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60
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19293
World Ranking
11729
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5044

Marc I. Diamond 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 Marc I. Diamond sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 141 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marc I. Diamond 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 Marc I. Diamond 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: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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

  • 2002 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Marc I. Diamond is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases and molecular mechanisms underlying these conditions.

The main fields of study for Diamond's work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Their research spans several subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology

The major topics covered by Diamond's publications are:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Heat shock proteins research

Diamond has frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Charles L. White
  • Łukasz A. Joachimiak
  • Jaime Vaquer-Alicea
  • Ankit Gupta
  • Vishruth Mullapudi

Some notable recent papers authored by Diamond are:

  • "Tau strains shape disease," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Ultrasensitive tau biosensor cells detect no seeding in Alzheimer's disease CSF," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "The AAA+ chaperone VCP disaggregates Tau fibrils and generates aggregate seeds in a cellular system," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Fate and propagation of endogenously formed Tau aggregates in neuronal cells," 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • "Modeling late-onset Alzheimer's disease neuropathology via direct neuronal reprogramming," 2024, Science

Throughout their career, Diamond has been recognized with awards such as the Hellman Fellow in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Transcription factor interactions: selectors of positive or negative regulation from a single DNA element.

    Marc I. Diamond;Jeffrey N. Miner;Steven K. Yoshinaga;Keith R. Yamamoto

  • Propagation of Tau Misfolding from the Outside to the Inside of a Cell

    Bess Frost;Rachel L. Jacks;Marc I. Diamond

  • Distinct tau prion strains propagate in cells and mice and define different tauopathies.

    David W. Sanders;Sarah K. Kaufman;Sarah L. DeVos;Apurwa M. Sharma

  • Neuronal activity enhances tau propagation and tau pathology in vivo

    Jessica W Wu;S Abid Hussaini;Isle M Bastille;Gustavo A Rodriguez

  • Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate internalization and propagation of specific proteopathic seeds

    Brandon B. Holmes;Sarah L. DeVos;Najla Kfoury;Mei Li

  • Prion-like mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Bess Frost;Marc I. Diamond

  • Proteopathic tau seeding predicts tauopathy in vivo

    Brandon B. Holmes;Jennifer L. Furman;Thomas E. Mahan;Tritia R. Yamasaki

  • Anti-Tau Antibodies that Block Tau Aggregate Seeding In Vitro Markedly Decrease Pathology and Improve Cognition In Vivo

    Kiran Yanamandra;Najla Kfoury;Hong Jiang;Thomas E. Mahan

  • Trans-cellular Propagation of Tau Aggregation by Fibrillar Species

    Najla Kfoury;Brandon B. Holmes;Hong Jiang;David M. Holtzman

  • Tau reduction prevents neuronal loss and reverses pathological tau deposition and seeding in mice with tauopathy.

    Sarah L. DeVos;Rebecca L. Miller;Kathleen M. Schoch;Brandon B. Holmes

  • Tau Prion Strains Dictate Patterns of Cell Pathology, Progression Rate, and Regional Vulnerability In Vivo.

    Sarah K. Kaufman;David W. Sanders;David W. Sanders;Talitha L. Thomas;Allison J. Ruchinskas

  • In Vivo Microdialysis Reveals Age-Dependent Decrease of Brain Interstitial Fluid Tau Levels in P301S Human Tau Transgenic Mice

    Kaoru Yamada;John R. Cirrito;Floy R. Stewart;Hong Jiang

  • Polyglutamine diseases: emerging concepts in pathogenesis and therapy

    Jieya Shao;Marc I. Diamond

  • Mechanisms of protein seeding in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Lary C. Walker;Marc I. Diamond;Karen E. Duff;Bradley T. Hyman

  • The structural basis of androgen receptor activation: Intramolecular and intermolecular amino–carboxy interactions

    Fred Schaufele;Xavier Carbonell;Martin Guerbadot;Sabine Borngraeber

  • Propagation of Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Jaime Vaquer-Alicea;Marc I. Diamond

  • Conformational Diversity of Wild-type Tau Fibrils Specified by Templated Conformation Change

    Bess Frost;Julian Ollesch;Holger Wille;Marc I. Diamond

  • Tau seeding activity begins in the transentorhinal/entorhinal regions and anticipates phospho-tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and PART

    Sarah K. Kaufman;Sarah K. Kaufman;Kelly Del Tredici;Talitha L. Thomas;Heiko Braak

  • Propagation of prions causing synucleinopathies in cultured cells

    Amanda L. Woerman;Jan Stöhr;Atsushi Aoyagi;Ryan Rampersaud

  • Tau Trimers Are the Minimal Propagation Unit Spontaneously Internalized to Seed Intracellular Aggregation.

    Hilda Mirbaha;Brandon B. Holmes;David W. Sanders;Jan Bieschke

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
Hong Jiang
Hong Jiang Nanjing Tech University
Heiko Braak
Heiko Braak University of Ulm
Keith R. Yamamoto
Keith R. Yamamoto University of California, San Francisco
Conrad C. Weihl
Conrad C. Weihl Washington University in St. Louis
Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner University of California, San Francisco
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson California Institute of Technology
Hilal A. Lashuel
Hilal A. Lashuel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Naoki Takahashi
Naoki Takahashi Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Karen Duff
Karen Duff University College London

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