2026 Tony Hunter: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	206	233	218	155	144	662	179998
Molecular Biology	206	17	15	10	9	622	181393

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2014 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2006 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
2004 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
2004 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2001 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Canada Gairdner International Award
1994 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Tony Hunter is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including immune cells in cancer, plant and animal studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, viral infections and outbreaks research, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and protein degradation and inhibitors.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tony Hunter include Kathleen E. DelGiorno, Razia F. Naeem, Carolyn O'Connor, Geoffrey M. Wahl, and Junko Ogawa.

Tony Hunter has published research in several venues, most notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Wellcome Open Research
Acta Materia Medica
Frontiers in Physiology
Gastro Hep Advances

Notable recent papers by Tony Hunter include:

The D614G mutation in the SARS-CoV2 Spike protein increases infectivity in an ACE2 receptor dependent manner, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Tuft Cell Formation Reflects Epithelial Plasticity in Pancreatic Injury: Implications for Modeling Human Pancreatitis, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
The 'New (Nu)-clear' evidence of the tumor-driving role of PI3K, 2022, Acta Materia Medica
Eicosanoids in the Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment-A Multicellular, Multifaceted Progression, 2022, Gastro Hep Advances
The genome sequence of the tawny cockroach, Ectobius (Ectobius) pallidus (Olivier, 1789), 2025, Wellcome Open Research

The primary fields of study for Tony Hunter are:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these, the main subfields are:

Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cancer Research
Immunology

Tony Hunter has received multiple awards over the course of their career, including:

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2014
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award, 2006
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 2004
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2004
Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2001
J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, 2000
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
Canada Gairdner International Award, 1994
Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1994
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1987

Best Publications

The Protein Kinase Complement of the Human Genome

G. Manning;D. B. Whyte;R. Martinez;T. Hunter

9993
Citations
The protein kinase family: conserved features and deduced phylogeny of the catalytic domains.

Steven K. Hanks;Anne Marie Quinn;Tony Hunter

6342
Citations
Oncogenic kinase signalling

Peter Blume-Jensen;Tony Hunter

5179
Citations
Protein kinases and phosphatases: The Yin and Yang of protein phosphorylation and signaling

Tony Hunter

3934
Citations
A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts

Erik Sahai;Igor Astsaturov;Edna Cukierman;David G. DeNardo

3566
Citations
Signaling--2000 and beyond.

Tony Hunter

3382
Citations
Cyclins and cancer II: Cyclin D and CDK inhibitors come of age

Tony Hunter;Jonathan Pines

3153
Citations
Transforming gene product of Rous sarcoma virus phosphorylates tyrosine

Tony Hunter;Bartholomew M. Sefton

3108
Citations
Protein kinases 6. The eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily: kinase (catalytic) domain structure and classification.

Steven K. Hanks;Tony Hunter

3057
Citations
p27, a novel inhibitor of G1 cyclin-Cdk protein kinase activity, is related to p21

Hideo Toyoshima;Tony Hunter

2803
Citations
Protein-tyrosine kinases.

Tony Hunter;Jonathan A. Cooper

2633
Citations
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in the Human Genome

Andres Alonso;Joanna Sasin;Nunzio Bottini;Ilan Friedberg

2354
Citations
Integrin-mediated signal transduction linked to Ras pathway by GRB2 binding to focal adhesion kinase

David D. Schlaepfer;Steven K. Hanks;Tony Hunter;Peter van der Geer;Peter van der Geer

2087
Citations
RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES AND THEIR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS

P van der Geer;T Hunter;R A Lindberg

1910
Citations
An Integrative Model of Cellular States, Plasticity, and Genetics for Glioblastoma

Cyril Neftel;Julie Laffy;Mariella G. Filbin;Toshiro Hara

1895
Citations
Phosphopeptide mapping and phosphoamino acid analysis by two-dimensional separation on thin-layer cellulose plates.

Boyle Wj;van der Geer P;Hunter T

1766
Citations
The regulation of transcription by phosphorylation

Tony Hunter;Michael Karin

1730
Citations
The c-fos protein interacts with c - Jun AP -1 to stimulate transcription of AP-1 responsive genes

Robert Chiu;William J. Boyle;Jennifer Meek;Tod Smeal

1638
Citations
A thousand and one protein kinases

Tony Hunter

1489
Citations
The Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Superfamily

Steven K. Hanks;Tony Hunter

212
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan A. Cooper Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Bartholomew M. Sefton Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Zhimin Lu Zhejiang University

Jonathon Pines Institute of Cancer Research

Inder M. Verma Salk Institute for Biological Studies

John R. Yates Scripps Research Institute

Kathleen L. Gould Vanderbilt University

Kun Ping Lu Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Randy Yat Choi Poon Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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