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Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
140
Citations
94464
World Ranking
235
National Ranking
148

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
141
Citations
85194
World Ranking
256
National Ranking
173

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz 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 Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 418 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz 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 Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 141 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 167 publications contributing to this major field of study.

Lippincott-Schwartz's work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Structural Biology. The breadth of these subfields reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their scientific investigations.

The main topics covered in Lippincott-Schwartz's research include:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Lippincott-Schwartz has published extensively, contributing frequently to several notable scientific venues. The top venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 26 publications
  • Nature with 8 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 5 publications
  • The Journal of Cell Biology with 4 publications
  • Nature Communications with 4 publications

Selected recent papers by Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz demonstrate the range of their work and publication outlets:

  • "Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells," 2020, Science
  • "A general method to optimize and functionalize red-shifted rhodamine dyes," 2020, Nature Methods
  • "ER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER," 2021, Cell
  • "Whole-cell organelle segmentation in volume electron microscopy," 2021, Nature
  • "A General Method to Improve Fluorophores Using Deuterated Auxochromes," 2021, JACS Au

Frequent collaborators contributing to Lippincott-Schwartz's research corpus include:

  • C. Shan Xu
  • Harald F. Hess
  • Aubrey V. Weigel
  • H. Amalia Pasolli
  • Andrew S. Moore

The scientist has been recognized with several honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)

Best Publications

  • Imaging intracellular fluorescent proteins at nanometer resolution.

    Eric Betzig;George H. Patterson;Rachid Sougrat;O. Wolf Lindwasser

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Brefeldin A: insights into the control of membrane traffic and organelle structure.

    R D Klausner;J G Donaldson;J Lippincott-Schwartz

  • A Photoactivatable GFP for Selective Photolabeling of Proteins and Cells

    George H. Patterson;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Rapid redistribution of Golgi proteins into the ER in cells treated with brefeldin A: evidence for membrane cycling from Golgi to ER.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Lydia C. Yuan;Juan S. Bonifacino;Richard D. Klausner

  • Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging Molecules to Embryos at High Spatiotemporal Resolution

    Bi Chang Chen;Wesley R. Legant;Kai Wang;Lin Shao

  • Mitochondria Supply Membranes for Autophagosome Biogenesis during Starvation

    Dale W. Hailey;Angelika S. Rambold;Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan;Kasturi Mitra

  • Studying protein dynamics in living cells.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Erik Snapp;Anne Kenworthy

  • Development and use of fluorescent protein markers in living cells.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;George H. Patterson

  • Tubular network formation protects mitochondria from autophagosomal degradation during nutrient starvation

    Angelika S. Rambold;Brenda Kostelecky;Natalie Elia;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • ER-to-Golgi transport visualized in living cells

    John F. Presley;Nelson B. Cole;Trina A. Schroer;Koret Hirschberg

  • Microtubule-dependent retrograde transport of proteins into the ER in the presence of brefeldin A suggests an ER recycling pathway.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Julie G. Donaldson;Anja Schweizer;Eric G. Berger

  • High-density mapping of single-molecule trajectories with photoactivated localization microscopy

    Suliana Manley;Jennifer M Gillette;George H Patterson;Hari Shroff

  • Brefeldin A's effects on endosomes, lysosomes, and the TGN suggest a general mechanism for regulating organelle structure and membrane traffic

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Lydia Yuan;Christopher Tipper;Myléne Amherdt

  • Interferometric fluorescent super-resolution microscopy resolves 3D cellular ultrastructure

    Gleb Shtengel;James A. Galbraith;Catherine G. Galbraith;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Principles and current strategies for targeting autophagy for cancer treatment.

    Ravi K. Amaravadi;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Xiao Ming Yin;William A. Weiss

  • Starvation and ULK1-dependent cycling of mammalian Atg9 between the TGN and endosomes

    Andrew R. J. Young;Edmond Y. W. Chan;Xiao Wen Hu;Robert Köchl

  • Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to reveal the organelle interactome

    Alex M. Valm;Sarah Cohen;Wesley R. Legant;Justin Melunis

  • Nuclear Membrane Dynamics and Reassembly in Living Cells: Targeting of an Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein in Interphase and Mitosis

    Jan Ellenberg;Eric D. Siggia;Jorge E. Moreira;Carolyn L. Smith

  • Fatty Acid Trafficking in Starved Cells: Regulation by Lipid Droplet Lipolysis, Autophagy, and Mitochondrial Fusion Dynamics

    Angelika S. Rambold;Sarah Cohen;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Irwin M. Arias
Irwin M. Arias National Institutes of Health
Jan Ellenberg
Jan Ellenberg European Bioinformatics Institute
Juan S. Bonifacino
Juan S. Bonifacino National Institutes of Health
Julie G. Donaldson
Julie G. Donaldson National Institutes of Health
Michael W. Davidson
Michael W. Davidson Florida State University
Roman S. Polishchuk
Roman S. Polishchuk Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine
Vladislav V. Verkhusha
Vladislav V. Verkhusha Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lawrence E. Samelson
Lawrence E. Samelson National Institutes of Health
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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