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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
16681
World Ranking
5422
National Ranking
2575

Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
14191
World Ranking
6331
National Ranking
1922

Jerrold Meinwald publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 391 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jerrold Meinwald 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 Jerrold Meinwald 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: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2014 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.
  • 2013 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2012 - US President's National Medal of Science "For applying chemical principles and techniques to studies of plant and insect defense and communication, and for his seminal role in establishing chemical ecology as a core discipline important to agriculture, forestry, medicine, and environmental science.", Award presented by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.
  • 1984 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1969 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1958 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jerrold Meinwald was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research contributed significantly to the fields of chemical ecology, particularly in the study of chemical principles and techniques as they relate to plant and insect defense and communication.

Throughout their career, Meinwald collaborated with several researchers, most notably Thomas Eisner.

  • Thomas Eisner

Meinwald's work helped establish chemical ecology as an important discipline linked to agriculture, forestry, medicine, and environmental science. Their contributions were recognized through numerous awards and honors spanning several decades.

  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1958)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1960, 1976)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1969)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1980)
  • Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1984)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (2012) - For applying chemical principles and techniques to studies of plant and insect defense and communication, and for their seminal role in establishing chemical ecology as a core discipline important to agriculture, forestry, medicine, and environmental science. The award was presented by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2013)
  • Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society (2014)

Meinwald's interdisciplinary approach bridged chemistry and biology to explore natural mechanisms involving chemical signaling and defense strategies in ecosystems. Their work allowed for a scientific understanding of interactions between organisms through chemical means.

Best Publications

  • Peracid Reactions. III.1 The Oxidation of Bicyclo [2.2.1]heptadiene2

    Jerrold. Meinwald;Santokh Singh. Labana;Mohindra Singh. Chadha

  • Defensive Secretions of Arthropods

    Thomas Eisner;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Biparental defensive endowment of eggs with acquired plant alkaloid in the moth Utetheisa ornatrix.

    David E. Dussourd;Karel Ubik;Carl Harvis;James Resch

  • The chemistry of sexual selection

    Thomas Eisner;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Precopulatory sexual interaction in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): Role of a pheromone derived from dietary alkaloids

    William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  • Grass roots chemistry: meta-tyrosine, an herbicidal nonprotein amino acid.

    Cécile Bertin;Leslie A. Weston;Tengfang Huang;Georg Jander

  • Defensive use by an insect of a plant resin.

    Thomas Eisner;Judith S. Johnessee;James Carrel;Lawrence B. Hendry

  • Review of the defensive chemistry of coccinellids

    Angela Glisan King;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Attractive and defensive functions of the ultraviolet pigments of a flower (Hypericum calycinum).

    Matthew Gronquist;Alexander Bezzerides;Athula Attygalle;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Pheromonal advertisement of a nuptial gift by a male moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

    David E. Dussourd;Carl A. Harvis;Jerrold Meinwald;Thomas Eisner

  • Long-Range Spin-Spin Couplings in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Some Bicyclo [2.2.1]heptanes

    Jerrold. Meinwald;Yvonne C. Meinwald

  • Sex attractant of an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): A pulsed chemical signal

    William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  • Flavonols: Pigments Responsible for Ultraviolet Absorption in Nectar Guide of Flower

    W. R. Thompson;Jerrold Meinwald;D. Aneshansley;Thomas Eisner

  • Chemical defense against predation in an insect egg

    Thomas Eisner;Maria Eisner;Carmen Rossini;Vikram K. Iyengar

  • Dietary sequestration of defensive steroids in nuchal glands of the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus

    Deborah A. Hutchinson;Akira Mori;Alan H. Savitzky;Gordon M. Burghardt

  • Sex pheromone of the queen butterfly: chemistry.

    J. Meinwald;Y. C. Meinwald;P. H. Mazzocchi

  • Sequestered defensive toxins in tetrapod vertebrates: principles, patterns, and prospects for future studies

    Alan H. Savitzky;Akira Mori;Deborah A. Hutchinson;Ralph A. Saporito

  • Red cochineal dye (carminic Acid): its role in nature.

    Thomas Eisner;Stephen Nowicki;Michael Goetz;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Structure and Synthesis of the Major Components in the Hairpencil Secretion of a Male Butterfly, Lycorea ceres ceres (Cramer)1

    Jerrold Meinwald;Yvonne C. Meinwald

  • Neurotoxic acylpolyamines from spider venoms.

    Kevin D. McCormick;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Courtship pheromone production and body size as correlates of larval diet in males of the arctiid moth,Utetheisa ornatrix.

    W. E. Conner;B. Roach;E. Benedict;J. Meinwald

  • Defence mechanisms of arthropods—I The composition and function of the spray of the whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Arachnida, Pedipalpida)

    T. Eisner;J. Meinwald;A. Monro;R. Ghent

  • A new approach to natural products discovery exemplified by the identification of sulfated nucleosides in spider venom.

    Andrew E. Taggi;Jerrold Meinwald;Frank C. Schroeder

  • 8 – Alkaloid-Derived Pheromones and Sexual Selection in Lepidoptera

    Thomas Eisner;Jerrold Meinwald

  • Determination of the fluxional barrier in semibullvalene by proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
Frank C. Schroeder
Frank C. Schroeder Boyce Thompson Institute
Aleš Svatoš
Aleš Svatoš Max Planck Society
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Glenn D. Prestwich
Glenn D. Prestwich University of Utah
Gordon M. Burghardt
Gordon M. Burghardt University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Paul G. Gassman
Paul G. Gassman University of Minnesota
Walter S. Leal
Walter S. Leal University of California, Davis
Andrew T. McPhail
Andrew T. McPhail Duke University
Zhigang Liu
Zhigang Liu Southwest Jiaotong University

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