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Ming-Daw Tsai

Ming-Daw Tsai

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 67 7015 6357 53 52 409 14103
Biology and Biochemistry 67 8271 7631 35 34 427 14792

Ming-Daw Tsai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ming-Daw Tsai between 1972 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ming-Daw Tsai published across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2019. 9 of the 479 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2019. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 5 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 5 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 5 publications
1972 2025

479 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ming-Daw Tsai: publications per year, 1972 to 2025
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 0
1974 2
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 5
1979 5
1980 4
1981 1
1982 5
1983 6
1984 6
1985 3
1986 2
1987 8
1988 6
1989 4
1990 10
1991 6
1992 11
1993 4
1994 6
1995 7
1996 10
1997 9
1998 9
1999 17
2000 12
2001 21
2002 6
2003 15
2004 9
2005 11
2006 9
2007 15
2008 15
2009 14
2010 14
2011 16
2012 12
2013 9
2014 16
2015 11
2016 14
2017 8
2018 6
2019 31
2020 21
2021 7
2022 2
2023 28
2024 4
2025 5
Total 479
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Ming-Daw Tsai publications per year - data summary

  • Ming-Daw Tsai, a Chemistry scholar from Academia Sinica, has 479 publications recorded across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1972 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2019, with 31 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1972, 1975 and 1981, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 54 years in the span carry no publications at all (1973, 1976 and 1977).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.4 per year counting only the 51 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 46 publications, 10% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1972-1989: 59 publications (3.3 per year); 1990-2007: 187 publications (10.4 per year); 2008-2025: 233 publications (12.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Ming-Daw Tsai publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ming-Daw Tsai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 401–420 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 409 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397 409
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Ming-Daw Tsai publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Ming-Daw Tsai, a Chemistry scholar from Academia Sinica, records 409 publications - the 81st percentile of the discipline.
  • 81% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Ming-Daw Tsai, and about 19% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Ming-Daw Tsai ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Ming-Daw Tsai D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ming-Daw Tsai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66–67 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775 67
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Ming-Daw Tsai D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Ming-Daw Tsai, a Chemistry scholar from Academia Sinica, records 67 D-Index - the 62nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 62% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Ming-Daw Tsai, and about 38% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Ming-Daw Tsai ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ming-Daw Tsai is a researcher affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan, specializing primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Structural Biology, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics such as Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Light effects on plants, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, RNA modifications and cancer, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Wen-Jin Wu, Cheng-Han Yang, Hsiang-Yi Wu, Chun-Hsiung Wang, and Meng-Chiao Ho.

Key venues where their work has been published reflect a focus on interdisciplinary and high-impact journals:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth and depth of their scholarship:

  • Visualizing the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution (2023, Science)
  • Serial crystallography captures dynamic control of sequential electron and proton transfer events in a flavoenzyme (2022, Nature Chemistry)
  • Identification of fidelity-governing factors in human recombinases DMC1 and RAD51 from cryo-EM structures (2021, Nature Communications)
  • An ATP-sensitive phosphoketolase regulates carbon fixation in cyanobacteria (2023, Nature Metabolism)
  • Enzymology and Dynamics by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (2021, Annual Review of Biophysics)

Over the course of their career, Tsai has received several fellowships recognizing their scientific contributions, including Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1983, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992, and Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Ankyrin repeat: a unique motif mediating protein-protein interactions.

    Junan Li;and Anjali Mahajan;Ming-Daw Tsai ,‡,§,‖

  • Interfacial Enzymology: The Secreted Phospholipase A2-Paradigm

    Otto G. Berg;Michael H. Gelb;Ming-Daw Tsai;Mahendra Kumar Jain

  • Regulatory mechanisms of tumor suppressor P16(INK4A) and their relevance to cancer

    Junan Li;Ming Jye Poi;Ming-Daw Tsai

  • AMP-activated protein kinase functionally phosphorylates endothelial nitric oxide synthase Ser633.

