2026 Roger J. Davis: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	177	665	609	417	373	564	154006
Molecular Biology	177	40	34	26	23	507	153778

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Roger J. Davis is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Oncology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

The major research topics covered in their work include:

Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Fibroblast Growth Factor Research

Roger J. Davis has contributed to several research papers published in notable journals. Selected recent publications include:

"Regulation of adipose tissue inflammation by interleukin 6," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"JNK-mediated disruption of bile acid homeostasis promotes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Neutrophil infiltration regulates clock-gene expression to organize daily hepatic metabolism," 2020, eLife
"A feed-forward regulatory loop in adipose tissue promotes signaling by the hepatokine FGF21," 2020, Genes & Development
"Airway epithelial specific deletion of Jun-N-terminal kinase 1 attenuates pulmonary fibrosis in two independent mouse models," 2020, PLoS ONE

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
eLife
Genes & Development

Frequent collaborators in Roger J. Davis's research include:

Myoung Sook Han
Francisco Javier Cubero
Guadalupe Sabio
Norman J. Kennedy
Mohamed Ramadan Mohamed

Recognition of Roger J. Davis's professional contributions is reflected in several honors:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2002)

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Opposing Effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP Kinases on Apoptosis

Zhengui Xia;Martin Dickens;Joël Raingeaud;Roger J. Davis

6786
Citations
Signal transduction by the JNK group of MAP kinases.

Roger J Davis

5502
Citations
JNK1: A protein kinase stimulated by UV light and Ha-Ras that binds and phosphorylates the c-Jun activation domain

Benoit Dérijard;Benoit Dérijard;Masahiko Hibi;I-Huan Wu;I-Huan Wu;Tamera Barrett

4045
Citations
Pro-inflammatory Cytokines and Environmental Stress Cause p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation by Dual Phosphorylation on Tyrosine and Threonine (∗)

Joel Raingeaud;Shashi Gupta;Jeffrey Scott Rogers;Martin Dickens

2794
Citations
The mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathway.

Roger J. Davis

2764
Citations
Carbon monoxide has anti-inflammatory effects involving the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

Leo E. Otterbein;Leo E. Otterbein;Fritz H. Bach;Jawed Alam;Miguel P. Soares

2654
Citations
cPLA2 is phosphorylated and activated by MAP kinase.

Lih-Ling Lin;Markus Wartmann;Alice Y. Lin;John L. Knopf

2331
Citations
The JNK signal transduction pathway.

Claire R Weston;Roger J Davis

2302
Citations
Requirement of JNK for Stress- Induced Activation of the Cytochrome c-Mediated Death Pathway

Cathy Tournier;Patricia M. Hess;Derek D. Yang;Jie Xu

2203
Citations
MAP Kinases in the Immune Response

Chen Dong;Roger J. Davis;Richard A. Flavell

2112
Citations
Transcription factor AP-1 regulation by mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathways

A J Whitmarsh;R J Davis

2027
Citations
Signal transduction by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)--from inflammation to development.

Y Tony Ip;Roger J Davis

2025
Citations
Independent human MAP kinase signal transduction pathways defined by MEK and MKK isoforms

Benoit Dérijard;Joël Raingeaud;Tamera Barrett;I-Huan Wu

2000
Citations
The c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase promotes insulin resistance during association with insulin receptor substrate-1 and phosphorylation of Ser(307).

Vincent Aguirre;Tohru Uchida;Lynne Yenush;Roger Davis

1865
Citations
Transcription Factor ATF2 Regulation by the JNK Signal Transduction Pathway

Shashi Gupta;Debra Campbell;Benoit Dérijard;Roger J. Davis

1840
Citations
Selective interaction of JNK protein kinase isoforms with transcription factors.

Shashi Gupta;Tamera Barrett;Alan J. Whitmarsh;Julie Cavanagh

1786
Citations
MKK3- and MKK6-regulated gene expression is mediated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathway.

Joel Raingeaud;Alan J. Whitmarsh;Tamera Barrett;Benoit Derijard

1668
Citations
Absence of excitotoxicity-induced apoptosis in the hippocampus of mice lacking the Jnk3 gene

D D Yang;C Y Kuan;A J Whitmarsh;A J Whitmarsh;M Rincón

1584
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Flavell Yale University

Alan J. Whitmarsh University of Manchester

Mercedes Rincon University of Vermont

Lee Hartmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

John H. Black Chalmers University of Technology

Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University

Andrea K. Dupree Harvard University

John C. Raymond Harvard University

Jason K. Kim University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Chen Dong Tsinghua University

External Links

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