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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
130
Citations
79485
World Ranking
396
National Ranking
2

Mariano Barbacid 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 Mariano Barbacid sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 355 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mariano Barbacid 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 Mariano Barbacid 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: 130 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Mariano Barbacid is affiliated with the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial body of work in medicine. The scientist's main subfields span molecular biology, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and immunology.

The research topics covered by Mariano Barbacid include melanoma and MAPK pathways, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, lung cancer treatments and mutations, cancer-related molecular pathways, protein tyrosine phosphatases, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mariano Barbacid are:

  • Carmen Guerra
  • Matthias Drosten
  • Mónica Musteanu
  • Carmen G. Lechuga
  • Eduardo Caleiras

The scientist regularly publishes in several renowned venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cancer Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pancreatology
  • Molecular Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Mariano Barbacid are:

  • "Targeting the MAPK Pathway in KRAS-Driven Tumors," 2020, Cancer Cell
  • "Inhibition of DDR1 enhances in vivo chemosensitivity in KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Structure of the RAF1-HSP90-CDC37 complex reveals the basis of RAF1 regulation," 2022, Molecular Cell
  • "Targeting KRAS mutant lung cancer: light at the end of the tunnel," 2021, Molecular Oncology
  • "Kras oncogene ablation prevents resistance in advanced lung adenocarcinomas," 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • Cell cycle, CDKs and cancer: a changing paradigm

    Marcos Malumbres;Mariano Barbacid

  • RAS oncogenes: the first 30 years

    Marcos Malumbres;Mariano Barbacid

  • Tumour biology: Senescence in premalignant tumours

    Manuel Collado;Jesús Gil;Alejo Efeyan;Carmen Guerra

  • To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer.

    Marcos Malumbres;Mariano Barbacid

  • A point mutation is responsible for the acquisition of transforming properties by the T24 human bladder carcinoma oncogene

    E. Premkumar Reddy;Roberta K. Reynolds;Eugenio Santos;Mariano Barbacid

  • The trk proto-oncogene encodes a receptor for nerve growth factor.

    Rüdiger Klein;Shugian Jing;Venkata Nanduri;Edward O'Rourke

  • The Trk family of neurotrophin receptors.

    Mariano Barbacid

  • Mammalian cyclin-dependent kinases

    Marcos Malumbres;Mariano Barbacid

  • Renal agenesis and the absence of enteric neurons in mice lacking GDNF

    Marina P. Sánchez;Inmaculada Silos-Santiago;Jonas Frisén;Bin He

  • trkC, a new member of the trk family of tyrosine protein kinases, is a receptor for neurotrophin-3.

    Fabienne Lamballe;Rüdiger Klein;Mariano Barbacid

  • Chronic pancreatitis is essential for induction of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by K-Ras oncogenes in adult mice.

    Carmen Guerra;Alberto J. Schuhmacher;Marta Cañamero;Paul J. Grippo

  • Severe sensory and sympathetic neuropathies in mice carrying a disrupted Trk/NGF receptor gene

    Richard J. Smeyne;Rüdiger Klein;Andreas Schnapp;Linda K. Long

  • The trkB tyrosine protein kinase is a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3

    Rüdiger Klein;Venkata Nanduri;Shuqian Jing;Fabienne Lamballe

  • Cdk1 is sufficient to drive the mammalian cell cycle

    David Santamaría;Cédric Barrière;Cédric Barrière;Antonio Cerqueira;Sarah Hunt

  • Specific motifs recognized by the SH2 domains of Csk, 3BP2, fps/fes, GRB-2, HCP, SHC, Syk, and Vav.

    Z Songyang;S E Shoelson;J McGlade;P Olivier

  • A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue

    Christian Göritz;David O. Dias;Nikolay Tomilin;Mariano Barbacid

  • Cyclin D-dependent kinases, INK4 inhibitors and cancer.

    Sagrario Ortega;Marcos Malumbres;Mariano Barbacid

  • Direct mutagenesis of Ha- ras -1 oncogenes by N -nitroso- N -methylurea during initiation of mammary carcinogenesis in rats

    Helmut Zarbl;Saraswati Sukumar;Anne V. Arthur;Dionisio Martin-Zanca

  • A Human Oncogene Formed by the Fusion of Truncated Tropomyosin and Protein Tyrosine Kinase Sequences

    Dionisio Martin-Zanca;Stephen H. Hughes;Mariano Barbacid

  • Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 is essential for meiosis but not for mitotic cell division in mice

    Sagrario Ortega;Ignacio Prieto;Junko Odajima;Alberto Martín

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos Malumbres
Marcos Malumbres Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Stuart A. Aaronson
Stuart A. Aaronson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sagrario Ortega
Sagrario Ortega Spanish National Research Council
Pierre Dubus
Pierre Dubus University of Bordeaux
Xosé R. Bustelo
Xosé R. Bustelo University of Salamanca
Rüdiger Klein
Rüdiger Klein Max Planck Society
Christian Trautwein
Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University
Piotr Sicinski
Piotr Sicinski Harvard University
Saraswati Sukumar
Saraswati Sukumar Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard J. Smeyne
Richard J. Smeyne Thomas Jefferson University

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