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Julie D. Forman-Kay

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
32797
World Ranking
1826
National Ranking
53

Julie D. Forman-Kay 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 Julie D. Forman-Kay sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 325 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Julie D. Forman-Kay 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 Julie D. Forman-Kay 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
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Julie D. Forman-Kay is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a primary focus on molecular biology. The scientist has contributed to 230 publications across related disciplines.

The research topics addressed by Forman-Kay include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Forman-Kay has published extensively in several venues, frequently contributing to the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Among notable recent papers are:

  • Comparative roles of charge, π, and hydrophobic interactions in sequence-dependent phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Phase Separation as a Missing Mechanism for Interpretation of Disease Mutations, 2020, Cell
  • Conformational Ensembles of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Consistent with NMR, SAXS, and Single-Molecule FRET, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Systematic identification of conditionally folded intrinsically disordered regions by AlphaFold2, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PED in 2021: a major update of the protein ensemble database for intrinsically disordered proteins, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist has collaborated extensively with others in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Iva Pritišanac
  • Alan M Moses
  • Teresa Head-Gordon
  • Claudiu C. Gradinaru
  • Zi Hao Liu

Forman-Kay was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation

    Neil A. Farrow;Ranjith Muhandiram;Alex U. Singer;Steven M. Pascal

  • Phase Transition of a Disordered Nuage Protein Generates Environmentally Responsive Membraneless Organelles

    Timothy J. Nott;Timothy J. Nott;Evangelia Petsalaki;Patrick Farber;Dylan Jervis

  • Sensitivity of secondary structure propensities to sequence differences between α‐ and γ‐synuclein: Implications for fibrillation

    Joseph A. Marsh;Vinay K. Singh;Zongchao Jia;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • A Gradient-Enhanced HCCH-TOCSY Experiment for Recording Side-Chain 1H and 13C Correlations in H2O Samples of Proteins

    L. E. Kay;Guang-Yi Xu;A. U. Singer;D. R. Muhandiram

  • Pi-Pi contacts are an overlooked protein feature relevant to phase separation.

    Robert Mc Coy Vernon;Paul Andrew Chong;Brian Tsang;Tae Hun Kim

  • Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation

    Jacob P Brady;Patrick J Farber;Ashok Sekhar;Yi-Hsuan Lin

  • Folding of an intrinsically disordered protein by phosphorylation as a regulatory switch

    Alaji Bah;Robert M. Vernon;Zeba Siddiqui;Mickaël Krzeminski

  • A heteronuclear correlation experiment for simultaneous determination of 15N longitudinal decay and chemical exchange rates of systems in slow equilibrium.

    Neil A. Farrow;Ouwen Zhang;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Atomic-level characterization of disordered protein ensembles

    Tanja Mittag;Julie D Forman-Kay

  • Modulation of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Function by Post-translational Modifications

    Alaji Bah;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Protein dynamics and conformational disorder in molecular recognition

    Tanja Mittag;Lewis E. Kay;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Two-dimensional NMR experiments for correlating carbon-13.beta. and proton.delta./.epsilon. chemical shifts of aromatic residues in 13C-labeled proteins via scalar couplings

    Toshio Yamazaki;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Solution Structure and Dynamics of the Outer Membrane Enzyme PagP by NMR

    Peter M. Hwang;Wing-Yiu Choy;Eileen I. Lo;Lu Chen

  • RGG/RG Motif Regions in RNA Binding and Phase Separation.

    P. Andrew Chong;Robert M. Vernon;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Sequence Determinants of Compaction in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

    Joseph A. Marsh;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Comparison of the backbone dynamics of a folded and an unfolded SH3 domain existing in equilibrium in aqueous buffer.

    Neil A. Farrow;Ouwen Zhang;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Dynamic equilibrium engagement of a polyvalent ligand with a single-site receptor.

    Tanja Mittag;Stephen Orlicky;Wing-Yiu Choy;Xiaojing Tang

  • Properties of Stress Granule and P-Body Proteomes.

    Ji-Young Youn;Boris J.A. Dyakov;Boris J.A. Dyakov;Jianping Zhang;James D.R. Knight

  • CFTR regulatory region interacts with NBD1 predominantly via multiple transient helices.

    Jennifer M R Baker;Rhea P. Hudson;Voula Kanelis;Wing Yiu Choy;Wing Yiu Choy

  • Simultaneous Acquisition of 15N- and 13C-Edited NOE Spectra of Proteins Dissolved in H2O

    S.M. Pascal;D.R. Muhandiram;T. Yamazaki;J.D. Formankay

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis E. Kay
Lewis E. Kay University of Toronto
Tony Pawson
Tony Pawson University of Toronto
Frank Sicheri
Frank Sicheri Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Hue Sun Chan
Hue Sun Chan University of Toronto
Teresa Head-Gordon
Teresa Head-Gordon University of California, Berkeley
Daniela Rotin
Daniela Rotin University of Toronto
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Philip J. Thomas
Philip J. Thomas The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mike Tyers
Mike Tyers University of Montreal
Simon Alberti
Simon Alberti TU Dresden

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