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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
11538
World Ranking
14407
National Ranking
1134

James R. Dick publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 109 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.

James R. Dick 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 James R. Dick sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James R. Dick is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the life sciences, with a focus on medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work often addresses various aspects of physiology, molecular biology, plant science, insect science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in their frequent contributions to topics such as adipose tissue and metabolism, mycotoxins in agriculture and food, insect and pesticide research, plant and fungal interactions, diet and metabolism studies, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, along with neurogenetic and muscular disorders research.

Key recent publications include:

  • No transfer of the non-regulated mycotoxins, beauvericin and enniatins, from feeds to farmed fish reared on plant-based diets, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high-fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n-3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity, 2020, Physiological Reports
  • Deterioration of muscle force and contractile characteristics are early pathological events in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy mice, 2020, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • The influence of biological sex on skeletal muscle phospholipid membrane composition in response to omega n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation and washout in humans, 2025, Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chris McGlory, Jaime Nácher-Mestre, Eduardo Beltrán, Fiona E. Strachan, and Jaume Pérez-Sánchez. These collaborative efforts contribute to a range of studies crossing biological and medical sciences.

James R. Dick's work is published in several specialized journals and venues such as Food Chemistry, Physiological Reports, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, which reflects their interdisciplinary research interests and the diverse application of their findings.

Best Publications

  • Substituting Fish Oil with Crude Palm Oil in the Diet of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Affects Muscle Fatty Acid Composition and Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism

    J Gordon Bell;R James Henderson;Douglas R Tocher;Fiona McGhee

  • Altered Fatty Acid Compositions in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Fed Diets Containing Linseed and Rapeseed Oils Can Be Partially Restored by a Subsequent Fish Oil Finishing Diet

    J. Gordon Bell;Douglas R. Tocher;R. James Henderson;James R. Dick

  • A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with Δ5 and Δ6 activities

    Nicola Hastings;Morris Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Michael J. Leaver

  • DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID IMPAIRS VISION AT LOW LIGHT INTENSITIES IN JUVENILE HERRING (CLUPEA HARENGUS L.)

    Michael V. Bell;Robert S. Batty;James R. Dick;Karen Fretwell

  • Impact of sustainable feeds on omega-3 long-chain fatty acid levels in farmed Atlantic salmon, 2006-2015.

    Matthew Sprague;James R Dick;Douglas R Tocher

  • Environmental and dietary influences on highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and expression of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase genes in liver of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Xiaozhong Zheng;Bente E. Torstensen;Douglas R. Tocher;James R. Dick

  • Vertebrate fatty acyl desaturase with Δ4 activity.

    Yuanyou Li;Oscar Monroig;Liang Zhang;Shuqi Wang

  • Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in marine fish: Cloning, functional characterization, and nutritional regulation of fatty acyl Δ6 desaturase of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng;Christian Schlechtriem;Nicola Hastings

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) undergoing parr-smolt transformation and the effects of dietary linseed and rapeseed oils.

    D.R. Tocher;J.G. Bell;J.R. Dick;R.J. Henderson

  • Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Fatty Acyl Desaturase and Elongase cDNAs Involved in the Production of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids from α -Linolenic Acid in Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )

    Nicola Hastings;Morris K. Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng

  • Essential fatty acids and phospholipase A2 in autistic spectrum disorders.

    J.G. Bell;E.E. MacKinlay;J.R. Dick;D.J. MacDonald

  • Dietary sunflower, linseed and fish oils affect phospholipid fatty acid composition, development of cardiac lesions, phospholipase activity and eicosanoid production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    J.G. Bell;J.R. Dick;A.H. McVicar;J.R. Sargent

  • Dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Scottish farmed salmon (Salmo salar): effects of replacement of dietary marine fish oil with vegetable oils

    J. Gordon Bell;Fiona McGhee;James R. Dick;Douglas R. Tocher

  • Hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of liver in salmonids: Effects of dietary vegetable oil

    D.R. Tocher;J.G. Bell;P. MacGlaughlin;F. McGhee

  • Increasing cannabinoid levels by pharmacological and genetic manipulation delay disease progression in SOD1 mice

    Lynsey G. Bilsland;James R. T. Dick;Gareth Pryce;Stefania Petrosino

  • Effects of dietary vegetable oil on Atlantic salmon hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and liver fatty acid compositions.

    Douglas R. Tocher;J. Gordon Bell;James R. Dick;Viv O. Crampton

  • Cloning and functional characterisation of polyunsaturated fatty acid elongases of marine and freshwater teleost fish.

    Morris K. Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng;Cathryn A. Dickson

  • Nutritional regulation of hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    Douglas R Tocher;Morris K Agaba;Nicola Hastings;J Gordon Bell

  • Effect of partial substitution of dietary fish oil by vegetable oils on desaturation and β-oxidation of [1-14C]18:3n−3 (LNA) and [1-14C]20:5n−3 (EPA) in hepatocytes and enterocytes of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    G. Mourente;J.R. Dick;J.G. Bell;D.R. Tocher

  • Fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) hepatocytes and influence of dietary vegetable oil.

    Ingunn Stubhaug;Douglas R. Tocher;J. Gordon Bell;James R. Dick

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
J. Gordon Bell
J. Gordon Bell University of Stirling
John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
David L. Hamilton
David L. Hamilton University of California, Santa Barbara
Marc H.G. Berntssen
Marc H.G. Berntssen National Institute of Nutrition
Gabriel Mourente
Gabriel Mourente University of Cádiz
Bente E. Torstensen
Bente E. Torstensen Nofima
David W. Pond
David W. Pond University of Stirling
Patrick Lonergan
Patrick Lonergan University College Dublin
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling

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