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D-Index
65
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16021
World Ranking
9108
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4045

Lawrence H. Pinto 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 Lawrence H. Pinto sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 149 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lawrence H. Pinto 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 Lawrence H. Pinto sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lawrence H. Pinto is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research contributions span various fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a focus on insect-related studies and public health dimensions.

The scientist's recent work includes a publication titled "How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus," published in 2025 in Nature. This paper is part of their specialty in mosquito-borne diseases and control, a topic they have examined in depth as part of their broader research interests.

Pinto's work is notably concentrated in the following main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Their subfields of research emphasize:

  • Insect Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The core topics addressed by their research are:

  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Lawrence H. Pinto frequently publishes in the journal Nature, which reflects the venue of their acknowledged recent publication. No frequent co-authors have been listed in available data, indicating their work may be conducted independently or collaboratively with less frequent repeated partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Mutagenesis and Mapping of a Mouse Gene, Clock, Essential for Circadian Behavior

    Martha Hotz Vitaterna;David P. King;Anne-Marie Chang;Jon M. Kornhauser

  • Influenza virus M2 protein has ion channel activity.

    Lawrence H. Pinto;Leslie J. Holsinger;Robert A. Lamb;Robert A. Lamb

  • Functional Identification of the Mouse Circadian Clock Gene by Transgenic BAC Rescue

    Marina P. Antoch;Eun Joo Song;Anne Marie Chang;Martha Hotz Vitaterna

  • A functionally defined model for the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus suggests a mechanism for its ion selectivity.

    Lawrence H. Pinto;Gregg R. Dieckmann;Chris S. Gandhi;Carol G. Papworth

  • Influenza A virus M2 ion channel protein: a structure-function analysis.

    Leslie J. Holsinger;Deepali Nichani;Lawrence H. Pinto;Robert A. Lamb

  • Forward and reverse genetic approaches to behavior in the mouse

    Joseph S. Takahashi;Lawrence H. Pinto;Martha Hotz Vitaterna

  • The gate of the influenza virus M2 proton channel is formed by a single tryptophan residue.

    Yajun Tang;Florina Zaitseva;Robert A. Lamb;Lawrence H. Pinto

  • Influenza A Virus M2 Ion Channel Activity Is Essential for Efficient Replication in Tissue Culture

    Makoto Takeda;Andrew Pekosz;Kevin Shuck;Lawrence H. Pinto

  • Structure and mechanism of proton transport through the transmembrane tetrameric M2 protein bundle of the influenza A virus.

    Rudresh Acharya;Vincenzo Carnevale;Giacomo Fiorin;Benjamin G. Levine

  • Influenza Virus M2 Ion Channel Protein Is Necessary for Filamentous Virion Formation

    Jeremy S. Rossman;Xianghong Jing;Xianghong Jing;George P. Leser;Victoria Balannik

  • Structure and inhibition of the drug-resistant S31N mutant of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus

    Jun Wang;Yibing Wu;Chunlong Ma;Giacomo Fiorin

  • The active oligomeric state of the minimalistic influenza virus M2 ion channel is a tetramer

    Takemasa Sakaguchi;Qiang Tu;Lawrence H. Pinto;Robert A. Lamb

  • Influenza B Virus BM2 Protein Has Ion Channel Activity that Conducts Protons across Membranes

    Jorgen A Mould;Reay G Paterson;Makoto Takeda;Makoto Takeda;Yuki Ohigashi

  • Functional studies indicate amantadine binds to the pore of the influenza A virus M2 proton-selective ion channel

    Xianghong Jing;Chunlong Ma;Yuki Ohigashi;Fernando A. Oliveira

  • The mouse Clock mutation behaves as an antimorph and maps within the W19H deletion, distal of Kit.

    David P. King;Martha Hotz Vitaterna;Anne Marie Chang;William F. Dove

  • Mechanism for Proton Conduction of the M2 Ion Channel of Influenza A Virus

    Jorgen A. Mould;Hui Chun Li;Christine S. Dudlak;James D. Lear

  • Identification of the functional core of the influenza A virus A/M2 proton-selective ion channel

    Chunlong Ma;Alexei L. Polishchuk;Yuki Ohigashi;Amanda L. Stouffer;Amanda L. Stouffer

  • Permeation and activation of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus.

    Jorgen A. Mould;Jason E. Drury;Stephan M. Frings;U. Benjamin Kaupp

  • Cu(II) inhibition of the proton translocation machinery of the influenza A virus M2 protein.

    Chris S. Gandhi;Kevin Shuck;James D. Lear;Gregg R. Dieckmann

  • Analysis of the posttranslational modifications of the influenza virus M2 protein.

    Leslie J. Holsinger;Margaret A. Shaughnessy;Aurelia Micko;Lawrence H. Pinto

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Lamb
Robert A. Lamb Northwestern University
William F. DeGrado
William F. DeGrado University of California, San Francisco
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Martha Hotz Vitaterna
Martha Hotz Vitaterna Northwestern University
Michael L. Klein
Michael L. Klein Temple University
Robert F. Mullins
Robert F. Mullins University of Iowa
James D. Lear
James D. Lear University of Pennsylvania
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Lieve Naesens
Lieve Naesens Rega Institute for Medical Research
Andrew Pekosz
Andrew Pekosz Johns Hopkins University

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