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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
11720
World Ranking
9878
National Ranking
4327

Charles A. Specht publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 121 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Charles A. Specht 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 Charles A. Specht sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Charles A. Specht is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in Charles A. Specht's work include:

  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Recent publications give an overview of the areas of their research:

  • Neutrophil-induced ferroptosis promotes tumor necrosis in glioblastoma progression, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Vaccines for human fungal diseases: close but still a long way to go, 2021, npj Vaccines
  • Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Cda2 coordinate deacetylation of chitin during infection to control fungal virulence, 2021, The Cell Surface
  • Protection of Mice against Experimental Cryptococcosis by Synthesized Peptides Delivered in Glucan Particles, 2022, mBio
  • Immunological correlates of protection following vaccination with glucan particles containing Cryptococcus neoformans chitin deacetylases, 2023, npj Vaccines

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles A. Specht include:

  • Stuart M. Levitz
  • Lorena V. N. Oliveira
  • Chrono K. Lee
  • Maureen M. Hester
  • Ruiying Wang

Publications are often found in specific venues, indicating established connections with certain journals and audiences. Notable publication venues are:

  • Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • World Neurosurgery

Best Publications

  • The Genome of the Basidiomycetous Yeast and Human Pathogen Cryptococcus Neoformans

    Brendan J. Loftus;Eula Fung;Paola Roncaglia;Don Rowley

  • Chitosan, the Deacetylated Form of Chitin, Is Necessary for Cell Wall Integrity in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Lorina G. Baker;Charles A. Specht;Maureen J. Donlin;Jennifer K. Lodge

  • The Tribolium chitin synthase genes TcCHS1 and TcCHS2 are specialized for synthesis of epidermal cuticle and midgut peritrophic matrix.

    Y. Arakane;S. Muthukrishnan;K. J. Kramer;K. J. Kramer;C. A. Specht

  • A chitin synthase and its regulator protein are critical for chitosan production and growth of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Isaac R. Banks;Charles A. Specht;Maureen J. Donlin;Kimberly J. Gerik

  • Chitosan but Not Chitin Activates the Inflammasome by a Mechanism Dependent upon Phagocytosis

    Chelsea L. Bueter;Chrono K. Lee;Vijay A.K. Rathinam;Gloria J. Healy

  • A method for extracting high-molecular-weight deoxyribonucleic acid from fungi.

    Charles A. Specht;Concetta C. DiRusso;Charles P. Novotny;Robert C. Ullrich

  • Innate sensing of chitin and chitosan

    Chelsea L. Bueter;Charles A. Specht;Stuart M. Levitz

  • Chitin synthases are required for survival, fecundity and egg hatch in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.

    Yasuyuki Arakane;Charles A. Specht;Karl J. Kramer;Karl J. Kramer;Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan

  • Chitin recognition via chitotriosidase promotes pathologic type-2 helper T cell responses to cryptococcal infection.

    Darin L. Wiesner;Charles A. Specht;Chrono K. Lee;Kyle D. Smith

  • Characterization of two chitin synthase genes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and alternate exon usage in one of the genes during development.

    Yasuyuki Arakane;David G. Hogenkamp;Yu Cheng Zhu;Karl J. Kramer;Karl J. Kramer

  • Toll-like receptor 9-dependent immune activation by unmethylated CpG motifs in Aspergillus fumigatus DNA.

    Zaida G. Ramirez-Ortiz;Charles A. Specht;Jennifer P. Wang;Chrono K. Lee

  • The molecular basis for the immunogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans mannoproteins

    Stuart M. Levitz;Charles A. Specht

  • Chitin synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to supplementation of growth medium with glucosamine and cell wall stress.

    Dorota A. Bulik;Mariusz Olczak;Hector A. Lucero;Barbara C. Osmond

  • Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of proteins from the chitin deacetylase gene family of Tribolium castaneum and three other species of insects.

    Radhika Dixit;Yasuyuki Arakane;Charles A. Specht;Chad Richard

  • Recognition of Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphae by Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Is Mediated by Dectin-2 and Results in Formation of Extracellular Traps

    Flávio V. Loures;Marc Röhm;Chrono K. Lee;Evelyn Santos

  • Distinct Patterns of Dendritic Cell Cytokine Release Stimulated by Fungal β-Glucans and Toll-Like Receptor Agonists

    Haibin Huang;Gary R. Ostroff;Chrono K. Lee;Jennifer P. Wang

  • Analysis of functions of the chitin deacetylase gene family in Tribolium castaneum

    Yasuyuki Arakane;Radhika Dixit;Khurshida Begum;Yoonseong Park

  • Robust stimulation of humoral and cellular immune responses following vaccination with antigen-loaded beta-glucan particles.

    Haibin Huang;Gary R. Ostroff;Chrono K. Lee;Charles A. Specht

  • Molecular characterization of a mannoprotein with homology to chitin deacetylases that stimulates T cell responses to Cryptococcus neoformans

    Stuart M. Levitz;Shu-hua Nong;Michael K. Mansour;Chao Huang

  • The A alpha mating locus of Schizophyllum commune encodes two dissimilar multiallelic homeodomain proteins

    Mary M. Stankis;Charles A. Specht;Huiling Yang;Luc Giasson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart M. Levitz
Stuart M. Levitz University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Karl J. Kramer
Karl J. Kramer Kansas State University
Jennifer K. Lodge
Jennifer K. Lodge Washington University in St. Louis
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan Kansas State University
Richard W. Beeman
Richard W. Beeman Agricultural Research Service
Michael R. Kanost
Michael R. Kanost Kansas State University
Bernard Moussian
Bernard Moussian University of Tübingen
Phillips W. Robbins
Phillips W. Robbins Boston University
Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Peter A. Rice
Peter A. Rice University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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