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Howard Holtzer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Holtzer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 194 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Howard Holtzer 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 Howard Holtzer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1958 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Howard Holtzer was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States during their academic career.

Holtzer was recognized with notable honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1967. Earlier, in 1958, they received the distinction of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Formation of arrowhead complexes with heavy meromyosin in a variety of cell types.

    Harunori Ishikawa;Richard Bischoff;Howard Holtzer

  • DNA synthesis and myogenesis

    F.E. Stockdale;H. Holtzer

  • MITOSIS AND INTERMEDIATE-SIZED FILAMENTS IN DEVELOPING SKELETAL MUSCLE

    H. Ishikawa;R. Bischoff;H. Holtzer

  • MyoD converts primary dermal fibroblasts, chondroblasts, smooth muscle, and retinal pigmented epithelial cells into striated mononucleated myoblasts and multinucleated myotubes.

    J Choi;M L Costa;C S Mermelstein;C Chagas

  • INHIBITION OF MYOBLAST FUSION AFTER ONE ROUND OF DNA SYNTHESIS IN 5-BROMODEOXYURIDINE

    Richard Bischoff;Howard Holtzer

  • THE LOSS OF PHENOTYPIC TRAITS BY DIFFERENTIATED CELLS IN VITRO, I. DEDIFFERENTIATION OF CARTILAGE CELLS

    H. Holtzer;J. Abbott;J. Lash;S. Holtzer

  • Intermediate filament proteins in the developing chick spinal cord.

    S.J. Tapscott;G.S. Bennett;Y. Toyama;F. Kleinbart

  • MITOSIS AND THE PROCESSES OF DIFFERENTIATION OF MYOGENIC CELLS IN VITRO

    Richard Bischoff;Howard Holtzer

  • An analysis of myogenesis by the use of fluorescent antimyosin.

    Howard Holtzer;John M. Marshall;Henry Finck

  • Effect of a tumour promoter on myogenesis

    Robert Cohen;Maurizio Pacifici;Neil Rubinstein;Judy Biehl

  • The cell cycle, cell lineages, and cell differentiation.

    H Holtzer;H Weintraub;R Mayne;B Mochan

  • Redistribution of intermediate filament subunits during skeletal myogenesis and maturation in vitro.

    G S Bennett;S A Fellini;Y Toyama;H Holtzer

  • 5-BROMODEOXYURIDINE: EFFECT ON MYOGENESIS IN VITRO.

    F. Stockdale;K. Okazaki;M. Nameroff;H. Holtzer

  • The loss of phenotypic traits by differentiated cells, V. The effect of 5-bromodeoxyuridine on cloned chondrocytes.

    Joan Abbott;Howard Holtzer

  • The relationship between stress fiber-like structures and nascent myofibrils in cultured cardiac myocytes.

    A A Dlugosz;P B Antin;V T Nachmias;H Holtzer

  • The relationship of cell division to the acquisition of adrenergic characteristics by developing sympathetic ganglion cell precursors

    Taube P. Rothman;Taube P. Rothman;Michael D. Gershon;Michael D. Gershon;Howard Holtzer;Howard Holtzer

  • Differential distribution of subsets of myofibrillar proteins in cardiac nonstriated and striated myofibrils.

    T. Schultheiss;Zhongxiang Lin;Mei-Hua Lu;J. Murray

  • The loss of phenotypic traits by differentiated cells. VI. Behavior of the progeny of a single chondrocyte.

    S. Chacko;J. Abbott;S. Holtzer;H. Holtzer

  • THE LOSS OF PHENOTYPIC TRAITS BY DIFFERENTIATED CELLS : III. The Reversible Behavior of Chondrocytes in Primary Cultures

    Joan Abbott;Howard Holtzer

  • Differences among 100-A filamentilament subunits from different cell types.

    G S Bennett;S A Fellini;J M Croop;J J Otto

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurizio Pacifici
Maurizio Pacifici Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David Boettiger
David Boettiger University of Pennsylvania
Harold Weintraub
Harold Weintraub Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
George C.T. Yeoh
George C.T. Yeoh Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
James J. Choi
James J. Choi Yale University
Giulio Cossu
Giulio Cossu University of Manchester
George R. Dubyak
George R. Dubyak Case Western Reserve University
Frank E. Stockdale
Frank E. Stockdale Stanford University
Klaus Weber
Klaus Weber Max Planck Society
H. Lee Sweeney
H. Lee Sweeney University of Florida

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