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82
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28134
World Ranking
3651
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271

Stuart J. Forbes 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 Stuart J. Forbes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 297 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stuart J. Forbes 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 Stuart J. Forbes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Stuart J. Forbes is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on hepatology and liver-related studies.

Their work includes contributions to surgery, hepatology, molecular biology, immunology, and epidemiology. Most of their publications address key topics such as liver physiology and pathology, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, liver disease and transplantation, pancreatic function and diabetes, immune cells in cancer, and drug-induced hepatotoxicity and protection.

Frequent publication venues for Stuart J. Forbes include the Journal of Hepatology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Stem Cell, Hepatology, and npj Regenerative Medicine. They have published 17 papers in the Journal of Hepatology, 9 in bioRxiv, and 4 each in Cell Stem Cell, Hepatology, and npj Regenerative Medicine.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Building consensus on definition and nomenclature of hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary organoids (2021) published in Cell Stem Cell
  • Liver regeneration and inflammation: from fundamental science to clinical applications (2021) published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Alternatively activated macrophages promote resolution of necrosis following acute liver injury (2020) published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Cellular senescence inhibits renal regeneration after injury in mice, with senolytic treatment promoting repair (2021) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • Cell therapy for advanced liver diseases: Repair or rebuild (2020) published in Journal of Hepatology

Stuart J. Forbes has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Sofía Ferreira-González, Alastair M. Kilpatrick, Victoria L. Gadd, Rhona Aird, and Tak Yung Man.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Selective depletion of macrophages reveals distinct, opposing roles during liver injury and repair

    Jeremy S. Duffield;Stuart J. Forbes;Christothea M. Constandinou;Spike Clay

  • Expert consensus document: Cholangiocarcinoma: current knowledge and future perspectives consensus statement from the European Network for the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma (ENS-CCA)

    Jesus M. Banales;Vincenzo Cardinale;Guido Carpino;Marco Marzioni

  • Differential Ly-6C expression identifies the recruited macrophage phenotype, which orchestrates the regression of murine liver fibrosis

    Prakash Ramachandran;Antonella Pellicoro;Madeleine A. Vernon;Luke Boulter

  • Bone marrow contributes to renal parenchymal turnover and regeneration

    Richard Poulsom;Stuart J. Forbes;Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke;Eoin Ryan

  • Macrophage-derived Wnt opposes Notch signaling to specify hepatic progenitor cell fate in chronic liver disease.

    Luke Boulter;Olivier Govaere;Tom G Bird;Sorina Radulescu

  • Preparing the ground for tissue regeneration: from mechanism to therapy

    Stuart J Forbes;Nadia Alicia Rosenthal

  • Matrix Stiffness Modulates Proliferation, Chemotherapeutic Response and Dormancy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

    Joerg Schrader;Joerg Schrader;Timothy T. Gordon-Walker;Rebecca L. Aucott;Marielle van Deemter

  • The Bone Marrow Functionally Contributes to Liver Fibrosis

    Francesco P Russo;Malcolm R Alison;Brian W Bigger;Eunice Amofah

  • Regulation of Alternative Macrophage Activation by Galectin-3

    Alison C. MacKinnon;Sarah L. Farnworth;Philip S. Hodkinson;Neil C. Henderson

  • A significant proportion of myofibroblasts are of bone marrow origin in human liver fibrosis

    Stuart J. Forbes;Francesco P. Russo;Virginia Rey;Patrizia Burra

  • Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1-driven Lung Fibrosis by Galectin-3

    Alison C. Mackinnon;Michael A. Gibbons;Sarah L. Farnworth;Hakon Leffler

  • Generation of Functional Human Hepatic Endoderm from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Gareth J. Sullivan;David C. Hay;In Hyun Park;Judy Fletcher

  • Highly efficient differentiation of hESCs to functional hepatic endoderm requires ActivinA and Wnt3a signaling

    David C. Hay;Judy Fletcher;Catherine Payne;John D. Terrace

  • Ly6Chi monocytes direct alternatively activated profibrotic macrophage regulation of lung fibrosis.

    Michael A Gibbons;Alison C MacKinnon;Prakash Ramachandran;Kevin Dhaliwal

  • Cholangiocytes act as facultative liver stem cells during impaired hepatocyte regeneration

    Alexander Raven;Wei-Yu Lu;Tak Yung Man;Sofia Ferreira-Gonzalez

  • Hepatic progenitor cells of biliary origin with liver repopulation capacity

    Wei-Yu Lu;Thomas G. Bird;Luke Boulter;Atsunori Tsuchiya

  • An introduction to stem cells.

    Malcolm R. Alison;Richard Poulsom;Stuart Forbes;Nicholas A. Wright

  • Adult stem cell plasticity

    Richard Poulsom;Malcolm R. Alison;Stuart J. Forbes;Stuart J. Forbes;Nicholas A. Wright;Nicholas A. Wright

  • Liver regeneration - mechanisms and models to clinical application.

    Stuart J Forbes;Philip N Newsome

  • Alternatively activated (M2) macrophages promote tumour growth and invasiveness in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Oscar W.H. Yeung;Chung Mau Lo;Chang Chun Ling;Xiang Qi

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Iredale
John P. Iredale University of Bristol
Nicholas A. Wright
Nicholas A. Wright Queen Mary University of London
Owen J. Sansom
Owen J. Sansom University of Glasgow
Philip N. Newsome
Philip N. Newsome University of Birmingham
Richard Poulsom
Richard Poulsom Queen Mary University of London
Stephen J. Wigmore
Stephen J. Wigmore University of Edinburgh
Michael Williams
Michael Williams Uppsala University
Charles Coutelle
Charles Coutelle Imperial College London
Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley University of Edinburgh
Domenico Alvaro
Domenico Alvaro Sapienza University of Rome

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