2026 George N. Phillips: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	86	2979	2740	1523	1369	630	25713
Chemistry	82	3078	2775	1026	862	613	24750

George N. Phillips 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 George N. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 630 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George N. Phillips 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 George N. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

George N. Phillips is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also seen in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers notable topics including:

Enzyme Structure and Function
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Biochemical and Molecular Research
RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

George N. Phillips has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent are:

Structural Dynamics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
IUCrJ
Biophysical Journal
UNC Libraries

Their recent published papers include:

"Observation of substrate diffusion and ligand binding in enzyme crystals using high-repetition-rate mix-and-inject serial crystallography," 2021, IUCrJ
"Moving beyond static snapshots: Protein dynamics and the Protein Data Bank," 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
"Structural basis of the stereoselective formation of the spirooxindole ring in the biosynthesis of citrinadins," 2021, Nature Communications
"Protein target highlights in CASP15: Analysis of models by structure providers," 2023, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
"An NmrA-like enzyme-catalysed redox-mediated Diels-Alder cycloaddition with anti-selectivity," 2023, Nature Chemistry

George N. Phillips collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Mitchell D. Miller
Weijun Xu
Suraj Pandey
Tek Narsingh Malla
Ishwor Poudyal

Best Publications

The molecular structure of green fluorescent protein

Fan Yang;Larry G. Moss;George N. Phillips

2263
Citations
Watching a Protein as it Functions with 150-ps Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography

Friedrich Schotte;Manho Lim;Timothy Albert Jackson;Aleksandr V. Smirnov

956
Citations
Mechanisms of Ligand Recognition in Myoglobin

Barry A. Springer;Stephen G. Sligar;John S. Olson;George N. Jr. Phillips

922
Citations
Mechanism of NO-Induced Oxidation of Myoglobin and Hemoglobin†

Raymund F. Eich;Tiansheng Li;Douglas D. Lemon;Daniel H. Doherty

768
Citations
High-resolution crystal structures of distal histidine mutants of sperm whale myoglobin.

Michael L. Quillin;Robert M. Arduini;John S. Olson;George N. Phillips

475
Citations
Tropomyosin crystal structure and muscle regulation.

G.N. Phillips;J.P. Fillers;C. Cohen

436
Citations
Crystal structure of photolysed carbonmonoxy-myoglobin

Ilme Schlichting;Joel Berendzen;George N. Phillips;Robert M. Sweet

433
Citations
Structural Determinants of the Stretching Frequency of CO Bound to Myoglobin

Tiansheng Li;Michael L. Quillin;George N. Phillips;John S. Olson

423
Citations
Streptococcal M protein: alpha-helical coiled-coil structure and arrangement on the cell surface

George N. Phillips;Paula F. Flicker;Carolyn Cohen;Belur N. Manjula

420
Citations
Restructuring the crystalline cellulose hydrogen bond network enhances its depolymerization rate

Shishir P. S. Chundawat;Giovanni Bellesia;Nirmal Uppugundla;Leonardo da Costa Sousa

414
Citations
Crystal structures of CO-, deoxy- and met-myoglobins at various pH values.

Fan Yang;George N. Phillips

380
Citations
Kinetic Pathways and Barriers for Ligand Binding to Myoglobin

John S. Olson;George N. Phillips

377
Citations
Myoglobin discriminates between O2, NO, and CO by electrostatic interactions with the bound ligand

J. S. Olson;George N. Phillips

330
Citations
Dynamics of Proteins in Crystals: Comparison of Experiment with Simple Models

Sibsankar Kundu;Julia S. Melton;Dan C. Sorensen;George N. Phillips

302
Citations
A sampling problem in molecular dynamics simulations of macromolecules.

J. B. Clarage;T. Romo;B. K. Andrews;Bernard Pettitt

292
Citations
Defining the sequence-recognition profile of DNA-binding molecules.

Christopher L. Warren;Natasha C. S. Kratochvil;Karl E. Hauschild;Shane Foister

291
Citations
Structure of co-crystals of tropomyosin and troponin.

Steven P. White;Carolyn Cohen;George N. Phillips

291
Citations
BOUND CO IS A MOLECULAR PROBE OF ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL IN THE DISTAL POCKET OF MYOGLOBIN

George N. Phillips;Miguel L. Teodoro;Tiansheng Li;Benjamin Smith

285
Citations
Structures and Analysis of Highly Homologous Psychrophilic, Mesophilic, and Thermophilic Adenylate Kinases*

Euiyoung Bae;George N. Phillips

275
Citations
His64(E7)→Tyr apomyoglobin as a reagent for measuring rates of hemin dissociation

M S Hargrove;E W Singleton;M L Quillin;L A Ortiz

270
Citations