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Stuart A. Aaronson publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart A. Aaronson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 627 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Stuart A. Aaronson D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart A. Aaronson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader 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
  • 1989 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

Overview

Stuart A. Aaronson is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. The scientist's work encompasses advanced studies into melanoma and MAPK pathways, cancer mechanisms and therapy, advanced breast cancer therapies, cancer-related molecular pathways, lung cancer treatments and mutations, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, and protein tyrosine phosphatases.

Recent publications authored by or associated with Stuart A. Aaronson include the following:

  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023, 2023, published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Distinct CDK6 complexes determine tumor cell response to CDK4/6 inhibitors and degraders, 2021, published in Nature Cancer
  • Exploiting Allosteric Properties of RAF and MEK Inhibitors to Target Therapy-Resistant Tumors Driven by Oncogenic BRAF Signaling, 2021, published in Cancer Discovery
  • High endogenous CCL2 expression promotes the aggressive phenotype of human inflammatory breast cancer, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: ROCK1 mechano-signaling dependency of human malignancies driven by TEAD/YAP activation, 2022, published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Poulikos I. Poulikakos, with 14 joint publications
  • Christos Adamopoulos, with 11 joint publications
  • Tamer A. Ahmed, with 6 joint publications
  • Jian Jin, with 6 joint publications
  • Beau Baars, with 6 joint publications

Publication venues where Stuart A. Aaronson's work is frequently featured include:

  • Cancer Research (7 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Cell Death and Differentiation (1 publication)
  • Nature Cancer (1 publication)

Stuart A. Aaronson received the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • In vitro cultivation of human tumors: establishment of cell lines derived from a series of solid tumors.

    Donald J. Giard;Stuart A. Aaronson;George J. Todaro;Paul Arnstein

  • Identification of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor as the c-met proto-oncogene product

    D. P. Bottaro;J. S. Rubin;D. L. Faletto;A. M.-L. Chan

  • A Rapid in Vitro Assay for Quantitating the Invasive Potential of Tumor Cells

    Albini A;Iwamoto Y;Kleinman Hk;Martin Gr

  • Simian sarcoma virus onc gene, v-sis, is derived from the gene (or genes) encoding a platelet-derived growth factor

    Russell F. Doolittle;Michael W. Hunkapiller;Leroy E. Hood;Sushilkumar G. Devare

  • Growth factors and cancer

    Stuart A. Aaronson

  • Translocation of the c-myc gene into the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus in human Burkitt lymphoma and murine plasmacytoma cells

    R Taub;I Kirsch;C Morton;G Lenoir

  • Amplification of a novel v-erbB-related gene in a human mammary carcinoma

    CR King;MH Kraus;SA Aaronson

  • Human KGF is FGF-related with properties of a paracrine effector of epithelial cell growth

    Paul W. Finch;Jeffrey S. Rubin;Toru Miki;Dina Ron

  • erbB-2 is a potent oncogene when overexpressed in NIH/3T3 cells

    PP Di Fiore;JH Pierce;MH Kraus;O Segatto

  • Exogenous expression of N-cadherin in breast cancer cells induces cell migration, invasion, and metastasis.

    Rachel B. Hazan;Greg R. Phillips;Rui Fang Qiao;Larry Norton

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Purification and characterization of a newly identified growth factor specific for epithelial cells

    Jeffrey S. Rubin;Hiroyuki Osada;Paul W. Finch;William G. Taylor

  • Isolation and characterization of ERBB3, a third member of the ERBB/epidermal growth factor receptor family: evidence for overexpression in a subset of human mammary tumors.

    Matthias H. Kraus;Wolfgang Issing;Toru Miki;Nicholas C. Popescu

  • Novel mechanism of Wnt signalling inhibition mediated by Dickkopf-1 interaction with LRP6/Arrow.

    Anna Bafico;Guizhong Liu;Abraham Yaniv;Arnona Gazit

  • Murine Sarcoma and Leukemia Viruses: Assay Using Clonal Lines of Contact-Inhibited Mouse Cells

    John L. Jainchill;Stuart A. Aaronson;George J. Todaro

  • Determination of ligand-binding specificity by alternative splicing: two distinct growth factor receptors encoded by a single gene.

    Toru Miki;Donald P. Bottaro;Timothy P. Fleming;Cheryl L. Smith

  • Development of 3T3-like lines from Balb/c mouse embryo cultures: Transformation susceptibility to SV40

    Stuart A. Aaronson;George J. Todaro

  • Overexpression of the human EGF receptor confers an EGF-dependent transformed phenotype to NIH 3T3 cells

    Pier Paolo Di Fiore;Jacalyn H. Pierce;Timothy P. Fleming;Rachel Hazan

  • Isolation of a novel receptor cDNA establishes the existence of two PDGF receptor genes.

    Toshimitsu Matsui;M Heidaran;T Miki;N Popescu

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Stephenson
John R. Stephenson National Institutes of Health
Steven R. Tronick
Steven R. Tronick National Institutes of Health
Keith C. Robbins
Keith C. Robbins National Institutes of Health
Sam W. Lee
Sam W. Lee Broad Institute
Jacalyn H. Pierce
Jacalyn H. Pierce National Institutes of Health
George J. Todaro
George J. Todaro Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Donald P. Bottaro
Donald P. Bottaro National Institutes of Health
Timothy P. Fleming
Timothy P. Fleming St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Mariano Barbacid
Mariano Barbacid Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Jeffrey S. Rubin
Jeffrey S. Rubin National Institutes of Health

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