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59
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2002
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997

Peter J. Donovan 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 Peter J. Donovan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 150 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter J. Donovan 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 Peter J. Donovan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter J. Donovan is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology as a subfield.

Their research topics include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Renal and related cancers, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering. These topics highlight a concentration on cellular processes and genetic manipulation techniques relevant to both fundamental biology and disease contexts.

Frequent publication venues for Donovan include the journals PROTEOMICS and Science. These outlets reflect engagement with both specialized and broadly recognized scientific communities.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Donovan are:

  • Characterization of a chromatin-associated TCF7L1 complex in human embryonic stem cells (2024, PROTEOMICS)
  • John D. Gearhart (1943-2020) (2020, Science)

Donovan has collaborated with multiple researchers, frequently working with Linh M. Vuong, Songqin Pan, Robert A. Sierra, Marian L. Waterman, and Paul D. Gershon. These collaborations indicate involvement in multi-author studies that span their key research topics.

Best Publications

  • DERIVATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS FROM CULTURED HUMAN PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS

    Michael J. Shamblott;Joyce Axelman;Shunping Wang;Elizabeth M. Bugg

  • Long-term proliferation of mouse primordial germ cells in culture.

    James L. Resnick;Lynn S. Bixler;Linzhao Cheng;Peter J. Donovan

  • Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles.

    Neal G. Copeland;Debra J. Gilbert;Brian C. Cho;Peter J. Donovan

  • Targeted disruption of the low-affinity leukemia inhibitory factor receptor gene causes placental, skeletal, neural and metabolic defects and results in perinatal death

    C.B. Ware;M.C. Horowitz;B.R. Renshaw;J.S. Hunt

  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Patients with Huntington’s Disease : Show CAG Repeat-Expansion-Associated Phenotypes

    Virginia B. Mattis;Soshana P. Svendsen;Allison Ebert;Clive N. Svendsen

  • The end of the beginning for pluripotent stem cells

    Peter J. Donovan;John Gearhart

  • Requirement for mast cell growth factor for primordial germ cell survival in culture

    Susanna Dolci;Douglas E. Williams;Mary K. Ernst;James L. Resnick

  • Phasor approach to fluorescence lifetime microscopy distinguishes different metabolic states of germ cells in a live tissue

    Chiara Stringari;Amanda Cinquin;Olivier Cinquin;Michelle A. Digman

  • AIR-2: An Aurora/Ipl1-related protein kinase associated with chromosomes and midbody microtubules is required for polar body extrusion and cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos.

    Jill M. Schumacher;Andy Golden;Peter J. Donovan;Peter J. Donovan

  • Defining the Role of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in the Survival, Proliferation, and Self-Renewal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Gautam Dravid;Zhaohui Ye;Holly Hammond;Guibin Chen

  • A Ran signalling pathway mediated by the mitotic kinase Aurora A in spindle assembly

    Ming Ying Tsai;Christiane Wiese;Kan Cao;Ona Martin

  • Regulation of Self-Renewal and Pluripotency by Sox2 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Helen Fong;Kristi A. Hohenstein;Peter J. Donovan

  • Cdc25b phosphatase is required for resumption of meiosis during oocyte maturation

    A. Jeannine Lincoln;Dineli Wickramasinghe;Paula Stein;Richard M. Schultz

  • Migratory and postmigratory mouse primordial germ cells behave differently in culture

    Peter J. Donovan;David Stott;Linda A. Cairns;Janet Heasman

  • Neurotrophins mediate human embryonic stem cell survival

    April D Pyle;Leslie F Lock;Leslie F Lock;Peter J Donovan;Peter J Donovan

  • Specific Loss of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Trimethylation and HP1γ/Cohesin Binding at D4Z4 Repeats Is Associated with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD)

    Weihua Zeng;Jessica C. De Greef;Yen Yun Chen;Richard Chien

  • Quantitative Studies of In Vitro Transformation by Chemical Carcinogens

    J. A. DiPaolo;P. Donovan;R. Nelson

  • Metabolic trajectory of cellular differentiation in small intestine by Phasor Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy of NADH

    Chiara Stringari;Robert A. Edwards;Kira T. Pate;Marian L. Waterman

  • A highly conserved centrosomal kinase, AIR-1, is required for accurate cell cycle progression and segregation of developmental factors in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos.

    Jill M. Schumacher;Neville Ashcroft;Peter J. Donovan;Andy Golden

  • Dissection of the c-Kit signaling pathway in mouse primordial germ cells by retroviral-mediated gene transfer.

    Maria P. De Miguel;Linzhao Cheng;Eric C. Holland;Mark J. Federspiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph A. DiPaolo
Joseph A. DiPaolo National Institutes of Health
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Enrico Gratton
Enrico Gratton University of California, Irvine
Debra J. Gilbert
Debra J. Gilbert National Institutes of Health
John D. Gearhart
John D. Gearhart University of Pennsylvania
Linzhao Cheng
Linzhao Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philip C. Robinson
Philip C. Robinson University of Queensland
Robin Lovell-Badge
Robin Lovell-Badge The Francis Crick Institute
Michelle A. Digman
Michelle A. Digman University of California, Irvine

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