2026 Harvey F. Lodish: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	194	365	342	242	223	942	145970
Molecular Biology	193	23	21	16	15	834	140216

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Harvey F. Lodish is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, oncology, surgery, physiology, and cancer research.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications in cancer, colorectal cancer treatments and studies, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Lodish include:

Phosphocholine accumulation and PHOSPHO1 depletion promote adipose tissue thermogenesis, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
An adipose lncRAP2-Igf2bp2 complex enhances adipogenesis and energy expenditure by stabilizing target mRNAs, 2021, iScience
Locoregional Liver-Directed Therapies to Treat Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Review, 2022, ONCOLOGY
Association of Financial Conflicts of Interest With Academic Productivity Among Junior Faculty in Hematology and Oncology, 2022, ONCOLOGY
Complete Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy and Oxaliplatin-Induced Fever Associated With IL-6 Release in a Patient With Locally Advanced Colon Cancer, 2022, ONCOLOGY

Lodish has frequently published in the following venues:

ONCOLOGY (5 publications)
Experimental Hematology (2 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
iScience (1 publication)

Collaborations have been established with a range of co-authors, including:

Margaret A. Shipp
P Beutler
Angela J. Fought
Melissa Shaw
Mike Hennessy

Harvey F. Lodish's professional recognitions include election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1987, Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded in 1986, and Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1977.

Best Publications

Molecular Cell Biology

Harvey F. Lodish

11709
Citations
A Novel Serum Protein Similar to C1q, Produced Exclusively in Adipocytes

Philipp E. Scherer;Suzanne Williams;Michael Fogliano;Giulia Baldini

4665
Citations
MicroRNAs Modulate Hematopoietic Lineage Differentiation

Chang-Zheng Chen;Ling Li;Harvey F. Lodish;David P. Bartel

4240
Citations
Role of transforming growth factor beta in human disease.

Gerard C. Blobe;William P. Schiemann;Harvey F. Lodish

3509
Citations
Proteolytic cleavage product of 30-kDa adipocyte complement-related protein increases fatty acid oxidation in muscle and causes weight loss in mice

Joachim Fruebis;Tsu-Shuen Tsao;Sandrine Javorschi;Dana Ebbets-Reed

2848
Citations
Sequence and structure of a human glucose transporter

M Mueckler;C Caruso;SA Baldwin;M Panico

1967
Citations
JAK2 exon 12 mutations in polycythemia vera and idiopathic erythrocytosis.

Linda M. Scott;Wei Tong;Ross L. Levine;Mike A. Scott

1645
Citations
Expression cloning of the TGF-β type II receptor, a functional transmembrane serine/threonine kinase

Herbert Y. Lin;Xiao-Fan Wang;Elinor Ng-Eaton;Robert A. Weinberg

1632
Citations
pH and the recycling of transferrin during receptor-mediated endocytosis

Alice Dautry-Varsat;Aaron Ciechanover;Harvey F. Lodish

1557
Citations
Enhanced muscle fat oxidation and glucose transport by ACRP30 globular domain: Acetyl–CoA carboxylase inhibition and AMP-activated protein kinase activation

Eva Tomas;Tsu-Shuen Tsao;Asish K. Saha;Heather E. Murrey

1443
Citations
Generation of committed erythroid BFU-E and CFU-E progenitors does not require erythropoietin or the erythropoietin receptor

Hong Wu;Xin Liu;Rudolf Jaenisch;Harvey F. Lodish

1258
Citations
Expression cloning and characterization of a novel adipocyte long chain fatty acid transport protein.

Jean E. Schaffer;Harvey F. Lodish

1257
Citations
SPECIFIC RECRUITMENT OF SH-PTP1 TO THE ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR CAUSES INACTIVATION OF JAK2 AND TERMINATION OF PROLIFERATIVE SIGNALS

Ursula Klingmüller;Ursula Klingmüller;Ulrike Lorenz;Lewis C Cantley;Benjamin G Neel

1176
Citations
Elevated levels of glucose transport and transporter messenger RNA are induced by ras or src oncogenes

Jeffrey S. Flier;Jeffrey S. Flier;Michael M. Mueckler;Michael M. Mueckler;Patricia Usher;Harvey F. Lodish

1134
Citations
T-cadherin is a receptor for hexameric and high-molecular-weight forms of Acrp30 / adiponectin

Christopher Hug;Jin Wang;Naina Shehzeen Ahmad;Jonathan S. Bogan

1112
Citations
Intracellular site of asialoglycoprotein receptor-ligand uncoupling: Double-label immunoelectron microscopy during receptor-mediated endocytosis

Hans J. Geuze;Jan Willem Slot;Ger J.A.M. Strous;Harvey F. Lodish

1070
Citations
Cloning and functional expression in bacteria of a novel glucose transporter present in liver, intestine, kidney, and β-pancreatic islet cells

Thorens B;Sarkar Hk;Kaback Hr;Lodish Hf

1060
Citations
Expression cloning of SR-BI, a CD36-related class B scavenger receptor.

Susan L. Acton;Philipp E. Scherer;Harvey F. Lodish;Monty Krieger

1047
Citations
Expression cloning of the murine erythropoietin receptor.

Alan D. D'Andrea;Alan D. D'Andrea;Harvey F. Lodish;Gordon G. Wong

1044
Citations
Myogenic factors that regulate expression of muscle-specific microRNAs

Prakash K. Rao;Roshan M. Kumar;Mina Farkhondeh;Scott Baskerville

983
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Matsudaira National University of Singapore

David Baltimore California Institute of Technology

Robert A. Weinberg MIT

Barry H. Paw Brigham and Women's Hospital

Bing Lim Thymmune Therapeutics

Xiao-Fan Wang Duke University

Stuart H. Orkin Harvard University

Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Daniel E. Bauer Harvard University

Cheng Cheng Zhang The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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