistic roles of bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation factor 9 in ovarian function.

    Changning Yan;Pei Wang;Janet DeMayo;Francesco J. DeMayo

  • p63 is the molecular switch for initiation of an epithelial stratification program

    Maranke I. Koster;Soeun Kim;Alea A. Mills;Francesco J. DeMayo

  • Subgroup of Reproductive Functions of Progesterone Mediated by Progesterone Receptor-B Isoform

    Biserka Mulac-Jericevic;Robert A. Mullinax;Francesco J. DeMayo;John P. Lydon

  • Suppression of Notch signalling by the COUP-TFII transcription factor regulates vein identity

    Li Ru You;Fu Jung Lin;Christopher T. Lee;Francesco J. DeMayo

  • Partial Hormone Resistance in Mice with Disruption of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 (SRC-1) Gene

    Jianming Xu;Yuhong Qiu;Francesco J. DeMayo;Sophia Y. Tsai

  • Myogenic Vector Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor I Stimulates Muscle Cell Differentiation and Myofiber Hypertrophy in Transgenic Mice *

    Michael E. Coleman;Francesco DeMayo;Kuo Chang Yin;Heung Man Lee

  • Metastatic Prostate Cancer in a Transgenic Mouse

    Jeffrey R. Gingrich;Roberto J. Barrios;Ronald A. Morton;Brendan F. Boyce

  • Defective mammary gland morphogenesis in mice lacking the progesterone receptor B isoform

    Biserka Mulac-Jericevic;John P. Lydon;Francesco J. DeMayo;Orla M. Conneely

  • Identification of a new brain-specific transcription factor, NURR1.

    S W Law;O M Conneely;F J DeMayo;B W O'Malley

  • Left Ventricular Remodeling in Transgenic Mice With Cardiac Restricted Overexpression of Tumor Necrosis Factor

    Natarajan Sivasubramanian;Mytsi L. Coker;Karla M. Kurrelmeyer;William R. MacLellan

  • Knockout of Pentraxin 3, a Downstream Target of Growth Differentiation Factor-9, Causes Female Subfertility

    Simona Varani;Julia A. Elvin;Changning Yan;Janet DeMayo

  • An epithelial circadian clock controls pulmonary inflammation and glucocorticoid action

    Julie Gibbs;Louise Ince;Laura Matthews;Junjie Mei

  • Reproductive functions of progesterone receptors.

    Orla M Conneely;Biserka Mulac-Jericevic;Francesco DeMayo;John P Lydon

  • Roles of NPM2 in Chromatin and Nucleolar Organization in Oocytes and Embryos

    Kathleen H. Burns;Maria M. Viveiros;Yongsheng Ren;Pei Wang

  • The Antiproliferative Action of Progesterone in Uterine Epithelium Is Mediated by Hand2

    Quanxi Li;Athilakshmi Kannan;Francesco J. DeMayo;John P. Lydon

  • Accumulation of PiZ alpha 1-antitrypsin causes liver damage in transgenic mice.

    J A Carlson;B B Rogers;R N Sifers;M J Finegold

  • A Gata6-Wnt pathway required for epithelial stem cell development and airway regeneration

    Yuzhen Zhang;Ashley M Goss;Ethan David Cohen;Rachel Kadzik

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Lydon
John P. Lydon Baylor College of Medicine
Sophia Y. Tsai
Sophia Y. Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Ming-Jer Tsai
Ming-Jer Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Chad J. Creighton
Chad J. Creighton Baylor College of Medicine
Martin M. Matzuk
Martin M. Matzuk Baylor College of Medicine
Thomas E. Spencer
Thomas E. Spencer University of Missouri
Milan K. Bagchi
Milan K. Bagchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Milton J. Finegold
Milton J. Finegold Baylor College of Medicine
Orla M. Conneely
Orla M. Conneely Baylor College of Medicine

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