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Harvey F. Lodish

Harvey F. Lodish

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2026

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Harvey F. Lodish 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 Harvey F. Lodish sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 834 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harvey F. Lodish 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 Harvey F. Lodish sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 193 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 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

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

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

  • MicroRNAs Modulate Hematopoietic Lineage Differentiation

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

  • Role of transforming growth factor beta in human disease.

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

  • 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

  • Sequence and structure of a human glucose transporter

    M Mueckler;C Caruso;SA Baldwin;M Panico

  • JAK2 exon 12 mutations in polycythemia vera and idiopathic erythrocytosis.

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

  • 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

  • pH and the recycling of transferrin during receptor-mediated endocytosis

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Jean E. Schaffer;Harvey F. Lodish

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Expression cloning of the murine erythropoietin receptor.

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

  • Myogenic factors that regulate expression of muscle-specific microRNAs

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Matsudaira
Paul Matsudaira National University of Singapore
David Baltimore
David Baltimore California Institute of Technology
Barry H. Paw
Barry H. Paw Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bing Lim
Bing Lim Thymmune Therapeutics
Xiao-Fan Wang
Xiao-Fan Wang Duke University
Stuart H. Orkin
Stuart H. Orkin Harvard University
Philipp E. Scherer
Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Daniel E. Bauer
Daniel E. Bauer Harvard University
Cheng Cheng Zhang
Cheng Cheng Zhang The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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