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51
Citations
19952
World Ranking
16926
National Ranking
6975

John W. Elrod 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 W. Elrod sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 206 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John W. Elrod 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 W. Elrod sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John W. Elrod is a researcher affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their primary scientific work spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad fields, their research focus narrows to several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in their research include mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases research, adipose tissue and metabolism, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

John W. Elrod has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation Research
  • Circulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Cell Calcium

Their recent papers demonstrate a sustained focus on cardiovascular and mitochondrial research. These include:

  • Myofibroblasts and Fibrosis, 2020, Circulation Research
  • Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease, 2021, Physiological Reviews
  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023, 2023, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Na+ controls hypoxic signalling by the mitochondrial respiratory chain, 2020, Nature
  • Reappraisal of metabolic dysfunction in neurodegeneration: Focus on mitochondrial function and calcium signaling, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Joanne F. Garbincius, Dhanendra Tomar, Pooja Jadiya, Andrew Gibb, and Michael P. Lazaropoulos. Their repeated collaborations indicate ongoing partnerships across multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Hydrogen sulfide attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by preservation of mitochondrial function

    John W. Elrod;John W. Calvert;Joanna Morrison;Jeannette E. Doeller

  • Hydrogen Sulfide Mediates Cardioprotection Through Nrf2 Signaling

    John W. Calvert;Saurabh Jha;Susheel Gundewar;John W. Elrod

  • Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Promote Endogenous Repair Mechanisms and Enhance Cardiac Function Following Myocardial Infarction

    Mohsin Khan;Emily Nickoloff;Tatiana Abramova;Jennifer Johnson

  • Cyclophilin D controls mitochondrial pore–dependent Ca2+ exchange, metabolic flexibility, and propensity for heart failure in mice

    John W. Elrod;Renee Wong;Shikha Mishra;Ronald J. Vagnozzi

  • Dietary nitrite supplementation protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Nathan S. Bryan;John W. Calvert;John W. Elrod;Susheel Gundewar

  • Hydrogen sulfide cytoprotective signaling is endothelial nitric oxide synthase-nitric oxide dependent

    Adrienne L. King;David J. Polhemus;Shashi Bhushan;Hiroyuki Otsuka

  • The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Matches Energetic Supply with Cardiac Workload during Stress and Modulates Permeability Transition

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Ancai Yuan;Xueqian Zhang

  • The mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is essential for Ca2+ homeostasis and viability.

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Polina Gross;Mary Nwokedi

  • Physiologic Functions of Cyclophilin D and the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore

    John W. Elrod;Jeffery D. Molkentin

  • Bax and Bak function as the outer membrane component of the mitochondrial permeability pore in regulating necrotic cell death in mice

    Jason Karch;Jennifer Q. Kwong;Adam R. Burr;Michelle A. Sargent

  • Myofibroblasts and Fibrosis: Mitochondrial and Metabolic Control of Cellular Differentiation.

    Andrew A. Gibb;Michael P. Lazaropoulos;John W. Elrod

  • Extracellular matrix, junctional integrity and matrix metalloproteinase interactions in endothelial permeability regulation.

    J. S. Alexander;John W. Elrod

  • Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease.

    Joanne F Garbincius;John W. Elrod

  • MCUR1 Is a Scaffold Factor for the MCU Complex Function and Promotes Mitochondrial Bioenergetics

    Dhanendra Tomar;Zhiwei Dong;Zhiwei Dong;Santhanam Shanmughapriya;Diana A. Koch;Diana A. Koch

  • Mitoregulin: A lncRNA-Encoded Microprotein that Supports Mitochondrial Supercomplexes and Respiratory Efficiency.

    Colleen S. Stein;Pooja Jadiya;Xiaoming Zhang;Jared M. McLendon

  • SPG7 Is an Essential and Conserved Component of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore.

    Santhanam Shanmughapriya;Sudarsan Rajan;Nicholas E. Hoffman;Andrew M. Higgins

  • Decreased cardiac L-type Ca2+ channel activity induces hypertrophy and heart failure in mice

    Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera;Karin Hammer;Mannix Auger-Messier;Ilona Bodi

  • Glutamate causes a loss in human cerebral endothelial barrier integrity through activation of NMDA receptor

    Christopher D. Sharp;I. Hines;J. Houghton;A. Warren

  • Na+ controls hypoxic signalling by the mitochondrial respiratory chain

    Pablo Hernansanz-Agustín;Carmen Choya-Foces;Susana Carregal-Romero;Elena Ramos

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Lefer
David J. Lefer Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Erhe Gao
Erhe Gao Temple University
Steven R. Houser
Steven R. Houser Temple University
Muniswamy Madesh
Muniswamy Madesh The University of Texas at Austin
Walter J. Koch
Walter J. Koch Temple University
Daniel P. Kelly
Daniel P. Kelly University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Y. Cheung
Joseph Y. Cheung Temple University
György Hajnóczky
György Hajnóczky Thomas Jefferson University
Bruce J. Aronow
Bruce J. Aronow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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