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Michael P. Washburn

Michael P. Washburn

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 94 644 573 352 308 298 44700

Michael P. Washburn publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael P. Washburn between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael P. Washburn published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 11.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2024. 16 of the 371 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2024. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 21 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 15 publications 2026: 1 publication
1995 2026

371 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael P. Washburn: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 2
2000 2
2001 3
2002 11
2003 6
2004 7
2005 11
2006 17
2007 18
2008 18
2009 17
2010 14
2011 20
2012 18
2013 14
2014 9
2015 16
2016 18
2017 18
2018 15
2019 16
2020 21
2021 15
2022 2
2023 21
2024 23
2025 15
2026 1
Total 371
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Michael P. Washburn 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 P. Washburn 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, 297–306 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: 298 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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 43 298
307–316 46
317–326 41
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 P. Washburn 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 P. Washburn 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, 94–95 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: 94 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.

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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 94
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
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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Overview

Michael P. Washburn is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. The subfields of study they contribute to include Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Washburn has contributed extensively to topics such as RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, cancer-related gene regulation, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, and interferon and immune responses.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Dynamic RNA acetylation revealed by quantitative cross-evolutionary mapping, 2020, Nature
  • Merkel cell polyomavirus activates LSD1-mediated blockade of non-canonical BAF to regulate transformation and tumorigenesis, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • The methyltransferase SETD2 couples transcription and splicing by engaging mRNA processing factors through its SHI domain, 2021, Nature Communications
  • STRIPAK directs PP2A activity toward MAP4K4 to promote oncogenic transformation of human cells, 2020, eLife
  • Integrative Modeling of a Sin3/HDAC Complex Sub-structure, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators in Washburn's research include Laurence Florens, Jerry L. Workman, Michaella J. Levy, Mihaela E. Sardiu, and Charles A.S. Banks.

Washburn's work has appeared often in several key venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Research, eLife, Nature Communications, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In addition to journal articles, Washburn has contributed to book publications, with one known book titled Recentering the Self, published by the State University of New York Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale analysis of the yeast proteome by multidimensional protein identification technology.

    Michael P. Washburn;Dirk Wolters;John R. Yates;John R. Yates

  • An Automated Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology for Shotgun Proteomics

    Dirk A. Wolters;Michael P. Washburn;John R. Yates

  • The CRAPome: a contaminant repository for affinity purification–mass spectrometry data

    Dattatreya Mellacheruvu;Zachary Wright;Amber L. Couzens;Jean Philippe Lambert

  • A proteomic view of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

    Laurence Florens;Michael P. Washburn;J. Dale Raine;Robert M. Anthony

  • Histone H3 methylation by Set2 directs deacetylation of coding regions by Rpd3S to suppress spurious intragenic transcription.

    Michael J. Carrozza;Bing Li;Laurence Florens;Tamaki Suganuma

  • Vpx relieves inhibition of HIV-1 infection of macrophages mediated by the SAMHD1 protein

    Kasia Hrecka;Caili Hao;Magda Gierszewska;Selene K. Swanson

  • Statistical analysis of membrane proteome expression changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Boris Zybailov;Amber L. Mosley;Mihaela E. Sardiu;Michael K. Coleman

  • Acetylation by Tip60 Is Required for Selective Histone Variant Exchange at DNA Lesions

    Thomas Kusch;Laurence Florens;W. Hayes MacDonald;Selene K. Swanson

  • Shotgun identification of protein modifications from protein complexes and lens tissue

    Michael J. MacCoss;W. Hayes McDonald;Anita Saraf;Rovshan Sadygov

  • AFF4, a Component of the ELL/P-TEFb Elongation Complex and a Shared Subunit of MLL Chimeras, Can Link Transcription Elongation to Leukemia

    Chengqi Lin;Edwin R. Smith;Hidehisa Takahashi;Ka Chun Lai

  • Quantitative proteomic analysis of distinct mammalian Mediator complexes using normalized spectral abundance factors.

    Andrew C. Paoletti;Tari J. Parmely;Chieri Tomomori-Sato;Shigeo Sato

  • Analysis of quantitative proteomic data generated via multidimensional protein identification technology.

    Michael P. Washburn;Ryan Ulaszek;Cosmin Deciu;and David M. Schieltz

  • Proteomic survey of metabolic pathways in rice

    Antonius Koller;Michael P. Washburn;B. Markus Lange;Nancy L. Andon

  • Histone Crosstalk between H2B Monoubiquitination and H3 Methylation Mediated by COMPASS

    Jung Shin Lee;Abhijit Shukla;Jessica Schneider;Selene K. Swanson

  • Protein pathway and complex clustering of correlated mRNA and protein expression analyses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Michael P. Washburn;Antonius Koller;Guy Oshiro;Ryan R. Ulaszek

  • Refinements to label free proteome quantitation: how to deal with peptides shared by multiple proteins.

    Ying Zhang;Zhihui Wen;Michael P. Washburn;Laurence Florens

  • Evolutionarily Conserved Multisubunit RBL2/p130 and E2F4 Protein Complex Represses Human Cell Cycle-Dependent Genes in Quiescence

    Larisa Litovchick;Subhashini Sadasivam;Laurence Florens;Xiaopeng Zhu

  • Correlation of Relative Abundance Ratios Derived from Peptide Ion Chromatograms and Spectrum Counting for Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Using Stable Isotope Labeling

    Boris Zybailov;Michael K. Coleman;and Laurence Florens;Michael P. Washburn

  • Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation directs recruitment and activation of an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler.

    Aaron J. Gottschalk;Gyula Timinszky;Stephanie E. Kong;Jingji Jin

  • Cyclin F-Mediated Degradation of Ribonucleotide Reductase M2 Controls Genome Integrity and DNA Repair

    Vincenzo D'Angiolella;Valerio Donato;Frances M. Forrester;Yeon-Tae Jeong

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Florens
Laurence Florens Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Selene K. Swanson
Selene K. Swanson Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Joan Weliky Conaway
Joan Weliky Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jerry L. Workman
Jerry L. Workman Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Ronald C. Conaway
Ronald C. Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Susan M. Abmayr
Susan M. Abmayr Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Ali Shilatifard
Ali Shilatifard Northwestern University
Michele Pagano
Michele Pagano New York University
James A. DeCaprio
James A. DeCaprio Harvard University
Arcady Mushegian
Arcady Mushegian National Science Foundation

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