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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
155
Citations
90685
World Ranking
150
National Ranking
106

Medicine

D-Index
157
Citations
91348
World Ranking
885
National Ranking
503

Jeffery D. Molkentin 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 Jeffery D. Molkentin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 614 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffery D. Molkentin 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 Jeffery D. Molkentin 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
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This scientist: 155 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association

Overview

Jeffery D. Molkentin is affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on subfields including molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, physiology, and cell biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research

Recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Thbs1 induces lethal cardiac atrophy through PERK-ATF4 regulated autophagy," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Hyperglycemia Acutely Increases Cytosolic Reactive Oxygen Species via O-linked GlcNAcylation and CaMKII Activation in Mouse Ventricular Myocytes," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "A 20/20 view of ANT function in mitochondrial biology and necrotic cell death," 2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • "Ontogeny of arterial macrophages defines their functions in homeostasis and inflammation," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Ca 2+ channels couple spiking to mitochondrial metabolism in substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons," 2022, Science Advances

Molkentin has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Michelle A. Sargent (16 publications)
  • Ronald J. Vagnozzi (14 publications)
  • Allen J. York (14 publications)
  • Kelly M. Grimes (12 publications)
  • Yasuhide Kuwabara (11 publications)

The scientist's most common publication venues include:

  • Circulation Research (9 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Circulation (6 publications)
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus (5 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

In recognition of their work, Jeffery D. Molkentin received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • A Calcineurin-Dependent Transcriptional Pathway for Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Jeffery D. Molkentin;Jeffery D. Molkentin;Jian Rong Lu;Christopher L. Antos;Bruce Markham

  • Loss of cyclophilin D reveals a critical role for mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death

    Christopher P. Baines;Robert A. Kaiser;Nicole H. Purcell;N. Scott Blair

  • Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy by intracellular signalling pathways

    Joerg Heineke;Jeffery D. Molkentin

  • Requirement of the transcription factor GATA4 for heart tube formation and ventral morphogenesis.

    Jeffery D. Molkentin;Qing Lin;Stephen A. Duncan;Eric N. Olson

  • Voltage-dependent anion channels are dispensable for mitochondrial-dependent cell death.

    Christopher P. Baines;Robert A. Kaiser;Tatiana Sheiko;William J. Craigen

  • The zinc finger-containing transcription factors GATA-4, -5, and -6: Ubiquitously expressed regulators of tissue-specific gene expression

    Jeffery D. Molkentin

  • Cyclophilin D deficiency attenuates mitochondrial and neuronal perturbation and ameliorates learning and memory in Alzheimer's disease.

    Heng Du;Lan Guo;Fang Fang;Doris Chen

  • Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins

    Jeffery D. Molkentin;Brian L. Black;James F. Martin;Eric N. Olson

  • The MEK1-ERK1/2 signaling pathway promotes compensated cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice.

    Orlando F. Bueno;Leon J. De Windt;Kevin M. Tymitz;Sandra A. Witt

  • Calcineurin/NFAT Coupling Participates in Pathological, but not Physiological, Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Benjamin J. Wilkins;Yan-Shan Dai;Orlando F. Bueno;Stephanie A. Parsons

  • Cytoplasmic Signaling Pathways That Regulate Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Jeffery D Molkentin;Gerald W Dorn

  • Evidence from a genetic fate-mapping study that stem cells refresh adult mammalian cardiomyocytes after injury

    Patrick C H Hsieh;Vincent F M Segers;Michael E Davis;Catherine MacGillivray

  • The Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Member Growth-Differentiation Factor-15 Protects the Heart From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Tibor Kempf;Matthias Eden;Jens Strelau;Marian Naguib

  • Temporally Regulated and Tissue-Specific Gene Manipulations in the Adult and Embryonic Heart Using a Tamoxifen-Inducible Cre Protein

    Dawinder S. Sohal;Mai Nghiem;Michael A. Crackower;Sandra A. Witt

  • Genetic lineage tracing defines myofibroblast origin and function in the injured heart

    Onur Kanisicak;Hadi Khalil;Malina J. Ivey;Jason Karch

  • Fibroblast-specific TGF-β–Smad2/3 signaling underlies cardiac fibrosis

    Hadi Khalil;Onur Kanisicak;Vikram Prasad;Robert N. Correll

  • PKC-alpha regulates cardiac contractility and propensity toward heart failure.

    Julian C Braz;Kimberly Gregory;Anand Pathak;Wen Zhao

  • Periostin regulates collagen fibrillogenesis and the biomechanical properties of connective tissues

    Russell A. Norris;Brook Damon;Vladimir Mironov;Vladimir Kasyanov

  • c-kit + cells minimally contribute cardiomyocytes to the heart

    Jop H. Van Berlo;Onur Kanisicak;Marjorie Maillet;Ronald J. Vagnozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. Houser
Steven R. Houser Temple University
Jeffrey Robbins
Jeffrey Robbins Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
John N. Lorenz
John N. Lorenz University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Bruce J. Aronow
Bruce J. Aronow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Eric N. Olson
Eric N. Olson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
John W. Elrod
John W. Elrod Temple University
Donald M. Bers
Donald M. Bers University of California, Davis
Christopher P. Baines
Christopher P. Baines University of Missouri
Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth M. McNally Northwestern University
Erhe Gao
Erhe Gao Temple University

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