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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
19779
World Ranking
8523
National Ranking
3832

Elaine Wang 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 Elaine Wang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 108 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elaine Wang 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 Elaine Wang sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elaine Wang is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans interdisciplinary areas, prominently within social sciences and medicine, with a focus on education, molecular biology, critical care and intensive care medicine, infectious diseases, and accounting as notable subfields.

Their scholarly output includes work on topics such as Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, nosocomial infections in intensive care units, gut microbiota and health, auditing and governance, writing and handwriting education, teacher education and leadership studies, and collaborative teaching and inclusion.

Elaine Wang has published papers in several prestigious venues. Among them are the SSRN Electronic Journal, Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Assessing Writing, The Meducator, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wang include Ashley Woo, Julia H. Kaufman, Jonathan Schweig, Lindsay Clare Matsumura, and Richard Correnti.

Recent published papers include:

  • eRevis(ing): Students' revision of text evidence use in an automated writing evaluation system, 2020, Assessing Writing
  • Assessment of Quality of Life Among Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Treated with Investigational Oral Microbiome Therapeutic SER-109, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Transgenic Drosophila lines for LexA-dependent gene and growth regulation, 2022, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Building a validity argument for an automated writing evaluation system (eRevise) as a formative assessment, 2022, Computers and Education Open
  • Risk factors for long COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, World Journal of Pediatrics

Elaine Wang has contributed extensively to book publications, particularly through RAND Corporation eBooks, with 31 titles covering a range of education-focused topics. Notable book works address instructional systems coherence, leadership in education, the impact of COVID-19 on instructional materials, social and emotional learning, evaluation systems for education equity, and principal preparation programs. Many of these works explore themes of instructional coherence, policy lever effects, and educational leadership.

Examples of book titles include:

  • Exploring Coherence in English Language Arts Instructional Systems in the Common Core Era, 2020
  • English Language Arts Instructional Systems in the First Full Year of COVID-19, 2022
  • Using State-Level Policy Levers to Promote Principal Quality: Lessons from Seven States Partnering with Principal Preparation Programs and Districts, 2020
  • Teachers' Perceptions of What Makes Instructional Materials Engaging, Appropriately Challenging, and Usable: A Survey and Interview Study, 2021
  • Transforming Global Education Through Evidence: An Evaluation System for the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program, 2021

Best Publications

  • Lipidomics reveals a remarkable diversity of lipids in human plasma

    Oswald Quehenberger;Aaron M. Armando;Alex H. Brown;Stephen B. Milne

  • Inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis by fumonisins. Implications for diseases associated with Fusarium moniliforme.

    E Wang;W P Norred;C W Bacon;R T Riley

  • Sphingolipids - The enigmatic lipid class: Biochemistry, physiology and pathophysiology

    Merrill Ah;Schmelz Em;Dillehay Dl;Spiegel S

  • Fumonisins Disrupt Sphingolipid Metabolism, Folate Transport, and Neural Tube Development in Embryo Culture and In Vivo: A Potential Risk Factor for Human Neural Tube Defects among Populations Consuming Fumonisin-Contaminated Maize

    Walter F O Marasas;Ronald T. Riley;Katherine A. Hendricks;Victoria L. Stevens

  • Ceramide Content Is Increased in Skeletal Muscle From Obese Insulin-Resistant Humans

    John M. Adams;Thongchai Pratipanawatr;Rachele Berria;Elaine Wang

  • Sphingolipidomics: high-throughput, structure-specific, and quantitative analysis of sphingolipids by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

    Alfred H. Merrill;M. Cameron Sullards;Jeremy C. Allegood;Samuel Kelly

  • Regulated Accumulation of Desmosterol Integrates Macrophage Lipid Metabolism and Inflammatory Responses

    Nathanael J. Spann;Lana X. Garmire;Jeffrey G. McDonald;David S. Myers

  • Ceramides and other bioactive sphingolipid backbones in health and disease: Lipidomic analysis, metabolism and roles in membrane structure, dynamics, signaling and autophagy

    Wenjing Zheng;Jessica Kollmeyer;Holly Symolon;Amin Momin

  • Exposure to Fumonisins and the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects along the Texas-Mexico Border

    Stacey Ann Missmer;Lucina Suarez;Marilyn Felkner;Elaine Wang

  • Sphingolipid metabolism: roles in signal transduction and disruption by fumonisins.

    A H Merrill;M C Sullards;E Wang;K A Voss

  • Quantitation of free sphingosine in liver by high-performance liquid chromatography.

