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Ileana M. Cristea 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 Ileana M. Cristea sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 229 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ileana M. Cristea 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 Ileana M. Cristea sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ileana M. Cristea is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research emphasizes molecular biology, epidemiology, and immunology, supported by further work in spectroscopy and genetics. The scholar has contributed notably to topics including cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, herpesvirus infections and treatments, interferon and immune responses, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, RNA modifications and cancer, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • A high-stringency blueprint of the human proteome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • TGF-β-induced DACT1 biomolecular condensates repress Wnt signalling to promote bone metastasis, 2021, Nature Cell Biology
  • Subcellular proteomics, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Temporal dynamics of protein complex formation and dissociation during human cytomegalovirus infection, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cardiac proteomics reveals sex chromosome-dependent differences between males and females that arise prior to gonad formation, 2021, Developmental Cell

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Todd M. Greco
  • Frank L. Conlon
  • Josiah E. Hutton
  • Krystal K. Lum
  • Joel D. Federspiel

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues with significant numbers in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • The CRAPome: a contaminant repository for affinity purification–mass spectrometry data

    Dattatreya Mellacheruvu;Zachary Wright;Amber L. Couzens;Jean Philippe Lambert

  • Distinct Factors Control Histone Variant H3.3 Localization at Specific Genomic Regions

    Aaron D. Goldberg;Laura A. Banaszynski;Kyung Min Noh;Peter W. Lewis

  • Enzyme clustering accelerates processing of intermediates through metabolic channeling

    Michele Castellana;Maxwell Z Wilson;Yifan Xu;Preeti Joshi

  • Sirtuin 4 Is a Lipoamidase Regulating Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Activity

    Rommel A. Mathias;Todd M. Greco;Adam Oberstein;Hanna G. Budayeva

  • Induction of autophagy in axonal dystrophy and degeneration.

    Qing Jun Wang;Yaomei Ding;D Stave Kohtz;Noboru Mizushima

  • Fluorescent Proteins as Proteomic Probes

    Ileana M. Cristea;Rosemary Williams;Brian T. Chait;Michael P. Rout

  • The functional interactome landscape of the human histone deacetylase family

    Preeti Joshi;Todd M Greco;Amanda J Guise;Yang Luo

  • Acetylation modulates cellular distribution and DNA sensing ability of interferon-inducible protein IFI16

    Tuo Li;Benjamin A. Diner;Jin Chen;Ileana M. Cristea

  • Tracking and elucidating alphavirus-host protein interactions

    Ileana M. Cristea;John William N. Carroll;Michael P. Rout;Charles M. Rice

  • Human Cytomegalovirus Protein UL38 Inhibits Host Cell Stress Responses by Antagonizing the Tuberous Sclerosis Protein Complex

    Nathaniel J. Moorman;Ileana M. Cristea;Scott S. Terhune;Michael P. Rout

  • cGAS-mediated stabilization of IFI16 promotes innate signaling during herpes simplex virus infection

    Megan H. Orzalli;Nicole M. Broekema;Benjamin A. Diner;Dustin C. Hancks

  • Functional Proteomics Establishes the Interaction of SIRT7 with Chromatin Remodeling Complexes and Expands Its Role in Regulation of RNA Polymerase I Transcription

    Yuan-Chin C Tsai;Todd M. Greco;Apaporn Boonmee;Yana Miteva

  • Human Cytomegalovirus pUL83 Stimulates Activity of the Viral Immediate-Early Promoter through Its Interaction with the Cellular IFI16 Protein

    Ileana M. Cristea;Nathaniel J. Moorman;Scott S. Terhune;Christian D. Cuevas

  • Human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pUL83 inhibits IFI16-mediated DNA sensing for immune evasion

    Tuo Li;Jin Chen;Ileana M. Cristea

  • Bone vascular niche E-selectin induces mesenchymal-epithelial transition and Wnt activation in cancer cells to promote bone metastasis.

    Mark Esposito;Nandini Mondal;Todd M. Greco;Yong Wei

  • Systematic discovery of structural elements governing stability of mammalian messenger RNAs

    Hani Goodarzi;Hamed S. Najafabadi;Hamed S. Najafabadi;Panos Oikonomou;Panos Oikonomou;Todd M. Greco

  • Proteomics and integrative omic approaches for understanding host–pathogen interactions and infectious diseases

    Pierre M Jean Beltran;Joel D Federspiel;Xinlei Sheng;Ileana M Cristea

  • Evidence for a Genetic and Physical Interaction between Nonstructural Proteins NS1 and NS4B That Modulates Replication of West Nile Virus

    Soonjeon Youn;Tuo Li;Broc T. McCune;Melissa A. Edeling

  • A high-stringency blueprint of the human proteome

    Subash Adhikari;Edouard C. Nice;Edouard C. Nice;Eric W Deutsch;Lydie Lane

  • Proteomics techniques and their application to hematology

    Ileana M. Cristea;Simon J. Gaskell;Anthony D. Whetton

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian T. Chait
Brian T. Chait Rockefeller University
Thomas Shenk
Thomas Shenk Princeton University
Michael P. Rout
Michael P. Rout Rockefeller University
Lynn W. Enquist
Lynn W. Enquist Princeton University
Yibin Kang
Yibin Kang Princeton University
David Dubnau
David Dubnau Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ian J. S. Fairlamb
Ian J. S. Fairlamb University of York
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Virginia A. Zakian
Virginia A. Zakian Princeton University

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