Michael Gilbert

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 958 citations indexed

About

Michael Gilbert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Gilbert has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 958 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michael Gilbert's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers). Michael Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers). Michael Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Michael Gilbert's co-authors include Ute Hamann, Kahealani Uehara, Zachary T. Schug, Luke Izzo, Steven Zhao, Cholsoon Jang, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, T. Gade, Joyce Liu and Kathryn E. Wellen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Gilbert

24 papers receiving 944 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dietary fructose feeds hepatic lipogenesis via microbiota-derived acetate

2020 388 citations Steven Zhao, Cholsoon Jang et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Gilbert Germany	12	513	220	220	195	182	24	958
Emma Hudson United Kingdom	14	1.1k 2.1×	249 1.1×	311 1.4×	173 0.9×	62 0.3×	30	1.7k
Minoru Iwata Japan	21	741 1.4×	327 1.5×	336 1.5×	287 1.5×	275 1.5×	44	1.4k
Kim I. Tilly United States	20	880 1.7×	150 0.7×	89 0.4×	113 0.6×	221 1.2×	25	2.0k
Charlotte Hinault France	18	655 1.3×	97 0.4×	227 1.0×	196 1.0×	221 1.2×	29	1.2k
Winston Chu United States	17	472 0.9×	358 1.6×	364 1.7×	91 0.5×	181 1.0×	22	1.1k
Jinbo Han China	11	521 1.0×	232 1.1×	220 1.0×	81 0.4×	56 0.3×	20	1.1k
Dong-Ju Shin United States	11	355 0.7×	254 1.2×	145 0.7×	202 1.0×	62 0.3×	16	881
Lisa K. Johnson United States	7	578 1.1×	328 1.5×	240 1.1×	133 0.7×	44 0.2×	14	993
Shadab A. Siddiqi United States	19	564 1.1×	210 1.0×	189 0.9×	247 1.3×	61 0.3×	33	1.3k
Chiara Gabbi United States	18	330 0.6×	145 0.7×	94 0.4×	155 0.8×	113 0.6×	34	867

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Gilbert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Gilbert

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Gilbert

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tran, Khoa, Michael Gilbert, Berta N. Vázquez, et al.. (2025). SIRT7 regulates NUCKS1 chromatin binding to elicit metabolic and inflammatory gene expression in senescence and liver aging. Molecular Cell. 85(12). 2390–2408.e6. 2 indexed citations

Gilbert, Michael, Karl M. Glastad, Lindsay K. Pino, et al.. (2025). Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes. Cell. 188(15). 3974–3991.e21. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingchao, et al.. (2024). Distinct H3K9me3 heterochromatin maintenance dynamics govern different gene programmes and repeats in pluripotent cells. Nature Cell Biology. 26(12). 2115–2128. 3 indexed citations

Torres, Diana, Ignacio Briceño, Michael Gilbert, et al.. (2023). Native American ancestry and breast cancer risk in Colombian and Mexican women: ruling out potential confounding through ancestry-informative markers. Breast Cancer Research. 25(1). 111–111. 1 indexed citations

Gilbert, Michael, et al.. (2020). GC-MS Guide to Ignitable Liquids. 2 indexed citations

Gilbert, Michael, et al.. (2020). GC-MS Guide to Ignitable Liquids. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Steven, Cholsoon Jang, Joyce Liu, et al.. (2020). Dietary fructose feeds hepatic lipogenesis via microbiota-derived acetate. Nature. 579(7800). 586–591. 388 indexed citations breakdown →

Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo, et al.. (2020). Genetic Variability in the microRNA Binding Sites of BMPR1B, TGFBR1, IQGAP1, KRAS, SETD8 and RYR3 and Risk of Breast Cancer in Colombian Women. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 13. 12281–12287. 4 indexed citations

Tian, Xiao, Katherine R. Doerig, Alice Can Ran Qin, et al.. (2018). Evolution of telomere maintenance and tumour suppressor mechanisms across mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1741). 20160443–20160443. 63 indexed citations

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Tan, Li, Zhonghe Ke, Gregory Tombline, et al.. (2017). Naked Mole Rat Cells Have a Stable Epigenome that Resists iPSC Reprogramming. Stem Cell Reports. 9(5). 1721–1734. 57 indexed citations

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Ashton, Katie A., Anthony Proietto, Geoffrey Otton, et al.. (2010). Polymorphisms in genes of the steroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism pathways and endometrial cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology. 34(3). 328–337. 49 indexed citations

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Dünnebier, Thomas, Klaus Schlaefer, Michael Gilbert, et al.. (2010). No association of polymorphisms in the cell polarity gene SCRIB with breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 127(1). 259–264. 1 indexed citations

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Ashton, Katie A., Anthony Proietto, Geoffrey Otton, et al.. (2009). Polymorphisms in TP53 and MDM2 combined are associated with high grade endometrial cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 113(1). 109–114. 43 indexed citations

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Proietto, Anthony, Geoffrey Otton, Ian Symonds, et al.. (2009). Estrogen receptor polymorphisms and the risk of endometrial cancer. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 116(8). 1053–1061. 38 indexed citations

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Jakubowska, Anna, Jacek Gronwald, Janusz Menkiszak, et al.. (2009). BRCA1-associated breast and ovarian cancer risks in Poland: no association with commonly studied polymorphisms. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 119(1). 201–211. 63 indexed citations

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Dünnebier, Thomas, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Susanne Haas, et al.. (2009). Polymorphisms in the UBC9 and PIAS3 genes of the SUMO-conjugating system and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 121(1). 185–194. 25 indexed citations

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Dünnebier, Thomas, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Susanne Haas, et al.. (2009). Common variants in the UBC9 gene encoding the SUMO‐conjugating enzyme are associated with breast tumor grade. International Journal of Cancer. 125(3). 596–602. 34 indexed citations

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Ashton, Katie A., Anthony Proietto, Geoffrey Otton, et al.. (2008). The influence of the Cyclin D1 870 G>A polymorphism as an endometrial cancer risk factor. BMC Cancer. 8(1). 272–272. 10 indexed citations

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Delahousse, B., et al.. (2002). Comparative evaluation of five different methods for the measurement of plasma factor II levels in carriers of the 20210A prothrombin variant. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 13(5). 465–470. 4 indexed citations

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Giese, G., Jochen Schmidt, Michael Gilbert, Richard Albrecht, & Peter Traub. (1997). TPA induces apoptosis in MPC‐11 mouse plasmacytoma cells grown in serum‐free medium. Biology of the Cell. 89(2). 99–111. 9 indexed citations

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