2026 Michele Pagano: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	114	314	288	190	172	333	62678
Biology and Biochemistry	117	711	631	452	391	387	64309

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Molecular Biology

114

314

288

190

172

333

62678

Biology and Biochemistry

117

711

631

452

391

387

64309

Molecular Biology

D-Index

114

Citations

62678

World Ranking

314

National Ranking

190

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

117

Citations

64309

World Ranking

711

National Ranking

452

Overview

Michele Pagano is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has made significant contributions in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans over 100 publications, with notable focus areas including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main topics of work cover a range of biological and medical subjects, such as:

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Cancer-related molecular pathways
RNA modifications and cancer
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
DNA repair mechanisms
Autophagy in disease and therapy
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease

Pagano has published extensively in several prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Science Advances
Molecular Cell
Cell
eLife

Some of the scientist's recent papers include:

PHOTACs enable optical control of protein degradation (2020) in Science Advances
FBXL5 Regulates IRP2 Stability in Iron Homeostasis via an Oxygen-Responsive [2Fe2S] Cluster (2020) in Molecular Cell
CRL4AMBRA1 is a master regulator of D-type cyclins (2021) in Nature
A membrane-associated MHC-I inhibitory axis for cancer immune evasion (2023) in Cell
AMBRA1 regulates cyclin D to guard S-phase entry and genomic integrity (2021) in Nature

Their frequent collaborators include Gergely Róna, Daniele Simoneschi, Antonio Marzio, Beatrix Ueberheide, and Qingyue Zhang. Collaboration often spans multiple publications demonstrating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

6452
Citations
Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in regulating abundance of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27

Michele Pagano;Sun W. Tam;Anne M. Theodoras;Peggy Beer-Romero

2323
Citations
Cyclin D1 is a nuclear protein required for cell cycle progression in G1.

Véronique Baldin;Jiri Lukas;María Jesús Marcote;Michele Pagano

2101
Citations
SKP2 is required for ubiquitin-mediated degradation of the CDK inhibitor p27.

Andrea C. Carrano;Esther Eytan;Avram Hershko;Michele Pagano

1965
Citations
Cyclin A is required at two points in the human cell cycle.

M. Pagano;R. Pepperkok;F. Verde;W. Ansorge

1775
Citations
Structure of the Cul1-Rbx1-Skp1-F boxSkp2 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex.

Ning Zheng;Brenda A. Schulman;Brenda A. Schulman;Langzhou Song;Julie J. Miller

1745
Citations
Human cyclin E, a nuclear protein essential for the G1-to-S phase transition.

Motoaki Ohtsubo;Anne M. Theodoras;Jill Schumacher;James M. Roberts

1566
Citations
Increased proteasome-dependent degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 in aggressive colorectal carcinomas.

Loda M;Cukor B;Tam Sw;Lavin P

1415
Citations
The SCF ubiquitin ligase: insights into a molecular machine

Timothy Cardozo;Michele Pagano

1330
Citations
Deregulated proteolysis by the F-box proteins SKP2 and beta-TrCP: tipping the scales of cancer.

David Frescas;Michele Pagano

1037
Citations
Regulation of the Cdk Inhibitor p27 and Its Deregulation in Cancer

J. Slingerland;M. Pagano

945
Citations
The F-box protein family.

Edward T Kipreos;Michele Pagano

906
Citations
S6K1- and ßTRCP-Mediated Degradation of PDCD4 Promotes Protein Translation and Cell Growth

N. Valerio Dorrello;Angelo Peschiaroli;Daniele Guardavaccaro;Nancy H. Colburn

874
Citations
Systematic analysis and nomenclature of mammalian F-box proteins

Jianping Jin;Timothy Cardozo;Ruth C. Lovering;Stephen J. Elledge

798
Citations
Ubiquitination of p27 is regulated by Cdk-dependent phosphorylation and trimeric complex formation

Alessia Montagnoli;Francesca Fiore;Esther Eytan;Andrea C. Carrano

751
Citations
Insights into SCF ubiquitin ligases from the structure of the Skp1-Skp2 complex.

Brenda A. Schulman;Andrea C. Carrano;Philip D. Jeffrey;Zachary Bowen

739
Citations
Mechanisms and function of substrate recruitment by F-box proteins

Jeffrey R. Skaar;Julia K. Pagan;Michele Pagano

683
Citations
The cell-cycle regulatory protein Cks1 is required for SCF Skp2 -mediated ubiquitinylation of p27

Dvora Ganoth;Gil Bornstein;Tun K. Ko;Brett Larsen

627
Citations
Control of the SCF(Skp2-Cks1) ubiquitin ligase by the APC/C(Cdh1) ubiquitin ligase.

Tarig Bashir;N. Valerio Dorrello;Virginia Amador;Daniele Guardavaccaro

613
Citations
Role of the SCFSkp2 ubiquitin ligase in the degradation of p21Cip1 in S phase.

Gil Bornstein;Joanna Bloom;Danielle Sitry-Shevah;Keiko Nakayama

598
Citations