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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9224
World Ranking
16251
National Ranking
23

Marcin Drag 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 Marcin Drag sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 188 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcin Drag 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 Marcin Drag 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: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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

  • 2019 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for developing a new technological platform for obtaining biologically active compounds, in particular proteolytic enzymes inhibitors

Overview

Marcin Drag is affiliated with Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Immunology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including peptidase inhibition and analysis, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, computational drug discovery methods, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA interference and gene delivery, and click chemistry applications.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Activity profiling and crystal structures of inhibitor-bound SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease: A framework for anti-COVID-19 drug design (2020, Science Advances)
  • SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors and activity-based probes for patient-sample imaging (2020, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • The Strategies to Support the COVID-19 Vaccination with Evidence-Based Communication and Tackling Misinformation (2021, Vaccines)
  • Mechanistic insights into COVID-19 by global analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro substrate degradome (2021, Cell Reports)
  • Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Proteases for COVID-19 Antiviral Development (2022, Frontiers in Chemistry)

Marcin Drag frequently collaborates with researchers such as Wioletta Rut, Mikołaj Żmudziński, Marcin Poręba, Katarzyna Groborz, and Paulina Kasperkiewicz.

Their publications are often found in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Research Square (Research Square), Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemical Journal, and Protein Science.

In 2019, Marcin Drag received the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej) for developing a new technological platform for obtaining biologically active compounds, particularly proteolytic enzyme inhibitors.

Best Publications

  • Emerging principles in protease-based drug discovery

    Marcin Drag;Guy S. Salvesen

  • Activity profiling and crystal structures of inhibitor-bound SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease: A framework for anti-COVID-19 drug design.

    Wioletta Rut;Zongyang Lv;Zongyang Lv;Mikolaj Zmudzinski;Stephanie Patchett

  • SARS-CoV-2 M pro inhibitors and activity-based probes for patient-sample imaging

    Wioletta Rut;Katarzyna Groborz;Linlin Zhang;Xinyuanyuan Sun

  • FLIPL induces caspase 8 activity in the absence of interdomain caspase 8 cleavage and alters substrate specificity

    Cristina Pop;Andrew Oberst;Marcin Drag;Marcin Drag;Bram J. Van Raam

  • Caspase Substrates and Inhibitors

    Marcin Poręba;Aleksandra Stróżyk;Guy S. Salvesen;Marcin Drąg

  • A constitutively active and uninhibitable caspase-3 zymogen efficiently induces apoptosis.

    Jad Walters;Cristina Pop;Fiona L. Scott;Marcin Drag

  • SUMO-mediated regulation of NLRP3 modulates inflammasome activity.

    Rachael Barry;Rachael Barry;Sidonie Wicky John;Gianmaria Liccardi;Tencho Tenev

  • Small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO)-specific proteases: profiling the specificities and activities of human SENPs.

    Jowita Mikolajczyk;Marcin Drag;Marcin Drag;Miklós Békés;Miklós Békés;John T. Cao

  • Design of ultrasensitive probes for human neutrophil elastase through hybrid combinatorial substrate library profiling.

    Paulina Kasperkiewicz;Marcin Poreba;Scott J. Snipas;Heather Parker

  • Plasmodium falciparum neutral aminopeptidases: new targets for anti-malarials

    Tina S Skinner-Adams;Colin M Stack;Katharine R Trenholme;Christopher L Brown;Christopher L Brown

  • Metallo-aminopeptidase inhibitors

    Artur Mucha;Marcin Drag;John P. Dalton;Paweł Kafarski

  • DeSUMOylating enzymes—SENPs

    Marcin Drag;Marcin Drag;Guy S. Salvesen

  • Distribution and paralogue specificity of mammalian deSUMOylating enzymes.

    Nagamalleswari Kolli;Jowita Mikolajczyk;Marcin Drag;Debaditya Mukhopadhyay

  • Esters of betulin and betulinic acid with amino acids have improved water solubility and are selectively cytotoxic toward cancer cells.

    Malgorzata Drag-Zalesinska;Julita Kulbacka;Jolanta Saczko;Teresa Wysocka

  • The Strategies to Support the COVID-19 Vaccination with Evidence-Based Communication and Tackling Misinformation.

    Piotr Rzymski;Leszek Borkowski;Marcin Drąg;Robert Flisiak

  • Probing the S1 specificity pocket of the aminopeptidases that generate antigenic peptides.

    Efthalia Zervoudi;Athanasios Papakyriakou;Dimitra Georgiadou;Irini Evnouchidou

  • Aminopeptidase Fingerprints, an Integrated Approach for Identification of Good Substrates and Optimal Inhibitors

    Marcin Drag;Marcin Drag;Matthew Bogyo;Jonathan A. Ellman;Guy S. Salvesen

  • Comparision of the cytotoxic effects of birch bark extract, betulin and betulinic acid towards human gastric carcinoma and pancreatic carcinoma drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cell lines

    Marcin Drag;Pawel Surowiak;Malgorzata Drag-Zalesinska;Manfred Dietel

  • Activity profiling and structures of inhibitor-bound SARS-CoV-2-PLpro protease provides a framework for anti-COVID-19 drug design.

    Wioletta Rut;Zongyang Lv;Zongyang Lv;Mikolaj Zmudzinski;Stephanie Patchett

  • Toolbox of Fluorescent Probes for Parallel Imaging Reveals Uneven Location of Serine Proteases in Neutrophils

    Paulina Kasperkiewicz;Yoav Altman;Maximiliano D’Angelo;Guy S. Salvesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy S. Salvesen
Guy S. Salvesen Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Paweł Kafarski
Paweł Kafarski Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Boris Turk
Boris Turk Jožef Stefan Institute
Matthew Bogyo
Matthew Bogyo Stanford University
John P. Dalton
John P. Dalton University of Galway
Dušan Turk
Dušan Turk Jožef Stefan Institute
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Rolf Hilgenfeld University of Lübeck
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
James C. Whisstock
James C. Whisstock Monash University
Nigel W. Bunnett
Nigel W. Bunnett New York University

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Douglas R. Green

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Stephan A. Sieber

Stephan A. Sieber

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Publications: 14

John Silke

John Silke

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Publications: 12

Mingdong Huang

Mingdong Huang

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Publications: 12

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Jan Potempa

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Publications: 12

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Daniel Krappmann

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Margot Thome

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