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Donald M. Kurtz

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8389
World Ranking
13646
National Ranking
3547

Donald M. Kurtz 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 Donald M. Kurtz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 171 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Donald M. Kurtz 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 Donald M. Kurtz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Donald M. Kurtz is affiliated with The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine, with notable contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Hematology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The primary topics of Kurtz's research focus on photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, hemoglobin structure and function, iron metabolism and disorders, nitric oxide and endothelin effects, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic compounds, and synthesis of tetrazole derivatives.

Kurtz has published in a range of scientific journals, with papers appearing in venues such as ACS Catalysis, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, RSC Advances, and Biochemistry. Frequent coauthors include Daniela Cioloboc, Brenda S. Benavides, Silvano R. Valandro, Saborni Biswas, and Samuel R. Montoya.

Recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Kurtz include:

  • The Catalytic Role of a Conserved Tyrosine in Nitric Oxide-Reducing Non-heme Diiron Enzymes, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Targeted cancer cell delivery of arsenate as a reductively activated prodrug, 2020, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • Particle Swarm Fitting of Spin Hamiltonians: Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Reduced and NO-Bound Flavodiiron Protein, 2022, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Preparation of platinum nanoparticles using iron(ii) as reductant and photosensitized H2 generation on an iron storage protein scaffold, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Structure of a Zinc Porphyrin-Substituted Bacterioferritin and Photophysical Properties of Iron Reduction, 2020, Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Oxo- and hydroxo-bridged diiron complexes: a chemical perspective on a biological unit

    Donald M. Kurtz

  • Rubrerythrin and rubredoxin oxidoreductase in Desulfovibrio vulgaris: a novel oxidative stress protection system.

    Heather L. Lumppio;Neeta V. Shenvi;Anne O. Summers;Gerrit Voordouw

  • Structural similarity and functional diversity in diiron-oxo proteins

    Donald M. Kurtz

  • Role of rubrerythrin in the oxidative stress response of Porphyromonas gingivalis

    Maryta Sztukowska;Marcin Bugno;Jan Potempa;James Travis

  • A role for rubredoxin in oxidative stress protection in Desulfovibrio vulgaris: catalytic electron transfer to rubrerythrin and two-iron superoxide reductase.

    Eric D. Coulter;Donald M. Kurtz

  • The structure of Desulfovibrio vulgaris rubrerythrin reveals a unique combination of rubredoxin-like FeS4 and ferritin-like diiron domains.

    Fredrick deMaré;Donald M. Kurtz;Pär Nordlund

  • X-ray crystal structures of Moorella thermoacetica FprA. Novel diiron site structure and mechanistic insights into a scavenging nitric oxide reductase.

    Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu;Donald M. Kurtz;Lars G. Ljungdahl;William N. Lanzilotta

  • Flavo-diiron enzymes: Nitric oxide or dioxygen reductases?

    Donald M. Kurtz

  • A flavodiiron protein and high molecular weight rubredoxin from Moorella thermoacetica with nitric oxide reductase activity

    Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu;Eric D. Coulter;Amaresh Das;Lars G. Ljungdahl

  • Roles of the Host Oxidative Immune Response and Bacterial Antioxidant Rubrerythrin during Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection

    Piotr Mydel;Piotr Mydel;Yusuke Takahashi;Yusuke Takahashi;Hiromichi Yumoto;Hiromichi Yumoto;Maryta Sztukowska;Maryta Sztukowska

  • Avoiding high-valent iron intermediates: superoxide reductase and rubrerythrin.

    Donald M. Kurtz

  • A hemerythrin-like domain in a bacterial chemotaxis protein.

    Junjie Xiong;Donald M. Kurtz;Jingyuan Ai;Joann Sanders-Loehr

  • Structural and Functional Models for the Dicopper Site in Hemocyanin. Dioxygen Binding by Copper Complexes of Tris(1-R-4-R'-Imidazolyl-.kappa.N)phosphines

    Will E. Lynch;Donald M. Kurtz;Shengke Wang;Robert A. Scott

  • Crystal structure of rubredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus at 0.95 Å resolution, and the structures of N-terminal methionine and formylmethionine variants of Pf Rd. Contributions of N-terminal interactions to thermostability

    Robert Bau;Douglas C. Rees;Donald M. Kurtz;Robert A. Scott

  • (MU -OXO/HYDROXO)BIS(MU -CARBOXYLATO)DIIRON(III) AND -DIMANGANESE(III) COMPLEXES WITH CAPPING TRIS(IMIDAZOL-2-YL)PHOSPHINE LIGANDS

    Feng Jung Wu;Donald M. Kurtz;Karl S. Hagen;Philip D. Nyman

  • NADH peroxidase activity of rubrerythrin.

    E.D. Coulter;N.V. Shenvi;D.M. Kurtz

  • Cytochrome bd oxidase, oxidative stress, and dioxygen tolerance of the strictly anaerobic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica.

    Amaresh Das;Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu;Lars G. Ljungdahl;Donald M. Kurtz

  • Pathway for H2O2 and O2 detoxification in Clostridium acetobutylicum.

    Oliver Riebe;Ralf Jorg Fischer;David A. Wampler;Donald M. Kurtz

  • Modulation of the redox potential of the [Fe(SCys)(4)] site in rubredoxin by the orientation of a peptide dipole.

    Marly K. Eidsness;Amy E. Burden;Kimberly A. Richie;Donald M. Kurtz

  • EXAFS comparison of the dimanganese core structures of manganese catalase, arginase, and manganese-substituted ribonucleotide reductase and hemerythrin.

    Timothy L. Stemmler;Thomas M. Sossong;Jonathan I. Goldstein;David E. Ash

  • Proton ENDOR Identification of Bridging Hydroxide Ligands in Mixed-Valent Diiron Centers of Proteins: Methane Monooxygenase and Semimet Azidohemerythrin

    Victoria J. DeRose;Katherine E. Liu;Donald M. Kurtz;Brian M. Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Scott
Robert A. Scott University of Cambridge
Michael P. Hendrich
Michael P. Hendrich Carnegie Mellon University
Robert S. Phillips
Robert S. Phillips University of Georgia
Lars G. Ljungdahl
Lars G. Ljungdahl University of Georgia
Michael K. Johnson
Michael K. Johnson University of Georgia
Zhi-Jie Liu
Zhi-Jie Liu ShanghaiTech University
Bi-Cheng Wang
Bi-Cheng Wang University of Georgia
Gerrit Voordouw
Gerrit Voordouw University of Calgary
Anne O. Summers
Anne O. Summers University of Georgia
Brian M. Hoffman
Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University

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