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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
24145
World Ranking
6172
National Ranking
2902

Lixia Diao publications per year

2003: 1 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 1 publications 2009: 1 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 34 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 273 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 31 publications
2003 2025

605 publications in total across all disciplines

Lixia Diao 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 Lixia Diao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 501 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lixia Diao 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 Lixia Diao sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lixia Diao is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on oncology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, and cancer research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to lung cancer research studies, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, lung cancer treatments and mutations, RNA modifications and cancer, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lixia Diao include John V. Heymach, Lauren A. Byers, Don L. Gibbons, Carl M. Gay, and Jing Wang.

Major publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Cancer Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Representative recent publications by Lixia Diao include:

  • Patterns of transcription factor programs and immune pathway activation define four major subtypes of SCLC with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Collagen promotes anti-PD-1/PD-L1 resistance in cancer through LAIR1-dependent CD8+ T cell exhaustion, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Structure-based classification predicts drug response in EGFR-mutant NSCLC, 2021, Nature
  • Sex-associated molecular differences for cancer immunotherapy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Multi-omics prediction of immune-related adverse events during checkpoint immunotherapy, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • An Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Gene Signature Predicts Resistance to EGFR and PI3K Inhibitors and Identifies Axl as a Therapeutic Target for Overcoming EGFR Inhibitor Resistance

    Lauren Averett Byers;Lixia Diao;Jing Wang;Pierre Saintigny

  • Metastasis is regulated via microRNA-200/ZEB1 axis control of tumour cell PD-L1 expression and intratumoral immunosuppression

    Limo Chen;Don Lynn Gibbons;Sangeeta Goswami;Maria Angelica Abdalla Cortez

  • Comprehensive and Integrated Genomic Characterization of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    Adam Abeshouse;Clement Adebamowo;Sally N. Adebamowo;Rehan Akbani

  • Co-occurring Genomic Alterations Define Major Subsets of KRAS-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma with Distinct Biology, Immune Profiles, and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities

    Ferdinandos Skoulidis;Lauren A. Byers;Lixia Diao;Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou

  • Targeting DNA Damage Response Promotes Antitumor Immunity through STING-Mediated T-cell Activation in Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Triparna Sen;B. Leticia Rodriguez;Limo Chen;Carminia Della Corte

  • STK11/LKB1 deficiency promotes neutrophil recruitment and proinflammatory cytokine production to suppress T cell activity in the lung tumor microenvironment

    Shohei Koyama;Esra A. Akbay;Yvonne Y. Li;Amir R. Aref

  • Patterns of transcription factor programs and immune pathway activation define four major subtypes of SCLC with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities

    C. Allison Stewart;Elizabeth M. Park;Lixia Diao

  • A pan-cancer proteomic perspective on The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Rehan Akbani;Patrick Kwok Shing Ng;Henrica M.J. Werner;Maria Shahmoradgoli

  • Integrative Molecular Characterization of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Julija Hmeljak;Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Katherine A. Hoadley;Juliann Shih

  • Effect of KRAS Oncogene Substitutions on Protein Behavior: Implications for Signaling and Clinical Outcome

    Nathan T. Ihle;Lauren Averett Byers;Edward S. Kim;Pierre Saintigny

  • Proteomic Profiling Identifies Dysregulated Pathways in Small Cell Lung Cancer and Novel Therapeutic Targets Including PARP1

    Lauren Averett Byers;Jing Wang;Monique B. Nilsson;Junya Fujimoto

  • TANRIC: An Interactive Open Platform to Explore the Function of lncRNAs in Cancer.

    Jun Li;Leng Han;Paul Roebuck;Lixia Diao

  • The Genomic Landscape and Clinical Relevance of A-to-I RNA Editing in Human Cancers.

    Leng Han;Lixia Diao;Shuangxing Yu;Xiaoyan Xu;Xiaoyan Xu

  • Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Is Associated with a Distinct Tumor Microenvironment Including Elevation of Inflammatory Signals and Multiple Immune Checkpoints in Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Yanyan Lou;Lixia Diao;Edwin Roger Parra Cuentas;Warren L. Denning

  • Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers.

    Michael Parfenov;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Nils Gehlenborg;Nils Gehlenborg;Samuel S. Freeman

  • A Patient-Derived, Pan-Cancer EMT Signature Identifies Global Molecular Alterations and Immune Target Enrichment Following Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition.

    Milena P. Mak;Milena P. Mak;Pan Tong;Lixia Diao;Robert J. Cardnell

  • CD38-mediated immunosuppression as a mechanism of tumor cell escape from PD-1/PD-l1 blockade

    Limo Chen;Lixia Diao;Yongbin Yang;Xiaohui Yi

  • An integrin β 3 –KRAS–RalB complex drives tumour stemness and resistance to EGFR inhibition

    Laetitia Seguin;Shumei Kato;Aleksandra Franovic;M. Fernanda Camargo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing Wang
Jing Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John V. Heymach
John V. Heymach The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ignacio I. Wistuba
Ignacio I. Wistuba The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Don L. Gibbons
Don L. Gibbons The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John D. Minna
John D. Minna The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Gordon B. Mills
Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
Leng Han
Leng Han Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Kevin R. Coombes
Kevin R. Coombes The Ohio State University
Carmen Behrens
Carmen Behrens The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John N. Weinstein
John N. Weinstein The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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