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Michael D. Toney

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6638
World Ranking
17510
National Ranking
4284

Michael D. Toney publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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 Michael D. Toney sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 116 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Michael D. Toney D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Toney sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael D. Toney is associated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering.

The scientist has contributed to the following main fields of study:

  • Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering

Toney's work further delves into specific subfields, such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The primary research topics covered include:

  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques

Selected recent publications by Michael D. Toney include:

  • "Vapor deposition rate modifies anisotropic glassy structure of an anthracene-based organic semiconductor," 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Bottom-up synthesis of protein-based nanomaterials from engineered β-solenoid proteins," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "A Novel Glutathione S-Transferase Gtt2 Class (VpGSTT2) Is Found in the Genome of the AHPND/EMS Vibrio parahaemolyticus Shrimp Pathogen," 2021, Toxins
  • "Activation Heat Capacities in Pyridoxal Phosphate Enzymes," 2024, ACS Catalysis
  • "Tuning transition metal nanoparticles on a non-traditional support via experimental design," 2025, Applied Catalysis A General

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Camille Bishop
  • Kushal Bagchi
  • M. D. Ediger
  • Zeyu Peng
  • Maria D. R. Peralta

Toney has been published in various scientific venues, which include:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • PLoS ONE
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Toxins
  • Applied Catalysis A General

Best Publications

  • Reaction specificity in pyridoxal phosphate enzymes.

    Michael D. Toney

  • Direct Bronsted analysis of the restoration of activity to a mutant enzyme by exogenous amines

    Michael D. Toney;Jack F. Kirsch

  • Serine Racemase Modulates Intracellular D-Serine Levels through an α,β-Elimination Activity

    Veronika N. Foltyn;Inna Bendikov;Joari De Miranda;Rogerio Panizzutti

  • Dialkylglycine Decarboxylase Structure: Bifunctional Active Site and Alkali Metal Sites

    Michael D. Toney;Erhard Hohenester;Sandra W. Cowan;Johan N. Jansonius

  • Cloning and characterization of a phosphopantetheinyl transferase from Streptomyces verticillus ATCC15003, the producer of the hybrid peptide–polyketide antitumor drug bleomycin

    César Sánchez;Liangcheng Du;Daniel J Edwards;Michael D Toney

  • Controlling reaction specificity in pyridoxal phosphate enzymes.

    Michael D. Toney

  • Evidence for a two-base mechanism involving tyrosine-265 from arginine-219 mutants of alanine racemase

    Shaoxian Sun;Michael D. Toney

  • Aspartate aminotransferase: an old dog teaches new tricks.

    Michael D. Toney

  • A novel 4-methylideneimidazole-5-one-containing tyrosine aminomutase in enediyne antitumor antibiotic C-1027 biosynthesis.

    Steven D. Christenson;Wen Liu;Michael D. Toney;Ben Shen

  • NMR Studies of Solvent-Assisted Proton Transfer in a Biologically Relevant Schiff Base: Toward a Distinction of Geometric and Equilibrium H-Bond Isotope Effects

    Shasad Sharif;Gleb S. Denisov;Michael D. Toney;Hans Heinrich Limbach

  • Structural and mechanistic analysis of two refined crystal structures of the pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme dialkylglycine decarboxylase.

    Michael D. Toney;Michael D. Toney;Erhard Hohenester;Erhard Hohenester;John W. Keller;John W. Keller;Johan N. Jansonius;Johan N. Jansonius

  • Lysine 258 in aspartate aminotransferase: enforcer of the Circe effect for amino acid substrates and general-base catalyst for the 1,3-prototropic shift.

    Michael D. Toney;Jack F. Kirsch

  • Coupling of functional hydrogen bonds in pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-enzyme model systems observed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

    Shasad Sharif;David Schagen;Michael D. Toney;Hans Heinrich Limbach

  • 2.8-A-resolution crystal structure of an active-site mutant of aspartate aminotransferase from Escherichia coli.

    Douglas L. Smith;Steven C. Almo;Steven C. Almo;Michael D. Toney;Dagmar Ringe

  • Aminophosphonate Inhibitors of Dialkylglycine Decarboxylase: Structural Basis for Slow Binding Inhibition

    Wenshe Liu;Claude J. Rogers;and Andrew J. Fisher;Michael D. Toney

  • Metal ion inhibition of nonenzymatic pyridoxal phosphate catalyzed decarboxylation and transamination.

    Roger F. Zabinski;Michael D. Toney

  • NMR studies of coupled low- and high-barrier hydrogen bonds in pyridoxal-5'-phosphate model systems in polar solution.

    Shasad Sharif;Gleb S. Denisov;Michael D. Toney;Hans Heinrich Limbach

  • Kinetic Analysis of the 4-Methylideneimidazole-5-one-Containing Tyrosine Aminomutase in Enediyne Antitumor Antibiotic C-1027 Biosynthesis†

    Steven D. Christenson;Weiming Wu;M. Ashley Spies;Ben Shen

  • Crystal structures of true enzymatic reaction intermediates: aspartate and glutamate ketimines in aspartate aminotransferase.

    Vladimir N. Malashkevich;Michael D. Toney;Michael D. Toney;Johan N. Jansonius

  • Role of the pyridine nitrogen in pyridoxal 5'-phosphate catalysis: activity of three classes of PLP enzymes reconstituted with deazapyridoxal 5'-phosphate.

    Wait R. Griswold;Michael D. Toney

  • Conservation of mechanism in three chorismate-utilizing enzymes.

    Ze He;Kimberly D. Stigers Lavoie;Paul A. Bartlett;Michael D. Toney

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Heinrich Limbach
Hans-Heinrich Limbach Freie Universität Berlin
Jack F. Kirsch
Jack F. Kirsch University of California, Berkeley
Johan N. Jansonius
Johan N. Jansonius University of Basel
Mark J. Kurth
Mark J. Kurth University of California, Davis
Erhard Hohenester
Erhard Hohenester Imperial College London
Ben Shen
Ben Shen Scripps Research Institute
Scott A. Lesley
Scott A. Lesley Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
J. Clark Lagarias
J. Clark Lagarias University of California, Davis
Steven C. Almo
Steven C. Almo Albert Einstein College of Medicine
R. David Britt
R. David Britt University of California, Davis

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