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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 64 7947 7203 2308 1911 715 17744

Peter A. Crooks publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter A. Crooks between 1968 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter A. Crooks published across 57 years, from 1968 to 2024, averaging 15.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 59 publications in 2023. 61 of the 878 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 59. Peak 59 publications in 2023. 1968: 1 publication 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 3 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 5 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 9 publications 1983: 13 publications 1984: 11 publications 1985: 16 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 9 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 13 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 22 publications 2004: 30 publications 2005: 33 publications 2006: 42 publications 2007: 47 publications 2008: 41 publications 2009: 49 publications 2010: 37 publications 2011: 57 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 38 publications 2014: 32 publications 2015: 35 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 59 publications 2024: 2 publications
1968 2024

878 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter A. Crooks: publications per year, 1968 to 2024
Year Publications
1968 1
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 1
1974 3
1975 2
1976 5
1977 0
1978 4
1979 4
1980 7
1981 4
1982 9
1983 13
1984 11
1985 16
1986 10
1987 6
1988 8
1989 5
1990 5
1991 1
1992 9
1993 6
1994 10
1995 13
1996 11
1997 10
1998 11
1999 17
2000 12
2001 14
2002 15
2003 22
2004 30
2005 33
2006 42
2007 47
2008 41
2009 49
2010 37
2011 57
2012 14
2013 38
2014 32
2015 35
2016 25
2017 18
2018 17
2019 11
2020 11
2021 12
2022 2
2023 59
2024 2
Total 878
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Peter A. Crooks 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 Peter A. Crooks sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 701–720 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 715 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57 715
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Peter A. Crooks 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 Peter A. Crooks sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731 64
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Peter A. Crooks is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, with a focused concentration in Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including DNA Repair Mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study.

Recent scientific publications by Peter A. Crooks include:

  • Structural modeling of GSK3β implicates the inactive (DFG-out) conformation as the target bound by TDZD analogs (2020), Scientific Reports
  • Design and Synthesis of Novel Hybrid 8-Hydroxy Quinoline-Indole Derivatives as Inhibitors of Aβ Self-Aggregation and Metal Chelation-Induced Aβ Aggregation (2020), Molecules
  • Biobanked Glioblastoma Patient-Derived Organoids as a Precision Medicine Model to Study Inhibition of Invasion (2021), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Novel hydroxybenzylamine-deoxyvasicinone hybrids as anticholinesterase therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (2021), Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Binding Modes and Selectivity of Cannabinoid 1 (CB1) and Cannabinoid 2 (CB2) Receptor Ligands (2020), ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Molecules (2 publications)
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1 publication)

Peter A. Crooks collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Narsimha Reddy Penthala (12 joint publications)
  • Soma Shekar Dachavaram (6 joint publications)
  • Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam (4 joint publications)
  • Robert J. Shmookler Reis (4 joint publications)
  • Paul L. Prather (4 joint publications)

In recognition of contributions to their field, Peter A. Crooks was awarded the title of Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Polynucleotide analogs containing sulfonate and sulfonamide internucleoside linkages

    Joseph A. Maddry;Robert C. Reynolds;John A. Secrist;John A. Montgomery

  • High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of the pharmacologically active quinones and related compounds in the oil of the black seed (Nigella sativa L.)

    Omar A. Ghosheh;Abdulghani A. Houdi;Peter A. Crooks

  • An orally bioavailable parthenolide analog selectively eradicates acute myelogenous leukemia stem and progenitor cells

    Monica L. Guzman;Randall M. Rossi;Sundar Neelakantan;Xiaojie Li

  • Means to achieve sustained release of synergistic drugs by conjugation

    Paul Ashton;Peter Anthony Crooks;Tadeusz Cynkowski;Grazyna Cynkowska

  • A novel mechanism of action and potential use for lobeline as a treatment for psychostimulant abuse.

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Molecular pathway for thymoquinone-induced cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in neoplastic keratinocytes.

    Hala U Gali-Muhtasib;Wassim G Abou Kheir;Lynn A Kheir;Nadine Darwiche

  • Aminoparthenolides as novel anti-leukemic agents: Discovery of the NF-kappaB inhibitor, DMAPT (LC-1).

    Sundar Neelakantan;Shama Nasim;Monica L. Guzman;Craig T. Jordan

  • Targeting Aberrant Glutathione Metabolism to Eradicate Human Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Cells

    Shanshan Pei;Mohammad Minhajuddin;Kevin P. Callahan;Marlene Balys

  • A NADPH Oxidase–Dependent Redox Signaling Pathway Mediates the Selective Radiosensitization Effect of Parthenolide in Prostate Cancer Cells

    Yulan Sun;Daret K. St. Clair;Yong Xu;Peter A. Crooks

  • Lobeline attenuates d-methamphetamine self-administration in rats.

    Steven B. Harrod;Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks;Jennifer E. Klebaur

  • Lobeline and nicotine evoke [3H]overflow from rat striatal slices preloaded with [3H]dopamine: differential inhibition of synaptosomal and vesicular [3H]dopamine uptake.

    Lihong Teng;Peter A. Crooks;Patricia K. Sonsalla;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Competitive Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Antagonists: A New Direction for Drug Discovery

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Unexpected pehnomenon in the high-performance liquid chromatographic anlaysis of racemic 14C-labelled nicotine: Separation of enantiomers in a totally achiral system

    K.C. Cundy;P.A. Crooks

  • Stereochemical course of the transmethylation catalyzed by catechol O-methyltransferase.

    R W Woodard;M D Tsai;H G Floss;P A Crooks

  • Vesicular monoamine transporter 2: role as a novel target for drug development.

    Guangrong Zheng;Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Cellulose sulfuric acid: An efficient biodegradable and recyclable solid acid catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of aryl-14H-dibenzo[a.j]xanthenes under solvent-free conditions

    J. Venu Madhav;Y. Thirupathi Reddy;P. Narsimha Reddy;M. Nikhil Reddy

  • Nornicotine is self-administered intravenously by rats

    M. T. Bardo;Thomas Green;P. A. Crooks;L. P. Dwoskin

  • (S)-(-)-Cotinine, the major brain metabolite of nicotine, stimulates nicotinic receptors to evoke [3H]dopamine release from rat striatal slices in a calcium-dependent manner.

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Lihong Teng;Susan T. Buxton;Peter A. Crooks

  • Lobeline Inhibits the Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Amphetamine

    Dennis K. Miller;Peter A. Crooks;Lihong Teng;Jeffrey M. Witkin

  • Contribution of CNS Nicotine Metabolites to the Neuropharmacological Effects of Nicotine and Tobacco Smoking

    Peter A. Crooks;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Aminoparthenolides as Novel anti‐Leukemic Agents: Discovery of the NF‐ϰB Inhibitor, DMAPT (LC‐1).

    Sundar Neelakantan;Shama Nasim;Monica L. Guzman;Craig T. Jordan

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda P. Dwoskin
Linda P. Dwoskin University of Kentucky
Sean Parkin
Sean Parkin University of Kentucky
Michael T. Bardo
Michael T. Bardo University of Kentucky
Craig T. Jordan
Craig T. Jordan University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael L. Freeman
Michael L. Freeman Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Harikrishna Nakshatri
Harikrishna Nakshatri Indiana University
Christopher Sweeney
Christopher Sweeney Harvard University
J. Michael McIntosh
J. Michael McIntosh University of Utah
Roger L. Papke
Roger L. Papke University of Florida
Chang-Guo Zhan
Chang-Guo Zhan University of Kentucky

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