2026 James R. Woodgett: 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	130	189	170	5	4	333	72307

James R. Woodgett 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 James R. Woodgett sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 333 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Woodgett 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 James R. Woodgett sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 130 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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 Canada Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

James R. Woodgett is affiliated with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Canada. Their research spans various topics mainly within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

The primary subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cancer Research, Surgery, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Key research topics covered by James R. Woodgett's work are:

Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
Cancer-related gene regulation
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Congenital heart defects research
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequent publication venues where their work appears are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Circulation Research
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Journal of Molecular Medicine

Notable recent papers include:

"GSK-3β Contributes to Parkinsonian Dopaminergic Neuron Death: Evidence From Conditional Knockout Mice and Tideglusib" (2020) published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
"Fibroblast GSK-3α Promotes Fibrosis via RAF-MEK-ERK Pathway in the Injured Heart" (2022) published in Circulation Research
"Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 indirect and direct RT-qPCR detection methods" (2021) published in Virology Journal
"Glycogen synthase kinase-3β inhibits tubular regeneration in acute kidney injury by a FoxM1-dependent mechanism" (2020) published in The FASEB Journal
"GSK-3 is a master regulator of neural progenitor homeostasis" (2020) published in UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors include:

Firdos Ahmad
Rizwan Qaisar
Eldad Zacksenhaus
Sean E. Egan
Joel D. Pearson

James R. Woodgett was honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2000 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

The ground state of embryonic stem cell self-renewal

Qi-Long Ying;Jason Wray;Jennifer Nichols;Laura Batlle-Morera

3881
Citations
The stress-activated protein kinase subfamily of c-Jun kinases.

John M. Kyriakis;Papia Banerjee;Eleni Nikolakaki;Eleni Nikolakaki;Tianang Dai

3318
Citations
GSK-3: tricks of the trade for a multi-tasking kinase.

Bradley W. Doble;James R. Woodgett

2647
Citations
Phosphorylation of c- jun mediated by MAP kinases

Bernd J. Pulverer;John M. Kyriakis;Joseph Avruch;Eleni Nikolakaki

1922
Citations
Requirement for glycogen synthase kinase-3β in cell survival and NF-κB activation

Klaus P. Hoeflich;Juan Luo;Elizabeth A. Rubie;Ming-Sound Tsao

1776
Citations
Lithium inhibits glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity and mimics Wingless signalling in intact cells

Vuk Stambolic;Laurent Ruel;James R. Woodgett

1663
Citations
Phosphoinositide-3-OH kinase-dependent regulation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 and protein kinase B/AKT by the integrin-linked kinase

Marc Delcommenne;Clara Tan;Virginia Gray;Laurent Rue

1437
Citations
Protein kinase B (c-Akt): a multifunctional mediator of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation.

Paul J. Coffer;Jing Jin;James R. Woodgett

1420
Citations
Activation of protein kinase C decreases phosphorylation of c-Jun at sites that negatively regulate its DNA-binding activity.

William J. Boyle;Tod Smeal;Libert H.K. Defize;Peter Angel

1326
Citations
Role of SAPK/ERK kinase-1 in the stress-activated pathway regulating transcription factor c-Jun.

Sánchez I;Hughes Rt;Mayer Bj;Mayer Bj;Yee K

1215
Citations
A dual-kinase mechanism for Wnt co-receptor phosphorylation and activation.

Xin Zeng;Keiko Tamai;Brad Doble;Shitao Li

1068
Citations
Systematic Discovery of In Vivo Phosphorylation Networks

Rune Linding;Rune Linding;Lars Juhl Jensen;Gerard J. Ostheimer;Marcel A.T.M. van Vugt;Marcel A.T.M. van Vugt

1060
Citations
Phosphorylation and inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 by protein kinase A

Xianjun Fang;Shuang Xing Yu;Yiling Lu;Robert C. Bast

1018
Citations
Lithium antagonizes dopamine-dependent behaviors mediated by an AKT/glycogen synthase kinase 3 signaling cascade

Jean-Martin Beaulieu;Tatyana D. Sotnikova;Wei-Dong Yao;Lisa Kockeritz

934
Citations
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 induces Alzheimer's disease-like phosphorylation of tau: generation of paired helical filament epitopes and neuronal localisation of the kinase.

Diane P. Hanger;Kenneth Hughes;James R. Woodgett;Jean-Pierre Brion

928
Citations
Activation of stress-activated protein kinase by MEKK1 phosphorylation of its activator SEK1

Mlnhong Yan;Tianang Dai;Joseph C. Deak;John M. Kyriakis

894
Citations
Mitogen inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta in intact cells via serine 9 phosphorylation.

V Stambolic;J R Woodgett

835
Citations
THE STRESS-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PATHWAYS

L. A. Tibbles;J. R. Woodgett

835
Citations
Modulation of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 family by tyrosine phosphorylation.

K Hughes;E Nikolakaki;S E Plyte;N F Totty

755
Citations
PKB/AKT: functional insights from genetic models

Michael P. Scheid;James R. Woodgett

751
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pamela S. Ohashi Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Thomas Force Vanderbilt University

Philip Cohen University of Dundee

John M. Kyriakis Tufts University

Vuk Stambolic University of Toronto

Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia

Joseph Avruch Harvard University

Erhe Gao Temple University

Tony Hunter Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Kathleen L. Gould Vanderbilt University

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