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D-Index
65
Citations
16292
World Ranking
9091
National Ranking
698

Matthew Freeman 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 Matthew Freeman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 142 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew Freeman 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 Matthew Freeman sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Matthew Freeman is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic contributions primarily span the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. They have published extensively in molecular biology and cell biology, with additional work involving oncology, physiology, and ecology.

The main topics covered by Freeman's research include endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, peatlands and wetlands ecology, bioinformatics and genomic networks, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, CRISPR and genetic engineering, peptidase inhibition and analysis, and HER2/EGFR in cancer research.

Freeman's publication record features frequent appearances in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ECS Meeting Abstracts, Molecular Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and The EMBO Journal. Their research collaborations often involve coauthors like Clémence Levet, Adam G. Grieve, Fangfang Lu, Iqbal Dulloo, and O. Claire Moulton.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Mechanism-based traps enable protease and hydrolase substrate discovery, 2022, Nature
  • Functional unknomics: Systematic screening of conserved genes of unknown function, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • Bacterial rhomboid proteases mediate quality control of orphan membrane proteins, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • ADAM 17-triggered TNF signalling protects the ageing Drosophila retina from lipid droplet-mediated degeneration, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • The iRhom homology domain is indispensable for ADAM17-mediated TNFα and EGF receptor ligand release, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Matthew Freeman was recognized with the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Reiterative Use of the EGF Receptor Triggers Differentiation of All Cell Types in the Drosophila Eye

    Matthew Freeman

  • Feedback control of intercellular signalling in development

    Matthew Freeman

  • Sprouty, an Intracellular Inhibitor of Ras Signaling

    Tanita Casci;Javier Vinós;Matthew Freeman

  • Drosophila rhomboid-1 defines a family of putative intramembrane serine proteases.

    Sinisa Urban;Jeffrey R. Lee;Matthew Freeman

  • Mitochondrial membrane remodelling regulated by a conserved rhomboid protease

    G. Angus McQuibban;Saroj Saurya;Matthew Freeman

  • Regulated intracellular ligand transport and proteolysis control EGF signal activation in Drosophila.

    Jeffrey R. Lee;Sinisa Urban;Clare F. Garvey;Matthew Freeman

  • Cell determination strategies in the Drosophila eye

    Matthew Freeman

  • Tumor necrosis factor signaling requires iRhom2 to promote trafficking and activation of TACE.

    Colin Adrain;Markus Zettl;Yonka Christova;Neil Taylor

  • The argos gene encodes a diffusible factor that regulates cell fate decisions in the drosophila eye

    Matthew Freeman;Christian Klämbt;Corey S. Goodman;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Substrate Specificity of Rhomboid Intramembrane Proteases Is Governed by Helix-Breaking Residues in the Substrate Transmembrane Domain

    Sinisa Urban;Matthew Freeman

  • Inhibition of Drosophila EGF receptor activation by the secreted protein Argos

    Ronen Schweitzer;Robert Howes;Richard Smith;Ben-Zion Shilo

  • A family of Rhomboid intramembrane proteases activates all Drosophila membrane-tethered EGF ligands.

    Sinisa Urban;Jeffrey R. Lee;Matthew Freeman

  • An Autoregulatory Cascade of EGF Receptor Signaling Patterns the Drosophila Egg

    Jonathan D Wasserman;Matthew Freeman

  • The Notch signalling regulator Fringe acts in the Golgi apparatus and requires the glycosyltransferase signature motif DxD

    Sean Munro;Matthew Freeman

  • ARGOS TRANSCRIPTION IS INDUCED BY THE DROSOPHILA EGF RECEPTOR PATHWAY TO FORM AN INHIBITORY FEEDBACK LOOP

    Myriam Golembo;Ronen Schweitzer;Matthew Freeman;Ben-Zion Shilo

  • Functional and evolutionary implications of enhanced genomic analysis of rhomboid intramembrane proteases

    Marius K. Lemberg;Matthew Freeman

  • Sequence-Specific Intramembrane Proteolysis: Identification of a Recognition Motif in Rhomboid Substrates

    Kvido Strisovsky;Hayley J. Sharpe;Matthew Freeman

  • Multiple functions of the EGF receptor in Drosophila eye development

    María Domínguez;Jonathan D. Wasserman;Matthew Freeman

  • The dissociation of nuclear and centrosomal division in gnu, a mutation causing giant nuclei in Drosophila.

    Matthew Freeman;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard;David M. Glover

  • A family of rhomboid-like genes: Drosophila rhomboid-1 and roughoid/rhomboid-3 cooperate to activate EGF receptor signaling

    Jonathan D. Wasserman;Sinisa Urban;Matthew Freeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally A. Cowley
Sally A. Cowley University of Oxford
Richard Mott
Richard Mott University College London
David M. Glover
David M. Glover California Institute of Technology
Philip N. Rather
Philip N. Rather Emory University
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Anant B. Parekh
Anant B. Parekh University of Oxford
Mariann Bienz
Mariann Bienz MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Ben-Zion Shilo
Ben-Zion Shilo Weizmann Institute of Science
Nicholas X. Fang
Nicholas X. Fang University of Hong Kong

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