2026 Gregg B. Fields: 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	78	4531	4183	2205	1986	330	22479

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Biology and Biochemistry

4531

4183

2205

1986

330

22479

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

22479

World Ranking

4531

National Ranking

2205

Overview

Gregg B. Fields is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the sciences, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The work emphasizes key subfields such as molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, genetics, and surgery.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
Signaling Pathways in Disease
Inflammasome and Immune Disorders
Insect Resistance and Genetics
Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

The Molecular Basis and Clinical Consequences of Chronic Inflammation in Prostatic Diseases: Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, and Prostate Cancer, 2023, published in Cancers
Discovery and Optimization of Selective Inhibitors of Meprin α (Part I), 2021, published in Pharmaceuticals
Discovery and Optimization of Selective Inhibitors of Meprin α (Part II), 2021, published in Pharmaceuticals
Skeletal muscle proteome expression differentiates severity of cancer cachexia in mice and identifies loss of fragile X mental retardation syndrome-related protein 1, 2022, published in PROTEOMICS
Effects of the Nature of Metal Ion, Protein and Substrate on the Catalytic Center in Matrix Metalloproteinase-1: Insights from Multilevel MD, QM/MM and QM Studies, 2021, published in ChemPhysChem

Their frequent collaborators include Mathangi Ramesh, Michela I. Simone, Joseph Audie, Jürgen Bajorath, and María Laura Bolognesi.

Fields has published extensively in the following venues:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Chemical Biology & Drug Design
Pharmaceuticals
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Preprints.org

Best Publications

Solid phase peptide synthesis utilizing 9‐fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl amino acids

Gregg B. Fields;Richard L. Noble

3214
Citations
Synthetic matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive hydrogels for the conduction of tissue regeneration: Engineering cell-invasion characteristics

M. P. Lutolf;J. L. Lauer-Fields;H. G. Schmoekel;H. G. Schmoekel;A. T. Metters

1750
Citations
A cleavage method which minimizes side reactions following Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis.

David S. King;Cynthia G. Fields;Gregg B. Fields

1019
Citations
Collagenase unwinds triple-helical collagen prior to peptide bond hydrolysis

Linda Chung;Linda Chung;Deendayal Dinakarpandian;Naoto Yoshida;Janelle L Lauer-Fields;Janelle L Lauer-Fields

561
Citations
Human matrix metalloproteinase specificity studies using collagen sequence-based synthetic peptides.

Hideaki Nagase;Gregg B. Fields

421
Citations
Synthetic lipidation of peptides and amino acids: monolayer structure and properties.

Peter Berndt;Gregg B. Fields;Matthew Tirrell

382
Citations
Self-assembling amphiphiles for construction of protein molecular architecture

Ying-Ching Yu;Peter Berndt;Matthew Tirrell;Gregg B. Fields

354
Citations
Design and characterization of a fluorogenic substrate selectively hydrolyzed by stromelysin 1 (matrix metalloproteinase-3)

H Nagase;C G Fields;G B Fields

295
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinases and collagen catabolism

Janelle L. Lauer-Fields;Darius Juska;Gregg B. Fields

294
Citations
Regulation of Collagenase Activities of Human Cathepsins by Glycosaminoglycans

Zhenqiang Li;Yoshiyuki Yasuda;Weijie Li;Matthew Bogyo

282
Citations
Proteinlike molecular architecture: Biomaterial applications for inducing cellular receptor binding and signal transduction

Gregg B. Fields;Janelle L. Lauer;Janelle L. Lauer;Yoav Dori;Pilar Forns;Pilar Forns

258
Citations
The Rebirth of Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors: Moving Beyond the Dogma.

Gregg B. Fields

246
Citations
Interstitial Collagen Catabolism

Gregg B. Fields

233
Citations
Correlated structural kinetics and retarded solvent dynamics at the metalloprotease active site

Moran Grossman;Benjamin Born;Matthias Heyden;Dmitry Tworowski

231
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinase collagenolysis in health and disease

Sabrina Amar;Lyndsay Smith;Gregg B. Fields;Gregg B. Fields

226
Citations
Micropatterning gradients and controlling surface densities of photoactivatable biomolecules on self-assembled monolayers of oligo(ethylene glycol) alkanethiolates

Curtis B. Herbert;Terri L. McLernon;Claire L. Hypolite;Derek N. Adams

220
Citations
The history of matrix metalloproteinases: milestones, myths, and misperceptions

Rugmani Padmanabhan Iyer;Nicolle L. Patterson;Gregg B. Fields;Gregg B. Fields;Merry L. Lindsey

219
Citations
MINIMAL LIPIDATION STABILIZES PROTEIN-LIKE MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE

Ying-Ching Yu,†,‡;and Matthew Tirrell;Gregg B. Fields

215
Citations
A model for interstitial collagen catabolism by mammalian collagenases

Gregg B. Fields

210
Citations
Cellular recognition of synthetic peptide amphiphiles in self-assembled monolayer films.

Teika Pakalns;Kraig L. Haverstick;Gregg B Fields;James B McCarthy

199
Citations