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Biology and Biochemistry
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
147
Citations
68238
World Ranking
204
National Ranking
140

Arthur Kornberg publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arthur Kornberg sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 428 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Arthur Kornberg D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arthur Kornberg sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 99th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 1979 - US President's National Medal of Science "For accomplishments providing the conceptual and experimental framework for much of our current understanding of the manner in which DNA, the genetic substance, is replicated.", Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1959 - Nobel Prize for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid
  • 1957 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1956 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Arthur Kornberg was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned various aspects within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering as subfields.

They authored recent papers including "Reprogramming Yarrowia lipolytica metabolism for efficient synthesis of itaconic acid from flask to semipilot scale" published in 2024 in Science Advances, and "ReprogrammingYarrowia lipolyticametabolism for efficient synthesis of itaconic acid from flask to semi-pilot scale" published in 2023 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent co-authors in their publications included Jing Fu, Simone Zaghen, Hongzhong Lu, Oliver Konzock, and Naghmeh Poorinmohammad.

Their research frequently appeared in venues such as Science Advances and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Main topics covered by their work included:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Among the noteworthy honors received by Arthur Kornberg were the US President's National Medal of Science in 1979, awarded for providing the conceptual and experimental framework for understanding DNA replication, presented at a White House ceremony by President Carter in 1980. They were also a Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid.

Other recognitions included being elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1957, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1956, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1969.

Best Publications

  • The extinction coefficients of the reduced band of pyridine nucleotides

    B.L. Horecker;Arthur. Kornberg

  • Inorganic polyphosphate: a molecule of many functions.

    Arthur Kornberg;Narayana N. Rao;Dana Ault-Riché

  • Inorganic polyphosphate is needed for swimming, swarming, and twitching motilities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    M H Rashid;A Kornberg

  • ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. XIV. FURTHER PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID POLYMERASE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI.

    C C Richardson;C L Schildkraut;H V Aposhian;A Kornberg

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid. VIII. Frequencies of Nearest Neighbor Base Sequences in Deoxyribonucleic Acid

    John Josse;Armin D. Kaiser;Arthur Kornberg

  • Duplex opening by dnaA protein at novel sequences in initiation of replication at the origin of the E. coli chromosome

    David Bramhill;Arthur Kornberg

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid I. PREPARATION OF SUBSTRATES AND PARTIAL PURIFICATION OF AN ENZYME FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

    I. R. Lehman;Maurice J. Bessman;Ernest S. Simms;Arthur Kornberg

  • The dnaA protein complex with the E. coli chromosomal replication origin (oriC) and other DNA sites

    Robert S. Fuller;Barbara E. Funnell;Arthur Kornberg

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid. IX. The Polymerase Formed after T2 Bacteriophage Infection of Escherichia coli: A New Enzyme

    H. Vasken Aposhian;Arthur Kornberg

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid XXXVI. A PROOFREADING FUNCTION FOR THE 3' → 5' EXONUCLEASE ACTIVITY IN DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID POLYMERASES

    Douglas Brutlag;Arthur Kornberg

  • Inorganic polyphosphate: essential for growth and survival.

    Narayana N Rao;María R Gómez-García;Arthur Kornberg

  • Inorganic Polyphosphate: Toward Making a Forgotten Polymer Unforgettable

    Arthur Kornberg

  • The enzymatic mechanism of oxidation-reductions between malate or isocitrate and pyruvate.

    Alan H. Mehler;Arthur. Kornberg;Santiago. Grisolia;Severo. Ochoa

  • ATP activates dnaA protein in initiating replication of plasmids bearing the origin of the E. coli chromosome

    Kazuhisa Sekimizu;David Bramhill;Arthur Kornberg

  • A model for initiation at origins of DNA replication

    David Bramhill;Arthur Kornberg

  • Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. XI. Further studies on nearest neighbor base sequences in deoxyribonucleic acids.

    M. N. Swartz;T. A. Trautner;Arthur Kornberg

  • Active center of DNA polymerase.

    Arthur Kornberg

  • Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. XXXII. Replication of duplex deoxyribonucleic acid by polymerase at a single strand break.

    Regis B. Kelly;Nicholas R. Cozzarelli;Murray P. Deutscher;I. R. Lehman

  • Biosynthesis of dicarboxylic acids by carbon dioxide fixation; isolation and properties of an enzyme from pigeon liver catalyzing the reversible oxidative decarboxylation of 1-malic acid.

    Severo. Ochoa;Alan H. Mehler;Arthur. Kornberg

  • A DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID PHOSPHATASE-EXONUCLEASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI. II. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EXONUCLEASE ACTIVITY.

    Charles C. Richardson;I. R. Lehman;Arthur Kornberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman University of California, Berkeley
Douglas L. Brutlag
Douglas L. Brutlag Stanford University
Charles C. Richardson
Charles C. Richardson Harvard University
I. R. Lehman
I. R. Lehman Stanford University
Peter Setlow
Peter Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center
Julius Adler
Julius Adler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tania A. Baker
Tania A. Baker MIT
Robert S. Fuller
Robert S. Fuller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lee Rowen
Lee Rowen Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle
William Wickner
William Wickner Dartmouth College

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