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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 130 2489 2319 1403 1287 1499 65925

Robert M. Hoffman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert M. Hoffman between 1966 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert M. Hoffman published across 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, averaging 27.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 104 publications in 2013. 67 of the 1,645 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1966 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 104. Peak 104 publications in 2013. 1966: 1 publication 1967: 2 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 1 publication 1971: 1 publication 1972: 3 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 19 publications 1993: 21 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 21 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 20 publications 2000: 22 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 23 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 30 publications 2005: 38 publications 2006: 37 publications 2007: 28 publications 2008: 40 publications 2009: 36 publications 2010: 73 publications 2011: 64 publications 2012: 96 publications 2013: 104 publications 2014: 94 publications 2015: 77 publications 2016: 86 publications 2017: 91 publications 2018: 86 publications 2019: 83 publications 2020: 77 publications 2021: 66 publications 2022: 42 publications 2023: 63 publications 2024: 44 publications 2025: 23 publications
1966 2025

1,645 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert M. Hoffman: publications per year, 1966 to 2025
Year Publications
1966 1
1967 2
1968 0
1969 0
1970 1
1971 1
1972 3
1973 0
1974 1
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 2
1981 3
1982 6
1983 5
1984 5
1985 4
1986 6
1987 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 4
1991 10
1992 19
1993 21
1994 11
1995 9
1996 9
1997 21
1998 13
1999 20
2000 22
2001 13
2002 23
2003 23
2004 30
2005 38
2006 37
2007 28
2008 40
2009 36
2010 73
2011 64
2012 96
2013 104
2014 94
2015 77
2016 86
2017 91
2018 86
2019 83
2020 77
2021 66
2022 42
2023 63
2024 44
2025 23
Total 1,645
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Robert M. Hoffman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Hoffman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,481–1,500 publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,499 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861
401–420 918
421–440 806
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18 1,499
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100
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Robert M. Hoffman D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Hoffman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 130–131 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 130 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445
110–111 429
112–113 399
114–115 393
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179 130
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Overview

Robert M. Hoffman is affiliated with AntiCancer in the United States and has a substantial record of research contributions mainly in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work spans key subfields such as Biotechnology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics include a concentrated focus on Cancer Research and Treatments, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Virus-based gene therapy research, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Robert M. Hoffman has published extensively, with frequent appearances in venues such as Anticancer Research, In Vivo, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis, and PLoS ONE.

Some notable papers include:

  • Oncogenic miRNAs Identified in Tear Exosomes From Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients, 2020, Anticancer Research
  • Histone methylation status of H3K4me3 and H3K9me3 under methionine restriction is unstable in methionine-addicted cancer cells, but stable in normal cells, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Oral dosing of Recombinant Methioninase Is Associated With a 70% Drop in PSA in a Patient With Bone-metastatic Prostate Cancer and 50% Reduction in Circulating Methionine in a High-stage Ovarian Cancer Patient, 2020, Anticancer Research
  • The Mucin Family of Proteins: Candidates as Potential Biomarkers for Colon Cancer, 2023, Cancers
  • RETRACTED: Myc is a prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target in osteosarcoma, 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology

Frequent collaborators include Michael Bouvet, Qinghong Han, Jun Yamamoto, YUSUKE AOKI, and Yutaro Kubota.

Best Publications

  • Physical limits of cell migration: Control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force

    Katarina Wolf;Mariska te Lindert;Marina Krause;Stephanie Alexander

  • A senescence program controlled by p53 and p16INK4a contributes to the outcome of cancer therapy.

    Clemens A. Schmitt;Jordan S. Fridman;Meng Yang;Soyoung Lee

  • Inhibition of vasculogenesis, but not angiogenesis, prevents the recurrence of glioblastoma after irradiation in mice

    Mitomu Kioi;Hannes Vogel;Geoffrey Schultz;Robert M. Hoffman

  • The multiple uses of fluorescent proteins to visualize cancer in vivo

    Robert M. Hoffman

  • Tumour-infiltrating regulatory T cells stimulate mammary cancer metastasis through RANKL–RANK signalling

    Wei Tan;Weizhou Zhang;Amy Strasner;Sergei Grivennikov

  • Whole-body optical imaging of green fluorescent protein-expressing tumors and metastases

    Meng Yang;Eugene Baranov;Ping Jiang;Fang-Xian Sun

  • Orthotopic metastatic mouse models for anticancer drug discovery and evaluation: a bridge to the clinic.

    Robert M. Hoffman

  • Dissecting p53 tumor suppressor functions in vivo

    Clemens A Schmitt;Jordan S Fridman;Meng Yang;Eugene Baranov

  • Biomimetic amplification of nanoparticle homing to tumors

    Dmitri Simberg;Tasmia Duza;Ji Ho Park;Markus Essler

  • Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of prostate cancer.

    Gennadi V. Glinsky;Anna B. Glinskii;Andrew James Stephenson;Robert M. Hoffman

  • Transdifferentiation of glioblastoma cells into vascular endothelial cells

    Yasushi Soda;Tomotoshi Marumoto;Tomotoshi Marumoto;Dinorah Friedmann-Morvinski;Mie Soda

  • Tumor-targeting bacterial therapy with amino acid auxotrophs of GFP-expressing Salmonella typhimurium

    Ming Zhao;Meng Yang;Xiao-Ming Li;Ping Jiang

  • Multipotent nestin-positive, keratin-negative hair-follicle bulge stem cells can form neurons.

    Yasuyuki Amoh;Lingna Li;Kensei Katsuoka;Sheldon Penman

  • Patient-derived orthotopic xenografts: better mimic of metastasis than subcutaneous xenografts.

    Robert M. Hoffman

  • Identification of Liver Cancer Progenitors Whose Malignant Progression Depends on Autocrine IL-6 Signaling

    Guobin He;Debanjan Dhar;Hayato Nakagawa;Hayato Nakagawa;Joan Font-Burgada

  • Altered methionine metabolism, DNA methylation and oncogene expression in carcinogenesis. A review and synthesis.

    Robert M. Hoffman

  • Implanted hair follicle stem cells form Schwann cells that support repair of severed peripheral nerves

    Yasuyuki Amoh;Lingna Li;Raul Campillo;Katsumasa Kawahara

  • A metastatic nude-mouse model of human pancreatic cancer constructed orthotopically with histologically intact patient specimens

    Xinyu Fu;Fiorella Guadagni;Robert M. Hoffman

  • Models of human metastatic colon cancer in nude mice orthotopically constructed by using histologically intact patient specimens.

    Xinyu Fu;Jeffrey M. Besterman;Ann Monosov;Robert M. Hoffman

  • Glioma Tumor Stem-Like Cells Promote Tumor Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis via Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Stromal-Derived Factor 1

    Chris Folkins;Yuval Shaked;Shan Man;Terence Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bouvet
Michael Bouvet University of California, San Diego
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao Pfizer (United States)
Itaru Endo
Itaru Endo Yokohama City University
Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Toshiyoshi Fujiwara Okayama University
Hisataka Moriwaki
Hisataka Moriwaki Gifu University
Katsuro Tomita
Katsuro Tomita Kanazawa University
Michiaki Unno
Michiaki Unno Tohoku University
Takahiro Kunisada
Takahiro Kunisada Gifu University
Jason B. Fleming
Jason B. Fleming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mark A. Talamini
Mark A. Talamini Stony Brook University

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