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Tyler Jacks

Tyler Jacks

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Molecular Biology
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Scientists 178 641 589 400 360 531 155283
Medicine 179 376 340 238 212 527 158920
Molecular Biology 176 41 35 26 23 472 154239

Tyler Jacks publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tyler Jacks between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tyler Jacks published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 19.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 224 publications in 2023. 32 of the 792 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150 200
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 224. Peak 224 publications in 2023. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 19 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 18 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 17 publications 2003: 18 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 29 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 224 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 16 publications
1985 2025

792 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tyler Jacks: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 2
1989 0
1990 2
1991 0
1992 3
1993 7
1994 19
1995 6
1996 18
1997 12
1998 16
1999 15
2000 11
2001 11
2002 17
2003 18
2004 19
2005 24
2006 10
2007 12
2008 13
2009 20
2010 19
2011 15
2012 14
2013 19
2014 29
2015 17
2016 24
2017 20
2018 17
2019 18
2020 30
2021 33
2022 24
2023 224
2024 16
2025 16
Total 792
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Tyler Jacks 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 Tyler Jacks sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 467–476 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 472 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14 472
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Tyler Jacks 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 Tyler Jacks sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 145+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100 176
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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
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Overview

Tyler Jacks is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Oncology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Tyler Jacks has been published extensively across several journals and venues, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants" (2023, Nature)
  • "Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptome profiling of pancreatic cancer identifies multicellular dynamics associated with neoadjuvant treatment" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Lineage tracing reveals the phylodynamics, plasticity, and paths of tumor evolution" (2022, Cell)
  • "Microenvironment drives cell state, plasticity, and drug response in pancreatic cancer" (2021, Cell)
  • "Emergence of a High-Plasticity Cell State during Lung Cancer Evolution" (2020, Cancer Cell)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Peter M.K. Westcott
  • Alex M. Jaeger
  • William L. Hwang
  • Santiago Naranjo
  • William A. Freed-Pastor

Tyler Jacks has received several recognitions throughout their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2009)
  • Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2005)

Best Publications

  • MicroRNA expression profiles classify human cancers

    Jun Lu;Gad Getz;Eric A. Miska;Eric A. Miska;Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra

  • Chromatin signature reveals over a thousand highly conserved large non-coding RNAs in mammals

    Mitchell Guttman;Ido Amit;Manuel Garber;Courtney French

  • A mammalian cell cycle checkpoint pathway utilizing p53 and GADD45 is defective in ataxia-telangiectasia

    Michael B. Kastan;Qimin Zhan;Wafik S. El-Deiry

  • p53-dependent apoptosis modulates the cytotoxicity of anticancer agents

    S W Lowe;H E Ruley;T Jacks;D E Housman

  • p53 is required for radiation-induced apoptosis in mouse thymocytes

    Scott W. Lowe;Earlene M. Schmitt;Sallie W. Smith;Barbara A. Osborne

  • Systematic RNA interference reveals that oncogenic KRAS-driven cancers require TBK1

    David A. Barbie;Pablo Tamayo;Jesse S. Boehm;So Young Kim

  • Hypoxia-mediated selection of cells with diminished apoptotic potential in solid tumours

    Thomas G. Graeber;Cynthia Osmanian;Tyler Jacks;David E. Housman

  • Identification of Bronchioalveolar Stem Cells in Normal Lung and Lung Cancer

    Carla F. Bender Kim;Erica L. Jackson;Amber E. Woolfenden;Sharon Lawrence

  • Preinvasive and invasive ductal pancreatic cancer and its early detection in the mouse

    Sunil R. Hingorani;Emanuel F. Petricoin;Anirban Maitra;Vinodh Rajapakse

  • Tumor spectrum analysis in p53-mutant mice.

    Tyler Jacks;Lee Remington;Bart O. Williams;Earlene M. Schmitt

  • A Large Intergenic Noncoding RNA Induced by p53 Mediates Global Gene Repression in the p53 Response

    Maite Huarte;Mitchell Guttman;Mitchell Guttman;David Feldser;Manuel Garber

  • Effects of an Rb mutation in the mouse

    Tyler Jacks;Amin Fazeli;Earlene M. Schmitt;Roderick T. Bronson

  • Analysis of lung tumor initiation and progression using conditional expression of oncogenic K-ras

    Erica L. Jackson;Nicholas Willis;Kim Mercer;Roderick T. Bronson

  • Restoration of p53 function leads to tumour regression in vivo

    Andrea Ventura;David G. Kirsch;David G. Kirsch;Margaret E. McLaughlin;David A. Tuveson

  • Sunburn and p53 in the onset of skin cancer

    Annemarie Ziegler;Alan S. Jonason;David J. Leffellt;Jeffrey A. Simon;Jeffrey A. Simon

  • p53 status and the efficacy of cancer therapy in vivo

    SW Lowe;S Bodis;A McClatchey;L Remington

  • Targeted Deletion Reveals Essential and Overlapping Functions of the miR-17∼92 Family of miRNA Clusters

    Andrea Ventura;Amanda G. Young;Monte M. Winslow;Laura Lintault

  • Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis

    Madhu S. Kumar;Jun Lu;Kim L. Mercer;Todd R. Golub

  • Altered cell cycle arrest and gene amplification potential accompany loss of wild-type p53.

    Laura R. Livingstone;Alicia White;Alicia White;Jason Sprouse;Jason Sprouse;Elizabeth Livanos;Elizabeth Livanos

  • Radiation-induced cell cycle arrest compromised by p21 deficiency

    James B Brugarolas;Chitra Chandrasekaran;Jeffrey I. Gordon;David Beach

Frequent Co-Authors

Roderick T. Bronson
Roderick T. Bronson Harvard University
Tuomas Tammela
Tuomas Tammela Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David A. Tuveson
David A. Tuveson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Wen Xue
Wen Xue University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Kevin M. Haigis
Kevin M. Haigis Harvard University
Bart O. Williams
Bart O. Williams Van Andel Institute

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