2026 Richard D. Cummings: 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	119	265	244	154	141	537	61343
Biology and Biochemistry	125	504	452	320	281	659	66509

Richard D. Cummings publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard D. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 537 publications — 96th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Richard D. Cummings D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard D. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 92nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard D. Cummings is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their work delves into subfields such as molecular biology, immunology, organic chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and oncology.

Their research topics cover a broad scope, focusing extensively on glycosylation and glycoproteins research, galectins and cancer biology, and carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis. Additional areas of study include monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, and signaling pathways in disease.

They have coauthored numerous publications with several frequent collaborators, including Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Sean R. Stowell, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Akul Y. Mehta, and Sylvain Lehoux.

Richard D. Cummings has published extensively in various scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Glycobiology
Methods in molecular biology
Scientific Reports
The FASEB Journal

Among recent significant papers are:

A Useful Guide to Lectin Binding: Machine-Learning Directed Annotation of 57 Unique Lectin Specificities, 2022, ACS Chemical Biology
Intestinal epithelial glycosylation in homeostasis and gut microbiota interactions in IBD, 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
PDX-derived organoids model in vivo drug response and secrete biomarkers, 2020, JCI Insight
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interacts with Multiple Innate Immune Receptors, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain preferentially recognizes blood group A, 2021, Blood Advances

Richard D. Cummings has also contributed to book publications, including a title titled "Galectins," published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

They have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

Essentials of Glycobiology [Internet]

Ajit Varki;Richard D Cummings;Jeffrey D Esko;Pamela Stanley

5477
Citations
Essentials of Glycobiology

Ajit Varki;Richard D Cummings;Jeffrey D Esko;Hudson H Freeze

2719
Citations
Galectins: a family of animal beta-galactoside-binding lectins.

Samuel H. Barondes;Vincent Castronovo;Douglas N W Cooper;Richard D. Cummings

1642
Citations
Printed covalent glycan array for ligand profiling of diverse glycan binding proteins

Ola Blixt;Steve Head;Tony Mondala;Christopher Scanlan

1351
Citations
P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 mediates rolling of human neutrophils on P-selectin.

K L Moore;K D Patel;R E Bruehl;F Li

1089
Citations
Symbol Nomenclature for Graphical Representations of Glycans.

Ajit Varki;Richard D. Cummings;Markus Aebi;Nicole H. Packer

1070
Citations
Platensimycin is a selective FabF inhibitor with potent antibiotic properties

Jun Wang;Stephen M. Soisson;Katherine Young;Wesley Shoop;Wesley Shoop

1001
Citations
Leukocyte trafficking mediated by selectin-carbohydrate interactions.

Rodger P. McEver;Kevin L. Moore;Richard D. Cummings

901
Citations
Perspectives series: cell adhesion in vascular biology. Role of PSGL-1 binding to selectins in leukocyte recruitment.

R P McEver;R D Cummings

857
Citations
Protein Glycosylation in Cancer

Sean R. Stowell;Tongzhong Ju;Richard D. Cummings

779
Citations
Characterization of the structural determinants required for the high affinity interaction of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides with immobilized Phaseolus vulgaris leukoagglutinating and erythroagglutinating lectins.

R D Cummings;S Kornfeld

775
Citations
Role of PSGL-1 binding to selectins in leukocyte recruitment.

McEver Rp;Cummings Rd

720
Citations
Fractionation of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides by serial lectin-Agarose affinity chromatography. A rapid, sensitive, and specific technique.

R D Cummings;S Kornfeld

707
Citations
Identification of a specific glycoprotein ligand for P-selectin (CD62) on myeloid cells.

K L Moore;N L Stults;S Diaz;D F Smith

704
Citations
The immobilized leukoagglutinin from the seeds of Maackia amurensis binds with high affinity to complex-type Asn-linked oligosaccharides containing terminal sialic acid-linked alpha-2,3 to penultimate galactose residues.

Wei-Chun Wang;R. D. Cummings

673
Citations
The repertoire of glycan determinants in the human glycome

Richard D. Cummings

621
Citations
A unique molecular chaperone Cosmc required for activity of the mammalian core 1 β3-galactosyltransferase

Tongzhong Ju;Richard D. Cummings

550
Citations
Galectin-1, -2, and -3 Exhibit Differential Recognition of Sialylated Glycans and Blood Group Antigens

Sean R. Stowell;Connie M. Arthur;Padmaja Mehta;Kristen A. Slanina

543
Citations
Biosynthesis of N- and O-linked oligosaccharides of the low density lipoprotein receptor.

R. D. Cummings;S. Kornfeld;W. J. Schneider;K. K. Hobgood

504
Citations
Post-translational Modifications of Recombinant P-selectin Glycoprotein Ligand-1 Required for Binding to P- and E-selectin

Fugang Li;Patricia P. Wilkins;Suzanne Crawley;Jasminder Weinstein

494
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David F. Smith Emory University

Rodger P. McEver Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Irma van Die VU University Medical Center

Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia

Ajit Varki University of California, San Diego

Jeffrey D. Esko University of California, San Diego

Gerald W. Hart University of Georgia

Pamela Stanley Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Hudson H. Freeze Discovery Institute

John J. Kopchick Ohio University

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