2026 John L. Spudich: 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	73	5878	5422	2782	2496	248	21632

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

5878

5422

2782

2496

248

21632

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

21632

World Ranking

5878

National Ranking

2782

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John L. Spudich is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and molecular biology, focusing primarily on the study of photoreceptors and optogenetics.

Spudich has authored numerous publications, particularly in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work often intersects with Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Plant Science.

The main topics that Spudich has explored include:

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
Neural dynamics and brain function
Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Spudich are:

Elena G. Govorunova
Oleg A. Sineshchekov
Hai Li
Leonid S. Brown
Yumei Wang

Common venues for Spudich's publications include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
mBio
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Communications

Among their recent papers are:

"Kalium channelrhodopsins are natural light-gated potassium channels that mediate optogenetic inhibition," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
"An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics," 2020, Neuron
"RubyACRs, nonalgal anion channelrhodopsins with highly red-shifted absorption," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Emerging Diversity of Channelrhodopsins and Their Structure-Function Relationships," 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
"Cation and Anion Channelrhodopsins: Sequence Motifs and Taxonomic Distribution," 2021, mBio

In 2007, Spudich was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

Bacterial Rhodopsin: Evidence for a New Type of Phototrophy in the Sea

Oded Béjà;L. Aravind;Eugene V. Koonin;Marcelino T. Suzuki

1789
Citations
Proteorhodopsin phototrophy in the ocean

Oded Béjà;Elena N. Spudich;John L. Spudich;Marion Leclerc

978
Citations
Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1

Wailap Victor Ng;Wailap Victor Ng;Sean P. Kennedy;Gregory G. Mahairas;Gregory G. Mahairas;Brian Berquist

924
Citations
Retinylidene Proteins: Structures and Functions from Archaea to Humans

John L. Spudich;Chii-Shen Yang;Kwang-Hwan Jung;Elena N. Spudich

758
Citations
Natural light-gated anion channels: A family of microbial rhodopsins for advanced optogenetics

Elena G. Govorunova;Oleg A. Sineshchekov;Roger Janz;Xiaoqin Liu

697
Citations
Two rhodopsins mediate phototaxis to low- and high-intensity light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Oleg A. Sineshchekov;Kwang Hwan Jung;Kwang Hwan Jung;John L. Spudich

669
Citations
Non-genetic individuality: chance in the single cell

John L. Spudich;D. E. Koshland

652
Citations
Crystal structure of sensory rhodopsin II at 2.4 angstroms: insights into color tuning and transducer interaction.

Hartmut Luecke;Brigitte Schobert;Janos K. Lanyi;Elena N. Spudich

445
Citations
Identification of a third rhodopsin-like pigment in phototactic Halobacterium halobium.

Roberto A. Bogomolni;John L. Spudich

439
Citations
MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF PHOTOSIGNALING BY ARCHAEAL SENSORY RHODOPSINS

Wouter D. Hoff;Kwang Hwan Jung;John L. Spudich

402
Citations
Mechanism of colour discrimination by a bacterial sensory rhodopsin.

John L. Spudich;Roberto A. Bogomolni

390
Citations
Diversification and spectral tuning in marine proteorhodopsins.

Dikla Man;Weiwu Wang;Gazalah Sabehi;L. Aravind

377
Citations
Microbial Rhodopsins: Diversity, Mechanisms, and Optogenetic Applications

Elena G Govorunova;Oleg A Sineshchekov;Hai Li;John L Spudich

340
Citations
Demonstration of a sensory rhodopsin in eubacteria.

Kwang Hwan Jung;Vishwa D. Trivedi;John L Spudich

300
Citations
Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

Winslow R. Briggs;John Lee Spudich

293
Citations
New insights into metabolic properties of marine bacteria encoding proteorhodopsins

Gazalah Sabehi;Alexander Loy;Kwang Hwan Jung;Ranga Partha

276
Citations
Anabaena sensory rhodopsin: a photochromic color sensor at 2.0 A.

Lutz Vogeley;Oleg A. Sineshchekov;Vishwa D. Trivedi;Jun Sasaki

271
Citations
Proton transfers in the photochemical reaction cycle of proteorhodopsin.

Andrei K. Dioumaev;Leonid S. Brown;Jennifer Shih;Elena N. Spudich

265
Citations
Microbial rhodopsins: functional versatility and genetic mobility

Adrian K. Sharma;John L. Spudich;W. Ford Doolittle

257
Citations
Regulation of the Chlamydomonas cell cycle by light and dark.

John L. Spudich;Ruth Sager

257
Citations