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Peter L. Davies

Peter L. Davies

Queen's University
Canada

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
24901
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
85

Peter L. Davies 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 Peter L. Davies sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 388 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter L. Davies 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 Peter L. Davies 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: 88 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Peter L. Davies is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a research portfolio focused primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans a range of subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Atmospheric Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's publication record includes studies on physiological and biochemical adaptations, nanoparticle nucleation surface interactions, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, calpain protease function and regulation, neurobiology and insect physiology, genetics related to aging and longevity in model organisms, and biochemical and structural characterization.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Laurie A. Graham, Shuaiqi Guo, Thomas Hansen, Robert Eves, and Virginia K. Walker.

Peter L. Davies has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cryobiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • mBio
  • FEBS Journal

Notable recent papers by Peter L. Davies are:

  • Ice recrystallization inhibition activity varies with ice-binding protein type and does not correlate with thermal hysteresis, 2021, Cryobiology
  • Water-organizing motif continuity is critical for potent ice nucleation protein activity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vertebrates: A Fishy Tale, 2021, Trends in Genetics
  • Antifreeze protein complements cryoprotective dehydration in the freeze-avoiding springtail Megaphorura arctica, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Antifreeze protein dispersion in eelpouts and related fishes reveals migration and climate alteration within the last 20 Ma, 2020, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Mimicry of ice structure by surface hydroxyls and water of a β-helix antifreeze protein

    Yih-Cherng Liou;Ante Tocilj;Peter L. Davies;Zongchao Jia

  • β-Helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect

    Steffen P. Graether;Steffen P. Graether;Michael J. Kuiper;Stéphane M. Gagné;Virginia K. Walker

  • Biochemistry of fish antifreeze proteins.

    Peter L. Davies;Choy L. Hew

  • Antifreeze proteins of teleost fishes.

    Garth L Fletcher;Choy L Hew;Peter L Davies

  • Antifreeze proteins: an unusual receptor–ligand interaction

    Zongchao Jia;Peter L Davies

  • Ice-binding proteins: a remarkable diversity of structures for stopping and starting ice growth

    Peter L. Davies

  • Crystal structure of calpain reveals the structural basis for Ca2+-dependent protease activity and a novel mode of enzyme activation

    Christopher M. Hosfield;John S. Elce;Peter L. Davies;Zongchao Jia

  • A Ca2+ Switch Aligns the Active Site of Calpain

    Tudor Moldoveanu;Christopher M. Hosfield;Daniel Lim;John S. Elce

  • Anchored clathrate waters bind antifreeze proteins to ice.

    Christopher P. Garnham;Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

  • Structure and function of antifreeze proteins

    Peter L. Davies;Jason Baardsnes;Michael J. Kuiper;Virginia K. Walker

  • Calcium-bound structure of calpain and its mechanism of inhibition by calpastatin

    Rachel A. Hanna;Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

  • Hyperactive antifreeze protein from beetles

    Laurie A. Graham;Yih-Cherng Liou;Virginia K. Walker;Peter L. Davies

  • Ice-Binding Proteins and Their Function

    Maya Bar Dolev;Ido Braslavsky;Peter L. Davies

  • Structural basis for the binding of a globular antifreeze protein to ice

    Zongchao Jia;Carl I. DeLuca;Heman Chao;Heman Chao;Peter L. Davies

  • The basis for hyperactivity of antifreeze proteins.

    Andrew J. Scotter;Christopher B. Marshall;Laurie A. Graham;Jack A. Gilbert

  • Structure of a calpain Ca(2+)-binding domain reveals a novel EF-hand and Ca(2+)-induced conformational changes.

    H. Blanchard;P. Grochulski;Y. Li;J.S. Arthur

  • A diminished role for hydrogen bonds in antifreeze protein binding to ice.

    Heman Chao;Michael E. Houston;Robert S. Hodges;Cyril M. Kay

  • Development of α-Helical Calpain Probes by Mimicking a Natural Protein-Protein Interaction

    Hyunil Jo;Nataline Meinhardt;Yibing Wu;Swapnil Kulkarni

  • Refined solution structure of type III antifreeze protein: hydrophobic groups may be involved in the energetics of the protein-ice interaction.

    Frank D Sönnichsen;Carl I DeLuca;Peter L Davies;Brian D Sykes

  • Structure–function relationships in calpains

    Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia K. Walker
Virginia K. Walker Queen's University
Zongchao Jia
Zongchao Jia Queen's University
Garth L. Fletcher
Garth L. Fletcher Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brian D. Sykes
Brian D. Sykes University of Alberta
Frank D. Sönnichsen
Frank D. Sönnichsen Kiel University
Ilja K. Voets
Ilja K. Voets Eindhoven University of Technology
Choy L. Hew
Choy L. Hew National University of Singapore
Cyril M. Kay
Cyril M. Kay University of Alberta
Robert S. Hodges
Robert S. Hodges University of Colorado Denver
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego

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