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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
14369
World Ranking
6457
National Ranking
493

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
14407
World Ranking
19906
National Ranking
1791

Chris Peers 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 Chris Peers sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 318 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Peers 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 Chris Peers 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: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Chris Peers was affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Medicine. Subfields of study included Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Surgery, and Biochemistry.

Their work covered a variety of topics, notably:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Peers authored several research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, including:

  • "Kv1.3 voltage-gated potassium channels link cellular respiration to proliferation through a non-conducting mechanism" (2021), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Hydrogen sulfide regulates hippocampal neuron excitability via S-sulfhydration of Kv2.1" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Vascular Kv7 channels control intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in smooth muscle" (2020), published in Cell Calcium
  • "LKB1 is the gatekeeper of carotid body chemosensing and the hypoxic ventilatory response" (2022), published in Communications Biology
  • "Inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5 by hydrogen sulfide attenuates remodeling through S-nitrosylation-mediated signaling" (2023), published in Communications Biology

They frequently collaborated with several co-authors, among them:

  • Mark Dallas
  • D. Grahame Hardie
  • A. Mark Evans
  • Moza M. Al-Owais
  • Jason L. Scragg

The main publication venues for their work included:

  • Communications Biology (3 publications)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cell Calcium

Chris Peers was recognized with the membership of Academia Europaea in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Hemoxygenase-2 Is an Oxygen Sensor for a Calcium-Sensitive Potassium Channel

    Sandile Elroy Johnathan Williams;Phillippa Wootton;Helen Sarah Mason;Helen Sarah Mason;Jonathan Bould

  • The Production of Amyloid β Peptide Is a Critical Requirement for the Viability of Central Neurons

    Leigh D. Plant;John P. Boyle;Ian F. Smith;Chris Peers

  • Physiological roles for amyloid β peptides

    Hugh A. Pearson;Chris Peers

  • Testosterone is a potent inhibitor of L-type Ca2+ channels

    Jason L Scragg;Richard D Jones;Kevin S Channer;T.Hugh Jones

  • Does AMP-activated protein kinase couple inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation by hypoxia to calcium signaling in O2-sensing cells?

    A. Mark Evans;Kirsteen J.W. Mustard;Christopher N. Wyatt;Chris Peers

  • Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in isolated type I cells of the neonatal rat carotid body.

    Christopher N. Wyatt;Chris Peers

  • O2-sensitive K+ currents in carotid body chemoreceptor cells from normoxic and chronically hypoxic rats and their roles in hypoxic chemotransduction

    Christopher N. Wyatt;C. Wright;D. Bee;Chris Peers

  • Hypoxia and Neurodegeneration

    Chris Peers;Mark L. Dallas;Hannah E. Boycott;Jason L. Scragg

  • Transduction of chemostimuli by the type I carotid body cell.

    C Peers;K J Buckler

  • Modulation of recombinant human cardiac L‐type Ca2+ channel α1C subunits by redox agents and hypoxia

    I. M. Fearon;A. C. V. Palmer;A. J. Balmforth;S. G. Ball

  • Enhanced hepatitis C virus genome replication and lipid accumulation mediated by inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase

    Jamel Mankouri;Philip R. Tedbury;Sarah Gretton;Mair E. Hughes

  • AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE MEDIATES CAROTID BODY EXCITATION BY HYPOXIA

    Christopher N. Wyatt;Kirsty J.W. Mustard;Selina A. Pearson;Mark L Dallas

  • Effects of extracellular pH, PCO2 and HCO3- on intracellular pH in isolated type-I cells of the neonatal rat carotid body.

    K J Buckler;R D Vaughan-Jones;C Peers;D Lagadic-Gossmann

  • Combined Antisense and Pharmacological Approaches Implicate hTASK as an Airway O2 Sensing K+Channel

    Matthew E. Hartness;Anthony Lewis;Gavin J. Searle;Ita O'Kelly

  • Intracellular pH and its regulation in isolated type I carotid body cells of the neonatal rat.

    K J Buckler;R D Vaughan-Jones;C Peers;P C Nye

  • Carbon monoxide inhibits L-type Ca2+ channels via redox modulation of key cysteine residues by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species.

    Jason L. Scragg;Mark L. Dallas;Jenny A. Wilkinson;Gyula Varadi

  • Hypoxia suppresses glutamate transport in astrocytes.

    Mark Dallas;Hannah E Boycott;Lucy Atkinson;Alison Miller

  • Phosphorylation of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv2.1 by AMP-activated protein kinase regulates membrane excitability

    Naoko Ikematsu;Mark L. Dallas;Fiona A. Ross;Ryan W. Lewis

  • Effects of hypoxia and oxidative stress on expression of neprilysin in human neuroblastoma cells and rat cortical neurones and astrocytes.

    Lilia Fisk;Natalia N. Nalivaeva;John P. Boyle;Christopher S. Peers

  • The regulation of neurotransmitter secretion by protein kinase C.

    Peter F. T. Vaughan;John H. Walker;Chris Peers

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikita Gamper
Nikita Gamper University of Leeds
D. Grahame Hardie
D. Grahame Hardie University of Dundee
Kim N. Green
Kim N. Green University of California, Irvine
Mark Harris
Mark Harris University of Leeds
Nanduri R. Prabhakar
Nanduri R. Prabhakar University of Chicago
Annette G. Beck-Sickinger
Annette G. Beck-Sickinger Leipzig University
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Daniela Riccardi
Daniela Riccardi Cardiff University
Joanna Poulton
Joanna Poulton University of Oxford
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford

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