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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 66 1593 1424 803 704 138 48071

Qing Dai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Qing Dai between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Qing Dai published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2011. 19 of the 179 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2011. 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
2002 2025

179 publications in total across all disciplines

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Qing Dai: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 3
2003 1
2004 3
2005 4
2006 3
2007 4
2008 5
2009 2
2010 5
2011 16
2012 9
2013 10
2014 7
2015 3
2016 11
2017 7
2018 8
2019 13
2020 10
2021 9
2022 14
2023 13
2024 9
2025 10
Total 179
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Qing Dai publications per year - data summary

  • Qing Dai, a Molecular Biology scholar from University of Chicago, has 179 publications recorded across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2002 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 16 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2003, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 7.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.5 per year counting only the 24 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 55 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2002-2009: 25 publications (3.1 per year); 2010-2017: 68 publications (8.5 per year); 2018-2025: 86 publications (10.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Qing Dai 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 Qing Dai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 137–146 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 138 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158 138
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Qing Dai publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 47–56 to 564+ publications.
  • Qing Dai, a Molecular Biology scholar from University of Chicago, records 138 publications - the 31st percentile of the discipline.
  • 31% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Qing Dai, and about 69% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 177–186 publications range, and Qing Dai ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 117–126 publications, holding 177 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 53% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 177–186 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 564 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Qing Dai 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 Qing Dai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66–67 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95 66
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Qing Dai D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 40–41 to 145+ D-Index.
  • Qing Dai, a Molecular Biology scholar from University of Chicago, records 66 D-Index - the 48th percentile of the discipline.
  • 48% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Qing Dai, and about 52% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Qing Dai ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 64–65 D-Index, holding 131 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 66–67 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Qing Dai is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, with significant work related to cancer research, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, and oncology.

The scientist's main topics of investigation revolve around RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, cancer-related gene regulation, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and DNA and nucleic acid chemistry.

Qing Dai has published research in several notable venues, with recurring contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Protocols

Their recent publications include:

  • "Decoding the epitranscriptional landscape from native RNA sequences," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "N6-methyladenosine dynamics in neurodevelopment and aging, and its potential role in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Genome Biology
  • "m6A RNA modifications are measured at single-base resolution across the mammalian transcriptome," 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Quantitative sequencing using BID-seq uncovers abundant pseudouridines in mammalian mRNA at base resolution," 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • "A metabolic labeling method detects m6A transcriptome-wide at single base resolution," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology

Qing Dai frequently collaborates with a network of co-authors, with the most common including:

  • Chuan He
  • Lisheng Zhang
  • Chang Ye
  • Kinga Pajdzik
  • Xiaoyang Dou

The scientist has authored over one hundred publications in the molecular biology subfield, contributing to a total of 135 publications in the broader discipline of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work intersects medicine, where they have contributed to 38 publications, focusing on areas such as cancer and cardiovascular medicine.

Best Publications

  • N6-methyladenosine-dependent regulation of messenger RNA stability

    Xiao Wang;Zhike Lu;Adrian Gomez;Gary C. Hon

  • Tet proteins can convert 5-methylcytosine to 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine

    Shinsuke Ito;Li Shen;Qing Dai;Susan C. Wu

  • N6-methyladenosine in nuclear RNA is a major substrate of the obesity-associated FTO.

    Guifang Jia;Ye Fu;Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Qing Dai

  • A METTL3-METTL14 complex mediates mammalian nuclear RNA N6-adenosine methylation

    Jianzhao Liu;Yanan Yue;Dali Han;Xiao Wang

  • ALKBH5 Is a Mammalian RNA Demethylase that Impacts RNA Metabolism and Mouse Fertility

    Guanqun Zheng;John Arne Dahl;Yamei Niu;Peter Fedorcsak

  • Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA

    Yu-Fei He;Bin-Zhong Li;Zheng Li;Peng Liu

  • N 6 -methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA–protein interactions

    Nian Liu;Qing Dai;Guanqun Zheng;Chuan He

  • Tet2 loss leads to increased hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and myeloid transformation.

    Kelly Moran-Crusio;Linsey Reavie;Alan Shih;Omar Abdel-Wahab

  • Selective chemical labeling reveals the genome-wide distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine

    Chun Xiao Song;Keith E. Szulwach;Ye Fu;Qing Dai

  • Base-Resolution Analysis of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in the Mammalian Genome

    Miao Yu;Gary C. Hon;Keith E. Szulwach;Chun Xiao Song

  • R-2HG Exhibits Anti-tumor Activity by Targeting FTO/m6A/MYC/CEBPA Signaling

    Rui Su;Lei Dong;Chenying Li;Sigrid Nachtergaele

  • The dynamic N 1 -methyladenosine methylome in eukaryotic messenger RNA

    Dan Dominissini;Dan Dominissini;Sigrid Nachtergaele;Sigrid Nachtergaele;Sharon Moshitch-Moshkovitz;Eyal Peer;Eyal Peer

  • 5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging

    Keith E. Szulwach;Xuekun Li;Yujing Li;Chun Xiao Song

  • Ythdc2 is an N6-methyladenosine binding protein that regulates mammalian spermatogenesis.

    Phillip J Hsu;Yunfei Zhu;Honghui Ma;Honghui Ma;Yueshuai Guo

  • N6-methyladenosine alters RNA structure to regulate binding of a low-complexity protein.

    Nian Liu;Katherine I. Zhou;Marc Parisien;Qing Dai

  • Genome-wide Profiling of 5-Formylcytosine Reveals Its Roles in Epigenetic Priming

    Chun-Xiao Song;Keith E. Szulwach;Qing Dai;Ye Fu

  • Efficient and quantitative high-throughput tRNA sequencing

    Guanqun Zheng;Yidan Qin;Wesley C Clark;Qing Dai

  • Probing N6-methyladenosine RNA modification status at single nucleotide resolution in mRNA and long noncoding RNA

    Nian Liu;Marc Parisien;Qing Dai;Guanqun Zheng

  • ALKBH1-Mediated tRNA Demethylation Regulates Translation.

    Fange Liu;Fange Liu;Wesley Clark;Guanzheng Luo;Guanzheng Luo;Xiaoyun Wang

  • Phosphoglycerate mutase 1 coordinates glycolysis and biosynthesis to promote tumor growth.

    Taro Hitosugi;Lu Zhou;Shannon Elf;Jun Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Tao Pan
Tao Pan Jinan University
Joseph A. Piccirilli
Joseph A. Piccirilli University of Chicago
Zhike Lu
Zhike Lu University of Chicago
Peng Jin
Peng Jin Emory University
Ronald G. Harvey
Ronald G. Harvey University of Chicago
Chengqi Yi
Chengqi Yi Peking University
Shutsung Liao
Shutsung Liao University of Chicago
Ninette Amariglio
Ninette Amariglio Sheba Medical Center
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center

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