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1758
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Craig Montell 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 Craig Montell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 258 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Craig Montell 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 Craig Montell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2015 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Craig Montell is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, they have made contributions to several subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their main research topics cover Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Insect Utilization and Effects, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Craig Montell has published numerous scientific papers in a variety of venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • eLife
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Selected recent publications include:

  • Suppressing mosquito populations with precision guided sterile males, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Drosophila sensory receptors-a set of molecular Swiss Army Knives, 2021, Genetics
  • Functions of Opsins in Drosophila Taste, 2020, Current Biology
  • Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms, 2020, Science
  • The olfactory gating of visual preferences to human skin and visible spectra in mosquitoes, 2022, Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of researchers including Yinpeng Zhan, Anindya Ganguly, Omar S. Akbari, Zijing Chen, and Nicolas A. DeBeaubien, with the greatest number of joint publications being with Yinpeng Zhan.

Among the awards received are the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2015 and recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular characterization of the drosophila trp locus: A putative integral membrane protein required for phototransduction

    Craig Montell;Gerald M. Rubin

  • The TRP Superfamily of Cation Channels

    Craig Montell

  • The TRP channels, a remarkably functional family.

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi

  • Isolation of a putative phospholipase c gene of drosophila, norpA, and its role in phototransduction

    B.T. Bloomquist;R.D. Shortridge;S. Schneuwly;M. Perdew

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A Unified Nomenclature for the Superfamily of TRP Cation Channels

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi;René J. Bindels

  • TRPC1, a human homolog of a Drosophila store-operated channel

    Paul D. Wes;Jorge Chevesich;Andreas Jeromin;Carla Rosenberg

  • p53 mediates cellular dysfunction and behavioral abnormalities in Huntington's disease.

    Byoung Il Bae;Hong Xu;Shuichi Igarashi;Masahiro Fujimuro

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XLIX. Nomenclature and Structure-Function Relationships of Transient Receptor Potential Channels

    David E. Clapham;David Julius;Craig Montell;Günter Schultz

  • repo encodes a glial-specific homeo domain protein required in the Drosophila nervous system.

    Wen Cheng Xiong;Hideyuki Okano;Nipam H. Patel;Julie A. Blendy

  • TRPM5 Is a Voltage-Modulated and Ca2+-Activated Monovalent Selective Cation Channel

    Thomas Hofmann;Vladimir Chubanov;Thomas Gudermann;Craig Montell

  • Physiology, Phylogeny, and Functions of the TRP Superfamily of Cation Channels

    Craig Montell

  • Musashi, a neural RNA-binding protein required for Drosophila adult external sensory organ development.

    Makoto Nakamura;Hideyuki Okano;Julie A. Blendy;Craig Montell

  • Peripheral Coding of Taste

    Emily R. Liman;Yali V. Zhang;Craig Montell

  • Activation of a TRPC3-Dependent Cation Current through the Neurotrophin BDNF

    Hong Sheng Li;Xian Zhong Shawn Xu;Craig Montell

  • The Molecular Basis for Attractive Salt Taste Coding in Drosophila

    Yali V. Zhang;Jinfei Ni;Craig Montell;Craig Montell

  • Phototransduction and retinal degeneration in Drosophila.

    Tao Wang;Craig Montell

  • Requirement for the PDZ Domain Protein, INAD, for Localization of the TRP Store-Operated Channel to a Signaling Complex

    Jorge Chevesich;Andrew J. Kreuz;Craig Montell

  • A Taste of the Drosophila Gustatory Receptors

    Craig Montell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Roger C. Hardie
Roger C. Hardie University of Cambridge
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Arnold J. Berk
Arnold J. Berk University of California, Los Angeles
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Yee-Joo Tan
Yee-Joo Tan National University of Singapore
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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