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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 88 790 703 418 366 213 24169

Francesco Ramirez publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Francesco Ramirez between 1973 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Francesco Ramirez published across 53 years, from 1973 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2010. 9 of the 269 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2010. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 2 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 2 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 13 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 9 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 8 publications
1973 2025

269 publications in total across all disciplines

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Francesco Ramirez: publications per year, 1973 to 2025
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 2
1975 3
1976 2
1977 1
1978 2
1979 1
1980 2
1981 3
1982 3
1983 4
1984 2
1985 9
1986 4
1987 2
1988 0
1989 3
1990 7
1991 9
1992 10
1993 5
1994 5
1995 13
1996 4
1997 5
1998 2
1999 6
2000 10
2001 7
2002 1
2003 9
2004 7
2005 6
2006 12
2007 10
2008 10
2009 9
2010 14
2011 7
2012 4
2013 2
2014 6
2015 9
2016 6
2017 4
2018 4
2019 4
2020 0
2021 3
2022 5
2023 1
2024 1
2025 8
Total 269
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Francesco Ramirez 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 Francesco Ramirez 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, 207–216 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: 213 publications — 62nd percentile

62% 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 89 213
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
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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Francesco Ramirez 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 Francesco Ramirez 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, 88–89 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: 88 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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 88
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Francesco Ramirez is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work frequently addresses subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics investigated by Francesco Ramirez include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Connective Tissue Disorders Research
  • Aortic Aneurysm Repair Treatments
  • TGF-β Signaling in Diseases
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Their frequent publication venues consist of:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Developmental Dynamics
  • Biomolecules
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • JCI Insight

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Ramirez include:

  • Keiichi Asano
  • Anna Cantalupo
  • Jens Hansen
  • Ravi Iyengar
  • Lauriane Sedes

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesco Ramirez are:

  • The role of LTBPs in TGF beta signaling, 2021, Developmental Dynamics
  • Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Marfan Syndrome, 2022, Biomolecules
  • The Multiple Functions of Fibrillin-1 Microfibrils in Organismal Physiology, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Dissecting aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome is associated with losartan-sensitive transcriptomic modulation of aortic cells, 2023, JCI Insight
  • Inhibition of HIPK2 Alleviates Thoracic Aortic Disease in Mice With Progressively Severe Marfan Syndrome, 2021, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Francesco Ramirez was recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Dysregulation of TGF-β activation contributes to pathogenesis in Marfan syndrome

    Enid R. Neptune;Pamela A. Frischmeyer;Dan E. Arking;Loretha Myers

  • Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes

    Brendan Lee;Maurice Godfrey;Emilia Vitale;Hisae Hori

  • Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade attenuates TGF-β–induced failure of muscle regeneration in multiple myopathic states

    Ronald D Cohn;Christel van Erp;Jennifer P Habashi;Arshia A Soleimani

  • Cloning and characterization of five overlapping cDNAs specific for the human proα 1(I) collagen chain

    Mon-Li Chu;Jeanne C. Myers;Michael P. Bernard;Juy-Fang Ding

  • Pathogenetic sequence for aneurysm revealed in mice underexpressing fibrillin-1

    Lygia Pereira;Sui Ying Lee;Barbara Gayraud;Kostantinos Andrikopoulos

  • The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

    Peter N. Robinson;E. Arteaga-Solis;C. Baldock;G. Collod-Béroud

  • Structure and expression of fibrillin-2, a novel microfibrillar component preferentially located in elastic matrices

    Hui Zhang;S. D. Apfelroth;Wei Hu;E. C. Davis

  • Phenotypic Alteration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Precedes Elastolysis in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome

    Tracie E. Bunton;Nancy Jensen Biery;Loretha Myers;Barbara Gayraud

  • Genomic organization of the sequence coding for fibrillin, the defective gene product in Marfan syndrome

    Lygia Pereira;Marina D'Alessio;Francesco Ramirez;Jennifer R.Lynch

  • Targetting of the gene encoding fibrillin-1 recapitulates the vascular aspect of Marfan syndrome.

    Lygia Pereira;Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Jenny Tian;Sui Ying Lee

  • Nucleotide sequences of complementary deoxyribonucleic acids for the pro alpha 1 chain of human type I procollagen. Statistical evaluation of structures that are conserved during evolution.

    Michael P. Bernard;Mon Li Chu;Jeanne C. Myers;Francesco Ramirez

  • Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates alpha 2(I) collagen gene expression through a cis-acting element that contains an Sp1-binding site.

    Y Inagaki;S Truter;F Ramirez

  • A fibrillar collagen gene, Col11a1, is essential for skeletal morphogenesis

    Y Li;D.A Lacerda;M.L Warman;D.R Beier

  • Fibrillin–2 ( FBN2 ) mutations result in the Marfan–like disorder, congenital contractural arachnodactyly

    Elizabeth A. Putnam;Hui Zhang;Francesco Ramirez;Dianna M. Milewicz;Dianna M. Milewicz

  • Structure of a cDNA for the pro.alpha.2 chain of human type I procollagen. Comparison with chick cDNA for pro.alpha.2(I) identifies structurally conserved features of the protein and the gene

    Michael P. Bernard;Jeanne C. Myers;Mon Li Chu;Francesco Ramirez

  • Human proα1(I) collagen gene structure reveals evolutionary conservation of a pattern of introns and exons

    Mon-Li Chu;Wouter de Wet;Michael Bernard;Juy-Fang Ding

  • Targeted mutation in the col5a2 gene reveals a regulatory role for type V collagen during matrix assembly

    Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Xin Liu;Douglas R. Keene;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Regulation of limb patterning by extracellular microfibrils.

    Emilio Arteaga-Solis;Barbara Gayraud;Sui Y. Lee;Lillian Shum

  • DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF FIBRILLIN GENES SUGGESTS HETEROGENEITY OF EXTRACELLULAR MICROFIBRILS

    Hui Zhang;Wei Hu;F. Ramirez

  • Extracellular microfibrils: contextual platforms for TGFβ and BMP signaling

    Francesco Ramirez;Daniel B Rifkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Lynn Y. Sakai
Lynn Y. Sakai Oregon Health & Science University
Daniel B. Rifkin
Daniel B. Rifkin New York University
Arthur Bank
Arthur Bank Columbia University
Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
Darwin J. Prockop
Darwin J. Prockop Texas A&M University
Michael Solursh
Michael Solursh University of Iowa
Mon-Li Chu
Mon-Li Chu Thomas Jefferson University
Douglas R. Keene
Douglas R. Keene Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland
Robert P. Mecham
Robert P. Mecham Washington University in St. Louis

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