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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 73 1270 1132 652 568 244 20693

Tej K. Pandita publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tej K. Pandita between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tej K. Pandita published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2016. 2 of the 265 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2016. 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 19 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 2 publications
1981 2025

265 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tej K. Pandita: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 2
1982 0
1983 2
1984 3
1985 0
1986 2
1987 0
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 4
1993 0
1994 6
1995 6
1996 6
1997 5
1998 4
1999 8
2000 12
2001 6
2002 3
2003 6
2004 8
2005 8
2006 5
2007 4
2008 8
2009 12
2010 6
2011 5
2012 9
2013 10
2014 11
2015 13
2016 19
2017 16
2018 8
2019 9
2020 6
2021 9
2022 1
2023 19
2024 0
2025 2
Total 265
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Tej K. Pandita 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 Tej K. Pandita 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, 237–246 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: 244 publications — 70th percentile

70% 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 72 244
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
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Tej K. Pandita 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 Tej K. Pandita 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, 72–73 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: 73 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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 73
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
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tej K. Pandita is affiliated with Houston Methodist in the United States and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions span multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Neurology, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The main topics of Pandita's work involve DNA Repair Mechanisms, Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Cell death mechanisms and regulation, Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Molecular and Cellular Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), iScience, Oncogene, and Oncotarget.

Notable recent publications by Tej K. Pandita are:

  • Heat-induced SIRT1-mediated H4K16ac deacetylation impairs resection and SMARCAD1 recruitment to double strand breaks, 2022, iScience
  • Caspase-2 regulates S-phase cell cycle events to protect from DNA damage accumulation independent of apoptosis, 2021, Oncogene
  • Esomeprazole enhances the effect of ionizing radiation to improve tumor control, 2021, Oncotarget
  • Implications of Translesion DNA Synthesis Polymerases on Genomic Stability and Human Health, 2023, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Stress Responses as Master Keys to Epigenomic Changes in Transcriptome and Metabolome for Cancer Etiology and Therapeutics, 2021, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Tej K. Pandita has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Raj K. Pandita
  • Kenneth S. Ramos
  • Vipin Singh
  • Krishna Moorthi Bhat
  • Chandrima Das

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2013.

Best Publications

  • hSIR2SIRT1 Functions as an NAD-Dependent p53 Deacetylase

    Homayoun Vaziri;Scott K. Dessain;Scott K. Dessain;Elinor Ng Eaton;Shin Ichiro Imai

  • c-Myc can induce DNA damage, increase reactive oxygen species, and mitigate p53 function: a mechanism for oncogene-induced genetic instability.

    Omid Vafa;Mark Wade;Suzanne Kern;Michelle Beeche

  • High frequency of hypermethylation at the 14-3-3 σ locus leads to gene silencing in breast cancer

    Anne T. Ferguson;Ella Evron;Christopher B. Umbricht;Tej K. Pandita

  • ATM stabilizes DNA double-strand-break complexes during V(D)J recombination.

    Andrea L. Bredemeyer;Girdhar G. Sharma;Ching Yu Huang;Beth A. Helmink

  • ATM functions at the peroxisome to induce pexophagy in response to ROS

    Jiangwei Zhang;Durga Nand Tripathi;Ji Jing;Angela Alexander

  • Lack of PTEN sequesters CHK1 and initiates genetic instability

    Janusz Puc;Megan Keniry;Hong Shen Li;Tej K. Pandita

  • MOF and Histone H4 Acetylation at Lysine 16 Are Critical for DNA Damage Response and Double-Strand Break Repair

    Girdhar G. Sharma;Sairei So;Arun Gupta;Rakesh Kumar;Rakesh Kumar

  • hTERT associates with human telomeres and enhances genomic stability and DNA repair

    Girdhar G Sharma;Girdhar G Sharma;Arun Gupta;Arun Gupta;Huichen Wang;Harry Scherthan

  • Genomic Instability and Enhanced Radiosensitivity in Hsp70.1- and Hsp70.3-Deficient Mice

    Clayton R. Hunt;David J. Dix;Girdhar G. Sharma;Raj K. Pandita

  • Involvement of human MOF in ATM function

    Arun Gupta;Girdhar G. Sharma;Charles S H Young;Manjula Agarwal

  • Single-stranded DNA-binding protein hSSB1 is critical for genomic stability

    Derek J. Richard;Emma Bolderson;Liza Cubeddu;Liza Cubeddu;Ross I. M. Wadsworth

  • The TIP60 complex regulates bivalent chromatin recognition by 53BP1 through direct H4K20me binding and H2AK15 acetylation

    Karine Jacquet;Amélie Fradet-Turcotte;Amélie Fradet-Turcotte;Nikita Avvakumov;Jean-Philippe Lambert

  • Acetylated hsp70 and KAP1-mediated Vps34 SUMOylation is required for autophagosome creation in autophagy

    Yonghua Yang;Warren Fiskus;Bao Yong;Peter Atadja

  • The Mammalian Ortholog of Drosophila MOF That Acetylates Histone H4 Lysine 16 Is Essential for Embryogenesis and Oncogenesis

    Arun Gupta;T. Geraldine Guerin-Peyrou;Girdhar G. Sharma;Changwon Park

  • Regulation of the hTERT telomerase catalytic subunit by the c-Abl tyrosine kinase.

    S. Kharbanda;V. Kumar;S. Dhar;P. Pandey

  • The catalytic subunit of telomerase is expressed in developing brain neurons and serves a cell survival-promoting function.

    Weiming Fu;Michael Killen;Carsten Culmsee;Sonu Dhar

  • ATM function and telomere stability.

    Tej K Pandita

  • Chromosome end associations, telomeres and telomerase activity in ataxia telangiectasia cells.

    Tej K. Pandita;S. Pathak;C. R. Geard

  • Phosphorylation of Exo1 modulates homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks.

    Emma Bolderson;Nozomi Tomimatsu;Derek J. Richard;Didier Boucher

  • Fragments of ATM which have dominant-negative or complementing activity.

    Susan E. Morgan;Christine Lovly;Tej K. Pandita;Yosef Shiloh

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj K. Pandita
Raj K. Pandita Houston Methodist
Walter N. Hittelman
Walter N. Hittelman The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kum Kum Khanna
Kum Kum Khanna Mater Research
Jerry W. Shay
Jerry W. Shay The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Saraswati Sukumar
Saraswati Sukumar Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Simon N. Powell
Simon N. Powell Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael B. Kastan
Michael B. Kastan Duke University
Thomas Ludwig
Thomas Ludwig Columbia University
Eric J. Hall
Eric J. Hall Columbia University
Woodring E. Wright
Woodring E. Wright The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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