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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
24558
World Ranking
7645
National Ranking
3479

Peter Sutovsky 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 Sutovsky sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 257 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Sutovsky 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 Sutovsky sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter Sutovsky is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several specialized areas including Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their research focuses on topics such as:

  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Peter Sutovsky has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Michal Zigo
  • Lauren E Hamilton
  • Richard Oko
  • Karl Kerns
  • A.D. Barth

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Porcine model for the study of sperm capacitation, fertilization and male fertility," 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • "COVID-19 and human reproduction: A pandemic that packs a serious punch," 2021, Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine
  • "An Exploration of Current and Perspective Semen Analysis and Sperm Selection for Livestock Artificial Insemination," 2021, Animals
  • "Ligands and Receptors Involved in the Sperm-Zona Pellucida Interactions in Mammals," 2021, Cells
  • "Zinc is a master-regulator of sperm function associated with binding, motility, and metabolic modulation during porcine sperm capacitation," 2022, Communications Biology

Peter Sutovsky's work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Advances in anatomy, embryology and cell biology
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine
  • Animals

In addition to journal articles, they have published books with Springer Science+Business Media, including a notable title, Abnormal Morphology of Bovine Spermatozoa, expected in 2025.

Peter Sutovsky was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Ubiquitin tag for sperm mitochondria

    Peter Sutovsky;Ricardo D. Moreno;João Ramalho-Santos;Tanja Dominko

  • Ubiquitinated Sperm Mitochondria, Selective Proteolysis, and the Regulation of Mitochondrial Inheritance in Mammalian Embryos

    Peter Sutovsky;Ricardo D. Moreno;João Ramalho-Santos;Tanja Dominko

  • Centrosome Reduction During Gametogenesis and Its Significance

    Gaurishankar Manandhar;Heide Schatten;Peter Sutovsky

  • Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in mammalian spermatogenesis, fertilization, and sperm quality control: killing three birds with one stone.

    Peter Sutovsky

  • A putative, ubiquitin-dependent mechanism for the recognition and elimination of defective spermatozoa in the mammalian epididymis.

    P. Sutovsky;R. Moreno;J. Ramalho-Santos;T. Dominko

  • Paternal contributions to the mammalian zygote: fertilization after sperm-egg fusion.

    Peter Sutovsky;Gerald Schatten

  • Unique checkpoints during the first cell cycle of fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in rhesus monkeys.

    Laura Hewitson;Tanja Dominko;Diana Takahashi;Crista Martinovich

  • Depletion of glutathione during bovine oocyte maturation reversibly blocks the decondensation of the male pronucleus and pronuclear apposition during fertilization.

    Peter Sutovsky;Gerald Schatten

  • Fate of the sperm mitochondria, and the incorporation, conversion, and disassembly of the sperm tail structures during bovine fertilization.

    Peter Sutovsky;Christopher S. Navara;Gerald Schatten

  • PAWP, a Sperm-specific WW Domain-binding Protein, Promotes Meiotic Resumption and Pronuclear Development during Fertilization * ♦

    Alexander T.H. Wu;Peter Sutovsky;Gaurishankar Manandhar;Wei Xu

  • Ubiquitination of prohibitin in mammalian sperm mitochondria: possible roles in the regulation of mitochondrial inheritance and sperm quality control.

    Winston E. Thompson;João Ramalho-Santos;Peter Sutovsky

  • Interactions of sperm perinuclear theca with the oocyte: implications for oocyte activation, anti-polyspermy defense, and assisted reproduction.

    Peter Sutovsky;Gaurishankar Manandhar;Alex Wu;Richard Oko

  • Autophagy and ubiquitin–proteasome system contribute to sperm mitophagy after mammalian fertilization

    Won Hee Song;Young Joo Yi;Miriam Sutovsky;Stuart A Meyers

  • Sperm proteasome and fertilization.

    Peter Sutovsky

  • Centrosome Reduction during Mouse Spermiogenesis

    G. Manandhar;P. Sutovsky;H.C. Joshi;T. Stearns

  • Degradation of paternal mitochondria after fertilization: implications for heteroplasmy, assisted reproductive technologies and mtDNA inheritance

    Peter Sutovsky;Klaus Van Leyen;Tod McCauley;Billy N Day

  • Proteasomal Interference Prevents Zona Pellucida Penetration and Fertilization in Mammals

    Peter Sutovsky;Gaurishankar Manandhar;Tod C. McCauley;Jose Nestor Caamaño

  • Ubiquitin-based sperm assay for the diagnosis of male factor infertility

    Peter Sutovsky;Yukihiro Terada;Gerald Schatten

  • Vesicular Traffic and Golgi Apparatus Dynamics During Mammalian Spermatogenesis: Implications for Acrosome Architecture

    Ricardo D. Moreno;João Ramalho-Santos;Peter Sutovsky;Edward K.L. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Schatten
Gerald Schatten University of Pittsburgh
Richard Oko
Richard Oko Queen's University
Randall S. Prather
Randall S. Prather University of Missouri
João Ramalho-Santos
João Ramalho-Santos University of Coimbra
Billy N. Day
Billy N. Day University of Missouri
Antonio Miranda-Vizuete
Antonio Miranda-Vizuete Spanish National Research Council
Keith E. Latham
Keith E. Latham Michigan State University
Liangxue Lai
Liangxue Lai Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
Gian Luigi Russo
Gian Luigi Russo National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Heide Schatten
Heide Schatten University of Missouri

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Ryuzo Yanagimachi

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