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10337
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Eduardo Ríos 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 Eduardo Ríos sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 192 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eduardo Ríos 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 Eduardo Ríos sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Eduardo Ríos is affiliated with Rush University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cell biology, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Muscle physiology and disorders
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • Calpain protease function and regulation
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Cardiovascular effects of exercise

Eduardo Ríos has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • The Journal of General Physiology
  • Biophysical Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • eLife
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia

Key papers from recent years demonstrate a focus on muscle physiology and calcium signaling:

  • Intracellular calcium leak lowers glucose storage in human muscle, promoting hyperglycemia and diabetes (2020, eLife)
  • Excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle (2022, The Journal of General Physiology)
  • Muscle calcium stress cleaves junctophilin1, unleashing a gene regulatory program predicted to correct glucose dysregulation (2023, eLife)
  • A chloride channel blocker prevents the suppression by inorganic phosphate of the cytosolic calcium signals that control muscle contraction (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • A multi-dimensional analysis of genotype-phenotype discordance in malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (2020, British Journal of Anaesthesia)

Collaborations form a significant component of Ríos's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lourdes Figueroa
  • Carlo Manno
  • Eshwar R. Tammineni
  • Sheila Riazi
  • Natalia Kraeva

Best Publications

  • Involvement of dihydropyridine receptors in excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.

    Eduardo Rios;Gustavo Brum

  • Voltage sensor of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.

    E Ríos;G Pizarro

  • β-Adrenergic Enhancement of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Leak in Cardiac Myocytes Is Mediated by Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase

    Jerald Curran;Mark J. Hinton;Eduardo Ríos;Donald M. Bers

  • Roles of a Membrane-localized βSubunit in the Formation and Targeting of Functional L-type Ca2+ Channels

    Andy J. Chien;Xiaolan Zhao;Roman E. Shirokov;Tipu S. Puri

  • Imaging Elementary Events of Calcium Release in Skeletal Muscle Cells

    Alexander Tsugorka;Eduardo Ríos;Lothar A. Blatter

  • Local Control Models of Cardiac Excitation–Contraction Coupling : A Possible Role for Allosteric Interactions between Ryanodine Receptors

    Michael D. Stern;Long Sheng Song;Heping Cheng;James S.K. Sham

  • Amplitude Distribution of Calcium Sparks in Confocal Images: Theory and Studies with an Automatic Detection Method

    Heping Cheng;Long Sheng Song;Natalia Shirokova;Adom González

  • Local Control Model of Excitation–Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle

    Michael D. Stern;Gonzalo Pizarro;Eduardo Ríos

  • Identification of Palmitoylation Sites within the L-type Calcium Channel β2a Subunit and Effects on Channel Function

    Andy J. Chien;Kristen M. Carr;Roman E. Shirokov;Eduardo Rios

  • The mechanical hypothesis of excitation—contraction (EC) coupling in skeletal muscle

    Eduardo Ríos;Jianjie Ma;Adom González

  • Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Ca2+ Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) by Ca2+ and Monovalent Cations and Anions

    Gerhard Meissner;Eduardo Rios;Ashutosh Tripathy;Daniel A. Pasek

  • Charge movement and the nature of signal transduction in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling

    Ríos E;Pizarro G;Stefani E

  • Unitary Ca2+ current through cardiac ryanodine receptor channels under quasi-physiological ionic conditions.

    Rafael Mejía-Alvarez;Claudia Kettlun;Eduardo Ríos;Michael Stern

  • Measurement and modification of free calcium transients in frog skeletal muscle fibres by a metallochromic indicator dye.

    L Kovacs;E Rios;M F Schneider

  • LOCAL CALCIUM RELEASE IN MAMMALIAN SKELETAL MUSCLE

    Natalia Shirokova;Jesús García;Eduardo Ríos

  • Time course of calcium release and removal in skeletal muscle fibers.

    W. Melzer;E. Rios;M.F. Schneider

  • Effects of extracellular calcium on calcium movements of excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle fibres.

    G Brum;E Ríos;E Stéfani

  • Voltage sensors of the frog skeletal muscle membrane require calcium to function in excitation‐contraction coupling.

    G Brum;R Fitts;G Pizarro;E Ríos

  • Store-operated Ca2+ entry during intracellular Ca2+ release in mammalian skeletal muscle.

    Bradley S. Launikonis;Bradley S. Launikonis;Eduardo Ríos

  • Voltage-gated proton channels maintain pH in human neutrophils during phagocytosis

    Deri Morgan;Melania Capasso;Boris Musset;Vladimir V. Cherny

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar A. Blatter
Lothar A. Blatter Rush University Medical Center
Paul D. Allen
Paul D. Allen St James's University Hospital
Robert H. Fitts
Robert H. Fitts Marquette University
Martin F. Schneider
Martin F. Schneider University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jianjie Ma
Jianjie Ma The Ohio State University
M. Marlene Hosey
M. Marlene Hosey Northwestern University
Heping Cheng
Heping Cheng Peking University
Gerhard Meissner
Gerhard Meissner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clara Franzini-Armstrong
Clara Franzini-Armstrong University of Pennsylvania
Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies
Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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