2026 Gerard I. Evan: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	107	404	369	26	25	280	66566

Gerard I. Evan 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 Gerard I. Evan sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 280 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerard I. Evan 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 Gerard I. Evan sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Gerard I. Evan is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key subfields include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Their work spans several main topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, RNA modifications and cancer, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment. Additional areas of study include Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, as well as Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis.

Frequent co-authors in Gerard I. Evan's publications include:

Trevor D. Littlewood
Charles Swanton
Kevin Litchfield
Roderik M. Kortlever
Thomas B.K. Watkins

They have published in several prominent venues, most notably:

Nature Communications
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell
Nature
Cancer Discovery

Among their recent publications are:

Embracing cancer complexity: Hallmarks of systemic disease, 2024, Cell
Tracking early lung cancer metastatic dissemination in TRACERx using ctDNA, 2023, Nature
MYC Instructs and Maintains Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Phenotype, 2020, Cancer Discovery
Lipid Remodeling in Hepatocyte Proliferation and Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2020, Hepatology
Reactivation of Myc transcription in the mouse heart unlocks its proliferative capacity, 2020, Nature Communications

Gerard I. Evan has been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2004)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

Proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis in cancer

Gerard I. Evan;Karen H. Vousden

4328
Citations
Induction of apoptosis in fibroblasts by c-myc protein

Gerard I. Evan;Andrew H. Wyllie;Christopher S. Gilbert;Trevor D. Littlewood

3993
Citations
Isolation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product.

G I Evan;G K Lewis;G Ramsay;J M Bishop

3118
Citations
Induction of c-fos-like protein in spinal cord neurons following sensory stimulation.

Stephen P. Hunt;Adrian Pini;Gerard Evan

2497
Citations
A Matter of Life and Cell Death

Gerard Evan;Trevor Littlewood

2283
Citations
The combined functions of proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members bak and bax are essential for normal development of multiple tissues.

Tullia Lindsten;Andrea J. Ross;Ayala King;Wei Xing Zong

1825
Citations
Intrinsic tumour suppression

Scott W. Lowe;Enrique Cepero;Gerard Evan

1794
Citations
Suppression of c-Myc-induced apoptosis by Ras signalling through PI(3)K and PKB

Andrea Kauffmann-Zeh;Pablo Rodriguez-Viciana;Eugen Ulrich;Christopher Gilbert

1518
Citations
Apoptosis in development

Pascal Meier;Andrew Finch;Gerard Evan

1476
Citations
A matter of life and death

Douglas R Green;Gerard I Evan

1430
Citations
Autophagy inhibition enhances therapy-induced apoptosis in a Myc-induced model of lymphoma

Ravi K. Amaravadi;Duonan Yu;Julian J. Lum;Thi Bui

1415
Citations
The coordinate release of cytochrome c during apoptosis is rapid, complete and kinetically invariant.

Joshua C. Goldstein;Joshua C. Goldstein;Nigel J. Waterhouse;Phillipe Juin;Gerard I. Evan

1324
Citations
Cooperative interaction between c-myc and bcl-2 proto-oncogenes

Abdallah Fanidi;Elizabeth A. Harrington;Gerard I. Evan

1068
Citations
A modified oestrogen receptor ligand-binding domain as an improved switch for the regulation of heterologous proteins

Trevor D. Littlewood;David C. Hancock;Paul S. Danielian;Malcolm G. Parker

1048
Citations
Induction of apoptosis by the Bcl-2 homologue Bak

Chittenden T;Harrington Ea;O'Connor R;Flemington C

1041
Citations
c-Myc-induced apoptosis in fibroblasts is inhibited by specific cytokines.

E. A. Harrington;M. R. Bennett;Abdallah Fanidi;G. I. Evan

944
Citations
Apoptosis of human vascular smooth muscle cells derived from normal vessels and coronary atherosclerotic plaques.

M R Bennett;G I Evan;S M Schwartz

937
Citations
A License to Kill

Andrew Fraser;Gerard Evan

885
Citations
Modeling the Therapeutic Efficacy of p53 Restoration in Tumors

Carla P. Martins;Lamorna Brown-Swigart;Gerard I. Evan

842
Citations
Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord

W. Wisden;M.L. Errington;S. Williams;S.B. Dunnett

833
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor D. Littlewood University of Cambridge

Andrew G. Fraser University of Toronto

Mark J. Arends University of Edinburgh

Martin R. Bennett University of Cambridge

Julian L. Griffin University of Aberdeen

John P. Moore Cornell University

Bruno Amati European Institute of Oncology

Hartmut Land University of Rochester Medical Center

Douglas Hanahan École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Joan Seoane Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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