2026 David R. Nelson: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	104	1416	1341	742	691	427	57391

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Overview

David R. Nelson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. These areas reflect the diverse aspects of their research interests and expertise.

The main topics covered in David R. Nelson's body of work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Plant and animal studies, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Fungal Biology and Applications, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

They have published frequently in several scientific venues, with the highest number of contributions appearing in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, followed by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Biology and Evolution, Molecular Plant, and UNC Libraries.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Khajamohiddin Syed, Tiara Padayachee, Dominik Gront, Birger Lindberg Møller, and Nomfundo Nzuza, indicating a consistent network of coauthors over time.

Among notable recent publications are:

Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution, 2021, Molecular Plant
Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest, 2020, BMC Genomics
Genetic elucidation of interconnected antibiotic pathways mediating maize innate immunity, 2020, Nature Plants
A gene cluster in Ginkgo biloba encodes unique multifunctional cytochrome P450s that initiate ginkgolide biosynthesis, 2022, Nature Communications
Pathogen-induced biosynthetic pathways encode defense-related molecules in bread wheat, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

Bond-orientational order in liquids and glasses

Paul J. Steinhardt;David R. Nelson;Marco Ronchetti

3831
Citations
Dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions

David R. Nelson;B. I. Halperin

2916
Citations
Renormalization, vortices, and symmetry-breaking perturbations in the two-dimensional planar model

Jorge V. José;Leo P. Kadanoff;Scott Kirkpatrick;Scott Kirkpatrick;David R. Nelson

2336
Citations
Theory of Two-Dimensional Melting

B. I. Halperin;David R. Nelson

2303
Citations
Two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet at low temperatures.

Sudip Chakravarty;Bertrand I. Halperin;David R. Nelson

1910
Citations
Large-distance and long-time properties of a randomly stirred fluid

Dieter Forster;David R. Nelson;Michael J. Stephen

1616
Citations
Universal Jump in the Superfluid Density of Two-Dimensional Superfluids

David R. Nelson;J. M. Kosterlitz

1612
Citations
Localization Transitions in Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics.

Naomichi Hatano;David R. Nelson

1362
Citations
Boson localization and correlated pinning of superconducting vortex arrays.

David R. Nelson;V. M. Vinokur

1239
Citations
Resistive transition in superconducting films

B. I. Halperin;David R. Nelson

1109
Citations
Low temperature behavior of two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets

Sudip Chakravarty;Bertrand I. Halperin;David R. Nelson

1087
Citations
Vortex entanglement in high-Tc superconductors.

David R. Nelson

1073
Citations
Theory of melted flux liquids

David R. Nelson;Hyunjune Sebastian Seung

888
Citations
Fluctuations in membranes with crystalline and hexatic order

D.R. Nelson;L. Peliti

816
Citations
Defects and geometry in condensed matter physics

David Robert Nelson

788
Citations
Boson localization and pinning by correlated disorder in high-temperature superconductors.

David R. Nelson;V. M. Vinokur

757
Citations
Dynamics of superfluid films

Vinay Ambegaokar;B. I. Halperin;David R. Nelson;Eric D. Siggia

746
Citations
The Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Interfaces

David R. Nelson

730
Citations
Order, frustration, and defects in liquids and glasses

David R. Nelson

698
Citations
Statistical mechanics of membranes and surfaces

David Robert Nelson

658
Citations