2026 Michael Carey: 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	82	932	826	497	431	224	27489

Michael Carey 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 Carey sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 224 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Carey 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 Carey sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Carey is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology as a subfield.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including:

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
NF-κB Signaling Pathways
RNA Research and Splicing
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Michael Carey has contributed to multiple well-known academic venues. Some frequent publication venues include:

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Science
Immunity
Cell Stem Cell
Genes & Development

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Carey highlight a range of studies and discoveries:

The histone H3-H4 tetramer is a copper reductase enzyme, 2020, Science
The Pol II preinitiation complex (PIC) influences Mediator binding but not promoter-enhancer looping, 2021, Genes & Development
The transcription factor NF-κB orchestrates nucleosome remodeling during the primary response to Toll-like receptor 4 signaling, 2024, Immunity
The characterization of Mediator 12 and 13 as conditional positive gene regulators in Arabidopsis, 2020, Nature Communications
Alternative splicing of a chromatin modifier alters the transcriptional regulatory programs of stem cell maintenance and neuronal differentiation, 2024, Cell Stem Cell

Frequent co-authors working alongside Michael Carey include:

An-Chieh Feng
Allison E. Daly
Fei Sun
Stephen T. Smale
Xianglong Tan

Best Publications

The Role of Chromatin during Transcription

Bing Li;Michael Carey;Jerry L. Workman

4258
Citations
A mechanism for hormone-independent prostate cancer through modulation of androgen receptor signaling by the HER-2/neu tyrosine kinase.

Noah Craft;Yuriy Shostak;Michael Carey;Charles L. Sawyers

1258
Citations
DNA recognition by GAL4: structure of a protein-DNA complex

Ronen Marmorstein;Michael Carey;Michael Carey;Mark Ptashne;Stephen C. Harrison;Stephen C. Harrison

874
Citations
The Enhanceosome and Transcriptional Synergy

Michael Carey

744
Citations
A Unifying Model for the Selective Regulation of Inducible Transcription By CpG Islands and Nucleosome Remodeling

Vladimir R. Ramirez-Carrozzi;Daniel Braas;Dev M. Bhatt;Christine S. Cheng

634
Citations
Direct interaction between DNMT1 and G9a coordinates DNA and histone methylation during replication

Pierre-Olivier Estève;Hang Gyeong Chin;Andrea Smallwood;George R. Feehery

612
Citations
Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes: Concepts, Strategies and Techniques

Michael Carey;Stephen T.smale

502
Citations
A mechanism for synergistic activation of a mammalian gene by GAL4 derivatives.

Michael Carey;Young-Sun Lin;Michael R. Green;Mark Ptashne

464
Citations
Functional cooperation between HP1 and DNMT1 mediates gene silencing

Andrea Smallwood;Pierre-Olivier Estève;Sriharsa Pradhan;Michael Carey

425
Citations
Combined action of PHD and chromo domains directs the Rpd3S HDAC to transcribed chromatin.

Bing Li;Madelaine Gogol;Mike Carey;Mike Carey;Daeyoup Lee;Daeyoup Lee

401
Citations
An amino-terminal fragment of GAL4 binds DNA as a dimer.

Michael Carey;Hitoshi Kakidani;Janet Leatherwood;Farzad Mostashari

379
Citations
Effect of ambient temperature on human skeletal muscle metabolism during fatiguing submaximal exercise.

J. M. Parkin;M. F. Carey;S. Zhao;M. A. Febbraio

352
Citations
The effect of whey isolate and resistance training on strength, body composition and plasma glutamine

Paul J. Cribb;Andrew D. Williams;Michael F. Carey;Alan Hayes

346
Citations
Mechanism of action of a yeast activator: direct effect of GAL4 derivatives on mammalian TFIID-promoter interactions.

Masami Horikoshi;Michael F. Carey;Hitoshi Kakidani;Robert G. Roeder

345
Citations
A unified nomenclature for protein subunits of mediator complexes linking transcriptional regulators to RNA polymerase II.

Henri Marc Bourbon;Andres Aguilera;Aseem Z. Ansari;Francisco J. Asturias

343
Citations
GAL4 derivatives function alone and synergistically with mammalian activators in vitro

Young-Sun Lin;Michael F. Carey;Mark Ptashne;Michael R. Green

338
Citations
Polymerase II promoter activation: closed complex formation and ATP-driven start site opening

Weidong Wang;Michael Carey;Jay D. Gralla

338
Citations
Changes in performance, muscle metabolites, enzymes and fibre types after short sprint training.

Brian Dawson;Martin Fitzsimons;Simon Green;Carmél Goodman

325
Citations
Moderate-intensity resistance exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure improves strength, endurance, heart rate variability, and forearm blood flow.

Steve E. Selig;Michael F. Carey;David G. Menzies;Jeremy Patterson

324
Citations
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)

Michael F. Carey;Craig L. Peterson;Stephen T. Smale

272
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Smale University of California, Los Angeles

Lily Wu University of California, Los Angeles

Sanjiv S. Gambhir Stanford University

Craig L. Peterson University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Mark A. Febbraio Monash University

Michael J. McKenna Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Mark Hargreaves University of Melbourne

John J. O'Connor University College Dublin

Henry Krum Monash University

Mark Ptashne Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

External Links

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