2026 Maksim V. Plikus: 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	51	2462	2221	1212	1082	127	20120

Maksim V. Plikus 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 Maksim V. Plikus sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 127 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maksim V. Plikus 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 Maksim V. Plikus sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maksim V. Plikus is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. The research focus encompasses multiple areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study reflect a diverse range of biological and medical disciplines:

Molecular Biology
Urology
Dermatology
Cell Biology
Rehabilitation

Research topics cover several significant areas related to cell biology, dermatology, and regenerative medicine:

Hair Growth and Disorders
Wound Healing and Treatments
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Skin Protection and Aging
Cell Image Analysis Techniques
Mesenchymal stem cell research

Selected recent papers authored by Maksim V. Plikus include:

"Fibroblasts: Origins, definitions, and functions in health and disease," 2021, published in Cell

Other highly cited works connected to collaborative areas include:

"Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat," 2021, Nature Communications
"Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"CellChat for systematic analysis of cell-cell communication from single-cell transcriptomics," 2024, Nature Protocols
"Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing," 2020, Nature Materials

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, signifying a network of ongoing partnerships in their work. Frequent coauthors include:

Raúl Ramos
Qing Nie
Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez
Zhengquan Yu
Cong Lv

Publication venues where Maksim V. Plikus has contributed extensively are largely focused on dermatology and molecular biology, highlighting a sustained research presence in both journals and preprint platforms:

Journal of Investigative Dermatology (25 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
Developmental Cell (5 publications)
Nature Communications (4 publications)
Cell (4 publications)

Best Publications

Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat.

Suoqin Jin;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Lihua Zhang;Ivan Chang

4143
Citations
Cyclic dermal BMP signalling regulates stem cell activation during hair regeneration

Maksim V. Plikus;Julie Ann Mayer;Damon de la Cruz;Ruth E. Baker

803
Citations
Fibroblasts: Origins, definitions, and functions in health and disease.

Maksim V. Plikus;Xiaojie Wang;Sarthak Sinha;Elvira Forte

584
Citations
Regeneration of fat cells from myofibroblasts during wound healing

Maksim V. Plikus;Maksim V. Plikus;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Mayumi Ito;Yun Rose Li

514
Citations
Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing

Donald R. Griffin;Donald R. Griffin;Maani M. Archang;Chen-Hsiang Kuan;Westbrook M. Weaver

460
Citations
Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myeloid-derived adipocyte progenitors in murine skin wounds.

Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Priya H. Dedhia;Suoqin Jin;Rolando Ruiz-Vega

439
Citations
Dermal adipocytes protect against invasive Staphylococcus aureus skin infection

Ling-juan Zhang;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Tissa Hata;Sagar P. Bapat

437
Citations
Anatomical, Physiological, and Functional Diversity of Adipose Tissue

Rachel K. Zwick;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Valerie Horsley;Maksim V. Plikus

400
Citations
Pharmacological activation of REV-ERBs is lethal in cancer and oncogene-induced senescence.

Gabriele Sulli;Amy Rommel;Xiaojie Wang;Matthew J. Kolar

331
Citations
Fgf9 from dermal γδ T cells induces hair follicle neogenesis after wounding

Ohsang Kwon;Ohsang Kwon;Zhikun Zhang;Michelle Spata

317
Citations
A Guide to Studying Human Hair Follicle Cycling In Vivo

Ji Won Oh;Jennifer Kloepper;Ewan A. Langan;Yongsoo Kim

278
Citations
An Integrated Gene Regulatory Network Controls Stem Cell Proliferation in Teeth

Xiu-Ping Wang;Marika Suomalainen;Szabolcs Béla Felszeghy;Laura C. Zelarayan

253
Citations
Epithelial Stem Cells and Implications for Wound Repair

Maksim V. Plikus;Elsa Treffeisen;Anne Wang

245
Citations
Evo-Devo of Amniote Integuments and Appendages

Ping Wu;Lianhai Hou;Maksim Plikus;Michael Warren Hughes

232
Citations
Organ-level quorum sensing directs regeneration in hair stem cell populations

Chih Chiang Chen;Lei Wang;Maksim V. Plikus;Ting Xin Jiang

231
Citations
Self-Organizing and Stochastic Behaviors During the Regeneration of Hair Stem Cells

Maksim V. Plikus;Ruth E. Baker;Chih Chiang Chen;Chih Chiang Chen;Clyde Fare

215
Citations
Hedgehog stimulates hair follicle neogenesis by creating inductive dermis during murine skin wound healing

Chae Ho Lim;Qi Sun;Karan Ratti;Soung Hoon Lee

209
Citations
Morphoregulation of teeth: modulating the number, size, shape and differentiation by tuning Bmp activity.

Maksim V. Plikus;Maggie Zeichner-David;Julie-Ann Mayer;Julia Reyna

202
Citations
MicroRNA-31 Reduces Inflammatory Signaling and Promotes Regeneration in Colon Epithelium, and Delivery of Mimics in Microspheres Reduces Colitis in Mice.

Yuhua Tian;Jiuzhi Xu;Yuan Li;Ran Zhao

195
Citations
'Cyclic alopecia' in Msx2 mutants: defects in hair cycling and hair shaft differentiation.

Liang Ma;Jian Liu;Tobey Wu;Maksim Plikus

195
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheng-Ming Chuong University of Southern California

Bogi Andersen University of California, Irvine

George Cotsarelis University of Pennsylvania

Ralf Paus University of Miami

Ting-Xin Jiang University of Southern California

Randall B. Widelitz University of Southern California

Christopher J. Lengner University of Pennsylvania

Sarah E. Millar University of Pennsylvania

Yingzi Cong The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Philip K. Maini University of Oxford

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