2026 Bruce E. Kemp: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	140	277	246	4	4	558	67004

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Bruce E. Kemp is affiliated with the Australian Catholic University in Australia. Their research spans a range of topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work focused on metabolism, diabetes, and cancer.

Their research portfolio includes key papers published from 2020 to 2024. Notable publications are:

Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters regulate metabolism via allosteric control of AMPK β1 isoforms, 2020, Nature Metabolism
The myokine meteorin-like (metrnl) improves glucose tolerance in both skeletal muscle cells and mice by targeting AMPKα2, 2020, FEBS Journal
New developments in AMPK and mTORC1 cross-talk, 2024, Essays in Biochemistry
AMPK mediates energetic stress-induced liver GDF15, 2020, The FASEB Journal
CaMKK2 is inactivated by cAMP-PKA signaling and 14-3-3 adaptor proteins, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientific domains explored in their work are diverse, reflecting multiple aspects of biochemical and physiological processes. Their main fields of study include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of focus include molecular biology, surgery, physiology, epidemiology, and genetics, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical research.

Main topics covered in their studies are:

Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Diet and metabolism studies
Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Bruce E. Kemp's frequent co-authors include Jonathan S. Oakhill, John W. Scott, Sandra Galić, Naomi X.Y. Ling, and Kim Loh. Collaboration with these researchers has led to multiple joint publications, indicative of an active role within their scientific network.

Publication venues where Bruce E. Kemp has frequently contributed include:

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Molecular Metabolism
Biochemical Journal
The FASEB Journal
Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist has been recognized by prestigious organizations, being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2002.

Best Publications

AMPK in Health and Disease

Gregory R. Steinberg;Bruce E. Kemp

1860
Citations
A parathyroid hormone-related protein implicated in malignant hypercalcemia: cloning and expression

L. J. Suva;G. A. Winslow;R. E. H. Wettenhall;R. G. Hammonds

1466
Citations
Protein kinase C contains a pseudosubstrate prototope in its regulatory domain.

Colin House;Bruce E. Kemp

1315
Citations
Protein kinase phosphorylation site sequences and consensus specificity motifs: tabulations.

Richard B. Pearson;Bruce E. Kemp

1292
Citations
Protein kinase recognition sequence motifs

Bruce E. Kemp;Richard B. Pearson

1270
Citations
The Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase Kinases Are AMP-activated Protein Kinase Kinases

Rebecca L. Hurley;Kristin A. Anderson;Jeanne M. Franzone;Bruce E. Kemp

1204
Citations
AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase

Zhi-Ping Chen;Ken I Mitchelhill;Belinda J Michell;David Stapleton

1051
Citations
Role of multiple basic residues in determining the substrate specificity of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.

B E Kemp;D J Graves;E Benjamini;E G Krebs

1036
Citations
Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

Andrew L Carey;Gregory R Steinberg;S Lance Macaulay;Walter G Thomas

1027
Citations
Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag GTPase-Dependent Manner

Adem Kalender;Anand Selvaraj;Anand Selvaraj;So Young Kim;So Young Kim;Pawan Gulati

941
Citations
Parathyroid hormone-related protein purified from a human lung cancer cell line

J M Moseley;M Kubota;H Diefenbach-Jagger;R E Wettenhall

898
Citations
Phosphorylation of Thr(495) regulates Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity.

Ingrid Fleming;Beate Fisslthaler;Stefanie Dimmeler;Bruce E. Kemp

893
Citations
Single phosphorylation sites in Acc1 and Acc2 regulate lipid homeostasis and the insulin-sensitizing effects of metformin

Morgan D. Fullerton;Sandra Galic;Katarina Marcinko;Sarah Sikkema

849
Citations
The ancient drug salicylate directly activates AMP-activated protein kinase

Simon A. Hawley;Morgan D. Fullerton;Fiona A. Ross;Jonathan D. Schertzer

813
Citations
Mammalian AMP-activated Protein Kinase Subfamily

D. Stapleton;K. I. Mitchelhill;Guang Gao;J. Widmer

799
Citations
A potent synthetic peptide inhibitor of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

Heung-Chin Cheng;B. E. Kemp;R. B. Pearson;A. J. Smith

700
Citations
Coordinated Control of Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase Phosphorylation by Protein Kinase C and the cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase

Belinda J. Michell;Zhi-ping Chen;Tony Tiganis;David Stapleton

692
Citations
AMPK is a direct adenylate charge-regulated protein kinase.

Jonathan S. Oakhill;Rohan Steel;Zhi-Ping Chen;John W. Scott

678
Citations
Dealing With Energy Demand: The AMP-activated Protein Kinase

Bruce E Kemp;Ken I Mitchelhill;David Stapleton;Belinda J Michell

665
Citations
The Akt kinase signals directly to endothelial nitric oxide synthase.

B.J. Michell;J.E. Griffiths;K.I. Mitchelhill;I. Rodriguez-Crespo

624
Citations