2026 Josep Rizo: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	96	1820	1642	1004	892	278	34237

Josep Rizo 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 Josep Rizo sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 278 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Josep Rizo 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 Josep Rizo sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Josep Rizo is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The research topics covered by Rizo include:

Cellular transport and secretion
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Retinal Development and Disorders
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Rizo has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
FEBS Open Bio
eLife
Science Advances

Recent publications include:

"Computed structures of core eukaryotic protein complexes," 2021, Science
"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Neurotransmitter Release," 2022, Annual Review of Biophysics
"SNARE assembly enlightened by cryo-EM structures of a synaptobrevin-Munc18-1-syntaxin-1 complex," 2022, Science Advances
"Ca2+-dependent release of synaptotagmin-1 from the SNARE complex on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-containing membranes," 2020, eLife
"A partially disordered region connects gene repression and activation functions of EZH2," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rizo include:

Klaudia Jaczynska
Karolina P. Stepien
Junjie Xu
Christian Rosenmund
Levent Sari

Best Publications

Jasmonate perception by inositol-phosphate-potentiated COI1-JAZ co-receptor

Laura B Sheard;Xu-Hui Tan;Haibin Mao;John Withers

1599
Citations
Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Protein MLKL Causes Necrotic Membrane Disruption upon Phosphorylation by RIP3

Huayi Wang;Liming Sun;Lijing Su;Josep Rizo

1545
Citations
Synaptotagmin I functions as a calcium regulator of release probability

Rafael Fernández-Chacón;Andreas Königstorfer;Stefan H. Gerber;Jesús García

1186
Citations
C2-DOMAINS, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A UNIVERSAL CA2+-BINDING DOMAIN

Josep Rizo;Thomas C. Südhof

1097
Citations
A conformational switch in syntaxin during exocytosis: role of munc18

Irina Dulubova;Shuzo Sugita;Sandra Hill;Masahiro Hosaka

872
Citations
RIM Proteins Tether Ca2+ Channels to Presynaptic Active Zones via a Direct PDZ-Domain Interaction

Pascal S. Kaeser;Pascal S. Kaeser;Lunbin Deng;Lunbin Deng;Yun Wang;Irina Dulubova

708
Citations
Snares and Munc18 in synaptic vesicle fusion.

Josep Rizo;Thomas C. Südhof

677
Citations
A Broken α-Helix in Folded α-Synuclein

Sreeganga Chandra;Xiaocheng Chen;Josep Rizo;Reinhard Jahn

659
Citations
Synaptic vesicle fusion

Josep Rizo;Christian Rosenmund

616
Citations
Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis

Thomas C. Südhof;Josep Rizo

605
Citations
Constrained peptides: models of bioactive peptides and protein substructures.

Josep Rizo;Lila M. Gierasch

578
Citations
A Complexin/Synaptotagmin 1 Switch Controls Fast Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis

Jiong Tang;Anton Maximov;Ok Ho Shin;Han Dai

552
Citations
Synaptotagmins: C2-Domain Proteins That Regulate Membrane Traffic

Thomas C Südhof;Josep Rizo

537
Citations
Three-dimensional structure of the complexin/SNARE complex.

Xiaocheng Chen;Diana R. Tomchick;Evguenii Kovrigin;Demet Araç

533
Citations
Three-dimensional structure of the synaptotagmin 1 C2B-domain: synaptotagmin 1 as a phospholipid binding machine.

Imma Fernandez;Demet Araç;Josep Ubach;Stefan H. Gerber

494
Citations
The membrane fusion enigma: SNAREs, Sec1/Munc18 proteins, and their accomplices--guilty as charged?

Josep Rizo;Thomas C. Südhof

446
Citations
Bipartite Ca2+-Binding Motif in C2 Domains of Synaptotagmin and Protein Kinase C

Xuguang Shao;Bazbek A. Davletov;R. Bryan Sutton;Thomas C. Südhof

443
Citations
Ca2+ binding to synaptotagmin: how many Ca2+ ions bind to the tip of a C2‐domain?

Josep Ubach;Xiangyang Zhang;Xuguang Shao;Thomas C. Südhof

437
Citations
Computed structures of core eukaryotic protein complexes.

Ian R. Humphreys;Jimin Pei;Minkyung Baek;Aditya Krishnakumar

436
Citations
Munc13 mediates the transition from the closed syntaxin-Munc18 complex to the SNARE complex.

Cong Ma;Wei Li;Yibin Xu;Josep Rizo

433
Citations