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Leona D. Samson

Leona D. Samson

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 83 898 799 472 412 226 27307

Leona D. Samson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Leona D. Samson between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Leona D. Samson published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2023. 7 of the 249 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2023. 1977: 2 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 5 publications
1977 2025

249 publications in total across all disciplines

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Leona D. Samson: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 2
1978 4
1979 0
1980 2
1981 1
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 2
1987 2
1988 2
1989 2
1990 2
1991 6
1992 2
1993 5
1994 4
1995 3
1996 5
1997 2
1998 11
1999 6
2000 11
2001 3
2002 4
2003 9
2004 13
2005 7
2006 10
2007 11
2008 10
2009 6
2010 6
2011 9
2012 13
2013 8
2014 5
2015 4
2016 5
2017 8
2018 3
2019 10
2020 2
2021 6
2022 0
2023 15
2024 2
2025 5
Total 249
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Leona D. Samson 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 Leona D. Samson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 217–226 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 226 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98 226
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Leona D. Samson 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 Leona D. Samson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82–83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60 83
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leona D. Samson is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, cancer research, cell biology, epidemiology, and organic chemistry.

The main topics of their work include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Leona D. Samson include the following:

  • Excision of mutagenic replication-blocking lesions suppresses cancer but promotes cytotoxicity and lethality in nitrosamine-exposed mice, 2021, Cell Reports
  • CometChip analysis of human primary lymphocytes enables quantification of inter-individual differences in the kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage, 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Molecular origins of mutational spectra produced by the environmental carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine and SN1 chemotherapeutic agents, 2023, NAR Cancer
  • CometChip enables parallel analysis of multiple DNA repair activities, 2021, DNA Repair
  • A DNA repair-independent role for alkyladenine DNA glycosylase in alkylation-induced unfolded protein response, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Leona D. Samson has frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • DNA Repair
  • Cell Reports
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • NAR Cancer

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bevin P. Engelward
  • Jennifer E. Kay
  • Joshua J. Corrigan
  • Robert G. Croy
  • John M. Essigmann

Leona D. Samson was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

    Philip J Landrigan;Richard Fuller;Nereus J R Acosta;Olusoji Adeyi

  • 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

  • Balancing repair and tolerance of DNA damage caused by alkylating agents

    Dragony Fu;Jennifer A. Calvo;Leona D. Samson

  • A new pathway for DNA repair in Escherichia coli.

    Leona Samson;John Cairns

  • DNA damage induced by chronic inflammation contributes to colon carcinogenesis in mice

    Lisiane B. Meira;James M. Bugni;Stephanie L. Green;Chung-Wei Lee

  • Standardizing global gene expression analysis between laboratories and across platforms

    Theodore Bammler;Richard P. Beyer;Sanchita Bhattacharya;Gary A. Boorman

  • The human gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin alkylates DNA

    Matthew R. Wilson;Yindi Jiang;Peter W. Villalta;Alessia Stornetta

  • Global response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an alkylating agent

    Scott A. Jelinsky;Leona D. Samson

  • ARID1A deficiency promotes mutability and potentiates therapeutic antitumor immunity unleashed by immune checkpoint blockade

    Jianfeng Shen;Zhenlin Ju;Wei Zhao;Lulu Wang

  • Inflammation-induced DNA damage, mutations and cancer.

    Jennifer Kay;Elina Thadhani;Leona Samson;Bevin Engelward

  • Base excision repair in yeast and mammals.

    Asli Memisoglu;Leona Samson

  • Regulatory Networks Revealed by Transcriptional Profiling of Damaged Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells: Rpn4 Links Base Excision Repair with Proteasomes

    Scott A. Jelinsky;Preston Estep;George M. Church;Leona D. Samson

  • Role of DNA mismatch repair and p53 in signaling induction of apoptosis by alkylating agents.

    Mark J. Hickman;Leona D. Samson

  • A microscale in vitro physiological model of the liver: predictive screens for drug metabolism and enzyme induction.

    A. Sivaraman;J. K. Leach;S. Townsend;T. Iida

  • Crystal structure of a human alkylbase-DNA repair enzyme complexed to DNA: Mechanisms for nucleotide flipping and base excision

    Albert Y. Lau;Orlando D. Schärer;Leona Samson;Gregory L. Verdine

  • A Systems Approach to Mapping DNA Damage Response Pathways

    Christopher T. Workman;H. Craig Mak;Scott McCuine;Jean-Bosco Tagne

  • Base excision repair deficient mice lacking the Aag alkyladenine DNA glycosylase

    Bevin P. Engelward;Geert Weeda;Michael D. Wyatt;José L. M. Broekhof

  • Evidence for an adaptive DNA repair pathway in CHO and human skin fibroblast cell lines.

    Leona Samson;Jeffrey L. Schwartz

  • Activation of Inflammation/NF-κB Signaling in Infants Born to Arsenic-Exposed Mothers

    Rebecca C Fry;Panida Navasumrit;Chandni Valiathan;J. Peter Svensson

  • Molecular basis for discriminating between normal and damaged bases by the human alkyladenine glycosylase, AAG

    Albert Y. Lau;Michael D. Wyatt;Michael D. Wyatt;Brian J. Glassner;Brian J. Glassner;Leona D. Samson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roderick T. Bronson
Roderick T. Bronson Harvard University
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Jin Chen
Jin Chen Vanderbilt University
Terrance J. Kavanagh
Terrance J. Kavanagh University of Washington
Jennifer E. Kay
Jennifer E. Kay University of Colorado Boulder
Wei Xiao
Wei Xiao University of Saskatchewan
Trey Ideker
Trey Ideker University of California, San Diego

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