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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
15910
World Ranking
8651
National Ranking
3881

Lance Wells 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 Lance Wells sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lance Wells 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 Lance Wells 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: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lance Wells is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and focuses research efforts primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy. Their work spans several specialized topics, including Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Galectins and Cancer Biology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Biochemical and Molecular Research, and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research.

Recent scholarly output includes notable papers such as:

  • Virus-Receptor Interactions of Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human ACE2 Receptor (2020) published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • Four chromosome scale genomes and a pan-genome annotation to accelerate pecan tree breeding (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • An intellectual disability syndrome with single-nucleotide variants in O-GlcNAc transferase (2020) published in European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Regulating the Regulators: Mechanisms of Substrate Selection of the O-GlcNAc Cycling Enzymes OGT and OGA (2021) published in Glycobiology
  • Identification of a novel base J binding protein complex involved in RNA polymerase II transcription termination in trypanosomes (2020) published in PLoS Genetics

Wells collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among whom are Peng Zhao, Jeremy L. Praissman, Kelley W. Moremen, Robert Bridger, and Michael Tiemeyer, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Their research findings appear regularly in specific scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • Glycobiology (4 publications)
  • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

Throughout their career, Wells has concentrated on advancing knowledge related to glycosylation processes, viral receptor interactions, and molecular mechanisms underpinning genetic and immune system function. The interdisciplinary nature of these studies situates them at the interface of molecular biology and disease research, particularly in areas related to infectious diseases and biochemical pathway regulation.

Best Publications

  • RNA-Guided RNA Cleavage by a CRISPR RNA-Cas Protein Complex

    Caryn R. Hale;Peng Zhao;Sara Olson;Michael O. Duff

  • Glycosylation of Nucleocytoplasmic Proteins: Signal Transduction and O-GlcNAc

    Lance Wells;Keith Vosseller;Gerald W. Hart

  • Dynamic O-Glycosylation of Nuclear and Cytosolic Proteins CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEUTRAL, CYTOSOLIC β-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE FROM HUMAN BRAIN

    Yuan Gao;Lance Wells;Frank I. Comer;Glendon J. Parker

  • Elevated nucleocytoplasmic glycosylation by O-GlcNAc results in insulin resistance associated with defects in Akt activation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

    Keith Vosseller;Lance Wells;M. Daniel Lane;Gerald Warren Hart

  • Mapping Sites of O-GlcNAc Modification Using Affinity Tags for Serine and Threonine Post-translational Modifications

    Lance Wells;Keith Vosseller;Robert N. Cole;Janet M. Cronshaw

  • Virus-Receptor Interactions of Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human ACE2 Receptor.

    Peng Zhao;Jeremy L. Praissman;Oliver C. Grant;Yongfei Cai

  • O-Mannosyl Phosphorylation of Alpha-Dystroglycan Is Required for Laminin Binding

    Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi;Liping Yu;Stephanie H. Stalnaker;Sarah Davis

  • Characterization of a mouse monoclonal antibody specific for O-linked N-acetylglucosamine.

    Frank I. Comer;Keith Vosseller;Lance Wells;Mary Ann Accavitti

  • Dynamic O-Glycosylation of Nuclear and Cytosolic Proteins FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC β-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE, O-GlcNAcase

    Lance Wells;Yuan Gao;James A. Mahoney;Keith Vosseller

  • Dynamic developmental elaboration of N-linked glycan complexity in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo

    Kazuhiro Aoki;Mindy Perlman;Jae-Min Lim;Rebecca Cantu

  • A role for N-acetylglucosamine as a nutrient sensor and mediator of insulin resistance.

    L. Wells;K. Vosseller;Gerald Warren Hart

  • O-GlcNAc turns twenty: functional implications for post-translational modification of nuclear and cytosolic proteins with a sugar.

    Lance Wells;Gerald Warren Hart

  • O-GlcNAc : a regulatory post-translational modification

    Lance Wells;Stephen A Whelan;Gerald W Hart

  • O-GlcNAc Transferase Is in a Functional Complex with Protein Phosphatase 1 Catalytic Subunits

    Lance Wells;Lisa K. Kreppel;Frank I. Comer;Brian E. Wadzinski

  • Glycopeptide-specific monoclonal antibodies suggest new roles for O-GlcNAc

    Chin Fen Teo;Sampat Ingale;Margreet A Wolfert;Galal A Elsayed;Galal A Elsayed

  • Ubiquitin-like small archaeal modifier proteins (SAMPs) in Haloferax volcanii

    Matthew A. Humbard;Hugo V. Miranda;Jae-Min Lim;David J. Krause

  • Quantitative analysis of both protein expression and serine / threonine post-translational modifications through stable isotope labeling with dithiothreitol

    Keith Vosseller;Kirk C. Hansen;Robert J. Chalkley;Jonathan C. Trinidad

  • Quantification of the Impact of the HIV-1-Glycan Shield on Antibody Elicitation.

    Tongqing Zhou;Nicole A. Doria-Rose;Cheng Cheng;Guillaume B.E. Stewart-Jones

  • Combining high-energy C-trap dissociation and electron transfer dissociation for protein O-GlcNAc modification site assignment.

    Peng Zhao;Rosa Viner;Chin Fen Teo;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Diverse regulation of protein function by O-GlcNAc: a nuclear and cytoplasmic carbohydrate post-translational modification.

    Keith Vosseller;Kaoru Sakabe;Lance Wells;Gerald Warren Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald W. Hart
Gerald W. Hart University of Georgia
Kelley W. Moremen
Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia
Geert-Jan Boons
Geert-Jan Boons University of Georgia
Robert J. Woods
Robert J. Woods University of Georgia
Parastoo Azadi
Parastoo Azadi University of Georgia
Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa
William S. York
William S. York University of Georgia
Ron Orlando
Ron Orlando University of Georgia
James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute
Stanley F. Nelson
Stanley F. Nelson University of California, Los Angeles

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