2026 Obi L. Griffith: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	74	5467	5042	2595	2327	382	28398

Overview

Obi L. Griffith is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong emphasis on cancer-related studies and genomic research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various fields of study, including:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these broader domains, their specialized subfields comprise:

Molecular Biology
Cancer Research
Genetics
Immunology
Oncology

The main topics covered in their work involve:

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
CAR-T cell therapy research

Obi L. Griffith's recent publications highlight contributions to cancer research, genomic databases, and immunotherapy. Selected papers include:

Integration of the Drug-Gene Interaction Database (DGIdb 4.0) with open crowdsource efforts, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Resectable Locally Advanced, Human Papillomavirus-Unrelated Head and Neck Cancer: A Multicenter, Phase II Trial, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
DGIdb 5.0: rebuilding the drug-gene interaction database for precision medicine and drug discovery platforms, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
GA4GH: International policies and standards for data sharing across genomic research and healthcare, 2021, Cell Genomics
pVACtools: A Computational Toolkit to Identify and Visualize Cancer Neoantigens, 2020, Cancer Immunology Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Malachi Griffith
Arpad Danos
Alex H. Wagner
Jason Saliba
Zachary L. Skidmore

The publication venues where Obi L. Griffith has a strong presence include:

Cancer Genetics
Cancer Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Blood
Clinical Cancer Research

Best Publications

The Genome Sequence of the SARS-associated Coronavirus

Marco A. Marra;Steven J. M. Jones;Caroline R. Astell;Robert A. Holt

2972
Citations
Somatic mutations altering EZH2 (Tyr641) in follicular and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of germinal-center origin

Morin Rd;Johnson Na;Severson Tm;Mungall Aj

1905
Citations
Genome-wide profiles of STAT1 DNA association using chromatin immunoprecipitation and massively parallel sequencing

Gordon Robertson;Martin Hirst;Matthew Bainbridge;Misha Bilenky

1790
Citations
DGIdb 3.0: a redesign and expansion of the drug-gene interaction database.

Kelsy C Cotto;Alex H Wagner;Yang-Yang Feng;Susanna Kiwala

788
Citations
Endocrine-therapy-resistant ESR1 variants revealed by genomic characterization of breast-cancer-derived xenografts.

Shunqiang Li;Dong Shen;Jieya Shao;Robert Crowder

717
Citations
The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)

Daniela S. Gerhard;Lukas Wagner;Elise A. Feingold;Carolyn M. Shenmen

690
Citations
Integration of the Drug-Gene Interaction Database (DGIdb 4.0) with open crowdsource efforts.

Sharon L Freshour;Susanna Kiwala;Kelsy C Cotto;Adam C Coffman

684
Citations
Convergent loss of PTEN leads to clinical resistance to a PI(3)Kα inhibitor

Dejan Juric;Pau Castel;Malachi Griffith;Obi L. Griffith

564
Citations
CIViC is a community knowledgebase for expert crowdsourcing the clinical interpretation of variants in cancer

Malachi Griffith;Nicholas C. Spies;Kilannin Krysiak;Joshua F. McMichael

547
Citations
DGIdb: mining the druggable genome

Malachi Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Adam C Coffman;James V Weible

512
Citations
SciClone: inferring clonal architecture and tracking the spatial and temporal patterns of tumor evolution.

Christopher A. Miller;Brian S. White;Nathan D. Dees;Malachi Griffith

483
Citations
DGIdb 2.0: mining clinically relevant drug-gene interactions.

Alex H. Wagner;Adam C. Coffman;Benjamin J. Ainscough;Nicholas C. Spies

400
Citations
Alternative expression analysis by RNA sequencing.

Malachi Griffith;Malachi Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Jill Mwenifumbo;Rodrigo Goya

396
Citations
pVAC-Seq: A genome-guided in silico approach to identifying tumor neoantigens.

Jasreet Hundal;Beatriz M. Carreno;Allegra A. Petti;Gerald P. Linette

390
Citations
Association Between Mutation Clearance After Induction Therapy and Outcomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Jeffery M. Klco;Christopher A. Miller;Malachi Griffith;Allegra Petti

372
Citations
Meta-analysis and meta-review of thyroid cancer gene expression profiling studies identifies important diagnostic biomarkers.

Obi L. Griffith;Adrienne Melck;Steven J.M. Jones;Sam M. Wiseman

364
Citations
Modeling precision treatment of breast cancer

Anneleen Daemen;Anneleen Daemen;Anneleen Daemen;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Laura M Heiser;Laura M Heiser;Nicholas J Wang;Nicholas J Wang

324
Citations
ORegAnno: an open-access community-driven resource for regulatory annotation.

Obi L. Griffith;Stephen B. Montgomery;Bridget Bernier;Bryan Chu

322
Citations
Mitelman Database (Chromosome Aberrations and Gene Fusions in Cancer)

Malachi Griffith;Obi L. Griffith

50
Citations
Integration of the Drug-Gene Interaction Database (DGIdb) with open crowdsource efforts

Sharon Freshour;Susanna Kiwala;Kelsy C. Cotto;Adam C. Coffman

29
Citations