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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
94
Citations
26437
World Ranking
2048
National Ranking
1115

John Turk 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 John Turk sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 288 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Turk 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 John Turk sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 94 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Turk is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with particular emphasis on subfields including Surgery, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics connected to pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolism, diabetes and cancer, as well as infectious disease research including studies on Leishmaniasis and Trypanosoma species. Additional focus areas include lysosomal storage disorders and erythrocyte function and pathophysiology.

Recent scholarly contributions by John Turk include the following papers:

  • Lysophospholipid acylation modulates plasma membrane lipid organization and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Metabolic Effects of Selective Deletion of Group VIA Phospholipase A2 from Macrophages or Pancreatic Islet Beta-Cells, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Inositol phosphorylceramide synthase null Leishmania are viable and virulent in animal infections where salvage of host sphingomyelin predominates, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Structural Determination of a New Peptidolipid Family from Rhodococcus opacus and the Pathogen Rhodococcus equi by Multiple Stage Mass Spectrometry, 2020, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Noncanonical Regulation of cAMP-Dependent Insulin Secretion and Its Implications in Type 2 Diabetes, 2023, Comprehensive Physiology

John Turk has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Sasanka Ramanadham, Fong-Fu Hsu, Haowei Song, Cheryl Frankfater, and F Kuhlmann.

The venues in which John Turk has published repeatedly encompass:

  • Comprehensive Physiology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Biomolecules
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Best Publications

  • Arachidonic Acid Metabolism

    P Needleman;J Turk;B A Jakschik;A R Morrison

  • New hepatic fat activates PPARalpha to maintain glucose, lipid, and cholesterol homeostasis

    Manu V. Chakravarthy;Zhijun Pan;Yimin Zhu;Karen Tordjman

  • Identification of a Physiologically Relevant Endogenous Ligand for PPARα in Liver

    Manu V. Chakravarthy;Irfan J. Lodhi;Li Yin;Raghu R.V. Malapaka

  • Electrospray Ionization with Low-energy Collisionally Activated Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Glycerophospholipids: Mechanisms of Fragmentation and Structural Characterization

    Fong-Fu Hsu;J. Turk

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 degrades amyloid-β fibrils in vitro and compact plaques in situ

    Ping Yan;Xiaoyan Hu;Haowei Song;Kejie Yin

  • Matrix Metalloproteinases Expressed by Astrocytes Mediate Extracellular Amyloid-β Peptide Catabolism

    Ke Jie Yin;John R. Cirrito;Ping Yan;Xiaoyan Hu

  • The PmrA-Regulated pmrC Gene Mediates Phosphoethanolamine Modification of Lipid A and Polymyxin Resistance in Salmonella enterica

    Hyunwoo Lee;Fong Fu Hsu;John Turk;Eduardo A. Groisman

  • Characterization of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate, and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry: a mechanistic study.

    Fong-Fu Hsu;John Turk

  • Intracellular Ca2+ mobilization by arachidonic acid. Comparison with myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in isolated pancreatic islets.

    B A Wolf;J Turk;W R Sherman;M L McDaniel

  • Structural characterization of triacylglycerols as lithiated adducts by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using low-energy collisionally activated dissociation on a triple stage quadrupole instrument

    Fong-Fu Hsu;John Turk

  • Electrospray ionization/tandem quadrupole mass spectrometric studies on phosphatidylcholines : the fragmentation processes

    Fong-F.u Hsu;John Turk

  • IL-1 beta induces the coexpression of both nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase by islets of Langerhans: activation of cyclooxygenase by nitric oxide.

    John A. Corbett;Guim Kwon;John Turk;Michael L. McDaniel

  • Biochemical Evidence for Nitric Oxide Formation from Streptozotocin in Isolated Pancreatic Islets

    John Turk;John A. Corbett;Sasanka Ramanadham;Alan Bohrer

  • Charge-remote and charge-driven fragmentation processes in diacyl glycerophosphoethanolamine upon low-energy collisional activation: a mechanistic proposal

    Fong-Fu Hsu;J. Turk

  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction and β-Cell Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Zhongmin Alex Ma;Zhengshan Zhao;John Turk

  • Diacylglycerol accumulation and microvascular abnormalities induced by elevated glucose levels.

    B A Wolf;J R Williamson;R A Easom;K Chang

  • Inhibiting Adipose Tissue Lipogenesis Reprograms Thermogenesis and PPARγ Activation to Decrease Diet-Induced Obesity

    Irfan J. Lodhi;Li Yin;Anne P.L. Jensen-Urstad;Katsuhiko Funai

  • Formation of lithiated adducts of glycerophosphocholine lipids facilitates their identification by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

    Fong-Fu Hsu;Alan Bohrer;John Turk

  • Identification of a pharmacologically distinct prostaglandin H synthase in cultured epithelial cells.

    M J Holtzman;J Turk;L P Shornick

  • Disrupted Membrane Homeostasis and Accumulation of Ubiquitinated Proteins in a Mouse Model of Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Caused by PLA2G6 Mutations

    Ibrahim Malik;John Turk;David J. Mancuso;Laura Montier

Frequent Co-Authors

Fong-Fu Hsu
Fong-Fu Hsu Washington University in St. Louis
Sasanka Ramanadham
Sasanka Ramanadham University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael L. McDaniel
Michael L. McDaniel Washington University in St. Louis
Richard W. Gross
Richard W. Gross Washington University in St. Louis
Philip Needleman
Philip Needleman Washington University in St. Louis
Clay F. Semenkovich
Clay F. Semenkovich Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen M. Beverley
Stephen M. Beverley Washington University in St. Louis
Garland R. Marshall
Garland R. Marshall Washington University in St. Louis
John A. Corbett
John A. Corbett Medical College of Wisconsin
John A. Oates
John A. Oates Vanderbilt University

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