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Tibor Vellai publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tibor Vellai sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 99 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Tibor Vellai D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tibor Vellai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tibor Vellai is affiliated with Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and focuses research primarily in the areas of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a substantial contribution to Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their publications demonstrate a strong engagement with molecular biology and related subfields, including Insect Science, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's main research topics include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Insect Resistance and Genetics, and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research.

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Frequent coauthors of Tibor Vellai include:

  • Tibor Kovács
  • Viktor Billes
  • Tímea Sigmond
  • Janka Szinyákovics
  • Bernadette Hotzi

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biologia Futura
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nature Aging
  • Pathogens

Recent publications showcasing the scientist's contributions include:

  • "How the amino acid leucine activates the key cell-growth regulator mTOR", 2021, Nature
  • "SignaLink3: a multi-layered resource to uncover tissue-specific signaling networks", 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Downregulation of transposable elements extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans", 2023, Nature Communications
  • "The evolutionary and functional divergence of the Atg8 autophagy protein superfamily", 2022, Biologia Futura
  • "Type Strains of Entomopathogenic Nematode-Symbiotic Bacterium Species, Xenorhabdus szentirmaii (EMC) and X. budapestensis (EMA), Are Exceptional Sources of Non-Ribosomal Templated, Large-Target-Spectral, Thermotolerant-Antimicrobial Peptides (by Both), and Iodinin (by EMC)", 2022, Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Genetics: Influence of TOR kinase on lifespan in C. elegans

    Tibor Vellai;Krisztina Takacs-Vellai;Yue Zhang;Attila L. Kovacs

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Longevity pathways converge on autophagy genes to regulate life span in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Márton L. Tóth;Tímea Sigmond;Éva Borsos;János Barna

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Inactivation of the autophagy gene bec-1 triggers apoptotic cell death in C. elegans.

    Krisztina Takacs-Vellai;Tibor Vellai;Alessandro Puoti;Myriam Passannante

  • Autophagy genes and ageing.

    T Vellai

  • SignaLink 2 - a signaling pathway resource with multi-layered regulatory networks

    Dávid Fazekas;Mihály Koltai;Mihály Koltai;Dénes Türei;Dénes Türei;Dezső Módos;Dezső Módos

  • The regulation of aging: does autophagy underlie longevity?

    Tibor Vellai;Krisztina Takács-Vellai;Miklós Sass;Daniel J. Klionsky

  • The origin of eukaryotes: the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

    Tibor Vellai;Gábor Vida

  • A New Aspect to the Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotes

    Tibor Vellai;Krisztina Takács;Gábor Vida

  • Roles of heat shock factor 1 beyond the heat shock response.

    János Barna;Péter Csermely;Tibor Vellai

  • Complex regulation of autophagy in cancer - integrated approaches to discover the networks that hold a double-edged sword.

    János Kubisch;Dénes Türei;Dénes Türei;László Földvári-Nagy;Zsuzsanna A. Dunai

  • Network-Based Tools for the Identification of Novel Drug Targets

    Illés J. Farkas;Tamás Korcsmáros;Tamás Korcsmáros;István A. Kovács;István A. Kovács;István A. Kovács;Ágoston Mihalik

  • Autophagy Regulatory Network - a systems-level bioinformatics resource for studying the mechanism and regulation of autophagy.

    Dénes Türei;László Földvári-Nagy;Dávid Fazekas;Dezső Módos

  • Influence of autophagy genes on ion-channel-dependent neuronal degeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Márton L. Tóth;Péter Simon;Attila L. Kovács;Tibor Vellai

  • Autophagy is required for zebrafish caudal fin regeneration

    M Varga;M Sass;D Papp;K Takács-Vellai

Frequent Co-Authors

Péter Csermely
Péter Csermely Semmelweis University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nektarios Tavernarakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Balázs Gulyás
Balázs Gulyás Nanyang Technological University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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