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William L. Stanford

William L. Stanford

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
57
Citations
14522
World Ranking
2137
National Ranking
68

William L. Stanford 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 William L. Stanford sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 176 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William L. Stanford 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 William L. Stanford sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William L. Stanford is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a broad engagement with molecular biology, physiology, genetics, neurology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include tuberous sclerosis complex research, renal and related cancers, epigenetics and DNA methylation, renal cell carcinoma treatment, cancer-related molecular pathways, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

William L. Stanford has contributed publications to several journals and venues, frequently appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Reports
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Nature Neuroscience

They have several recent papers including the following:

  • "Vascular contributions to 16p11.2 deletion autism syndrome modeled in mice," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Organelle Cooperation in Stem Cell Fate: Lysosomes as Emerging Regulators of Cell Identity," 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Identification and differential usage of a host metalloproteinase entry pathway by SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron," 2022, iScience
  • "Proteome-wide Prediction of Lysine Methylation Leads to Identification of H2BK43 Methylation and Outlines the Potential Methyllysine Proteome," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Renal organoid modeling of tuberous sclerosis complex reveals lesion features arise from diverse developmental processes," 2022, Cell Reports

William L. Stanford often collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Julien Yockell-Lelièvre (10 joint publications)
  • Adam Pietrobon (9 joint publications)
  • Sean P. Delaney (7 joint publications)
  • Eric Lian (6 joint publications)
  • Lisa M. Julian (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Essential role of the mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor in programmed cell death

    Nicholas Joza;Nicholas Joza;Santos A. Susin;Eric Daugas;William L. Stanford

  • Function of PI3Kγ in Thymocyte Development, T Cell Activation, and Neutrophil Migration

    Takehiko Sasaki;Junko Irie-Sasaki;Junko Irie-Sasaki;Russell G. Jones;Antonio J. Oliveira-dos-Santos

  • A requirement for Flk1 in primitive and definitive hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis.

    Fouad Shalaby;Jacqueline Ho;William L. Stanford;Klaus Dieter Fischer

  • Gene-trap mutagenesis: past, present and beyond.

    William L. Stanford;Jason B. Cohn;Jason B. Cohn;Sabine P. Cordes;Sabine P. Cordes

  • Concise review: stem cell antigen-1: expression, function, and enigma.

    Christina Holmes;William L. Stanford

  • The mammalian gene function resource: the international knockout mouse consortium

    Allan Bradley;Konstantinos Anastassiadis;Abdelkader Ayadi;James F. Battey

  • Combinatorial effects of Flk1 and Tal1 on vascular and hematopoietic development in the mouse.

    Masatsugu Ema;Patrick Faloon;Wen Jie Zhang;Masanori Hirashima

  • Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Self-Renew and Differentiate According to a Deterministic Hierarchy

    Rahul Sarugaser;Lorraine Hanoun;Armand Keating;William L. Stanford

  • Mesenchymal progenitor self-renewal deficiency leads to age-dependent osteoporosis in Sca-1/Ly-6A null mice

    Mortaza Bonyadi;Stephen D. Waldman;Danmei Liu;Jane E. Aubin

  • Forward and Reverse Genetics through Derivation of Haploid Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Ulrich Elling;Jasmin Taubenschmid;Gerald Wirnsberger;Ronan O'Malley

  • A Gja1 missense mutation in a mouse model of oculodentodigital dysplasia

    Ann M. Flenniken;Lucy R. Osborne;Lucy R. Osborne;Nicole Anderson;Nadia Ciliberti

  • Hematopoietic stem cell and progenitor defects in Sca-1/Ly-6A null mice

    Caryn Y. Ito;Carol Y. J. Li;Carol Y. J. Li;Alan Bernstein;Alan Bernstein;John E. Dick;John E. Dick

  • Rosiglitazone facilitates angiogenic progenitor cell differentiation toward endothelial lineage: a new paradigm in glitazone pleiotropy.

    Chao-Hung Wang;Nadia Ciliberti;Shu-Hong Li;Paul E. Szmitko

  • A public gene trap resource for mouse functional genomics

    William C. Skarnes;Harald Von Melchner;Wolfgang Wurst;Geoff Hicks

  • Derivation and Expansion of PAX7-Positive Muscle Progenitors from Human and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Michael Shelton;Jeff Metz;Jun Liu;Richard L. Carpenedo

  • Polycomb-like 2 Associates with PRC2 and Regulates Transcriptional Networks during Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation

    Emily Walker;Wing Y. Chang;Julie Hunkapiller;Gerard Cagney;Gerard Cagney

  • The GPI-Linked Protein LY6A Drives AAV-PHP.B Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier.

    Juliette Hordeaux;Yuan Yuan;Peter M. Clark;Qiang Wang

  • Sequence interpretation. Functional annotation of mouse genome sequences.

    J. H. Nadeau;R. Balling;G. Barsh;D. Beier

  • Cloning and developmental expression analysis of the murine c-mer tyrosine kinase.

    Graham Dk;Bowman Gw;Dawson Tl;Stanford Wl

  • Late-Outgrowth Endothelial Cells Attenuate Intimal Hyperplasia Contributed by Mesenchymal Stem Cells After Vascular Injury

    Chao-Hung Wang;Wen-Jin Cherng;Ning-I Yang;Li-Tang Kuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
Joseph F. Polak
Joseph F. Polak Boston University
Charles B. Higgins
Charles B. Higgins University of California, San Francisco
Subodh Verma
Subodh Verma University of Toronto
Alan Bernstein
Alan Bernstein Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Mark D. Minden
Mark D. Minden Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
William M. Abbott
William M. Abbott Harvard University
Kelly M. McNagny
Kelly M. McNagny University of British Columbia
Jeffrey A. Medin
Jeffrey A. Medin Medical College of Wisconsin
James Ellis
James Ellis University of Toronto

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