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John M. Pawelek

John M. Pawelek

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
23746
World Ranking
8960
National Ranking
3979

John M. Pawelek 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 John M. Pawelek sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. Pawelek 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 John M. Pawelek sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John M. Pawelek was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The subfields they contributed to included Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Biotechnology, and Immunology.

The scientific topics covered in their work involved:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management

Pawelek's research was published in a variety of journals, including World Journal of Clinical Oncology, BMC Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Cancer Letters, and SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Pawelek included:

  • Roles of cell fusion, hybridization and polyploid cell formation in cancer metastasis (2020) - World Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Restricting tumor lactic acid metabolism using dichloroacetate improves T cell functions (2022) - BMC Cancer
  • A metabolic switch to memory CAR T cells: Implications for cancer treatment (2020) - Cancer Letters
  • A melanoma patient with macrophage-cancer cell hybrids in the primary tumor, a lymph node metastasis and a brain metastasis (2021) - Cancer Genetics
  • International Scientific Collaboration Is Needed to Bridge Science to Society: USERN2020 Consensus Statement (2021) - SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with John M. Pawelek included Hosein Rostamian, Keyvan Fallah-Mehrjardi, Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Jamshid Hadjati, and Mohammad Khakpoor-Koosheh.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Mammalian tyrosinase catalyzes three reactions in the biosynthesis of melanin

    Ann Körner;John Pawelek

  • Tumor-targeted Salmonella as a novel anticancer vector.

    J M Pawelek;K B Low;D Bermudes

  • Lipid A mutant Salmonella with suppressed virulence and TNFalpha induction retain tumor-targeting in vivo

    K. B. Low;M. Ittensohn;T. Le;J. Platt

  • Targeting ER stress–induced autophagy overcomes BRAF inhibitor resistance in melanoma

    Xiao Hong Ma;Sheng Fu Piao;Souvik Dey;Quentin McAfee

  • L-tyrosine and L-dihydroxyphenylalanine as hormone-like regulators of melanocyte functions.

    Andrzej Slominski;Michal A. Zmijewski;John Pawelek

  • Fusion of tumour cells with bone marrow-derived cells: a unifying explanation for metastasis.

    John M. Pawelek;Ashok K. Chakraborty

  • Production and release of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) derived peptides by human melanocytes and keratinocytes in culture: regulation by ultraviolet B

    Ashok K. Chakraborty;Yoko Funasaka;Andrzej Slominski;Gennady Ermak

  • Bacteria as tumour-targeting vectors.

    John M Pawelek;K Brooks Low;David Bermudes

  • Biodistribution and Genetic Stability of the Novel Antitumor Agent VNP20009, a Genetically Modified Strain of Salmonella typhimuvium

    C. Clairmont;K. C. Lee;J. Pike;M. Ittensohn

  • Punctate LC3B expression is a common feature of solid tumors and associated with proliferation, metastasis and poor outcome.

    Rossitza Lazova;Robert L. Camp;Vincent Klump;Summar F. Siddiqui

  • New regulators of melanin biosynthesis and the autodestruction of melanoma cells

    John Pawelek;Ann Körner;Alan Bergstrom;Jean Bologna

  • Factors regulating growth and pigmentation of melanoma cells.

    John M. Pawelek

  • Curcumin: A new candidate for melanoma therapy?

    Hamed Mirzaei;Gholamreza Naseri;Ramin Rezaee;Mohsen Mohammadi

  • 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE IS A MELANIN PRECURSOR SHOWING POTENT CYTOTOXICITY

    J. M. Pawelek;A. B. Lerner

  • Dopachrome Conversion: A Possible Control Point in Melanin Biosynthesis

    Ann M. Körner;John Pawelek

  • The biosynthesis of mammalian melanin.

    John M. Pawelek;Ann M. Körner

  • Melanocyte-stimulating hormone promotes activation of pre-existing tyrosinase molecules in cloudman s91 melanoma cells.

    Glenda Wong;John Pawelek

  • The cancer cell--leukocyte fusion theory of metastasis.

    John M Pawelek;Ashok K Chakraborty

  • Positive regulation of melanin pigmentation by two key substrates of the melanogenic pathway, L-tyrosine and L-dopa.

    A. Slominski;G. Moellmann;E. Kuklinska;A. Bomirski

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Orlow
Seth J. Orlow New York University
Andrzej Slominski
Andrzej Slominski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ravi K. Amaravadi
Ravi K. Amaravadi University of Pennsylvania
David L. Rimm
David L. Rimm Yale University
Nima Rezaei
Nima Rezaei Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Douglas E. Brash
Douglas E. Brash Yale University
Vincent J. Hearing
Vincent J. Hearing National Institutes of Health
Ruth Halaban
Ruth Halaban Yale University
Masamitsu Ichihashi
Masamitsu Ichihashi Kobe University
Enza Maria Valente
Enza Maria Valente University of Pavia

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