2026 Mark C. Field: 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	80	1014	903	79	71	317	19336

Overview

Mark C. Field is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom, focusing on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research contributions primarily address molecular biology and epidemiology, alongside studies in public health, cell biology, and physiology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

Trypanosoma species research and implications
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Cellular transport and secretion
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Nuclear Structure and Function

Mark C. Field has published extensively in several journals. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Trends in Parasitology
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Cell Science

Recent papers from their body of work comprise:

"The Plasmodium falciparum Artemisinin Susceptibility-Associated AP-2 Adaptin μ Subunit is Clathrin Independent and Essential for Schizont Maturation" (2020, mBio)
"Current Outcome after Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection" (2023, Annals of Surgery)
"Suramin exposure alters cellular metabolism and mitochondrial energy production in African trypanosomes" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
"Evolving Differentiation in African Trypanosomes" (2020, Trends in Parasitology)
"Positively selected modifications in the pore of TbAQP2 allow pentamidine to enter Trypanosoma brucei" (2020, eLife)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Martin Zoltner
Julius Lukeš
Erin R. Butterfield
David Horn
Samson O. Obado

Best Publications

The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

2000
Citations
The Genome of Naegleria gruberi Illuminates Early Eukaryotic Versatility

Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin;Simon E. Prochnik;Michael L. Ginger;Joel B. Dacks;Joel B. Dacks

502
Citations
Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need

Mark C. Field;David Horn;Alan H. Fairlamb;Michael A. J. Ferguson

429
Citations
High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance

Sam Alsford;Sabine E. Eckert;Nicola Baker;Lucy Glover

350
Citations
The trypanosome flagellar pocket

Mark C. Field;Mark Carrington

324
Citations
Evolution of the eukaryotic membrane-trafficking system: origin, tempo and mode

Joel B. Dacks;Mark C. Field

307
Citations
Evolution of the multivesicular body ESCRT machinery; retention across the eukaryotic lineage.

Ka Fai Leung;Joel B. Dacks;Mark C. Field

284
Citations
The mechanism of injury in blunt traumatic rupture of the aorta.

D. Richens;M. Field;M. Neale;C. Oakley

280
Citations
RNAit: an automated web-based tool for the selection of RNAi targets in Trypanosoma brucei.

Seth Redmond;Jamuna Vadivelu;Mark C. Field

267
Citations
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is essential in Trypanosoma brucei.

Clare L. Allen;David Goulding;Mark C. Field

261
Citations
Control systems for membrane fusion in the ancestral eukaryote; evolution of tethering complexes and SM proteins

V. Lila Koumandou;Joel B. Dacks;Richard M.R. Coulson;Mark C. Field

244
Citations
Molecular paleontology and complexity in the last eukaryotic common ancestor

V. Lila Koumandou;Bill Wickstead;Michael L. Ginger;Mark van der Giezen

238
Citations
Evidence for a Shared Nuclear Pore Complex Architecture That Is Conserved from the Last Common Eukaryotic Ancestor

Jeffrey A. DeGrasse;Kelly N. DuBois;Damien Devos;T. Nicolai Siegel

235
Citations
Acylation-dependent protein export in Leishmania.

Paul W. Denny;Suzanne Gokool;David G. Russell;Mark C. Field

216
Citations
Sculpting the endomembrane system in deep time: high resolution phylogenetics of Rab GTPases.

Marek Elias;Andrew Brighouse;Carme Gabernet-Castello;Mark C. Field

179
Citations
Antigenic diversity is generated by distinct evolutionary mechanisms in African trypanosome species

Andrew P. Jackson;Andrew Berry;Martin Aslett;Harriet C. Allison

175
Citations
Evolution of modular intraflagellar transport from a coatomer-like progenitor

Teunis J. P. van Dam;Matthew J. Townsend;Martin Turk;Avner Schlessinger

167
Citations
Kinetoplastid Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Innovations Associated with the Origins of Parasitism.

Andrew P. Jackson;Thomas D. Otto;Martin Aslett;Stuart D. Armstrong

162
Citations
Rab5 and Rab11 mediate transferrin and anti-variant surface glycoprotein antibody recycling in Trypanosoma brucei.

Arun Pal;Belinda S Hall;Tim R Jeffries;Mark C Field

161
Citations
A conserved coatomer-related complex containing Sec13 and Seh1 dynamically associates with the vacuole in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Svetlana Dokudovskaya;Francois Waharte;Avner Schlessinger;Ursula Pieper

149
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel B. Dacks University of Alberta

David Horn University of Dundee

Michael P. Rout Rockefeller University

Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences

Mark Carrington University of Cambridge

Brian T. Chait Rockefeller University

Steven L. Kelly Swansea University

Keith Gull University of Oxford

Harry P. de Koning University of Glasgow

George A. M. Cross Rockefeller University

External Links

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