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Michael S. Brown publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 569 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael S. Brown D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 240 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2003 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
  • 1999 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For their research in the development of statins which lower the level of cholesterol in the heart.
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - US President's National Medal of Science "For their historic discovery of the basic mechanisms controlling cholesterol metabolism, opening the way to a new pharmacologic approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and disability in the Western world.", Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on July 15, 1988. Awarded jointly with Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1985 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1985 - William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics
  • 1985 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism
  • 1984 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1979 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for their work in cholesterol biosynthesis.
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael S. Brown is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their scholarly contributions span extensive research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these areas, the scientist has focused on specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, and Cell Biology.

The scientific topics most frequently addressed in their work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling, Cellular transport and secretion, and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Last step in the path of LDL cholesterol from lysosome to plasma membrane to ER is governed by phosphatidylserine (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Interplay between Asters/GRAMD1s and phosphatidylserine in intermembrane transport of LDL cholesterol (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scap structures highlight key role for rotation of intertwined luminal loops in cholesterol sensing (2021) in Cell
  • Unexpected role for IGF-1 in starvation: Maintenance of blood glucose (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A novel mechanistic framework for precise sequence replacement using reverse transcriptase and diverse CRISPR-Cas systems (2022) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael S. Brown include:

  • Joseph L. Goldstein
  • Michael Trinh
  • Gonçalo Vale
  • Jeffrey G. McDonald
  • Joachim Seemann

The scientist has published frequently in these venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics

Their work has been recognized with numerous awards:

  • Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2003)
  • Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (1999) for research in the development of statins which lower the level of cholesterol in the heart
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1990)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (1988) for discovery of basic mechanisms controlling cholesterol metabolism, awarded jointly with Joseph L. Goldstein
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1987)
  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1985)
  • William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics (1985)
  • Nobel Prize (1985) for discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University (1984)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1981)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1981)
  • Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences (1979) for work in cholesterol biosynthesis
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Regulation of the mevalonate pathway.

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Michael S. Brown

  • A receptor-mediated pathway for cholesterol homeostasis.

    Michael S. Brown;Joseph L. Goldstein

  • SREBPs: activators of the complete program of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in the liver

    Jay D. Horton;Joseph L. Goldstein;Michael S. Brown

  • The SREBP Pathway: Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism by Proteolysis of a Membrane-Bound Transcription Factor

    Michael S Brown;Joseph L Goldstein

  • Lipoprotein metabolism in the macrophage: Implications for cholesterol deposition in atherosclerosis

    Michael S. Brown;Joseph L. Goldstein

  • Binding Site on Macrophages that Mediates Uptake and Degradation of Acetylated Low Density Lipoprotein, Producing Massive Cholesterol Deposition

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Y. K. Ho;Sandip K. Basu;Michael S. Brown

  • Knowledge-based analysis of microarray gene expression data by using support vector machines

    Michael P. S. Brown;William Noble Grundy;David Lin;Nello Cristianini

  • Coated pits, coated vesicles, and receptor-mediated endocytosis

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Richard G. W. Anderson;Michael S. Brown

  • HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY: APPLICATIONS TO PROTEIN MODELING

    Anders Krogh;Michael Brown;I. S Mian;Kimmen Sjolander

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis of low-density lipoprotein in cultured cells

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Sandip K. Basu;Michael S. Brown

  • Protein Sensors for Membrane Sterols

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Russell A. DeBose-Boyd;Michael S. Brown

  • Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis: Concepts Emerging from the LDL Receptor System

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Michael S. Brown;Richard G. W. Anderson;David W. Russell

  • ER Stress Induces Cleavage of Membrane-Bound ATF6 by the Same Proteases that Process SREBPs

    Jin Ye;Robert B Rawson;Ryutaro Komuro;Xi Chen

  • Binding and Degradation of Low Density Lipoproteins by Cultured Human Fibroblasts COMPARISON OF CELLS FROM A NORMAL SUBJECT AND FROM A PATIENT WITH HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

    Joseph L. Goldstein;Michael S. Brown

  • Hypercholesterolemia in low density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice and its reversal by adenovirus-mediated gene delivery.

    Shun Ishibashi;Michael S Brown;Joseph L Goldstein;Robert D. Gerard

  • Regulation of mouse sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c gene (SREBP-1c) by oxysterol receptors, LXRα and LXRβ

    Joyce J. Repa;Guosheng Liang;Jiafu Ou;Yuriy Bashmakov

  • The human LDL receptor: A cysteine-rich protein with multiple Alu sequences in its mRNA

    Tokuo Yamamoto;C. Geoffrey Davis;Michael S. Brown;Wolfgang J. Schneider

  • A proteolytic pathway that controls the cholesterol content of membranes, cells, and blood

    Michael S. Brown;Joseph L. Goldstein

  • Ablation in Mice of the mTORC Components raptor, rictor, or mLST8 Reveals that mTORC2 Is Required for Signaling to Akt-FOXO and PKCα, but Not S6K1

    David A. Guertin;David A. Guertin;Deanna M. Stevens;Carson C. Thoreen;Aurora A. Burds

  • Multivalent feedback regulation of HMG CoA reductase, a control mechanism coordinating isoprenoid synthesis and cell growth

    Michael S. Brown;Joseph L. Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph L. Goldstein
Joseph L. Goldstein The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Richard G. W. Anderson
Richard G. W. Anderson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jay D. Horton
Jay D. Horton The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Robert E. Hammer
Robert E. Hammer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
David W. Russell
David W. Russell University of Washington
Miguel C. Seabra
Miguel C. Seabra Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Joachim Herz
Joachim Herz The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Juro Sakai
Juro Sakai University of Tokyo
Johann Deisenhofer
Johann Deisenhofer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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