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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
9632
World Ranking
12210
National Ranking
5214

Cheryl M. Craft publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 193 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cheryl M. Craft 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 Cheryl M. Craft sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Cheryl M. Craft is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on retinal biology and related molecular and cellular mechanisms. The scope of their work spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology and ophthalmology as key subfields.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Ocular Oncology and Treatments
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways

Recent publication venues where Cheryl M. Craft has contributed include:

  • Experimental Eye Research
  • eLife
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Current Issues in Molecular Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Eun-Jin Lee
  • Hardeep Singh
  • Dominic WH Shayler
  • Matthew E. Thornton
  • Brendan H. Grubbs

Notable recent papers published by Cheryl M. Craft include:

  • "Comparison of Retinal Metabolic Activity and Structural Development between rd10 Mice and Normal Mice Using Multiphoton Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy," 2024, Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • "An immature, dedifferentiated, and lineage-deconstrained cone precursor origin of N-Myc-initiated retinoblastoma," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) are localized in the nucleus of retinal Müller glial cells and modulated by cytokines and oxidative stress," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Assessment of inner retinal oxygen metrics and thickness in a mouse model of inherited retinal degeneration," 2021, Experimental Eye Research
  • "Clusterin enhances cell survival by suppressing neuronal nitric-oxide synthase expression in the rhodopsin S334ter-line3 retinitis pigmentosa model," 2021, Brain Research

Best Publications

  • Calcium bursts induced by nanosecond electric pulses.

    P.Thomas Vernier;Yinghua Sun;Laura Marcu;Laura Marcu;Sarah Salemi

  • Irish setter dogs affected with rod/cone dysplasia contain a nonsense mutation in the rod cGMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit gene.

    Michael L. Suber;Steven J. Pittler;Ning Qin;Gail C. Wright

  • Primary and secondary structure of bovine retinal S antigen (48-kDa protein)

    T Shinohara;B Dietzschold;C M Craft;G Wistow

  • Age-associated reduction in nocturnal pineal melatonin levels in female rats.

    Russel J. Reiter;Cheryl M. Craft;John E. Johnson;Thomas S. King

  • Comparison of heterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2A containing different B subunits.

    C. Kamibayashi;R. Estes;R. L. Lickteig;Sung-Il Yang

  • Nanoelectropulse-induced phosphatidylserine translocation.

    P. Thomas Vernier;Yinghua Sun;Laura Marcu;Laura Marcu;Cheryl M. Craft

  • Cone arrestin identified by targeting expression of a functional family.

    C M Craft;D H Whitmore;A F Wiechmann

  • TMEM237 Is Mutated in Individuals with a Joubert Syndrome Related Disorder and Expands the Role of the TMEM Family at the Ciliary Transition Zone

    Lijia Huang;Katarzyna Szymanska;Victor L. Jensen;Andreas R. Janecke

  • Method for intracellular modifications within living cells using pulsed electric fields

    Martin Gundersen;Cheryl Craft;Laura Marcu;P. Vernier

  • Linkage of photoreceptor degeneration by apoptosis with inherited defect in phototransduction.

    R. N. Lolley;Hongmei Rong;C. M. Craft

  • Rb regulates proliferation and rod photoreceptor development in the mouse retina

    Jiakun Zhang;Jonathan Gray;Lizhao Wu;Gustavo Leone

  • Aldose reductase and ϱ‐crystallin belong to the same protein superfamily as aldehyde reductase

    Deborah Carper;Chihiro Nishimura;Toshimichi Shinohara;Bernard Dietzchold

  • KASH protein Syne-2/Nesprin-2 and SUN proteins SUN1/2 mediate nuclear migration during mammalian retinal development

    Juehua Yu;Kai Lei;Min Zhou;Cheryl M. Craft

  • Mouse Cones Require an Arrestin for Normal Inactivation of Phototransduction

    Sergei S. Nikonov;Bruce M. Brown;Jason A. Davis;Freddi I. Zuniga

  • Photoreceptors of Nrl −/− Mice Coexpress Functional S- and M-cone Opsins Having Distinct Inactivation Mechanisms

    Sergei S. Nikonov;Lauren L. Daniele;Xuemei Zhu;Cheryl M. Craft

  • Species-Specific Differences in Expression of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase (GRK) 7 and GRK1 in Mammalian Cone Photoreceptor Cells: Implications for Cone Cell Phototransduction

    Ellen R. Weiss;Melissa H. Ducceschi;Thierry J. Horner;Aimin Li

  • Mouse cone arrestin expression pattern: light induced translocation in cone photoreceptors.

    Xuemei Zhu;Aimin Li;Bruce Brown;Ellen R. Weiss

  • NonO, a non-POU-domain-containing, octamer-binding protein, is the mammalian homolog of Drosophila nonAdiss.

    Yih-Sheng Yang;J. H. Hanke;L. Carayannopoulos;C. M. Craft

  • Amino acid and cDNA sequence of bovine phosducin, a soluble phosphoprotein from photoreceptor cells.

    R H Lee;A Fowler;J F McGinnis;R N Lolley

  • Rb Regulates Proliferation and Rod Photoreceptor Development in the Mouse Retina

    M.A. Dyer;J. Zhang;J. Gray;S. Rowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Gundersen
Martin A. Gundersen University of Southern California
Machelle T. Pardue
Machelle T. Pardue Georgia Institute of Technology
Russel J. Reiter
Russel J. Reiter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Edward N. Pugh
Edward N. Pugh University of California, Davis
Stephen P. Daiger
Stephen P. Daiger The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Larry A. Donoso
Larry A. Donoso Wills Eye Hospital
Michael A. Dyer
Michael A. Dyer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Serge Picaud
Serge Picaud Institut de la Vision
Graeme Wistow
Graeme Wistow National Institutes of Health
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health

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