    Zhen Chen;I-Chen Peng;Wei Sun;Mei I. Su

  • Nucleoside monophosphate kinases: structure, mechanism, and substrate specificity.

    Honggao Yan;Ming-Daw Tsai

  • A reexamination of the nucleotide incorporation fidelity of DNA polymerases.

    Alexander K. Showalter;Ming-Daw Tsai

  • DNA Polymerase β: Structure−Fidelity Relationship from Pre-Steady-State Kinetic Analyses of All Possible Correct and Incorrect Base Pairs for Wild Type and R283A Mutant†

    Jinwoo Ahn;Brian G. Werneburg;Ming-Daw Tsai

  • DNA polymerase beta: pre-steady-state kinetic analysis and roles of arginine-283 in catalysis and fidelity.

    Brian G. Werneburg;Jinwoo Ahn;Xuejun Zhong;Robert J. Hondal

  • Watching conformational- and photo-dynamics of single fluorescent proteins in solution

    Randall H. Goldsmith;W. E. Moerner

  • Tumor suppressor p16INK4A: determination of solution structure and analyses of its interaction with cyclin-dependent kinase 4.

    In-Ja L. Byeon;Junan Li;Karen Ericson;Thomas L. Selby

  • Insight into the catalytic mechanism of DNA polymerase beta: structures of intermediate complexes.

    Joseph W. Arndt;Weimin Gong;Xuejun Zhong;Alexander K. Showalter

  • Structure and Function of the Phosphothreonine-Specific FHA Domain

    Anjali Mahajan;Chunhua Yuan;Hyun Lee;Hyun Lee;Eric S.-W. Chen;Eric S.-W. Chen

  • Loss of the Oxidative Stress Sensor NPGPx Compromises GRP78 Chaperone Activity and Induces Systemic Disease

    Pei Chi Wei;Yi Hsuan Hsieh;Yi Hsuan Hsieh;Mei I. Su;Xianzhi Jiang

  • High-throughput identification of compounds targeting influenza RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity

    Ching-Yao Su;Ting-Jen R. Cheng;Meng-I. Lin;Shi-Yun Wang

  • Mechanism of adenylate kinase: site-directed mutagenesis versus X-ray and NMR.

    Ming Daw Tsai;Honggao Yan

  • Stereochemical course of the transmethylation catalyzed by catechol O-methyltransferase.

    R W Woodard;M D Tsai;H G Floss;P A Crooks

  • DNA polymerase beta: effects of gapped DNA substrates on dNTP specificity, fidelity, processivity and conformational changes.

    Jinwoo Ahn;Vadim S. Kraynov;Xuejun Zhong;Brian G. Werneburg

  • Use of 2-Aminopurine and Tryptophan Fluorescence as Probes in Kinetic Analyses of DNA Polymerase β†

    Christopher A. Dunlap;Ming-Daw Tsai

  • Histone Demethylase RBP2 Promotes Lung Tumorigenesis and Cancer Metastasis

    Yu-Ching Teng;Cheng-Feng Lee;Ying-Shiuan Li;Yi-Ren Chen

  • Identification of Histone Demethylases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Shengjiang Tu;Esther M.M. Bulloch;Lanhao Yang;Chen Ren

  • Structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE)

    Paul E. O'Maille;Marina Bakhtina;Ming-Daw Tsai

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington
Mahendra Kumar Jain
Mahendra Kumar Jain University of Delaware
Joseph P. Noel
Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John Y.-J. Shyy
John Y.-J. Shyy University of California, San Diego
Charles R. Sanders
Charles R. Sanders Vanderbilt University
Michael H. Gelb
Michael H. Gelb University of Washington
Chi-Huey Wong
Chi-Huey Wong Scripps Research Institute
Michael Hsiao
Michael Hsiao Academia Sinica
Jin-Town Wang
Jin-Town Wang National Taiwan University
Angela M. Gronenborn
Angela M. Gronenborn University of Pittsburgh

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