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D-Index
78
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17404
World Ranking
3899
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1242

John D. Simon publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Simon sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 280 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

John D. Simon D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Simon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John D. Simon is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research focuses on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to subfields such as Physiology and Cell Biology.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects

Among recent publications, John D. Simon authored a paper titled "Oxygen-carrying proteins employed in blood substitute candidates: differences in interactions with a model antioxidant molecule", published in 2025 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Maria Lehene
  • Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza
  • Andreea Aghion
  • Bogdan Ştefan Vasile
  • Alexandru Sonica

Their work has appeared primarily in the publication venue Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics.

John D. Simon has received the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2000
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, awarded in 1988

Best Publications

  • Physical chemistry : a molecular approach

    Donald A. McQuarrie;John D. Simon

  • Time-resolved studies of solvation in polar media

    John D. Simon

  • Melanins and melanogenesis: from pigment cells to human health and technological applications.

    Marco d'Ischia;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Fabio Cicoira;Eduardo Di Mauro

  • Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols

    Marco D'Ischia;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Alessandra Napolitano;Stefania Briganti

  • Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function.

    John D Simon;Dana Peles;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito

  • Current understanding of the binding sites, capacity, affinity, and biological significance of metals in melanin.

    Lian Hong;John D. Simon

  • Role of ocular melanin in ophthalmic physiology and pathology.

    Dan-Ning Hu;Dan-Ning Hu;John D. Simon;Tadeusz Sarna

  • Dynamics of chemical processes in polar solvents

    Peter J. Rossky;John D. Simon

  • New melanic pigments in the human brain that accumulate in aging and block environmental toxic metals

    Luigi Zecca;Chiara Bellei;Patrizia Costi;Alberto Albertini

  • Ultrastructural organization of eumelanin from Sepia officinalis measured by atomic force microscopy.

    Christine M. R. Clancy;John D. Simon

  • Interaction of Ochratoxin A with Human Serum Albumin. Preferential Binding of the Dianion and pH Effects

    † Yuri V. Il'ichev;and Jennifer L. Perry;John D. Simon

  • Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period.

    Keely Glass;Shosuke Ito;Philip R. Wilby;Takayuki Sota

  • Subpicosecond 1MLCT .fwdarw. 5T2 intersystem crossing of low-spin polypyridyl ferrous complexes

    James K. McCusker;Kevin N. Walda;Robert C. Dunn;John D. Simon

  • Comparison of structural and chemical properties of black and red human hair melanosomes

    Yan Liu;Lian Hong;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito

  • Isolation and biophysical studies of natural eumelanins: applications of imaging technologies and ultrafast spectroscopy.

    Yan Liu;John D. Simon

  • Neuronal pigmented autophagic vacuoles: lipofuscin, neuromelanin, and ceroid as macroautophagic responses during aging and disease.

    David Sulzer;Eugene Mosharov;Zsolt Talloczy;Fabio A. Zucca

  • EPIDERMAL TRANS-UROCANIC ACID AND THE UV-A-INDUCED PHOTOAGING OF THE SKIN

    Kerry M. Hanson;John D. Simon

  • Ion-exchange and adsorption of Fe(III) by Sepia melanin.

    Yan Liu;Lian Hong;Valerie R. Kempf;Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  • The Photoreactivity of Chlorine Dioxide

    Veronica Vaida;John D. Simon

  • The surface oxidation potential of human neuromelanin reveals a spherical architecture with a pheomelanin core and a eumelanin surface

    William D. Bush;Jacob Garguilo;Fabio A. Zucca;Alberto Albertini

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadeusz Sarna
Tadeusz Sarna Jagiellonian University
Yan Liu
Yan Liu Arizona State University
Shosuke Ito
Shosuke Ito Fujita Health University
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Kazumasa Wakamatsu Fujita Health University
Warren S. Warren
Warren S. Warren Duke University
Robert Nemanich
Robert Nemanich Arizona State University
Luigi Zecca
Luigi Zecca National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Veronica Vaida
Veronica Vaida University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph A. Izatt
Joseph A. Izatt Duke University
David N. Hendrickson
David N. Hendrickson University of California, San Diego

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