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David E. Clapham

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
141
Citations
90338
World Ranking
254
National Ranking
171

David E. Clapham 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 David E. Clapham sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 429 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David E. Clapham 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 David E. Clapham sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 141 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David E. Clapham is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research spans several main fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Their work delves into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist has contributed to numerous research topics, which include:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Herbal Medicine Research Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Clapham are:

  • A serotonergic axon-cilium synapse drives nuclear signaling to alter chromatin accessibility, 2022, Cell
  • Odontoblast TRPC5 channels signal cold pain in teeth, 2021, Science Advances
  • The SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein Orf3a is not an ion channel, but does interact with trafficking proteins, 2023, eLife
  • Employing NaChBac for cryo-EM analysis of toxin action on voltage-gated Na + channels in nanodisc, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Visualizing synaptic dopamine efflux with a 2D composite nanofilm, 2022, eLife

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sebastián Brauchi
  • Patrick R. Houlihan
  • Nathaniel T. Blair
  • Ingrid Carvacho
  • Dipayan Chaudhuri

Publication venues where Clapham has frequently published are:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Cell
  • eLife

In addition to journal publications, Clapham has contributed to book publications with Policy Press. Two books titled Inhabitation in Nature were published in 2023 under this publisher.

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

    W. A. Catterall;K. G. Chandy;D. E. Clapham;G. A. Gutman

  • TRP channels as cellular sensors

    David E. Clapham

  • An Introduction to TRP Channels

    I. Scott Ramsey;Markus Delling;David E. Clapham

  • The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a highly selective ion channel

    Yuriy Kirichok;Grigory Krapivinsky;David E. Clapham

  • The βγ subunits of GTP-binding proteins activate the muscarinic K + channel in heart

    Diomedes E. Logothetis;Yoshihisa Kurachi;Jonas Galper;Eva J. Neer

  • The trp ion channel family

    David E. Clapham;David E. Clapham;Loren W. Runnels;Loren W. Runnels;Carsten Strübing;Carsten Strübing

  • G PROTEIN BETA GAMMA SUBUNITS

    David E. Clapham;Eva J. Neer

  • The G-protein-gated atrial K+ channel IKACh is a heteromultimer of two inwardly rectifying K(+)-channel proteins.

    G. Krapivinsky;E. A. Gordon;K. Wickman;B. Velimirović

  • A sperm ion channel required for sperm motility and male fertility

    Dejian Ren;Betsy Navarro;Gloria Perez;Alexander C. Jackson

  • Roles of G protein subunits in transmembrane signalling.

    Eva J. Neer;David E. Clapham;David E. Clapham

  • TRPV3 is a calcium-permeable temperature-sensitive cation channel

    Haoxing Xu;I. Scott Ramsey;Suhas A. Kotecha;Magdalene M. Moran

  • TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal function.

    Jochen Reiser;Krishna R Polu;Clemens C Möller;Peter Kenlan

  • Spiral calcium wave propagation and annihilation in Xenopus laevis oocytes

    James D Lechleiter;Steven Girard;Ernest Peralta;David Clapham

  • New roles for G-protein beta gamma-dimers in transmembrane signalling.

    David E. Clapham;Eva J. Neer

  • TRPC1 and TRPC5 form a novel cation channel in mammalian brain.

    Carsten Strübing;Grigory Krapivinsky;Luba Krapivinsky;David E Clapham

  • TRP-PLIK, a bifunctional protein with kinase and ion channel activities.

    Loren W. Runnels;Lixia Yue;David E. Clapham

  • A Unified Nomenclature for the Superfamily of TRP Cation Channels

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

  • Oregano, thyme and clove-derived flavors and skin sensitizers activate specific TRP channels

    Haoxing Xu;Markus Delling;Markus Delling;Janice C Jun;Janice C Jun;David E Clapham;David E Clapham

  • Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Letm1 as a Mitochondrial Ca2+/H+ Antiporter

    Dawei Jiang;Linlin Zhao;David E. Clapham

  • EMRE Is an Essential Component of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Complex

    Yasemin Sancak;Andrew L. Markhard;Toshimori Kitami;Toshimori Kitami;Erika Kovács-Bogdán

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara von Arnold
Sara von Arnold Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Haoxing Xu
Haoxing Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eva J. Neer
Eva J. Neer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Jian Li
Jian Li ShanghaiTech University
William T. Pu
William T. Pu Boston Children's Hospital
Michael J. Ackerman
Michael J. Ackerman Mayo Clinic
Bonnie A. Wallace
Bonnie A. Wallace Birkbeck, University of London
Nancy C. Andrews
Nancy C. Andrews Duke University
Simon Gaisford
Simon Gaisford University College London

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Alberto Darszon

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