2026 Peter Novick: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	85	842	752	443	389	153	33487

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Peter Novick is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily covers Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Cell Biology. Additional areas of study include Epidemiology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The main topics of their work include:

Cellular transport and secretion
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
Plant Reproductive Biology
Fungal and yeast genetics research

Peter Novick has contributed to several recent publications, reflecting ongoing research activity. Some notable papers include:

"Vps13 is required for the packaging of the ER into autophagosomes during ER-phagy," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"ER-phagy requires the assembly of actin at sites of contact between the cortical ER and endocytic pits," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Double NPY motifs at the N-terminus of the yeast t-SNARE Sso2 synergistically bind Sec3 to promote membrane fusion," 2022, eLife
"GIV/Girdin and Exo70 Collaboratively Regulate the Mammalian Polarized Exocytic Machinery," 2020, iScience
"Different ER-plasma membrane tethers play opposing roles in autophagy of the cortical ER," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent coauthors include:

Susan Ferro-Novick
Dongmei Liu
Hua Yuan
Xia Li
Shuliang Chen

Peter Novick's work has been published predominately in the following venues:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
eLife
iScience

Recognition for their contributions is indicated by several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006

Best Publications

Identification of 23 complementation groups required for post-translational events in the yeast secretory pathway

Peter Novick;Charles Field;Randy Schekman

2295
Citations
Role of Rab GTPases in membrane traffic and cell physiology.

Alex H Hutagalung;Peter J Novick

1672
Citations
A Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomic plasmid bank based on a centromere-containing shuttle vector.

Mark D. Rose;Peter Novick;James H. Thomas;David Botstein

1285
Citations
Rabs and their effectors: Achieving specificity in membrane traffic

Bianka L. Grosshans;Darinel Ortiz;Peter Novick

1251
Citations
A ras-like protein is required for a post-Golgi event in yeast secretion

Antti Salminen;Peter J. Novick

1110
Citations
The Exocyst is a multiprotein complex required for exocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

D. R. TerBush;T. Maurice;D. Roth;P. Novick

1054
Citations
The diversity of Rab proteins in vesicle transport.

Peter Novick;Marino Zerial

1009
Citations
Order of events in the yeast secretory pathway

Peter Novick;Susan Ferro;Randy Schekman

971
Citations
Phosphoinositides as Regulators in Membrane Traffic

Pietro De Camilli;Scott D. Emr;Peter S. McPherson;Peter Novick

918
Citations
The exocyst is an effector for Sec4p, targeting secretory vesicles to sites of exocytosis

Wei Guo;Dagmar Roth;Christiane Walch‐Solimena;Peter Novick

760
Citations
Secretion and cell-surface growth are blocked in a temperature-sensitive mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Peter Novick;Randy Schekman

728
Citations
A GTP-binding protein required for secretion rapidly associates with secretory vesicles and the plasma membrane in yeast

Bruno Goud;Antti Salminen;Nancy C. Walworth;Peter J. Novick

707
Citations
Phenotypic analysis of temperature-sensitive yeast actin mutants

Peter Novick;David Botstein

646
Citations
Friends and family: The role of the rab GTPases in vesicular traffic

Peter Novick;Patrick Brennwald

491
Citations
Sec9 is a SNAP-25-like component of a yeast SNARE complex that may be the effector of Sec4 function in exocytosis

Patrick Brennwald;Brian Kearns;Kathy Champion;Sirkka Keränen

477
Citations
Sec3p Is a Spatial Landmark for Polarized Secretion in Budding Yeast

Fern P Finger;Thomas E Hughes;Peter Novick

460
Citations
The yeast phosphatidylinositol-4-OH kinase pik1 regulates secretion at the Golgi.

Christiane Walch-Solimena;Peter Novick

449
Citations
Spatial regulation of the exocyst complex by Rho1 GTPase

Wei Guo;Wei Guo;Fuyuhiko Tamanoi;Peter Novick

444
Citations
GTPase Networks in Membrane Traffic

Emi Mizuno-Yamasaki;Felix Rivera-Molina;Peter Novick

443
Citations
Sec6, Sec8, and Sec15 are components of a multisubunit complex which localizes to small bud tips in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Daniel R. TerBush;Peter Novick

435
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Ferro-Novick University of California, San Diego

Randy Schekman University of California, Berkeley

Wei Guo University of Pennsylvania

Marc Pypaert Yale University

David Botstein Princeton University

Pietro De Camilli Yale University

Mark S. Mooseker Yale University

Adam S. Lauring University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Vytas A. Bankaitis Texas A&M University

John L. Rinn University of Colorado Boulder

External Links

Personal website of Peter Novick

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