2026 Ernest M. Wright: 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	107	1116	993	668	582	326	36061

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

107

1116

993

668

582

326

36061

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

107

Citations

36061

World Ranking

1116

National Ranking

668

Overview

Ernest M. Wright is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. The research focus spans Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work particularly concentrates on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Oncology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include:

Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Diabetes Treatment and Management
Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Frequent publication venues where their research appears are:

Function
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
Nature Communications
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ernest M. Wright include:

Donald D. F. Loo
Jeff Abramson
Farha Khan
Matthias Elgeti
Samuel Grandfield

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ernest M. Wright are:

"SGLT2 and cancer," 2020, published in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
"Membrane potential accelerates sugar uptake by stabilizing the outward facing conformation of the Na/glucose symporter vSGLT," 2023, published in Nature Communications
"The Molecular Basis of Glucose Galactose Malabsorption in a Large Swedish Pedigree," 2021, published in Function
"Function Trumps Form in Two Sugar Symporters, LacY and vSGLT," 2021, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Effect of Jardiance on glucose uptake into astrocytomas," 2024, published in Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Best Publications

Biology of Human Sodium Glucose Transporters

Ernest M. Wright;Donald D.F.Loo Loo;Bruce A. Hirayama

1655
Citations
Expression cloning and cDNA sequencing of the Na+/glucose co-transporter

Matthias A. Hediger;Michael J. Coady;Tyson S. Ikeda;Ernest M. Wright

1259
Citations
Biological membranes: the physical basis of ion and nonelectrolyte selectivity.

Jared M. Diamond;Ernest M. Wright

915
Citations
Active sugar transport in health and disease

E. M. Wright;B. A. Hirayama;D. F. Loo

828
Citations
The sodium/glucose cotransport family SLC5.

Ernest M. Wright;Eric Turk

694
Citations
Thyroid Na+/I- symporter. Mechanism, stoichiometry, and specificity.

Sepehr Eskandari;Donald D.F. Loo;Ge Dai;Orlie Levy

595
Citations
The Crystal Structure of a Sodium Galactose Transporter Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Na+/Sugar Symport

Salem Faham;Akira Watanabe;Gabriel Mercado Besserer;Duilio Cascio

590
Citations
Cotransport of Water by the Na + /glucose Cotransporter

Donald D. F. Loo;Thomas Zeuthen;Grischa Chandy;Ernest M. Wright

477
Citations
Intestinal transport of amino acids and sugars: advances using membrane vesicles.

Bruce R. Stevens;Jonathan D. Kaunitz;Ernest M. Wright

470
Citations
Glucose/galactose malabsorption caused by a defect in the Na + /glucose cotransporter

E. Turk;B. Zabel;S. Mundlos;J. Dyer

442
Citations
Multiple transport pathways for neutral amino acids in rabbit jejunal brush border vesicles

Bruce R. Stevens;Helen J. Ross;Ernest M. Wright

416
Citations
A Method for Determining the Unitary Functional Capacity of Cloned Channels and Transporters Expressed in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes

G. A. Zampighi;M. Kreman;K. J. Boorer;D. D. F. Loo

335
Citations
Analytical isolation of plasma membranes of intestinal epithelial cells: identification of Na, K-ATPase rich membranes and the distribution of enzyme activities.

Austin K. Mircheff;Ernest M. Wright

335
Citations
Glucose transport families SLC5 and SLC50

Ernest M. Wright

319
Citations
Homology of the human intestinal Na+/glucose and Escherichia coli Na+/proline cotransporters.

Matthias A. Hediger;Eric Turk;Ernest M. Wright

317
Citations
Intestinal absorption in health and disease--sugars

Ernest M. Wright;Martı́n G. Martı́n;Eric Turk

306
Citations
Mechanisms of ion transport across the choroid plexus

Ernest M. Wright

305
Citations
Regulation of Na+/glucose cotransporters.

E. M. Wright;J. R. Hirsch;D. D. F. Loo;G. A. Zampighi

296
Citations
Membrane topology motifs in the SGLT cotransporter family.

E. Turk;E.M. Wright

294
Citations
Electrogenic properties of the cloned Na+/glucose cotransporter: I. Voltage-clamp studies.

Lucie Parent;Stéphane Supplisson;Donald D. F. Loo;Ernest M. Wright

284
Citations