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Shirley M. Tilghman

Shirley M. Tilghman

Princeton University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
19691
World Ranking
16429
National Ranking
6795

Shirley M. Tilghman 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 Shirley M. Tilghman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 92 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shirley M. Tilghman 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 Shirley M. Tilghman sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Shirley M. Tilghman is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas, including public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as gender studies. The main topics they focus on in their work involve diversity and career development in medicine, health and medical research impacts, and innovations in medical education.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Concrete steps to diversify the scientific workforce, 2021, Science
  • In Memorium, Philip Leder (1934-2020), 2020, Developmental Biology
  • Should the Endless Frontier of Federal Science be Expanded?, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science By Kate Zernike (Ed.), New York, NY: Scribner. 2023. pp. 432. $30 (Hardcover), 2023, The FASEB Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shirley M. Tilghman include:

  • Harold Varmus
  • Bruce Alberts
  • Daniel A. Colón-Ramos
  • Kafui Dzirasa
  • Judith Kimble

The venues where Shirley M. Tilghman most frequently publishes their research are:

  • Science
  • Developmental Biology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The FASEB Journal

In recognition of their work, Shirley M. Tilghman has been awarded several distinctions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1995
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1995
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1990

Best Publications

  • Parental imprinting of the mouse H19 gene.

    Marisa S. Bartolomei;Sharon Zemel;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • The product of the H19 gene may function as an RNA.

    Camilynn I. Brannan;Elizabeth Claire Dees;Robert S. Ingram;Shirley Marie Tilghman

  • Education. Scientific teaching.

    Jo Handelsman;Diane Ebert-May;Robert Beichner;Peter Bruns

  • The Mouse Fused Locus Encodes Axin, an Inhibitor of the Wnt Signaling Pathway That Regulates Embryonic Axis Formation

    Li Zeng;François Fagotto;Tong Zhang;Wei Hsu

  • Disruption of imprinting caused by deletion of the H19 gene region in mice

    Philip A. Leighton;Robert S. Ingram;Jonathan Eggenschwiler;Argiris Efstratiadis

  • Genomic imprinting in mammals.

    Marisa S. Bartolomei;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws

    Bruce Alberts;Marc W. Kirschner;Shirley Tilghman;Harold Varmus

  • The sins of the fathers and mothers: genomic imprinting in mammalian development.

    Shirley M Tilghman

  • Glyceroneogenesis and the triglyceride/fatty acid cycle.

    Lea Reshef;Yael Olswang;Hanoch Cassuto;Barak Blum

  • A paternal-specific methylation imprint marks the alleles of the mouse H19 gene.

    Kimberly D. Tremblay;Jennifer R. Saam;Robert S. Ingram;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • The temporal requirement for endothelin receptor-B signalling during neural crest development.

    Myung K. Shin;John M. Levorse;Robert S. Ingram;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • Diversity of alpha-fetoprotein gene expression in mice is generated by a combination of separate enhancer elements

    Robert E. Hammer;Robb Krumlauf;Sally A. Camper;Ralph L. Brinster

  • Genomic imprinting of Mash2, a mouse gene required for trophoblast development

    François Guillemot;Tamara Caspary;Shirley M. Tilghman;Neal G. Copeland

  • CTCF maintains differential methylation at the Igf2/H19 locus.

    Christopher J Schoenherr;John M Levorse;Shirley M Tilghman

  • Locus unlinked to alpha-fetoprotein under the control of the murine raf and Rif genes

    Vassilis Pachnis;Alexandra Belayew;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • Physical linkage of two mammalian imprinted genes, H19 and insulin-like growth factor 2.

    Sharon Zemel;Marisa S. Bartolomei;Shirley Marie Tilghman

  • Multiple Mechanisms Regulate Imprinting of the Mouse Distal Chromosome 7 Gene Cluster

    Tamara Caspary;Michele A. Cleary;Catherine C. Baker;Xiao Juan Guan

  • The structure and expression of a novel gene activated in early mouse embryogenesis.

    V Pachnis;C I Brannan;S M Tilghman

  • Genomic imprinting is disrupted in interspecific Peromyscus hybrids

    Paul B. Vrana;Xiao Juan Guan;Robert S. Ingram;Shirley Marie Tilghman

  • The evolution of alpha-fetoprotein and albumin. II. The structures of the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes in the mouse.

    D. Kioussis;F. Eiferman;P. van de Rijn;M.B. Gorin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay E. Davies
Kay E. Davies University of Oxford
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Marisa S. Bartolomei University of Pennsylvania
Michael B. Gorin
Michael B. Gorin University of California, Los Angeles
Richard W. Hanson
Richard W. Hanson Case Western Reserve University
Frank Costantini
Frank Costantini Columbia University
Roseline Godbout
Roseline Godbout University of Alberta
Sally A. Camper
Sally A. Camper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
M. Azim Surani
M. Azim Surani University of Cambridge
Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge

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