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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 120 256 235 6 5 322 66421

Michael A. Rudnicki publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael A. Rudnicki between 1983 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael A. Rudnicki published across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2020. 8 of the 419 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2020. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 29 publications 2013: 29 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 6 publications 2026: 2 publications
1983 2026

419 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael A. Rudnicki: publications per year, 1983 to 2026
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 3
1989 2
1990 2
1991 2
1992 3
1993 2
1994 2
1995 6
1996 6
1997 3
1998 4
1999 7
2000 14
2001 9
2002 13
2003 12
2004 13
2005 10
2006 9
2007 16
2008 14
2009 13
2010 7
2011 12
2012 29
2013 29
2014 22
2015 19
2016 22
2017 13
2018 17
2019 13
2020 32
2021 13
2022 5
2023 3
2024 9
2025 6
2026 2
Total 419
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Michael A. Rudnicki publications per year - data summary

  • Michael A. Rudnicki, a Molecular Biology scholar from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, has 419 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1983 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 32 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1983, with 1 publication.
  • 4 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987).
  • The rate of publication averages 9.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.5 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 25 publications, 6% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1983-1997: 32 publications (2.1 per year); 1998-2012: 182 publications (12.1 per year); 2013-2026: 205 publications (14.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Michael A. Rudnicki publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Rudnicki sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 317–326 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 322 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41 322
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Michael A. Rudnicki publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 47–56 to 564+ publications.
  • Michael A. Rudnicki, a Molecular Biology scholar from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, records 322 publications - the 83rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 83% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Michael A. Rudnicki, and about 17% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 177–186 publications range, and Michael A. Rudnicki ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 117–126 publications, holding 177 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 53% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 177–186 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 564 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Michael A. Rudnicki D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Rudnicki sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 120–121 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16 120
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Michael A. Rudnicki D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 40–41 to 145+ D-Index.
  • Michael A. Rudnicki, a Molecular Biology scholar from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, records 120 D-Index - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Michael A. Rudnicki, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Michael A. Rudnicki ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 64–65 D-Index, holding 131 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 66–67 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Michael A. Rudnicki is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, genetics, surgery, aging, and biomedical engineering, with an emphasis on muscle physiology and related disorders.

Themes prominent in their work include muscle physiology and disorders, extracellular vesicles in disease, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, RNA interference and gene delivery, pluripotent stem cells research, as well as genetic and kidney cyst diseases.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Rudnicki include:

  • "Satellite cells in ageing: use it or lose it," 2020, Open Biology
  • "The mitochondrial protein OPA1 regulates the quiescent state of adult muscle stem cells," 2022, Cell stem cell
  • "Acetylation of PAX7 controls muscle stem cell self-renewal and differentiation potential in mice," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "GLI3 regulates muscle stem cell entry into GAlert and self-renewal," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Satellite cell contribution to disease pathology in Duchenne muscular dystrophy," 2023, Frontiers in Physiology

Michael A. Rudnicki has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including David Datzkiw, Peter Feige, Alexander Y. Lin, Uxía Gurriarán-Rodríguez, and Marie E. Esper. Each of these collaborators has appeared six times alongside Rudnicki in published research.

Key venues for their publications include Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Skeletal Muscle, and Methods in Molecular Biology. Their output spans over 70 published works in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 52 focusing on molecular biology specifically.

Michael A. Rudnicki has been recognized by prestigious scientific communities, being named a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2020, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006, with the latter citing the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Muscle Regeneration

    Sophie B. P. Chargé;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch

    Patrick Seale;Bryan Bjork;Wenli Yang;Shingo Kajimura

  • Pax7 is required for the specification of myogenic satellite cells.

    Patrick Seale;Luc A Sabourin;Adele Girgis-Gabardo;Ahmed Mansouri

  • MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle

    Michael A. Rudnicki;Patrick N.J. Schnegelsberg;Ronald H. Stead;Thomas Braun

  • Satellite Cells and the Muscle Stem Cell Niche

    Hang Yin;Feodor Price;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • Simplified mammalian DNA isolation procedure.

    Peter W. Laird;Alice Zijderveld;Koert Linders;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • Muscle injury activates resident fibro/adipogenic progenitors that facilitate myogenesis

    Aaron W. B. Joe;Lin Yi;Anuradha Natarajan;Fabien Le Grand

  • Asymmetric Self-Renewal and Commitment of Satellite Stem Cells in Muscle

    Shihuan Kuang;Kazuki Kuroda;Fabien Le Grand;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • Mutations in T-cell antigen receptor genes α and β block thymocyte development at different stages

    Peter Mombaerts;Alan R. Clarke;Michael A. Rudnicki;John Iacomini

  • Building Muscle: Molecular Regulation of Myogenesis

    C. Florian Bentzinger;Yu Xin Wang;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • Inactivation of MyoD in mice leads to up-regulation of the myogenic HLH gene Myf-5 and results in apparently normal muscle development.

    Michael A. Rudnicki;Thomas Braun;Shuji Hinuma;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Muscle satellite cells are multipotential stem cells that exhibit myogenic, osteogenic, and adipogenic differentiation

    Atsushi Asakura;Motohiro Komaki;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • A helper-dependent adenovirus vector system: Removal of helper virus by Cre-mediated excision of the viral packaging signal

    Robin J. Parks;Liane Chen;Martina Anton;Uma Sankar

  • The molecular regulation of myogenesis.

    Luc A Sabourin;Michael A Rudnicki

  • Targeted inactivation of the muscle regulatory gene Myf-5 results in abnormal rib development and perinatal death.

    Thomas Braun;Michael A. Rudnicki;Hans-Henning Arnold;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • MyoD is required for myogenic stem cell function in adult skeletal muscle.

    L A Megeney;B Kablar;K Garrett;J E Anderson

  • Myogenic specification of side population cells in skeletal muscle.

    Atsushi Asakura;Patrick Seale;Adele Girgis-Gabardo;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • A new look at the origin, function, and "stem-cell" status of muscle satellite cells.

    Patrick Seale;Michael A. Rudnicki

  • Mice deficient in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase exhibit hyperhomocysteinemia and decreased methylation capacity, with neuropathology and aortic lipid deposition

    Zhoutao Chen;Andrew C. Karaplis;Susan L. Ackerman;Igor P. Pogribny

  • Wnt signaling induces the myogenic specification of resident CD45+ adult stem cells during muscle regeneration.

    Anna Polesskaya;Patrick Seale;Michael A Rudnicki

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Seale
Patrick Seale University of Pennsylvania
Hang Yin
Hang Yin Tsinghua University
Shihuan Kuang
Shihuan Kuang Purdue University West Lafayette
Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro
Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Michael W. McBurney
Michael W. McBurney University of Ottawa
F. Jeffrey Dilworth
F. Jeffrey Dilworth University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bernd Mayer
Bernd Mayer University of Graz
Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun Max Planck Society
Frank L. Graham
Frank L. Graham McMaster University

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