2026 Todd Evans: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	68	1507	1351	766	672	184	18237

Todd Evans 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 Todd Evans sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 184 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Todd Evans 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 Todd Evans sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the understanding of complex 3D magnetic field topologies and their application to the beneficial control of the plasma edge in high temperature fusion plasmas

Overview

Todd Evans is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a research profile primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work in medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, infectious diseases, organic chemistry, surgery, and genetics.

Evans' main research topics include:

Congenital heart defects research
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
Epigenetics and DNA methylation
Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
Pluripotent stem cells research
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Pancreatic function and diabetes

The scientist's publication venues reflect their focus on stem cell research and infectious diseases. Frequent venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell stem cell
Cell Reports
Research Square (Research Square)
iScience

Among recent papers, notable contributions are:

"A Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Platform to Study SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Model Virus Infection in Human Cells and Organoids" (2020, Cell Stem Cell)
"Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors using lung and colonic organoids" (2020, Nature)
"SARS-CoV-2 infection induces beta cell transdifferentiation" (2021, Cell Metabolism)
"Inborn errors of OAS-RNase L in SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children" (2022, Science)
"Identification of Candidate COVID-19 Therapeutics using hPSC-derived Lung Organoids" (2020, bioRxiv)

Evans has worked extensively with several collaborators, including:

Shuibing Chen
Tuo Zhang
Jenny Xiang
Robert E. Schwartz
Liuliu Yang

In recognition of contributions to their field, Evans was awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2009 for pioneering work in understanding complex 3D magnetic field topologies and their applications in plasma edge control for high-temperature fusion plasmas.

Best Publications

Cell type of origin influences the molecular and functional properties of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells

Jose M. Polo;Susanna Liu;Maria Eugenia Figueroa;Warakorn Kulalert

1379
Citations
Primary contribution to zebrafish heart regeneration by gata4+ cardiomyocytes

Kazu Kikuchi;Jennifer E. Holdway;Andreas A. Werdich;Ryan M. Anderson

1140
Citations
The erythroid-specific transcription factor Eryf1: a new finger protein

Todd Evans;Gary Felsenfeld

741
Citations
A Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Platform to Study SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Model Virus Infection in Human Cells and Organoids.

Liuliu Yang;Yuling Han;Benjamin E. Nilsson-Payant;Vikas Gupta

661
Citations
An erythrocyte-specific DNA-binding factor recognizes a regulatory sequence common to all chicken globin genes.

Todd Evans;Marc Reitman;Gary Felsenfeld

642
Citations
Direct interaction of hematopoietic transcription factors PU.1 and GATA-1: functional antagonism in erythroid cells

Natasha Rekhtman;Farshid Radparvar;Todd Evans;Arthur I. Skoultchi

604
Citations
Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors using lung and colonic organoids.

Yuling Han;Xiaohua Duan;Xiaohua Duan;Liuliu Yang;Benjamin E. Nilsson-Payant

503
Citations
Orchestrating liver development

Miriam Gordillo;Todd Evans;Valerie Gouon-Evans

353
Citations
Colonic organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells for modeling colorectal cancer and drug testing

Miguel Crespo;Eduardo Vilar;Su Yi Tsai;Kyle Chang

351
Citations
Flow-Regulated Endothelial S1P Receptor-1 Signaling Sustains Vascular Development

Bongnam Jung;Hideru Obinata;Sylvain Galvani;Karen Mendelson

348
Citations
Retinoic acid signaling pathways in development and diseases.

Bhaskar C. Das;Pritam Thapa;Radha Karki;Sasmita Das

308
Citations
GATA-4 is a novel transcription factor expressed in endocardium of the developing heart.

Clair Kelley;Heather Blumberg;Leonard I. Zon;Todd Evans

308
Citations
Sphingosine 1-phosphate signalling.

Karen Mendelson;Todd Evans;Timothy Hla

305
Citations
Boron chemicals in diagnosis and therapeutics

Bhaskar C Das;Pritam Thapa;Radha Karki;Caroline Schinke

299
Citations
Distinct Functions Are Implicated for the GATA-4, -5, and -6 Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Intestine Epithelial Cell Differentiation

Xiaoping Gao;Tiffany Sedgwick;Yun-Bo Shi;Todd Evans

285
Citations
Evolutionarily conserved gene family important for fat storage

Bert Kadereit;Pradeep Kumar;Wen Jun Wang;Diego Miranda

284
Citations
The Xenopus GATA-4/5/6 genes are associated with cardiac specification and can regulate cardiac-specific transcription during embryogenesis.

Yongmei Jiang;Todd Evans

257
Citations
Conformation of promoter DNA: Fine mapping of S1-hypersensitive sites

Eric Schon;Todd Evans;John Welsh;Argiris Efstratiadis

237
Citations
High-Content Screening in hPSC-Neural Progenitors Identifies Drug Candidates that Inhibit Zika Virus Infection in Fetal-like Organoids and Adult Brain

Ting Zhou;Lei Tan;Gustav Y. Cederquist;Yujie Fan

236
Citations
Anthracycline-induced suppression of GATA-4 transcription factor: implication in the regulation of cardiac myocyte apoptosis.

Yuri Kim;Al Guo Ma;Kazumi Kitta;Sarah N. Fitch

232
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuibing Chen Cornell University

Timothy Hla Harvard University

Robert E. Schwartz Cornell University

Gary Felsenfeld National Institutes of Health

Benjamin R. tenOever Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

David D. Ho Columbia University

Yaoxing Huang Columbia University

Hui Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

Leonard I. Zon Harvard University

Olivier Elemento Cornell University

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