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![Ulrich K. Laemmli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/81/4305702.jpg)
biochemistry
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
![Masayuki Yamamoto](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/4986361.jpg)
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,057
61,999
0.395
![Jane S Richardson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/1302462.jpg)
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,501
34,314
0.401
![Barry Honig](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/95/911167.jpg)
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
![Mark Johnston](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/1775580.jpg)
Genetics
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,103
7,197
0.153
![Stephen M Prescott](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1b/4465417.jpg)
biochemistry
cell biology
molecular biology
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,066
4,207
0.089
![Stephen P Goff](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/96/911227.jpg)
Virology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,872
6,715
0.143
![Elisa Izaurralde](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry
molecular biology
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,852
10,566
0.236
![Emad Tajkhorshid](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2b/1615563.jpg)
Computational Structural Biology
Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,668
19,416
0.435
![Boris Turk](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Proteases
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,023
20,536
0.466
![Dan S Tawfik](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry
biophysics
structural biology
molecular evolution
evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,789
13,927
0.369
![Angel Gil Hernández](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/4335532.jpg)
Nutrition
biochemistry
molecular biology
gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,599
14,034
0.383
![Dexian Zheng *](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
biomedicine
biochemistry
molecular biology
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,842
20,711
0.578
![Akiyoshi Fukamizu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/29/303542.jpg)
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,877
10,509
0.310
![Byron Caughey](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
biochemistry
molecular biology
neuroscience
cell biology
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,942
8,859
0.269
![Nathan Nelson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/409302.jpg)
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Bioenergetics
Photosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,795
4,877
0.149
![Melissa J Moore](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/1290512.jpg)
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,431
10,944
0.337
![Albert Jeltsch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/1787046.jpg)
Molecular epigenetics
DNA methyltransferase
Protein methyltransferase
DNA and protein methylation
Synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,217
9,334
0.343
![Debashish Bhattacharya](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/1576294.jpg)
Genomics
Endosymbiosis
Coral biology
Tree of life
Molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,103
9,015
0.345
![Janusz Bujnicki](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/5005577.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Molecular Modeling
Synthetic Biology
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,583
10,247
0.417
![Claudine Kraft](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Autophagy
Molecular and cell biology
biochemistry
yeast genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,162
12,141
0.502
![Bahman Yousefi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b4/361175.jpg)
Cancer research
Cell signaling
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,171
16,216
0.731
![Roberto Cattaneo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2b/1324349.jpg)
Molecular biology
virology
cancer
cell biology
gene therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,530
4,673
0.228
![Katja Becker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/04/1760646.jpg)
Biochemie
Molekularbiologie
Parasitologie
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,138
5,953
0.296
![Stephen Farmer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/29/831725.jpg)
Molecular Biology of Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,908
4,189
0.210
Ulrich K. Laemmli
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
biochemistry
molecular biology
Masayuki Yamamoto
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,057
61,999
0.395
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
Jane S Richardson
Duke University
Durham, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,501
34,314
0.401
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
Barry Honig
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Mark Johnston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,103
7,197
0.153
Stephen M Prescott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,066
4,207
0.089
biochemistry
cell biology
molecular biology
genetics
Stephen P Goff
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,872
6,715
0.143
Elisa Izaurralde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,852
10,566
0.236
Biochemistry
molecular biology
RNA
Emad Tajkhorshid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,668
19,416
0.435
Computational Structural Biology
Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Simulation
Boris Turk
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
![Slovenia](/flags/si.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,023
20,536
0.466
Proteases
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Chemical Biology
Dan S Tawfik
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
![Israel](/flags/il.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,789
13,927
0.369
Biochemistry
biophysics
structural biology
molecular evolution
evolutionary biology
Angel Gil Hernández
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
![Spain](/flags/es.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,599
14,034
0.383
Nutrition
biochemistry
molecular biology
gastroenterology
Dexian Zheng *
Peking Union Medical College
Beijing, China
![China](/flags/cn.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,842
20,711
0.578
biomedicine
biochemistry
molecular biology
immunology
Akiyoshi Fukamizu
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,877
10,509
0.310
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Byron Caughey
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,942
8,859
0.269
biochemistry
molecular biology
neuroscience
cell biology
virology
Nathan Nelson
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
![Israel](/flags/il.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,795
4,877
0.149
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Bioenergetics
Photosynthesis
Melissa J Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,431
10,944
0.337
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
RNA
Albert Jeltsch
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,217
9,334
0.343
Molecular epigenetics
DNA methyltransferase
Protein methyltransferase
DNA and protein methylation
Synthetic biology
Debashish Bhattacharya
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,103
9,015
0.345
Genomics
Endosymbiosis
Coral biology
Tree of life
Molecular evolution
Janusz Bujnicki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,583
10,247
0.417
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Molecular Modeling
Synthetic Biology
Structural Biology
Claudine Kraft
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,162
12,141
0.502
Autophagy
Molecular and cell biology
biochemistry
yeast genetics
Bahman Yousefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,171
16,216
0.731
Cancer research
Cell signaling
Molecular Biology
Roberto Cattaneo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,530
4,673
0.228
Molecular biology
virology
cancer
cell biology
gene therapy
Katja Becker
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,138
5,953
0.296
Biochemie
Molekularbiologie
Parasitologie
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Stephen Farmer
Boston University
Boston, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,908
4,189
0.210
Molecular Biology of Diseases