2026 Michael R. Eccles: 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	54	2319	2087	2	1	163	11537

Michael R. Eccles 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 R. Eccles sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 163 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael R. Eccles 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 R. Eccles sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael R. Eccles is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Immunology, and Genetics.

The main topics of their scientific investigation include:

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer-related gene regulation
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Eccles has contributed to a variety of recent publications with a focus on cancer biology and epigenetics. Some notable papers include:

"Promoter DNA Hypermethylation and Paradoxical Gene Activation" (2020), published in Trends in Cancer
"Lipid and Polymer-Based Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy" (2020), published in Molecules
"Phenotype Switching and the Melanoma Microenvironment; Impact on Immunotherapy and Drug Resistance" (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"EZH2 Cooperates with DNA Methylation to Downregulate Key Tumor Suppressors and IFN Gene Signatures in Melanoma" (2020), published in Journal of Investigative Dermatology
"Epigenetic basis and targeting of cancer metastasis" (2021), published in Trends in Cancer

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Eccles include:

Aniruddha Chatterjee
Euan J. Rodger
Peter A. Stockwell
Grégory Gimenez
Suzan Almomani

Eccles publishes regularly in several scientific venues with multiple works appearing in:

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Cancers
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Oncology
Trends in Cancer

Best Publications

Relaxation of insulin-like growth factor II gene imprinting implicated in Wilms' tumour

Osamu Ogawa;Michael R. Eccles;Jenny Szeto;Leslie A. McNoe

835
Citations
Mutation of the PAX2 gene in a family with optic nerve colobomas, renal anomalies and vesicoureteral reflux

Phaikasame Sanyanusin;Lisa A. Schimmenti;Leslie A. McNoe;Teresa A. Ward

751
Citations
Jackson-Weiss and Crouzon syndromes are allelic with mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 2

Ethylin Wang Jabs;Xiang Li;Alan F. Scott;Gregory Meyers

563
Citations
Conjugate for efficient delivery of short interfering RNA (siRNA) into mammalian cells.

Aleksandra Muratovska;Michael R Eccles

528
Citations
Expression of insulin-like growth factor-II transcripts in Wilms' tumour

Anthony E. Reeve;Michael R. Eccles;Richard J. Wilkins;Graeme I. Bell

408
Citations
A PANorama of PAX genes in cancer and development

Ewan J. D. Robson;Shu-Jie He;Michael R. Eccles

353
Citations
Paired-Box genes are frequently expressed in cancer and often required for cancer cell survival

Aleksandra Muratovska;Chaoming Zhou;Shuji He;Paul Goodyer

330
Citations
Epigenetic drivers of tumourigenesis and cancer metastasis.

Aniruddha Chatterjee;Euan J. Rodger;Michael R. Eccles

298
Citations
Application of circularly polarized light for non-invasive diagnosis of cancerous tissues and turbid tissue-like scattering media

Britt Kunnen;Britt Kunnen;Callum Macdonald;Alexander Doronin;Steven Jacques

281
Citations
A Third Wilms' Tumor Locus on Chromosome 16q

Marion A. Maw;Paul E. Grundy;Lynn J. Millow;Michael R. Eccles

261
Citations
Disruption of ROBO2 Is Associated with Urinary Tract Anomalies and Confers Risk of Vesicoureteral Reflux

Weining Lu;Weining Lu;Albertien M. Van Eerde;Xueping Fan;Fabiola Quintero-Rivera

257
Citations
Primary renal hypoplasia in humans and mice with PAX2 mutations: evidence of increased apoptosis in fetal kidneys of Pax21Neu +/– mutant mice

Sarah Porteous;Elena Torban;Nam-Pyo Cho;Heather Cunliffe

229
Citations
Mutation of PAX2 in two siblings with renal-coloboma syndrome

Phaikasame Sanyanusin;L. A. Mcnoe;M. J. Sullivan;R. G. Weaver

192
Citations
Targeting DNA Methylation and EZH2 Activity to Overcome Melanoma Resistance to Immunotherapy

Abdullah Al Emran;Aniruddha Chatterjee;Euan J. Rodger;Jessamy C. Tiffen

185
Citations
Expression of the PAX2 gene in human fetal kidney and Wilms' tumor.

Eccles Mr;Wallis Lj;Fidler Ae;Spurr Nk

181
Citations
Renal-coloboma syndrome: a multi-system developmental disorder caused by PAX2 mutations.

Michael R Eccles;Lisa A Schimmenti

179
Citations
Promoter DNA Hypermethylation and Paradoxical Gene Activation

Jim Smith;Swapnoleena Sen;Robert J. Weeks;Michael R. Eccles

178
Citations
Biallelic DICER1 mutations occur in Wilms tumours

M.K. Wu;N. Sabbaghian;B. Xu;S. Addidou-Kalucki

153
Citations
Further delineation of renal-coloboma syndrome in patients with extreme variability of phenotype and identical PAX2 mutations.

Lisa A. Schimmenti;Heather E. Cunliffe;Leslie A. McNoe;Teresa A. Ward

152
Citations
Lipid and Polymer-Based Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy

Francesco Mainini;Michael R. Eccles

147
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hersey University of Sydney

Antony W. Braithwaite University of Otago

Osamu Ogawa Kyoto University

Bruce C. Baguley University of Auckland

Koenraad Devriendt KU Leuven

Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen

Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

William B. Dobyns University of Minnesota

Han G. Brunner Radboud University

James F. Gusella Harvard University

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