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D-Index
96
Citations
30556
World Ranking
1566
National Ranking
599

Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano 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 Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 402 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano 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 Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their academic and professional work is associated with this institution, indicating an active role in the scientific and research community within this environment.

Notable honors in their career include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988. Earlier in their career, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1978. These awards reflect formal acknowledgments of contributions made within their field.

No specific information is available regarding the scientist's recent publications, research topics, co-authors, or main and subfields of study. Likewise, there is no data concerning book publications or frequent publication venues linked to their work.

The absence of recent papers or listed co-authors means there is no current overview of collaborative efforts or trends in research focus. However, the institutional affiliation and fellowship awards denote an established career within scientific research and academia.

Best Publications

  • Cytochrome P-450

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Hydrocarbon hydroxylation by cytochrome P450 enzymes.

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase

    Zhi-Ping Chen;Ken I Mitchelhill;Belinda J Michell;David Stapleton

  • Oxidizing species in the mechanism of cytochrome P450

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano;James J. De Voss

  • Control of the catalytic activity of prosthetic heme by the structure of hemoproteins

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Inhibition of the HIV-1 and HIV-2 proteases by curcumin and curcumin boron complexes.

    Zhihua Sui;Rafael Salto;Jia Li;Charles Craik

  • ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE : EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI, SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION, AND ROLE OF TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN IN DIMER FORMATION

    Ignacio Rodríguez-Crespo;Nancy Counts Gerber;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Pyrrolidine Carboxamides as a Novel Class of Inhibitors of Enoyl Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Xin He;Akram Alian;Robert Stroud;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • The mechanism of heme oxygenase.

    Paul R Ortiz de Montellano

  • The antituberculosis drug ethionamide is activated by a flavoprotein monooxygenase.

    Tommaso A. Vannelli;Alina Dykman;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Heme Oxygenase Mechanism: Evidence for an Electrophilic, Ferric Peroxide Species

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Substrate Oxidation by Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Reaction of myoglobin with phenylhydrazine: a molecular doorstop.

    D. Ringe;G. A. Petsko;D. E. Kerr;P. R. Ortiz De Montellano

  • Cholesterol catabolism as a therapeutic target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Hugues Ouellet;Jonathan B. Johnston;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • The catalytic mechanism of cytochrome P-450. Spin-trapping evidence for one-electron substrate oxidation.

    O Augusto;H S Beilan;P R Ortiz de Montellano

  • Crystal structure of a thermophilic cytochrome P450 from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.

    Jason K. Yano;Laura S. Koo;David J. Schuller;Huiying Li

  • Revisiting the mechanism of P450 enzymes with the radical clocks norcarane and spiro[2,5]octane.

    Karine Auclair;Zhengbo Hu;Dorothy M. Little;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Timing of the radical recombination step in cytochrome P-450 catalysis with ring-strained probes

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano;Ralph A. Stearns

  • Omega-Hydroxyceramides are Required for Corneocyte Lipid Envelope (CLE) Formation and Normal Epidermal Permeability Barrier Function

    Martin Behne;Yoshikazu Uchida;Taisuke Seki;Paul Ortiz de Montellano

  • Mechanism-based inactivation of horseradish peroxidase by sodium azide. Formation of meso-azidoprotoporphyrin IX

    Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano;Shantha K. David;Mark A. Ator;David Tew

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Poulos
Thomas L. Poulos University of California, Irvine
Pierre Moënne-Loccoz
Pierre Moënne-Loccoz Oregon Health & Science University
Gerd N. La Mar
Gerd N. La Mar University of California, Davis
Charles S. Craik
Charles S. Craik University of California, San Francisco
Irwin D. Kuntz
Irwin D. Kuntz University of California, San Francisco
Katalin F. Medzihradszky
Katalin F. Medzihradszky University of California, San Francisco
Deanna L. Kroetz
Deanna L. Kroetz University of California, San Francisco
Alma L. Burlingame
Alma L. Burlingame University of California, San Francisco
Gilda H. Loew
Gilda H. Loew Stanford University
John H. Dawson
John H. Dawson University of South Carolina

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