2026 Sanford D. Markowitz: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	112	5054	4740	2738	2536	338	68769

Sanford D. Markowitz 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 Sanford D. Markowitz sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 338 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sanford D. Markowitz 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 Sanford D. Markowitz sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Sanford D. Markowitz is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Surgery, Oncology, and Molecular Biology as key subfields.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications in multiple high-impact journals. Notable papers include:

Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
Epigenetic Alterations in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Current and Emerging Use for Biomarkers of Cancer, 2020, Gastroenterology
5-Fluorouracil Enhances the Antitumor Activity of the Glutaminase Inhibitor CB-839 against PIK3CA-Mutant Colorectal Cancers, 2020, Cancer Research
Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct, 2021, Gut
Biomarkers for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer: The Early Detection Research Network, a Framework for Clinical Translation, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Frequent publication venues for Sanford D. Markowitz include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Gastroenterology
UNC Libraries
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Nature Communications

Their research topics largely concentrate on aspects of cancer and gastrointestinal diseases. Main areas of work incorporate:

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
Esophageal and GI Pathology
Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Collaborative work has been carried out with frequently co-authoring researchers such as Amitabh Chak, Joseph Willis, Helen Moinova, Nicholas J. Shaheen, and John A. Dumot, indicating a networked approach to research in related medical and molecular biology fields.

Among honors received, Sanford D. Markowitz is listed as a Member of the Association of American Physicians, a designation reflecting professional recognition.

Best Publications

Consensus coding sequences of human breast and colorectal cancers

Tobias Sjoblom;Sian Jones;D. Williams Parsons;Laura D. Wood

4266
Citations
High frequency of mutations of the PIK3CA gene in human cancers

Yardena Samuels;Zhenghe Wang;Alberto Bardelli;Natalie Silliman

4219
Citations
Genomic landscapes of human breast and colorectal cancers

Laura D. Wood;Williams D. Parsons;Sian Jones;Jimmy Lin

3746
Citations
Inactivation of the Type II TGF-β Receptor in Colon Cancer Cells with Microsatellite Instability

Sanford D Markowitz;Jing Wang;Lois Myeroff;Ramon Parsons

3064
Citations
Molecular Basis of Colorectal Cancer

Sanford D. Markowitz;Monica M. Bertagnolli

2526
Citations
Suppression of human colorectal carcinoma cell growth by wild-type p53.

Suzanne J. Baker;Sanford D Markowitz;Eric R. Fearon;James K V Willson

2441
Citations
Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma

James G. Herman;Asad Umar;Kornelia Polyak;Jeremy R. Graff

2387
Citations
Mutations of mitotic checkpoint genes in human cancers

Daniel P. Cahill;Christoph Lengauer;Jian Yu;Gregory J. Riggins

1942
Citations
p53 gene mutations occur in combination with 17p allelic deletions as late events in colorectal tumorigenesis.

Suzanne J. Baker;Antonette C. Preisinger;J. M. Jessup;Christos Paraskeva

1478
Citations
KILLER/DR5 is a DNA damage–inducible p53–regulated death receptor gene

G. S. Wu;T. F. Burns;E. R. McDonald;W. Jiang

1405
Citations
Epigenetic inactivation of SFRP genes allows constitutive WNT signaling in colorectal cancer

Hiromu Suzuki;Hiromu Suzuki;D. Neil Watkins;Kam Wing Jair;Kornel E. Schuebel

1301
Citations
Somatic mutations of the mitochondrial genome in human colorectal tumours

Kornelia Polyak;Kornelia Polyak;Yunbo Li;Hong Zhu;Christoph Lengauer

1052
Citations
Microsatellite instability and mutations of the transforming growth factor β type II receptor gene in colorectal cancer

Ramon Parsons;Lois L. Myeroff;Bo Liu;James K. V. Willson

1023
Citations
Comparative lesion sequencing provides insights into tumor evolution

Siân Jones;Wei Dong Chen;Wei Dong Chen;Giovanni Parmigiani;Frank Diehl

1014
Citations
Mismatch repair gene defects in sporadic colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability

Bo Liu;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Sanford Markowitz;James K.V. Willson

969
Citations
Biallelic inactivation of hMLH1 by epigenetic gene silencing, a novel mechanism causing human MSI cancers

Martina L. Veigl;Lakshmi Kasturi;Joseph Olechnowicz;Aihong Ma

831
Citations
Evaluation of candidate tumour suppressor genes on chromosome 18 in colorectal cancers.

Sam Thiagalingam;Christoph Lengauer;Frederick S. Leach;Mieke Schutte

794
Citations
Mutational analysis of the tyrosine phosphatome in colorectal cancers.

Zhenghe Wang;Dong Shen;D. Williams Parsons;Alberto Bardelli

653
Citations
Mutational analysis of the tyrosine kinome in colorectal cancers

Alberto Bardelli;D. Williams Parsons;Natalie Silliman;Janine Ptak

650
Citations
Mutations of GTBP in genetically unstable cells.

Nickolas Papadopoulos;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Bo Liu;Ramon Parsons

648
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James K V Willson The University of Texas at Dallas

Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University

William M. Grady Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Amitabh Chak Case Western Reserve University

Kenneth W. Kinzler Johns Hopkins University

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan Case Western Reserve University

Nicholas J. Shaheen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marcia I. Canto Johns Hopkins University

Robert C. Elston Case Western Reserve University

Daniel D. Buchanan University of Melbourne

External Links

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