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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
18404
World Ranking
5367
National Ranking
2545

Nicholas O. Davidson 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 Nicholas O. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 358 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas O. Davidson 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 Nicholas O. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas O. Davidson is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on medicine, particularly within the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans numerous specialized subfields, including epidemiology, molecular biology, surgery, cancer research, and hepatology.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications across several peer-reviewed journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Genetic Pathways in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Insights From Systems Biology," 2020, published in Hepatology
  • "Liver-Specific Deletion of Mouse Tm6sf2 Promotes Steatosis, Fibrosis, and Hepatocellular Cancer," 2021, published in Hepatology
  • "Mboat7 down-regulation by hyper-insulinemia induces fat accumulation in hepatocytes," 2020, published in EBioMedicine
  • "A Dedicated Evolutionarily Conserved Molecular Network Licenses Differentiated Cells to Return to the Cell Cycle," 2020, published in Developmental Cell
  • "Dallas Steatosis Index Identifies Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease," 2020, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Davidson include Matthew A. Ciorba, Elizabeth A. Molitor, Valérie Blanc, Deborah C. Rubin, and Yan Xie.

The researcher has published multiple works in well-established venues, with the largest number of publications in Gastroenterology, followed by Translational Research, Journal of Lipid Research, American Journal of Pathology, and Hepatology.

  • Gastroenterology
  • Translational Research
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • American Journal of Pathology
  • Hepatology

The primary areas of study covered by Davidson's work involve:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their specialized research interests focus on topics such as:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lipid Metabolism and Disorders
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • Specific expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), a novel member of the RNA-editing deaminase family in germinal center B cells.

    Masamichi Muramatsu;V.S. Sankaranand;Shrikant Anant;Manabu Sugai

  • Cytidine Deamination of Retroviral DNA by Diverse APOBEC Proteins

    Kate N. Bishop;Rebecca K. Holmes;Ann M. Sheehy;Nicholas O. Davidson

  • Troglitazone Action Is Independent of Adipose Tissue

    Charles F. Burant;Seamus Sreenan;Ken Ichi Hirano;Tzu Ann C. Tai

  • Decreased hepatic triglyceride accumulation and altered fatty acid uptake in mice with deletion of the liver fatty acid-binding protein gene.

    Elizabeth P. Newberry;Yan Xie;Susan Kennedy;Xianlin Han

  • The p27 catalytic subunit of the apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme is a cytidine deaminase.

    Naveenan Navaratnam;J. R. Morrison;Shoumo Bhattacharya;Dipti Patel

  • CD36 deficiency impairs intestinal lipid secretion and clearance of chylomicrons from the blood

    Victor A. Drover;Mohammad Ajmal;Fatiha Nassir;Nicholas O. Davidson

  • A mouse model of human familial hypercholesterolemia: markedly elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and severe atherosclerosis on a low-fat chow diet

    Lyn Powell-Braxton;Murielle Véniant;Richard D. Latvala;Ken Ichi Hirano

  • Trehalose inhibits solute carrier 2A (SLC2A) proteins to induce autophagy and prevent hepatic steatosis

    Brian J. DeBosch;Monique R. Heitmeier;Allyson L. Mayer;Cassandra B. Higgins

  • Human intestinal glucose transporter expression and localization of GLUT5

    N. O. Davidson;A. M.L. Hausman;C. A. Ifkovits;J. B. Buse

  • IRE1α-XBP1s Induces PDI Expression to Increase MTP Activity for Hepatic VLDL Assembly and Lipid Homeostasis

    Shiyu Wang;Zhouji Chen;Vivian Lam;Jaeseok Han;Jaeseok Han

  • Protective mucosal immunity mediated by epithelial CD1d and IL-10

    Torsten Olszak;Joana F. Neves;C. Marie Dowds;Kristi Baker

  • C-to-U RNA editing: mechanisms leading to genetic diversity.

    Valerie Blanc;Nicholas O. Davidson

  • The Forkhead Box M1 Transcription Factor Contributes to the Development and Growth of Mouse Colorectal Cancer

    Yuichi Yoshida;I-Ching Wang;Helena M Yoder;Nicholas O Davidson

  • Fatty Acid Synthase Modulates Intestinal Barrier Function through Palmitoylation of Mucin 2

    Xiaochao Wei;Zhen Yang;Federico E. Rey;Vanessa K. Ridaura

  • Targeted disruption of the mouse apobec-1 gene abolishes apolipoprotein B mRNA editing and eliminates apolipoprotein B48.

    Ken-Ichi Hirano;Stephen G. Young;Robert V. Jr. Farese;Jennifer Ng

  • Compensatory increase in hepatic lipogenesis in mice with conditional intestine-specific Mttp deficiency.

    Yan Xie;Elizabeth P. Newberry;Stephen G. Young;Sylvie Robine

  • Regenerative proliferation of differentiated cells by mTORC1‐dependent paligenosis

    Spencer G Willet;Mark A Lewis;Zhi‐Feng Miao;Zhi‐Feng Miao;Dengqun Liu

  • Ô‖Identification of GRY-RBP as an Apolipoprotein B RNA-binding Protein That Interacts with Both Apobec-1 and Apobec-1 Complementation Factor to Modulate C to U Editing

    Valerie Blanc;Naveenan Navaratnam;Jeffrey O. Henderson;Shrikant Anant

  • Altered hepatic triglyceride content after partial hepatectomy without impaired liver regeneration in multiple murine genetic models.

    Elizabeth P. Newberry;Susan M. Kennedy;Yan Xie;Jianyang Luo

  • APOBEC‐1‐mediated RNA editing

    Valerie Blanc;Nicholas O. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason C. Mills
Jason C. Mills Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth M. Brunt
Elizabeth M. Brunt Washington University in St. Louis
Kerry-Anne Rye
Kerry-Anne Rye University of New South Wales
Alma L. Burlingame
Alma L. Burlingame University of California, San Francisco
Lila M. Gierasch
Lila M. Gierasch University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kelle H. Moley
Kelle H. Moley Washington University in St. Louis
Richard S. Blumberg
Richard S. Blumberg Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nada A. Abumrad
Nada A. Abumrad Washington University in St. Louis
Timothy Hla
Timothy Hla Harvard University
Daniel S. Ory
Daniel S. Ory Washington University in St. Louis

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