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Benjamin F. Cravatt
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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Benjamin F. Cravatt 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 Benjamin F. Cravatt sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 759 publications — 99th percentile

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

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

Benjamin F. Cravatt 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 Benjamin F. Cravatt 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
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This scientist: 169 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Benjamin F. Cravatt is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and organic chemistry. Their work also covers oncology, pharmacology, and immunology.

The main topics of Cravatt's research include:

  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Frequent publication venues for Cravatt include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Chemical Biology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Chemical Biology
  • Cell chemical biology

Regular collaborators in their work are:

  • Bruno Melillo
  • Micah J. Niphakis
  • Daisuke Ogasawara
  • Gabriel M. Simon
  • Evert Njomen

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cravatt include:

  • An Activity-Guided Map of Electrophile-Cysteine Interactions in Primary Human T Cells, 2020, Cell
  • Reimagining high-throughput profiling of reactive cysteines for cell-based screening of large electrophile libraries, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Three-dimensional bioprinted glioblastoma microenvironments model cellular dependencies and immune interactions, 2020, Cell Research
  • A proteome-wide atlas of lysine-reactive chemistry, 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • DCAF11 Supports Targeted Protein Degradation by Electrophilic Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Benjamin F. Cravatt has received the following professional recognitions:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007

Best Publications

  • Molecular characterization of an enzyme that degrades neuromodulatory fatty-acid amides

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Dan K. Giang;Stephen P. Mayfield;Dale L. Boger

  • Quantitative reactivity profiling predicts functional cysteines in proteomes

    Eranthie Weerapana;Chu Wang;Gabriel M. Simon;Florian Richter

  • Supersensitivity to anandamide and enhanced endogenous cannabinoid signaling in mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Kristin Demarest;Matthew P. Patricelli;Michael H. Bracey

  • Activity-based protein profiling: The serine hydrolases

    Yongsheng Liu;Matthew P. Patricelli;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • Activity-Based Protein Profiling: From Enzyme Chemistry to Proteomic Chemistry

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Aaron T. Wright;John W. Kozarich

  • Activity-Based Protein Profiling in Vivo Using a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3 + 2] Cycloaddition

    Anna E. Speers;Gregory C. Adam;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • A Comprehensive Profile of Brain Enzymes that Hydrolyze the Endocannabinoid 2‐Arachidonoylglycerol

    Jacqueline Lorayne Blankman;Gabriel M. Simon;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • Noxious compounds activate TRPA1 ion channels through covalent modification of cysteines

    Lindsey J. Macpherson;Adrienne E. Dubin;Michael J. Evans;Felix Marr;Felix Marr

  • Selective blockade of 2-arachidonoylglycerol hydrolysis produces cannabinoid behavioral effects

    Jonathan Z Long;Weiwei Li;Lamont Booker;James J Burston

  • Monoacylglycerol Lipase Regulates a Fatty Acid Network that Promotes Cancer Pathogenesis

    Daniel K. Nomura;Jonathan Z. Long;Sherry Niessen;Heather S. Hoover

  • Profiling Enzyme Activities In Vivo Using Click Chemistry Methods

    Anna E Speers;Benjamin F Cravatt

  • How many human proteoforms are there

    Ruedi Aebersold;Jeffrey N. Agar;I. Jonathan Amster;Mark S. Baker

  • Proteome-wide covalent ligand discovery in native biological systems

    Keriann M. Backus;Bruno E. Correia;Kenneth M. Lum;Stefano Forli

  • The promise and peril of chemical probes.

    Cheryl H. Arrowsmith;James E. Audia;Christopher Austin;Jonathan Baell

  • STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE

    Michele K. McKinney;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • The biological impact of mass-spectrometry-based proteomics

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Gabriel M. Simon;John R. Yates

  • Chemical characterization of a family of brain lipids that induce sleep.

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Oscar Prospero-Garcia;Gary Siuzdak;Norton B. Gilula

  • Endocannabinoid Hydrolysis Generates Brain Prostaglandins That Promote Neuroinflammation

    Daniel K. Nomura;Daniel K. Nomura;Bradley E. Morrison;Jacqueline L. Blankman;Jonathan Z. Long

  • Mechanism-based profiling of enzyme families.

    Michael J Evans;Benjamin F Cravatt

  • The endocannabinoid system drives neural progenitor proliferation

    Tania Aguado;Krisztina Monory;Javier Palazuelos;Nephi Stella

Frequent Co-Authors

Aron H. Lichtman
Aron H. Lichtman Virginia Commonwealth University
Dale L. Boger
Dale L. Boger Scripps Research Institute
Sherry Niessen
Sherry Niessen Pfizer (United States)
Hugh Rosen
Hugh Rosen Scripps Research Institute
Daniel K. Nomura
Daniel K. Nomura University of California, Berkeley
Alan Saghatelian
Alan Saghatelian Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Richard A. Lerner
Richard A. Lerner Scripps Research Institute
Eranthie Weerapana
Eranthie Weerapana Boston College
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Raymond C. Stevens
Raymond C. Stevens University of Southern California

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