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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
21560
World Ranking
4776
National Ranking
2309

Tom Alber 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 Tom Alber sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 216 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tom Alber 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 Tom Alber sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tom Alber was a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their work contributed to fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics.

The scientist's research covered topics such as:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Microbial natural products and biosynthesis
  • Pharmacological effects of natural compounds

Tom Alber published in the following venue:

  • Biochemistry

A documented publication from 2020 includes the paper titled "Crystal Structure and Mechanistic Molecular Modeling Studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Diterpene Cyclase Rv3377c", which appeared in the journal Biochemistry.

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with the scientist were:

  • Yue Zhang
  • Lisa M. Prach
  • Terrence E. O'Brien
  • Frank DiMaio
  • Daniil M. Prigozhin

Tom Alber was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • A switch between two-, three-, and four-stranded coiled coils in GCN4 leucine zipper mutants

    Pehr B. Harbury;Tao Zhang;Peter S. Kim;Tom Alber

  • Global landscape of HIV-human protein complexes

    Stefanie Jäger;Peter Cimermancic;Peter Cimermancic;Natali Gulbahce;Natali Gulbahce;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Jeffrey R. Johnson

  • Crystal structure of an isoleucine-zipper trimer

    Pehr B. Harbury;Peter S. Kim;Tom Alber

  • Accessing protein conformational ensembles using room-temperature X-ray crystallography.

    James S. Fraser;Henry van den Bedem;Avi J. Samelson;P. Therese Lang

  • High-Resolution Protein Design with Backbone Freedom

    Pehr B. Harbury;Joseph J. Plecs;Bruce Tidor;Tom Alber

  • Hidden alternative structures of proline isomerase essential for catalysis

    James S. Fraser;Michael W. Clarkson;Sheena C. Degnan;Renske Erion

  • HIV-1 Tat and Host AFF4 Recruit Two Transcription Elongation Factors into a Bifunctional Complex for Coordinated Activation of HIV-1 Transcription

    Nanhai He;Min Liu;Joanne Hsu;Yuhua Xue;Yuhua Xue

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae septins: Supramolecular organization of heterooligomers and the mechanism of filament assembly

    Aurelie Bertin;Michael A. McMurray;Patricia Grob;Sang-Shin Park

  • Structure of yeast triosephosphate isomerase at 1.9-A resolution.

    Elias Lolis;Tom Alber;Robert C. Davenport;David Rose

  • Autofluorescent Proteins with Excitation in the Optical Window for Intravital Imaging in Mammals

    Michael Z. Lin;Michael R. McKeown;Ho Leung Ng;Todd A. Aguilera

  • Buried polar residues and structural specificity in the GCN4 leucine zipper.

    Lino Gonzalez;Derek N. Woolfson;Tom Alber

  • On the three-dimensional structure and catalytic mechanism of triose phosphate isomerase

    T. Alber;D. W. Banner;A. C. Bloomer;G. A. Petsko

  • Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknB supports a universal activation mechanism for Ser/Thr protein kinases.

    Tracy A. Young;Benedicte Delagoutte;James A. Endrizzi;Arnold M. Falick

  • Predicting oligomerization states of coiled coils

    Derek N. Woolfson;Tom Alber

  • Automated protein crystal structure determination using elves

    James Holton;Tom Alber

  • Crystallographic analysis of CD40 recognition and signaling by human TRAF2

    Sarah M. McWhirter;Steven S. Pullen;James M. Holton;James J. Crute

  • Dimer formation by an N-terminal coiled coil in the APC protein

    Geoff Joslyn;Diane S. Richardson;Ray White;Tom Alber

  • Modulation of transcription factor Ets-1 DNA binding: DNA-induced unfolding of an alpha helix

    Jeannine M. Petersen;Jack J. Skalicky;Logan W. Donaldson;Lawrence P. McIntosh

  • Human Polymerase-Associated Factor complex (PAFc) connects the Super Elongation Complex (SEC) to RNA polymerase II on chromatin

    Nanhai He;Caleb K. Chan;Bijan Sobhian;Seemay Chou

  • HIGH-AFFINITY INTERACTIONS OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTORS (TRAFS) AND CD40 REQUIRE TRAF TRIMERIZATION AND CD40 MULTIMERIZATION

    Steven S. Pullen;Mark E. Labadia;Richard H. Ingraham;Sarah M. McWhirter

Frequent Co-Authors

Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Qiang Zhou
Qiang Zhou University of California, Berkeley
Gerald R. Crabtree
Gerald R. Crabtree Stanford University
Thomas C. Terwilliger
Thomas C. Terwilliger Los Alamos National Laboratory
Anthony T. Iavarone
Anthony T. Iavarone University of California, Berkeley
Christopher M. Sassetti
Christopher M. Sassetti University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Eric J. Rubin
Eric J. Rubin Harvard University
Judith P. Klinman
Judith P. Klinman University of California, Berkeley
Derek N. Woolfson
Derek N. Woolfson University of Bristol
James C. Sacchettini
James C. Sacchettini Texas A&M University

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Best Scientists Citing Tom Alber

Nevan J. Krogan

Nevan J. Krogan

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 111

William F. DeGrado

William F. DeGrado

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 67

Derek N. Woolfson

Derek N. Woolfson

University of Bristol

Publications: 65

Robert S. Hodges

Robert S. Hodges

University of Colorado Denver

Publications: 59

David Baker

David Baker

University of Washington

Publications: 43

Jeffrey R. Johnson

Jeffrey R. Johnson

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Publications: 41

Amy S. Gladfelter

Amy S. Gladfelter

Duke University

Publications: 40

James M. Berger

James M. Berger

Johns Hopkins University

Publications: 39

Brian W. Matthews

Brian W. Matthews

University of Oregon

Publications: 39

Barbara J. Graves

Barbara J. Graves

University of Utah

Publications: 33

Chien-Hsing Chang

Chien-Hsing Chang

Northwestern University

Publications: 33

Tanja Kortemme

Tanja Kortemme

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 33

Richard A. Kammerer

Richard A. Kammerer

Paul Scherrer Institute

Publications: 31

Eva Nogales

Eva Nogales

University of California, Berkeley

Publications: 30

Paul D. Adams

Paul D. Adams

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Publications: 30

Vladislav V. Verkhusha

Vladislav V. Verkhusha

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Publications: 28

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