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Mina J. Bissell 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 Mina J. Bissell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 519 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mina J. Bissell 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 Mina J. Bissell 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: 147 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Mina J. Bissell is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, oncology, plant science, cancer research, and cell biology. The primary research topics include cancer cells and metastasis, cancer genomics and diagnostics, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, nematode management and characterization studies, cell adhesion molecules research, and cellular mechanics and interactions.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Astrocytic laminin-211 drives disseminated breast tumor cell dormancy in brain (2021) in Nature Cancer
  • Systems-Level Properties of EGFR-RAS-ERK Signaling Amplify Local Signals to Generate Dynamic Gene Expression Heterogeneity (2020) in Cell Systems
  • The role of tumor microenvironment and exosomes in dormancy and relapse (2021) in Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • The PI3K/mTOR inhibitor Gedatolisib eliminates dormant breast cancer cells in organotypic culture, but fails to prevent metastasis in preclinical settings (2021) in Molecular Oncology
  • Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research (2023) in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jinxiang Dai
  • Laura Pisarsky
  • David Lyden
  • Cyrus M. Ghajar
  • Thomas Eng

The scientist has published in several venues multiple times, including:

  • Nature Cancer
  • Cell Systems
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Molecular Oncology

Awards received by the scientist are:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1994)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1992)

Best Publications

  • Tumour exosome integrins determine organotropic metastasis

    Ayuko Hoshino;Bruno Costa-Silva;Tang-Long Shen;Goncalo Rodrigues

  • Putting tumours in context

    Mina J. Bissell;Derek Radisky

  • How does the extracellular matrix direct gene expression

    Mina J. Bissell;H.Glenn Hall;Gordon Parry

  • Reversion of the Malignant Phenotype of Human Breast Cells in Three-Dimensional Culture and In Vivo by Integrin Blocking Antibodies

    V.M. Weaver;O.W. Petersen;F. Wang;C.A. Larabell

  • Why don't we get more cancer? A proposed role of the microenvironment in restraining cancer progression

    Mina J Bissell;William C Hines

  • Suppression of ICE and apoptosis in mammary epithelial cells by extracellular matrix

    Nancy Boudreau;Carolyn J. Sympson;Zena Werb;Mina J. Bissell

  • Pre-metastatic niches: organ-specific homes for metastases

    Héctor Peinado;Haiying Zhang;Irina R. Matei;Bruno Costa-Silva

  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE MODELS OF NORMAL AND MALIGNANT BREAST EPITHELIAL CELLS

    Genee Y Lee;Paraic A Kenny;Eva H Lee;Mina J Bissell

  • Rac1b and reactive oxygen species mediate MMP-3-induced EMT and genomic instability

    Derek C. Radisky;Dinah D. Levy;Laurie E. Littlepage;Hong Liu

  • Of extracellular matrix, scaffolds, and signaling: Tissue architecture regulates development, homeostasis, and cancer

    Celeste M. Nelson;Mina J. Bissell

  • Interaction with basement membrane serves to rapidly distinguish growth and differentiation pattern of normal and malignant human breast epithelial cells.

    Ole William Petersen;Lone Ronnov-Jessen;Anthony R. Howlett;Mina J. Bissell

  • The morphologies of breast cancer cell lines in three-dimensional assays correlate with their profiles of gene expression

    Paraic A. Kenny;Genee Y. Lee;Connie A. Myers;Richard M. Neve

  • The stromal proteinase MMP3/stromelysin-1 promotes mammary carcinogenesis.

    Mark D Sternlicht;Andre Lochter;Carolyn J Sympson;Bing Huey

  • The perivascular niche regulates breast tumour dormancy

    Cyrus M. Ghajar;Héctor Peinado;Hidetoshi Mori;Irina R. Matei

  • Cellular changes involved in conversion of normal to malignant breast: importance of the stromal reaction

    L. Ronnov-Jessen;O. W. Petersen;M. J. Bissell

  • Reciprocal interactions between β1-integrin and epidermal growth factor receptor in three-dimensional basement membrane breast cultures: A different perspective in epithelial biology

    Fei Wang;Valerie M. Weaver;Ole W. Petersen;Carolyn A. Larabell

  • β4 integrin-dependent formation of polarized three-dimensional architecture confers resistance to apoptosis in normal and malignant mammary epithelium

    Valerie M Weaver;Sophie Lelièvre;Johnathon N Lakins;Micah A Chrenek

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 Triggers a Cascade of Molecular Alterations That Leads to Stable Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Conversion and a Premalignant Phenotype in Mammary Epithelial Cells

    André Lochter;Sybille Galosy;john Muschler;Neal Freedman

  • Mutant p53 disrupts mammary tissue architecture via the mevalonate pathway

    William A. Freed-Pastor;Hideaki Mizuno;Xi Zhao;Anita Langerød

  • Reversion of the Malignant Phenotype of Human Breast Cells inThree-Dimensional Culture and In Vivo by Integrin BlockingAntibodies

    V. M. Weaver;O. W. Petersen;F. Wang;C. A. Larabell

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek C. Radisky
Derek C. Radisky Mayo Clinic
Ole W. Petersen
Ole W. Petersen University of Copenhagen
Zena Werb
Zena Werb University of California, San Francisco
Celeste M. Nelson
Celeste M. Nelson Princeton University
Valerie M. Weaver
Valerie M. Weaver University of California, San Francisco
Eva A. Turley
Eva A. Turley University of Western Ontario
Joe W. Gray
Joe W. Gray Oregon Health & Science University
Charles H. Streuli
Charles H. Streuli University of Manchester
Kornelia Polyak
Kornelia Polyak Harvard University
Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa

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Zena Werb

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Valerie M. Weaver

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Pepper Schedin

Pepper Schedin

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Senthil K. Muthuswamy

Senthil K. Muthuswamy

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Donald E. Ingber

Donald E. Ingber

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Publications: 63

Stephen F. Badylak

Stephen F. Badylak

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Publications: 58

Kornelia Polyak

Kornelia Polyak

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Publications: 56

Erik W. Thompson

Erik W. Thompson

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Publications: 52

Michael P. Lisanti

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Publications: 51

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Jeffrey M. Rosen

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Publications: 49

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Joe W. Gray

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