2026 Joram Piatigorsky: 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	86	834	744	440	386	287	22006

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Research.com Recognitions

1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joram Piatigorsky is a scientist affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research profile is characterized primarily by a significant focus on scientific inquiry within their institutional role.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982.

Best Publications

Lens Crystallins: The Evolution and Expression of Proteins for a Highly Specialized Tissue

Graeme J. Wistow;Joram Piatigorsky

1102
Citations
Lens Differentiation in Vertebrates: A Review of Cellular and Molecular Features

Joram Piatigorsky

901
Citations
Enzyme/crystallins: Gene sharing as an evolutionary strategy

Joram Piatigorsky;Graeme J. Wistow

534
Citations
Expression of the murine alpha B-crystallin gene is not restricted to the lens.

R A Dubin;E F Wawrousek;J Piatigorsky

516
Citations
Recruitment of enzymes as lens structural proteins.

Graeme Wistow;Joram Piatigorsky

457
Citations
The Recruitment of Crystallins: New Functions Precede Gene Duplication

J. Piatigorsky;G. Wistow

445
Citations
Lens development and crystallin gene expression: many roles for Pax-6

Aleš Cvekl;Joram Piatigorsky

346
Citations
Lens-specific expression and developmental regulation of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene driven by the murine alpha A-crystallin promoter in transgenic mice.

Paul A. Overbeek;Ana B. Chepelinsky;Jaspal S. Khillan;Joram Piatigorsky

329
Citations
Gene sharing by delta-crystallin and argininosuccinate lyase.

Joram Piatigorsky;William E. O'Brien;Barbara L. Norman;Karen Kalumuck

325
Citations
Squid Pax-6 and eye development.

Stanislav I. Tomarev;Patrick Callaerts;Lidia Kos;Rina Zinovieva

291
Citations
Alternative RNA splicing of the murine αA-crystallin gene: Protein-coding information within an intron

Charles R. King;Joram Piatigorsky

291
Citations
Oxidative Stress Increases Production of β-Amyloid Precursor Protein and β-Amyloid (Aβ) in Mammalian Lenses, and Aβ Has Toxic Effects on Lens Epithelial Cells (∗)

Peter H. Frederikse;Donita Garland;J. Samuel Zigler;Joram Piatigorsky

274
Citations
Oncogenesis of the lens in transgenic mice.

Kathleen A. Mahon;Ana B. Chepelinsky;Jaspal S. Khillan;Paul A. Overbeek

244
Citations
Multiple and Additive Functions of ALDH3A1 and ALDH1A1: CATARACT PHENOTYPE AND OCULAR OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN Aldh3a1(−/−)/Aldh1a1(−/−) KNOCK-OUT MICE

Natalie Lassen;J. Bronwyn Bateman;Tia Estey;Jer R. Kuszak

232
Citations
Tau-crystallin/alpha-enolase: one gene encodes both an enzyme and a lens structural protein.

G J Wistow;T Lietman;L A Williams;S O Stapel

217
Citations
Modulation of Myocilin/TIGR Expression in Human Trabecular Meshwork

Ernst R. Tamm;Paul Russell;David L. Epstein;Douglas H. Johnson

214
Citations
Gene sharing in lens and cornea: facts and implications.

Joram Piatigorsky

214
Citations
Expression of the alpha-crystallin/small heat-shock protein/molecular chaperone genes in the lens and other tissues.

Charistina M. Sax;Joram Piatigorsky

211
Citations
Retinoic acid X receptor in the diploblast, Tripedalia cystophora

Z Kostrouch;M Kostrouchova;W Love;E Jannini

203
Citations
Multifunctional Lens Crystallins and Corneal Enzymes: More than Meets the Eye

Joram Piatigorsky

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ales Cvekl Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Eric F. Wawrousek National Institutes of Health

Stanislav I. Tomarev National Institutes of Health

Graeme Wistow National Institutes of Health

Joseph Horwitz University of California, Los Angeles

Vasilis Vasiliou Yale University

Heiner Westphal National Institutes of Health

Paul A. Overbeek Baylor College of Medicine

J. Fielding Hejtmancik National Institutes of Health

Ernst R. Tamm University of Regensburg

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