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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
24754
World Ranking
4982
National Ranking
2394

Medicine

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76
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24757
World Ranking
18687
National Ranking
9311

Keith L. Parker 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 Keith L. Parker sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 144 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Keith L. Parker 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 Keith L. Parker sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Keith L. Parker was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spanned primarily the field of Environmental Science, with focused contributions to subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their scholarly work covered key topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, and landslides and related hazards. This specialization was reflected in their publications and research interests.

Among their recent papers were:

  • You don't always have to be a coder, 2020, published in XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students
  • Validation of NWCG Wildfire Directional Indicators in Test Burns in Coastal California, 2023, published in Fire

Keith L. Parker frequently collaborated with co-authors, including Vytenis Babrauskas.

Their research was disseminated in venues such as:

  • XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students
  • Fire

Throughout their career, Keith L. Parker was recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Leptin Regulates Bone Formation via the Sympathetic Nervous System

    Shu Takeda;Florent Elefteriou;Regis Levasseur;Xiuyun Liu

  • A cell-specific nuclear receptor is essential for adrenal and gonadal development and sexual differentiation

    Xunrong Luo;Yayoi Ikeda;Keith L. Parker

  • Steroidogenic Factor 1: A Key Determinant of Endocrine Development and Function

    Keith L. Parker;Bernard P. Schimmer

  • Steroidogenic factor I, a key regulator of steroidogenic enzyme expression, is the mouse homolog of fushi tarazu-factor I.

    Deepak S. Lala;Douglas A. Rice;Keith L. Parker

  • Developmental expression of mouse steroidogenic factor-1, an essential regulator of the steroid hydroxylases.

    Y. Ikeda;Wen-Hui Shen;H. A. Ingraham;K. L. Parker

  • Nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 regulates the müllerian inhibiting substance gene: A link to the sex determination cascade

    Wen-Hui Shen;Chris C.D. Moore;Yayoi Ikeda;Keith L. Parker

  • The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 acts at multiple levels of the reproductive axis.

    Holly A. Ingraham;Deepak S. Lala;Yayoi Ikeda;Xunrong Luo

  • The LIM homeobox gene Lhx9 is essential for mouse gonad formation.

    Ohad S. Birk;Delane E. Casiano;Christopher A. Wassif;Tiziana Cogliati

  • Targeted disruption of the mouse gene encoding steroidogenic acute regulatory protein provides insights into congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia

    Kathleen M. Caron;Shiu Ching Soo;William C. Wetsel;Douglas M. Stocco

  • The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 is essential for the formation of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus.

    Yayoi Ikeda;Xunrong Luo;Rula Abbud;John H. Nilson

  • Stabilization of β-catenin in XY gonads causes male-to-female sex-reversal

    Danielle M. Maatouk;Leo DiNapoli;Ashley Alvers;Keith L. Parker

  • Characterization of the mouse FTZ-F1 gene, which encodes a key regulator of steroid hydroxylase gene expression

    Yayoi Ikeda;Deepak S. Lala;Xunrong Luo;Edward Kim

  • Steroidogenic factor 1: an essential mediator of endocrine development.

    Keith L. Parker;Douglas A. Rice;Deepak S. Lala;Yayoi Ikeda

  • Hormonal and developmental regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein.

    Barbara J. Clark;Shiu Ching Soo;Kathleen M. Caron;Yayoi Ikeda

  • Steroidogenic factor 1 and Dax-1 colocalize in multiple cell lineages: potential links in endocrine development.

    Yoi Ikeda;Amanda Swain;Thomas J. Weber;Kathryn E. Hentges

  • Mutation in the CYP21B gene (Ile-172----Asn) causes steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency

    Mounira Amor;Keith L. Parker;Hadas Globerman;Maria I. New

  • Knockout mice lacking steroidogenic factor 1 are a novel genetic model of hypothalamic obesity

    Gregor Majdic;Morag Young;Elise Gomez-Sanchez;Paul Anderson

  • Cell-Specific Knockout of Steroidogenic Factor 1 Reveals Its Essential Roles in Gonadal Function

    Pancharatnam Jeyasuria;Yayoi Ikeda;Soazik P. Jamin;Liping Zhao

  • A shared promoter element regulates the expression of three steroidogenic enzymes

    Douglas A. Rice;Andrea R. Mouw;Anne M. Bogerd;Keith L. Parker

  • STRUCTURE AND LOCALIZATION OF THE HUMAN GENE ENCODING SR-BI/CLA-1: EVIDENCE FOR TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL BY STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1

    Guoqing Cao;Christine K. Garcia;Kathleen L. Wyne;Roger A. Schultz

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil A. Hanley
Neil A. Hanley University of Manchester
Stuart A. Tobet
Stuart A. Tobet Colorado State University
Jonathan G. Seidman
Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University
David D. Chaplin
David D. Chaplin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Blanche Capel
Blanche Capel Duke University
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Douglas M. Stocco
Douglas M. Stocco Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University
Holly A. Ingraham
Holly A. Ingraham University of California, San Francisco

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