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Michael Weinfeld

Michael Weinfeld

University of Alberta
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13346
World Ranking
11351
National Ranking
392

Michael Weinfeld 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 Weinfeld sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Weinfeld 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 Weinfeld 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: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

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

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

Overview

Michael Weinfeld is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with notable subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Biomaterials, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work extensively covers several key topics such as DNA Repair Mechanisms, Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways.

Michael Weinfeld has contributed to a variety of scientific papers, some of the recent publications include:

  • Insulin Growth Factor Binding Protein 7 (IGFBP7)-Related Cancer and IGFBP3 and IGFBP7 Crosstalk, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Synthesis and Analysis of 64Cu-Labeled GE11-Modified Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles for EGFR-Targeted Molecular Imaging in a Colorectal Cancer Model, 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Development of a DNAzyme Walker for the Detection of APE1 in Living Cancer Cells, 2023, Analytical Chemistry
  • Cellular mechanism of action of 2-nitroimidazoles as hypoxia-selective therapeutic agents, 2022, Redox Biology
  • Enhancing the activity of platinum-based drugs by improved inhibitors of ERCC1-XPF-mediated DNA repair, 2021, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Afsaneh Lavasanifar, F. G. West, X. Chris Le, Ahmed H. Elmenoufy, and Hongquan Zhang.

Michael Weinfeld has published in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their work include Molecular Pharmaceutics, Frontiers in Oncology, Redox Biology, Cancer Research, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Best Publications

  • Absence of p350 subunit of DNA-activated protein kinase from a radiosensitive human cell line

    Susan P. Lees-Miller;Roseline Godbout;Doug W. Chan;Michael Weinfeld

  • AP endonuclease-independent DNA base excision repair in human cells

    Lee R Wiederhold;John B. Leppard;Padmini Kedar;Feridoun Karimi-Busheri

  • Molecular Characterization of a Human DNA Kinase

    Feridoun Karimi-Busheri;Graham Daly;Peter Robins;Benito Canas

  • The Molecular Architecture of the Mammalian DNA Repair Enzyme, Polynucleotide Kinase

    Nina K. Bernstein;R. Scott Williams;Melissa L. Rakovszky;Diana Cui

  • Association of XRCC1 and tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase (Tdp1) for the repair of topoisomerase I-mediated DNA lesions.

    Isabelle Plo;Zhi Yong Liao;Juana M Barceló;Glenda Kohlhagen

  • XRCC4 Protein Interactions with XRCC4-like Factor (XLF) Create an Extended Grooved Scaffold for DNA Ligation and Double Strand Break Repair

    Michal Hammel;Martial Rey;Yaping Yu;Rajam S. Mani

  • NEIL2-initiated, APE-independent repair of oxidized bases in DNA: Evidence for a repair complex in human cells

    Aditi Das;Lee R Wiederhold;John B. Leppard;Padmini Kedar

  • Reactivity of human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease and Escherichia coli exonuclease III with bistranded abasic sites in DNA.

    M A Chaudhry;M Weinfeld

  • Novel nuclear and mitochondrial glycosylases revealed by disruption of the mouse Nth1 gene encoding an endonuclease III homolog for repair of thymine glycols

    Masashi Takao;Shin Ichiro Kanno;Tatsuya Shiromoto;Rei Hasegawa

  • The action of Escherichia coli endonuclease III on multiply damaged sites in DNA.

    Ahmad M. Chaudhry;Michael Weinfeld

  • Comparative toxicity of arsenic metabolites in human bladder cancer EJ-1 cells.

    Hua Naranmandura;Hua Naranmandura;Michael W. Carew;Shi Xu;Jane Lee

  • Relative affinities of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and DNA-dependent protein kinase for DNA strand interruptions.

    Icy D’Silva;Joëlle D Pelletier;Jean Lagueux;Damien D’Amours

  • Involvement of Polynucleotide Kinase in a Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1-dependent DNA Double-strand Breaks Rejoining Pathway

    Marc Audebert;Bernard Salles;Michael Weinfeld;Patrick Calsou

  • Keratinocyte-Releasable Stratifin Functions as a Potent Collagenase-Stimulating Factor in Fibroblasts

    Aziz Ghahary;Feridoun Karimi-Busheri;Yvonne Marcoux;Yunyaun Li

  • Repair of DNA strand gaps and nicks containing 3′-phosphate and 5′-hydroxyl termini by purified mammalian enzymes

    Feridoun Karimi-Busheri;Jane Lee;Alan E. Tomkinson;Michael Weinfeld

  • 1 H, 13C and 15N nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and chemical features of the two main radical oxidation products of 2′-deoxyguanosine: oxazolone and imidazolone nucleosides

    Sébastien Raoul;Maurice Berger;Garry W. Buchko;Prakash C. Joshi

  • Role of polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase in mitochondrial DNA repair.

    Nasser Tahbaz;Sudip Subedi;Michael Weinfeld

  • Response of base excision repair enzymes to complex DNA lesions

    M. Weinfeld;A. Rasouli-Nia;M. A. Chaudhry;R. A. Britten

  • Pathways of proliferation and antiapoptosis driven in breast cancer stem cells by stem cell protein piwil2.

    Jae Ho Lee;Cornelia Jung;Parisa Javadian-Elyaderani;Stefan Schweyer

  • Senescence evasion by MCF-7 human breast tumor-initiating cells

    Feridoun Karimi-Busheri;Aghdass Rasouli-Nia;John R Mackey;Michael Weinfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

X. Chris Le
X. Chris Le University of Alberta
Hailin Wang
Hailin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carol E. Cass
Carol E. Cass University of Alberta
Dennis G. Hall
Dennis G. Hall University of Alberta
Liang Li
Liang Li University of Alberta
Frederick G. West
Frederick G. West University of Alberta
John A. Tainer
John A. Tainer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Michael J. Hendzel
Michael J. Hendzel University of Alberta
Susan P. Lees-Miller
Susan P. Lees-Miller University of Calgary
Hasan Uludağ
Hasan Uludağ University of Alberta

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