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Michael B. Mathews 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 B. Mathews sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 233 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael B. Mathews 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 B. Mathews sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael B. Mathews is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Health Informatics, and Materials Chemistry.

Their scholarly output includes topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, machine learning applications in bioinformatics, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, circular RNAs in diseases, and CRISPR alongside genetic engineering.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Alexander M. Ille, S.K. Burley, Venkat Gopalan, Christopher Markosian, and Renata Pasqualini.

Michael B. Mathews has contributed to numerous scientific journals, often publishing in The EMBO Journal, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Scientific Reports, and RNA.

  • A guide to naming human non-coding RNA genes (2020, The EMBO Journal)
  • The Central Dogma revisited: Insights from protein synthesis, CRISPR, and beyond (2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA)
  • AI interprets the Central Dogma and Genetic Code (2023, Trends in Biochemical Sciences)
  • Generative artificial intelligence performs rudimentary structural biology modeling (2024, Scientific Reports)
  • Tribute to Sidney AltmanSIDNEY ALTMAN: AN EXEMPLARY SCIENTIST, TEACHER, AND FRIEND (1939-2022)SIDNEY ALTMAN'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTA SHORT HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ESSENTIAL RNA COMPONENT OF RNase PRECOLLECTIONS OF A GRADUATE STUDENT IN SIDNEY ALTMAN'S LABORATORYMEMORIES FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE SIDNEY ALTMAN LABORATORYTHE SPINACH CHLOROPLAST RNase P: THE FIRST PROTEIN-ONLY RNase P!SIDNEY ALTMAN: A BRIEF MEMOIRSIDNEY ALTMAN: IN MEMORIAM ET GRATITUDINEMTALES OF THE UNEXPECTED IN SIDNEY ALTMAN'S LABORATORYTO CLEAVE OR NOT TO CLEAVE, THAT IS THE QUESTIONSIDNEY ALTMAN: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY AND BEING AN ERUDITE SCHOLARTRIBUTE TO MY BELOVED MENTOR, SIDNEY ALTMANHAVING A MENTOR FOR AN ERAIN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR SIDNEY ALTMAN: INSPIRING PEOPLE TO THE FULLHALF A CENTURY WITH SIDNEY ALTMANRECOLLECTIONS OF MY FRIENDSHIP WITH SID ALTMANPERSONAL MEMORIES OF SIDNEY ALTMANA REMARKABLE CATALYSTREMEMBERING SIDNEY ALTMANSIDNEY ALTMAN-A SCIENTIFIC ODYSSEYSID ALTMAN: FRIEND, COLLEAGUE, AND GODFATHERSIDNEY ALTMAN-A REMEMBRANCERECOLLECTIONS OF MY SCIENTIFIC INTERACTIONS WITH SIDNEY ALTMANSIDNEY ALTMAN'S TIES TO CHINATARGETING RNA TO FIGHT ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIASIDNEY ALTMAN: IN HIS OWN WORDS (2022, RNA)

In recognition of their work, Michael B. Mathews was awarded a Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Translational control of gene expression

    Nahum Sonenberg;John W. B. Hershey;Michael B. Mathews

  • Functional identity of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and a DNA polymerase-δ auxiliary protein

    Gregory Prelich;Cheng-Keat Tan;Matthew Kostura;Michael B. Mathews

  • Transcription elongation factor P-TEFb is required for HIV-1 Tat transactivation in vitro

    Yuerong Zhu;Tsafrira Pe’ery;Junmin Peng;Yegnanarayana Ramanathan

  • Identity of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen and cyclin.

    Mathews Mb;Bernstein Rm;Bernstein Rm;Franza Br;Garrels Ji

  • HIV-1 Tat protein increases transcriptional initiation and stabilizes elongation.

    Michael F. Laspia;Andrew P. Rice;Michael B. Mathews

  • Interactions between double-stranded RNA regulators and the protein kinase DAI.

    Lisa Manche;Simon R. Green;Christian Schmedt;Michael B. Mathews

  • A possible precursor of immunoglobulin light chains

    C. Milstein;G. G. Brownlee;T. M. Harrison;M. B. Mathews;M. B. Mathews

  • The cell-cycle regulated proliferating cell nuclear antigen is required for SV40 DNA replication in vitro.

    Gregory Prelich;Matthew Kostura;Daniel R. Marshak;Michael B. Mathews

  • Regulation of proliferating cell nuclear antigen during the cell cycle.

    G F Morris;M B Mathews

  • Myositis autoantibody inhibits histidyl-tRNA synthetase: a model for autoimmunity

    Michael B. Mathews;Robert M. Bernstein

  • Multiple functional domains in the adenovirus E1A gene.

    Elizabeth Moran;Michael B. Mathews

  • Adenovirus virus-associated RNA and translation control.

    M B Mathews;T Shenk

  • Translational control in biology and medicine

    Michael B. Mathews;Nahum Sonenberg;John W. B. Hershey

  • Autophosphorylation in the Activation Loop Is Required for Full Kinase Activity In Vivo of Human and Yeast Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2α Kinases PKR and GCN2

    Patrick R. Romano;Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio;Xiaolong Zhang;Qizhi Wang

  • The double-stranded-RNA-binding motif: interference and much more

    Bin Tian;Philip C. Bevilacqua;Amy Diegelman-Parente;Michael B. Mathews

  • A mechanism for the control of protein synthesis by adenovirus VA RNAI

    Robert P. O'Malley;Thomas M. Mariano;John Siekierka;Michael B. Mathews

  • Two RNA-binding motifs in the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase, DAI.

    S R Green;M B Mathews

  • Identification of separate domains in the adenovirus E1A gene for immortalization activity and the activation of virus early genes.

    E Moran;B Zerler;T M Harrison;M B Mathews

  • Mammalian Cell‐Free Protein Synthesis Directed by Viral Ribonucleic Acid

    Michael B. Mathews;Asher Korner

  • Proteins binding to duplexed RNA: one motif, multiple functions

    Ivo Fierro-Monti;Michael B. Mathews

Frequent Co-Authors

Nahum Sonenberg
Nahum Sonenberg McGill University
John W. B. Hershey
John W. B. Hershey University of California, Davis
Andrew P. Rice
Andrew P. Rice Baylor College of Medicine
Bin Tian
Bin Tian The Wistar Institute
Hugh D. Robertson
Hugh D. Robertson Cornell University
Bruce Stillman
Bruce Stillman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ulf Pettersson
Ulf Pettersson Uppsala University
Alan G. Hinnebusch
Alan G. Hinnebusch National Institutes of Health
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs
Elspeth A. Bruford
Elspeth A. Bruford University of Cambridge

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