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101
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Ronald D. G. McKay 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 Ronald D. G. McKay sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 239 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald D. G. McKay 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 Ronald D. G. McKay sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 101 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Ronald D. G. McKay is affiliated with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific contributions to molecular biology, genetics, and developmental neuroscience.

Their work includes a focus on several main topics, such as pluripotent stem cells research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, renal and related cancers, RNA research and splicing, and animal genetics and reproduction.

Recent publications by Ronald D. G. McKay include the following:

  • Individual variation in the emergence of anterior-to-posterior neural fates from human pluripotent stem cells (2024, Stem Cell Reports)
  • Human archetypal pluripotent stem cells differentiate into trophoblast stem cells via endogenous BMP5/7 induction without transitioning through naive state (2024, Scientific Reports)
  • Dissecting transcriptomic signatures of neuronal differentiation and maturation using iPSCs (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Variation of Human Neural Stem Cells Generating Organizer States In Vitro before Committing to Cortical Excitatory or Inhibitory Neuronal Fates (2020, Cell Reports)
  • A single cell trajectory of human archetypal pluripotent stem cell differentiation to trophoblast stem cells reveals induction of endogenous BMP5/7 and GATA3 without transitioning through a naive state (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Joo Heon Shin
  • Daniel R. Weinberger
  • Daniel J. Hoeppner
  • Thomas M. Hyde
  • Joel E. Kleinman

Publication venues where Ronald D. G. McKay has contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports
  • Stem Cell Reports
  • Scientific Reports

In 2007, Ronald D. G. McKay was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow cells regenerate infarcted myocardium

    Donald Orlic;Jan Kajstura;Stefano Chimenti;Igor Jakoniuk

  • CNS stem cells express a new class of intermediate filament protein.

    Urban Lendahl;Lyle B. Zimmerman;Ronald D.G. McKay

  • New cell lines from mouse epiblast share defining features with human embryonic stem cells

    Paul Joseph Tesar;Josh G. Chenoweth;Frances A. Brook;Timothy J. Davies

  • Stem cells in the central nervous system.

    Ronald McKay

  • Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease

    Jong-Hoon Kim;Jonathan M. Auerbach;José A. Rodríguez-Gómez;Iván Velasco

  • Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Insulin-Secreting Structures Similar to Pancreatic Islets

    Nadya Lumelsky;Olivier Blondel;Olivier Blondel;Pascal Laeng;Ivan Velasco

  • Adult neurogenesis produces a large pool of new granule cells in the dentate gyrus.

    Heather A. Cameron;Ronald D.G. Mckay

  • Efficient generation of midbrain and hindbrain neurons from mouse embryonic stem cells

    Sang-Hun Lee;Nadya Lumelsky;Lorenz Studer;Lorenz Studer;Jonathan M. Auerbach

  • Single factors direct the differentiation of stem cells from the fetal and adult central nervous system.

    K. K. Johe;T. G. Hazel;T. Muller;M. M. Dugich-Djordjevic

  • Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants

    Oliver Brüstle;Kimberly N. Jones;Kimberly N. Jones;Randall D. Learish;Khalad Karram

  • Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative

    Oluseun Adewumi;Behrouz Aflatoonian;Lars Ahrlund-Richter;Michal Amit

  • Notch signalling regulates stem cell numbers in vitro and in vivo.

    Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis;Ronen R. Leker;Frank Soldner;Daniel J. Hoeppner

  • Development of neuronal precursor cells and functional postmitotic neurons from embryonic stem cells in vitro

    Shigeo Okabe;Karin Forsberg-Nilsson;A. Cyril Spiro;Menahem Segal

  • Proliferation and differentiation of neuronal stem cells regulated by nerve growth factor

    Elena Cattaneo;Ron McKay

  • Identification of major cell classes in the developing mammalian nervous system

    S. Hockfield;R. D. G. Mckay

  • Enhanced proliferation, survival, and dopaminergic differentiation of CNS precursors in lowered oxygen

    Lorenz Studer;Marie Csete;Marie Csete;Sang-Hun Lee;Sang-Hun Lee;Nadine Kabbani

  • Restoring production of hippocampal neurons in old age.

    Heather A. Cameron;Ronald D. G. McKay

  • Global Transcription in Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells

    Sol Efroni;Radharani Duttagupta;Jill Cheng;Hesam Dehghani

  • Transplantation of expanded mesencephalic precursors leads to recovery in parkinsonian rats.

    Lorenz Studer;Viviane Tabar;Viviane Tabar;Ron McKay

  • Hypoxia promotes expansion of the CD133-positive glioma stem cells through activation of HIF-1alpha.

    A Soeda;M Park;D Lee;A Mintz

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenz Studer
Lorenz Studer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Oliver Brüstle
Oliver Brüstle University Hospital Bonn
Thomas M. Hyde
Thomas M. Hyde Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas J. Brandon
Nicholas J. Brandon Neumora Therapeutics Inc
Urban Lendahl
Urban Lendahl Karolinska Institute
Andrew E. Jaffe
Andrew E. Jaffe Johns Hopkins University
Shigeo Okabe
Shigeo Okabe University of Tokyo
Menahem Segal
Menahem Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Pamela Gehron Robey
Pamela Gehron Robey National Institutes of Health

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