    Merrill Ah;Wang E;Mullins Re;Jamison Wc

  • Quantitative analysis of sphingolipids for lipidomics using triple quadrupole and quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometers

    Rebecca L. Shaner;Jeremy C. Allegood;Hyejung Park;Elaine Wang

  • Fumonisin B1 inhibits sphingosine (sphinganine) N-acyltransferase and de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis in cultured neurons in situ.

    A H Merrill;G van Echten;E Wang;K Sandhoff

  • Characterization of Ceramide Synthesis A DIHYDROCERAMIDE DESATURASE INTRODUCES THE 4,5-TRANS-DOUBLE BOND OF SPHINGOSINE AT THE LEVEL OF DIHYDROCERAMIDE

    Christoph Michel;Gerhild van Echten-Deckert;Jürgen Rother;Konrad Sandhoff

  • Two Mammalian Longevity Assurance Gene (LAG1) Family Members, trh1 and trh4, Regulate Dihydroceramide Synthesis Using Different Fatty Acyl-CoA Donors

    Christian Riebeling;Jeremy C. Allegood;Elaine Wang;Alfred H. Merrill

  • Alteration of Tissue and Serum Sphinganine to Sphingosine Ratio: An Early Biomarker of Exposure to Fumonisin-Containing Feeds in Pigs

    Ronald T. Riley;Nyeon Hyoung An;Jency L. Showker;Hwan Soo Yoo

  • A Mouse Macrophage Lipidome

    Edward A. Dennis;Raymond A. Deems;Richard Harkewicz;Oswald Quehenberger

  • Ceramide synthase inhibition by fumonisin B1 causes accumulation of 1-deoxysphinganine: a novel category of bioactive 1-deoxysphingoid bases and 1-deoxydihydroceramides biosynthesized by mammalian cell lines and animals.

    Nicholas C. Zitomer;Trevor Mitchell;Kenneth A. Voss;Genevieve S. Bondy

  • Increases in serum sphingosine and sphinganine and decreases in complex sphingolipids in ponies given feed containing fumonisins, mycotoxins produced by Fusarium moniliforme.

    Elaine Wang;P. Frank Ross;Terrance M. Wilson;Ronald T. Riley

  • Fumonisin inhibition of de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis and cytotoxicity are correlated in LLC-PK1 cells.

    Hwan-Soo Yoo;William P. Norred;Elaine Wang;Alfred H. Merrill

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred H. Merrill
Alfred H. Merrill Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeremy C. Allegood
Jeremy C. Allegood Virginia Commonwealth University
Ronald T. Riley
Ronald T. Riley Agricultural Research Service
Dennis C. Liotta
Dennis C. Liotta Emory University
Hans-Ulrich Humpf
Hans-Ulrich Humpf University of Münster
Kenneth A. Voss
Kenneth A. Voss Agricultural Research Service
Anthony H. Futerman
Anthony H. Futerman Weizmann Institute of Science
David W. Russell
David W. Russell University of Washington
Jeffrey G. McDonald
Jeffrey G. McDonald The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Christian R. H. Raetz
Christian R. H. Raetz Duke University

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Best Scientists Citing Elaine Wang

Lina M. Obeid

Lina M. Obeid

Stony Brook University

Publications: 126

Alfred H. Merrill

Alfred H. Merrill

Georgia Institute of Technology

Publications: 124

Yusuf A. Hannun

Yusuf A. Hannun

Stony Brook University

Publications: 109

Ronald T. Riley

Ronald T. Riley

Agricultural Research Service

Publications: 84

Anthony H. Futerman

Anthony H. Futerman

Weizmann Institute of Science

Publications: 76

Sarah Spiegel

Sarah Spiegel

Virginia Commonwealth University

Publications: 70

Wentzel C. A. Gelderblom

Wentzel C. A. Gelderblom

Stellenbosch University

Publications: 58

Kenneth A. Voss

Kenneth A. Voss

Agricultural Research Service

Publications: 58

Jacek Bielawski

Jacek Bielawski

Medical University of South Carolina

Publications: 56

Gordon S. Shephard

Gordon S. Shephard

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Publications: 48

George E. Rottinghaus

George E. Rottinghaus

University of Missouri

Publications: 47

Xianlin Han

Xianlin Han

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Publications: 46

Markus R. Wenk

Markus R. Wenk

Hamad bin Khalifa University

Publications: 46

Josefina Casas

Josefina Casas

Spanish National Research Council

Publications: 46

Konrad Sandhoff

Konrad Sandhoff

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Thorsten Hornemann

Thorsten Hornemann

University Hospital of Zurich

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