2026 Elizabeth Pennisi: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	14890	13675	6234	5577	1332	13284

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

14890

13675

6234

5577

1332

13284

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

13284

World Ranking

14890

National Ranking

6234

Research.com Recognitions

1996 - James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Elizabeth Pennisi is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research contributions span several interconnected fields, including ecology, molecular biology, and genetics, with a notable focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The subfields of study that characterize their work include:

Ecology
Molecular Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Plant Science

Main topics covered in Elizabeth Pennisi's research publications include:

Plant and animal studies
Avian ecology and behavior
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Elizabeth Pennisi has published predominantly in the journal Science, with a record of at least 167 publications there. Some of the recent papers authored by Pennisi include:

Living with heat, 2020, Science
Upstart DNA sequencers could be a 'game changer', 2022, Science
Massive project reveals complexity of gene regulation, 2020, Science
Meet the psychobiome, 2020, Science

Frequent co-authors across these works are:

Paul Voosen
Daniel Clery
Jon Cohen
Jocelyn Kaiser
Erik Stokstad

Among honors received, Elizabeth Pennisi was awarded the James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1996.

Best Publications

ENCODE Project Writes Eulogy for Junk DNA

Elizabeth Pennisi

647
Citations
Armed and dangerous.

Elizabeth Pennisi

486
Citations
The Blue Revolution, Drop by Drop, Gene by Gene

Elizabeth Pennisi

370
Citations
Wanted: A Barcode for Plants

Elizabeth Pennisi

249
Citations
Human Genetic Variation

Elizabeth Pennisi

246
Citations
Human Genome. A Low Number Wins the GeneSweep Pool

Elizabeth Pennisi

170
Citations
What determines species diversity

Elizabeth Pennisi

167
Citations
Genome Data Shake Tree of Life

Elizabeth Pennisi

164
Citations
Tending Tender Tendons

Elizabeth Pennisi

163
Citations
How a Growth Control Path Takes a Wrong Turn to Cancer

Elizabeth Pennisi

146
Citations
A closer look at SNPs suggests difficulties

Elizabeth Pennisi

134
Citations
Modernizing the tree of life.

Elizabeth Pennisi

128
Citations
Is it time to uproot the tree of life

Elizabeth Pennisi

122
Citations
Will Computers Crash Genomics

Elizabeth Pennisi

121
Citations
Behind the scenes of gene expression.

Elizabeth Pennisi

114
Citations
DNA Study Forces Rethink of What It Means to Be a Gene

Elizabeth Pennisi

108
Citations
The human genome.

Elizabeth Pennisi

108
Citations
The Gut Microbiota

Kristen Mueller;Caroline Ash;Elizabeth Pennisi;Orla Smith

106
Citations
Bioinformatics. Gene counters struggle to get the right answer.

Elizabeth Pennisi

105
Citations
Semiconductors Inspire New Sequencing Technologies

Elizabeth Pennisi

102
Citations