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Christopher T. Walsh

Christopher T. Walsh

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Best Scientists

D-Index
175
Citations
114780
World Ranking
720
National Ranking
444

Chemistry

D-Index
176
Citations
113595
World Ranking
49
National Ranking
26

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
179
Citations
118310
World Ranking
70
National Ranking
57

Christopher T. Walsh publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher T. Walsh sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 896 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Christopher T. Walsh D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher T. Walsh sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 2014 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2007 - Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2004 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Christopher T. Walsh was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with particular involvement in subfields such as Oncology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's main topics of study included:

  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer
  • Diverticular Disease and Complications
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment

Christopher T. Walsh published research in a number of prominent scientific venues, including:

  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Natural Product Reports

Frequent collaborators in their work included:

  • Shravani Reddy
  • Lindsey A. Bierle
  • Mohamad Mouchli
  • Adil Mir
  • Marrieth Rubio

Selected recent publications by Christopher T. Walsh are as follows:

  • "Tailoring enzyme strategies and functional groups in biosynthetic pathways," 2022, Natural Product Reports
  • "Covalent Catalytic Strategies for Enzymes That Modify RNA Molecules on their Tripartite Building Blocks," 2022, ACS Chemical Biology
  • "Propofol: Milk of Amnesia," 2022, Cell

Other notable publications in related fields include:

  • "Prospects for Antibacterial Discovery and Development," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Dithiolopyrrolones: biosynthesis, synthesis, and activity of a unique class of disulfide-containing antibiotics," 2020, UNC Libraries

Their professional recognition included several awards and honors, such as:

  • Robert Koch Gold Medal, 2017
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, 2014
  • Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, American Chemical Society, 2007
  • Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology, 2004
  • Membership in the National Academy of Medicine, 1989
  • Membership in the National Academy of Sciences, 1989
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1987
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1975

Best Publications

  • The evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

    Mark C. Enright;D. Ashley Robinson;Gaynor Randle;Edward J. Feil

  • Antibiotics For Emerging Pathogens

    Michael A. Fischbach;Christopher T. Walsh

  • Molecular mechanisms that confer antibacterial drug resistance

    Christopher Walsh

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Protein posttranslational modifications: the chemistry of proteome diversifications.

    Christopher T. Walsh;Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova;Gregory J. Gatto

  • Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms

    Christopher. Walsh

  • Assembly-line enzymology for polyketide and nonribosomal Peptide antibiotics: logic, machinery, and mechanisms.

    Michael A. Fischbach;Christopher T. Walsh

  • Lessons from natural molecules

    Jon Clardy;Christopher Walsh

  • Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance

    Christopher Walsh

  • The Behavior and Significance of Slow-Binding Enzyme Inhibitors

    John F. Morrison;Christopher T. Walsh

  • A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

    Ralph H. Lambalot;Amy M. Gehring;Roger S. Flugel;Peter Zuber

  • Non-heme Fe(IV)-oxo intermediates.

    Carsten Krebs;Danica Galonić Fujimori;Christopher T. Walsh;J. Martin Bollinger

  • Genetics and Assembly Line Enzymology of Siderophore Biosynthesis in Bacteria

    Jorge H. Crosa;Christopher T. Walsh

  • Where will new antibiotics come from

    Christopher Walsh

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Functional association of cyclophilin A with HIV-1 virions

    Thali M;Bukovsky A;Kondo E;Rosenwirth B

  • Harnessing the Biosynthetic Code: Combinations, Permutations, and Mutations

    David E. Cane;Christopher T. Walsh;Chaitan Khosla

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF SFP, A BACILLUS SUBTILIS PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL TRANSFERASE FOR PEPTIDYL CARRIER PROTEIN DOMAINS IN PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES

    Luis E. N. Quadri;Paul H. Weinreb;Ming Lei;Michiko M. Nakano

  • Glycopeptide and Lipoglycopeptide Antibiotics

    Dan Kahne;Catherine Leimkuhler;Wei Lu;Christopher Walsh

  • Molecular basis for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147: biosynthesis of a depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursor by vancomycin resistance proteins VanH and VanA.

    Timothy D. H. Bugg;Gerard D. Wright;Sylvie Dutka-Malen;Michel Arthur

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil L. Kelleher
Neil L. Kelleher Northwestern University
Michael A. Fischbach
Michael A. Fischbach Stanford University
Daniel Kahne
Daniel Kahne Harvard University
Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Yi Tang
Yi Tang University of California, Los Angeles
Chaitan Khosla
Chaitan Khosla Stanford University
Melissa J. Moore
Melissa J. Moore University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Mark D. Distefano
Mark D. Distefano University of Minnesota
Roberto Kolter
Roberto Kolter Harvard University

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