2026 Moshe Oren: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	147	91	79	1	1	388	87138

Moshe Oren publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moshe Oren sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 388 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Moshe Oren D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moshe Oren sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 97th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Moshe Oren is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has a robust publication record in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology and oncology, with significant contributions to cancer research, cell biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their main topics of investigation include:

Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
Cancer Research and Treatments
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
MicroRNA in disease regulation

Oren has coauthored extensively with several researchers, frequently collaborating with Yael Aylon, Saptaparna Mukherjee, Nishanth Belugali Nataraj, Yosef Yarden, and Ori Hassin.

Their publications are often found in prominent scientific venues including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cancer Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Communications
Cell

Notable recent papers include:

"Extracellular Vesicle and Particle Biomarkers Define Multiple Human Cancers" (2020, Cell)
"Drugging p53 in cancer: one protein, many targets" (2022, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)
"The gut microbiome switches mutant p53 from tumour-suppressive to oncogenic" (2020, Nature)
"TP53 missense mutations in PDAC are associated with enhanced fibrosis and an immunosuppressive microenvironment" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"AXL and Error-Prone DNA Replication Confer Drug Resistance and Offer Strategies to Treat EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer" (2022, Cancer Discovery)

Moshe Oren's scientific contributions have been recognized by several memberships and fellowships in prestigious organizations. These include:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2013)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
Member of Academia Europaea (2007)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

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
Mdm2 promotes the rapid degradation of p53

Ygal Haupt;Ruth Maya;Anat Kazaz;Moshe Oren

5563
Citations
Wild-type p53 induces apoptosis of myeloid leukaemic cells that is inhibited by interleukin-6

E Yonish-Rouach;D Resnitzky;J Lotem;L Sachs

2871
Citations
The first 30 years of p53: growing ever more complex

Arnold J. Levine;Moshe Oren

2143
Citations
mdm2 expression is induced by wild type p53 activity.

Y. Barak;T. Juven;R. Haffner;M. Oren

1819
Citations
Transcriptional Activation of miR-34a Contributes to p53-Mediated Apoptosis

Nina Raver-Shapira;Efi Marciano;Eti Meiri;Yael Spector

1639
Citations
Activating mutations for transformation by p53 produce a gene product that forms an hsc70-p53 complex with an altered half-life.

C A Finlay;P W Hinds;T H Tan;D Eliyahu

1504
Citations
Decision making by p53: life, death and cancer.

M Oren

1432
Citations
Mutations in the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene: Important Milestones at the Various Steps of Tumorigenesis

Noa Rivlin;Ran Brosh;Moshe Oren;Varda Rotter

1203
Citations
p53 Activates the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) Gene in Response to DNA Damage by Anticancer Drugs

Martina Müller;Sylvia Wilder;Detlev Bannasch;David Israeli

1161
Citations
Extracellular Vesicle and Particle Biomarkers Define Multiple Human Cancers

Ayuko Hoshino;Ayuko Hoshino;Han Sang Kim;Han Sang Kim;Linda Bojmar;Linda Bojmar;Linda Bojmar;Kofi Ennu Gyan

1159
Citations
Participation of p53 cellular tumour antigen in transformation of normal embryonic cells.

Daniel Eliyahu;Avraham Raz;Peter Gruss;David Givol

1082
Citations
Wild-type p53 can inhibit oncogene-mediated focus formation.

Daniel Eliyahu;Dan Michalovitz;Siona Eliyahu;Orit Pinhasi-Kimhi

1026
Citations
Conditional inhibition of transformation and of cell proliferation by a temperature-sensitive mutant of p53

Dan Michalovitz;Orna Halevy;Moshe Oren

1013
Citations
The p53-Mdm2 module and the ubiquitin system.

Dan Michael;Moshe Oren

981
Citations
ATM-dependent phosphorylation of Mdm2 on serine 395: role in p53 activation by DNA damage.

Ruth Maya;Moshe Balass;Seong-Tae Kim;Dganit Shkedy

932
Citations
Mutant p53 Gain-of-Function in Cancer

Moshe Oren;Varda Rotter

919
Citations
Generation of oscillations by the p53-Mdm2 feedback loop: A theoretical and experimental study

Ruth Lev Bar-Or;Ruth Maya;Lee A. Segel;Uri Alon

843
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

823
Citations
Regulation of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein

Moshe Oren

803
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Varda Rotter Weizmann Institute of Science

Giovanni Blandino McMaster University

Ygal Haupt Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Eyal Gottlieb Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata

David Givol Weizmann Institute of Science

Vassilis G. Gorgoulis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Eli Pikarsky Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yitzhak Pilpel Weizmann Institute of Science

Adi Kimchi Weizmann Institute of Science

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