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Tomas Ganz 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 Tomas Ganz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 578 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tomas Ganz 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 Tomas Ganz 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: 172 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Tomas Ganz is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Hematology, Genetics, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their work addresses various topics related to Iron Metabolism and Disorders, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment, Trace Elements in Health, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, and Birth, Development, and Health.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Tomas Ganz include:

  • Hepcidin-Ferroportin Interaction Controls Systemic Iron Homeostasis, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Hepcidin and Iron in Health and Disease, 2022, Annual Review of Medicine
  • Controversies in optimal anemia management: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference, 2021, Kidney International
  • Erythroferrone structure, function, and physiology: Iron homeostasis and beyond, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • ACVR1/JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor momelotinib reverses transfusion dependency and suppresses hepcidin in myelofibrosis phase 2 trial, 2020, Blood Advances

The frequent co-authors associated with Tomas Ganz are:

  • Elizabeta Nemeth
  • Grace Jung
  • Mark R. Hanudel
  • Veena Sangkhae
  • Shilpa Sharma

The main venues where Tomas Ganz frequently publishes are Blood, American Journal of Hematology, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, and Blood Advances.

Tomas Ganz has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Hepcidin Regulates Cellular Iron Efflux by Binding to Ferroportin and Inducing Its Internalization

    Elizabeta Nemeth;Marie S. Tuttle;Julie Powelson;Michael B. Vaughn

  • Defensins: antimicrobial peptides of innate immunity.

    Tomas Ganz

  • IL-6 mediates hypoferremia of inflammation by inducing the synthesis of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin

    Elizabeta Nemeth;Seth Rivera;Victoria Gabayan;Charlotte Keller

  • Hepcidin, a Urinary Antimicrobial Peptide Synthesized in the Liver *

    Christina H. Park;Erika V. Valore;Alan J. Waring;Tomas Ganz

  • Endogenous Antimicrobial Peptides and Skin Infections in Atopic Dermatitis

    Peck Y. Ong;Takaaki Ohtake;Corinne Brandt;Ian Strickland

  • Hepcidin, a key regulator of iron metabolism and mediator of anemia of inflammation.

    Tomas Ganz

  • Defensins. Natural peptide antibiotics of human neutrophils.

    T Ganz;M E Selsted;D Szklarek;S S Harwig

  • Hepcidin, a putative mediator of anemia of inflammation, is a type II acute-phase protein.

    Elizabeta Nemeth;Erika V. Valore;Mary Territo;Gary Schiller

  • An Antimicrobial Activity of Cytolytic T Cells Mediated by Granulysin

    Steffen Stenger;Dennis A. Hanson;Rachel Teitelbaum;Puneet Dewan

  • Defensins: Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Peptides of Mammalian Cells

    R I Lehrer;and A K Lichtenstein;T Ganz

  • Hepcidin and iron homeostasis.

    Tomas Ganz;Elizabeta Nemeth

  • Reduced Paneth cell α-defensins in ileal Crohn's disease

    Jan Wehkamp;Nita H. Salzman;Edith Porter;Edith Porter;Sabine Nuding

  • Mutations in HFE2 cause iron overload in chromosome 1q-linked juvenile hemochromatosis.

    George Papanikolaou;Mark E Samuels;Erwin H Ludwig;Marcia L E MacDonald

  • Systemic iron homeostasis

    Tomas Ganz

  • Hepcidin and iron regulation, 10 years later

    Tomas Ganz

  • Identification of erythroferrone as an erythroid regulator of iron metabolism

    Léon Kautz;Grace Jung;Erika V Valore;Stefano Rivella

  • Antimicrobial peptides in mammalian and insect host defence

    Robert I Lehrer;Tomas Ganz

  • High levels of GDF15 in thalassemia suppress expression of the iron regulatory protein hepcidin.

    Toshihiko Tanno;Natarajan V Bhanu;Patricia A Oneal;Sung-Ho Goh

  • Regulation of iron metabolism by hepcidin.

    Elizabeta Nemeth;Tomas Ganz

  • DEFENSINS: NATURAL PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS IN HUMAN NEUTROPHILS

    T. Ganz

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeta Nemeth
Elizabeta Nemeth University of California, Los Angeles
Robert I. Lehrer
Robert I. Lehrer University of California, Los Angeles
Michael E. Selsted
Michael E. Selsted University of Southern California
Alexander M. Cole
Alexander M. Cole University of Central Florida
Charles L. Bevins
Charles L. Bevins University of California, Davis
Domenico Girelli
Domenico Girelli University of Verona
Stefano Rivella
Stefano Rivella Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clara Camaschella
Clara Camaschella Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Jerry Kaplan
Jerry Kaplan University of Utah
Ole E. Sørensen
Ole E. Sørensen Lund University

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