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Pier Paolo Pandolfi 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 Pier Paolo Pandolfi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 619 publications — 97th percentile

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

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

Pier Paolo Pandolfi 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 Pier Paolo Pandolfi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
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This scientist: 173 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Pier Paolo Pandolfi is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributions span key areas in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 93 publications in these primary fields. Medicine is another significant field of study, contributing 46 publications.

Their work covers several subfields, including molecular biology, cancer research, infectious diseases, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Specific research topics frequently addressed by Pandolfi include cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, microRNA in disease regulation, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, RNA research and splicing, cancer under hypoxic conditions and metabolic processes, as well as the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in cancer.

Pandolfi has coauthored numerous papers with other researchers, frequently collaborating with John G. Clohessy, Giuseppe Novelli, Wenyi Wei, Jing Liu, and Tuan M. Nguyen. Their publications appear in a range of scientific venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Research, Blood, UNC Libraries, and Nature Genetics.

Key recent publications include:

  • "Virus against virus: a potential treatment for 2019-nCov (SARS-CoV-2) and other RNA viruses" (2020), published in Cell Research
  • "Copper Promotes Tumorigenesis by Activating the PDK1-AKT Oncogenic Pathway in a Copper Transporter 1 Dependent Manner" (2021), published in Advanced Science
  • "Optimized RNA-targeting CRISPR/Cas13d technology outperforms shRNA in identifying functional circRNAs" (2021), published in Genome Biology
  • "The Tug1 lncRNA locus is essential for male fertility" (2020), published in Genome Biology
  • "Skp2 dictates cell cycle-dependent metabolic oscillation between glycolysis and TCA cycle" (2020), published in Cell Research

Pier Paolo Pandolfi has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • A ceRNA Hypothesis: The Rosetta Stone of a Hidden RNA Language?

    Leonardo Salmena;Laura Poliseno;Yvonne Tay;Lev Kats

  • The multilayered complexity of ceRNA crosstalk and competition

    Yvonne Tay;John L Rinn;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • A coding-independent function of gene and pseudogene mRNAs regulates tumour biology

    Laura Poliseno;Leonardo Salmena;JiangWen Zhang;Brett S Carver

  • Crucial role of p53-dependent cellular senescence in suppression of Pten-deficient tumorigenesis

    Zhenbang Chen;Lloyd C. Trotman;David Shaffer;Hui Kuan Lin

  • The functions and regulation of the PTEN tumour suppressor

    Min Sup Song;Leonardo Salmena;Leonardo Salmena;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • The p66shc adaptor protein controls oxidative stress response and life span in mammals

    Enrica Migliaccio;Marco Giorgio;Simonetta Mele;Giuliana Pelicci

  • Pten is essential for embryonic development and tumour suppression.

    Antonio Di Cristofano;Barbara Pesce;Carlos Cordon-Cardo;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Homozygous C1q deficiency causes glomerulonephritis associated with multiple apoptotic bodies

    M Botto;C Dell'Agnola;A E Bygrave;E M Thompson

  • Inhibition of mTORC1 leads to MAPK pathway activation through a PI3K-dependent feedback loop in human cancer

    Arkaitz Carracedo;Li Ma;Li Ma;Li Ma;Julie Teruya-Feldstein;Federico Rojo

  • Complete remission after treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with arsenic trioxide

    Steven L. Soignet;Peter Maslak;Zhu-Gang Wang;Suresh Jhanwar

  • Phosphorylation and Functional Inactivation of TSC2 by Erk: Implications for Tuberous Sclerosis and Cancer Pathogenesis

    Li Ma;Zhenbang Chen;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage;Paul Tempst;Paul Tempst

  • The Multiple Roles of PTEN in Tumor Suppression

    Antonio Di Cristofano;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Crystal Structure of the PTEN Tumor Suppressor: Implications for Its Phosphoinositide Phosphatase Activity and Membrane Association

    J.-O. Lee;Haijuan Yang;M.-M. Georgescu;A. Di Cristofano

  • Tenets of PTEN tumor suppression.

    Leonardo Salmena;Arkaitz Carracedo;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Does the ribosome translate cancer

    Davide Ruggero;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Cancer metabolism: fatty acid oxidation in the limelight

    Arkaitz Carracedo;Lewis C. Cantley;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Essential Role for Nuclear PTEN in Maintaining Chromosomal Integrity

    Wen Hong Shen;Adayabalam S. Balajee;Jianli Wang;Hong Wu

  • Coding-Independent Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor PTEN by Competing Endogenous mRNAs

    Yvonne Tay;Lev Kats;Leonardo Salmena;Dror Weiss

  • Essential role of Plzf in maintenance of spermatogonial stem cells

    José A Costoya;Robin M Hobbs;Maria Barna;Giorgio Cattoretti

  • Structure, dynamics and functions of promyelocytic leukaemia nuclear bodies

    Rosa Bernardi;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie Teruya-Feldstein
Julie Teruya-Feldstein Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Carlos Cordon-Cardo
Carlos Cordon-Cardo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Arkaitz Carracedo
Arkaitz Carracedo University of the Basque Country
Lewis C. Cantley
Lewis C. Cantley Harvard University
Wenyi Wei
Wenyi Wei Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John M. Asara
John M. Asara Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sabina Signoretti
Sabina Signoretti Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paolo Salomoni
Paolo Salomoni German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hui Kuan Lin
Hui Kuan Lin Wake Forest University
Taha Merghoub
Taha Merghoub Cornell University

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