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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 150 1145 1053 660 595 664 98857
Molecular Biology 150 85 73 52 44 627 98497

Stuart A. Aaronson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stuart A. Aaronson between 1954 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stuart A. Aaronson published across 73 years, from 1954 to 2026, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 76 publications in 2023. 14 of the 795 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1954 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 76. Peak 76 publications in 2023. 1954: 1 publication 1955: 1 publication 1956: 1 publication 1957: 2 publications 1958: 2 publications 1959: 4 publications 1960: 4 publications 1961: 1 publication 1962: 6 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 2 publications 1965: 3 publications 1966: 3 publications 1967: 2 publications 1968: 6 publications 1969: 8 publications 1970: 16 publications 1971: 20 publications 1972: 14 publications 1973: 21 publications 1974: 32 publications 1975: 19 publications 1976: 23 publications 1977: 19 publications 1978: 19 publications 1979: 12 publications 1980: 14 publications 1981: 10 publications 1982: 23 publications 1983: 16 publications 1984: 19 publications 1985: 30 publications 1986: 27 publications 1987: 17 publications 1988: 19 publications 1989: 16 publications 1990: 25 publications 1991: 20 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 19 publications 1994: 13 publications 1995: 14 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 76 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 6 publications
1954 2026

795 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stuart A. Aaronson: publications per year, 1954 to 2026
Year Publications
1954 1
1955 1
1956 1
1957 2
1958 2
1959 4
1960 4
1961 1
1962 6
1963 1
1964 2
1965 3
1966 3
1967 2
1968 6
1969 8
1970 16
1971 20
1972 14
1973 21
1974 32
1975 19
1976 23
1977 19
1978 19
1979 12
1980 14
1981 10
1982 23
1983 16
1984 19
1985 30
1986 27
1987 17
1988 19
1989 16
1990 25
1991 20
1992 11
1993 19
1994 13
1995 14
1996 3
1997 7
1998 8
1999 9
2000 7
2001 4
2002 6
2003 7
2004 3
2005 7
2006 3
2007 5
2008 8
2009 8
2010 10
2011 7
2012 5
2013 11
2014 6
2015 3
2016 11
2017 7
2018 6
2019 6
2020 1
2021 6
2022 6
2023 76
2024 0
2025 8
2026 6
Total 795
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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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 564+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 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.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100 627
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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.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 145+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 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.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100 150
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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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