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Peter S. Zammit 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 Peter S. Zammit sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 163 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter S. Zammit 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 Peter S. Zammit sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter S. Zammit is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Within these areas, their work is specialized in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, and Physiology.

The main topics explored in their publications include Muscle Physiology and Disorders, RNA Research and Splicing, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Peter S. Zammit has published numerous papers in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Human Molecular Genetics, Skeletal Muscle, Preprints.org, and eLife. Their collaborative efforts include consistent partnerships with notable coauthors such as Christopher R. S. Banerji, Massimo Ganassi, Philipp Heher, Elise N. Engquist, and Johanna Prüller.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Myogenin is an essential regulator of adult myofibre growth and muscle stem cell homeostasis, 2020, eLife
  • Involvement of muscle satellite cell dysfunction in neuromuscular disorders: Expanding the portfolio of satellite cell-opathies, 2022, European Journal of Translational Myology
  • Pathomechanisms and biomarkers in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: roles of DUX4 and PAX7, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Defining and identifying satellite cell-opathies within muscular dystrophies and myopathies, 2021, Experimental Cell Research
  • Interplay between mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress and hypoxic adaptation in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: Metabolic stress as potential therapeutic target, 2022, Redox Biology

Best Publications

  • Stem cell function, self-renewal, and behavioral heterogeneity of cells from the adult muscle satellite cell niche.

    Charlotte A. Collins;Charlotte A. Collins;Irwin Olsen;Peter S. Zammit;Louise Heslop

  • Muscle satellite cells adopt divergent fates: a mechanism for self-renewal?

    Peter S. Zammit;Jon P. Golding;Yosuke Nagata;Valérie Hudon

  • Expression of Cd34 and Myf5 Defines the Majority of Quiescent Adult Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells

    Jonathan R. Beauchamp;Louise Heslop;David S.W. Yu;Shahragim Tajbakhsh

  • Satellite cells are essential for skeletal muscle regeneration: the cell on the edge returns centre stage.

    Frederic Relaix;Frederic Relaix;Peter S. Zammit

  • The Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cell: The Stem Cell That Came in From the Cold:

    Peter S. Zammit;Terence A. Partridge;Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni

  • Pax7 and myogenic progression in skeletal muscle satellite cells.

    Peter S. Zammit;Frederic Relaix;Yosuke Nagata;Ana Pérez Ruiz

  • Function of the myogenic regulatory factors Myf5, MyoD, Myogenin and MRF4 in skeletal muscle, satellite cells and regenerative myogenesis.

    Peter S. Zammit

  • Dynamics of muscle fibre growth during postnatal mouse development

    Robert B White;Anne-Sophie Biérinx;Viola F Gnocchi;Peter S Zammit

  • Lack of myostatin results in excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation

    Helge Amthor;Raymond Macharia;Roberto Navarrete;Markus Schuelke

  • A population of myogenic stem cells that survives skeletal muscle aging

    Charlotte A. Collins;Peter S. Zammit;Ana Pérez Ruiz;Jennifer E. Morgan

  • The skeletal muscle satellite cell: stem cell or son of stem cell?

    Peter S. Zammit;Jonathan R. Beauchamp

  • Kinetics of Myoblast Proliferation Show That Resident Satellite Cells Are Competent to Fully Regenerate Skeletal Muscle Fibers

    Peter S Zammit;Louise Heslop;Valérie Hudon;J David Rosenblatt

  • Three-dimensional Human iPSC-derived Artificial Skeletal Muscles Model Muscular Dystrophies and Enable Multilineage Tissue Engineering

    Sara Martina Maffioletti;Shilpita Sarcar;Alexander B.H. Henderson;Ingra Mannhardt

  • All muscle satellite cells are equal, but are some more equal than others?

    Peter S. Zammit

  • A role for the myogenic determination gene Myf5 in adult regenerative myogenesis.

    Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Fabrice Chrétien;Patricia Flamant;Danielle Gomès

  • Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity

    Helge Amthor;Anthony Otto;Adeline Vulin;Anne Rochat

  • BMP signalling permits population expansion by preventing premature myogenic differentiation in muscle satellite cells

    Yusuke Ono;Frederico Calhabeu;Jennifer Elizabeth Morgan;Takenobu Katagiri

  • Muscle satellite cells are a functionally heterogeneous population in both somite-derived and branchiomeric muscles

    Yusuke Ono;Luisa Boldrin;Paul Knopp;Jennifer E. Morgan

  • The Hippo pathway member Yap plays a key role in influencing fate decisions in muscle satellite cells

    Robert N. Judson;Annie M. Tremblay;Paul Knopp;Robert B. White

  • Lack of myostatin results in excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation (vol 104, pg 1835, 2007)

    H Amthor;R Macharia;R Navarrete;M Schuelke

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence A. Partridge
Terence A. Partridge Children’s National Health System
Jennifer E. Morgan
Jennifer E. Morgan University College London
Margaret Buckingham
Margaret Buckingham Institut Pasteur
Frédéric Relaix
Frédéric Relaix Paris-Est Créteil University
Robert G. Kelly
Robert G. Kelly Aix-Marseille University
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Simon M. Hughes
Simon M. Hughes King's College London
Shahragim Tajbakhsh
Shahragim Tajbakhsh Institut Pasteur
Fernando D. Camargo
Fernando D. Camargo Harvard University
Ketan Patel
Ketan Patel University of Reading

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