The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth L. Kirk sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 292 publications — 61st percentile
61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth L. Kirk sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile
42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Kenneth L. Kirk is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, key subfields of their work include Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
They have contributed to a range of topics, particularly focused on infectious agents and disease treatment strategies. Main topics of their work include:
Their peer-reviewed publications have appeared in frequent venues such as PLoS Pathogens, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
Selected recent publications include:
Kirk has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:
Their work involves detailed investigation of parasitic protozoa such as Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum, focusing on mechanisms of drug resistance, transporter regulation, and amino acid acquisition by parasites. They have also engaged in computational approaches to drug discovery alongside experimental validation in antimalarial compounds.
Kenneth L. Kirk
Kenneth L. Kirk
Qi Chen;Michael Graham Espey;Andrew Y. Sun;Chaya Pooput
Qi Chen;Michael Graham Espey;Andrew Y. Sun;Je-Hyuk Lee
Mika Scheinin;Wen-Ho Chang;Kenneth L. Kirk;Markku Linnoila
Richard W. Welch;Yaohui Wang;Arthur Crossman;Jae B. Park
C C Chiueh;Z Zukowska-Grojec;K L Kirk;I J Kopin
J W Daly;W Padgett;Y Nimitkitpaisan;C R Creveling
Kenneth L Kirk
D S Goldstein;P C Chang;G Eisenhofer;R Miletich
JW Daly;W Padgett;CR Creveling;D Cantacuzene
Itschak Lamensdorf;Graeme Eisenhofer;Judith Harvey-White;Amotz Nechustan
Dieter Ukena;Kenneth A. Jacobson;William L. Padgett;Cristina Ayala
Kenneth A. Jacobson;Kenneth L. Kirk;William L. Padgett;John W. Daly
Kenneth A. Jacobson;Dieter Ukena;Kenneth L. Kirk;John W. Daly
Hideko Nagasawa;Yoshihiro Uto;Hideyuki Sasaki;Natsuko Okamura
I. Lamensdorf;G. Eisenhofer;J. Harvey-White;Y. Hayakawa
Xinyan Zhang;Fan Yang;Joong-Youn Shim;Kenneth L. Kirk
Kenneth L. Kirk
Norio Shibata;Takehisa Ishimaru;Emiko Suzuki;Kenneth L Kirk
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