2026 Richard E. Lee: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	76	5103	4713	2440	2195	306	18442

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

5103

4713

2440

2195

306

18442

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

18442

World Ranking

5103

National Ranking

2440

Overview

Richard E. Lee is affiliated with Miami University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a primary focus on medicine and significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work primarily investigates molecular biology and infectious diseases, with additional emphasis on surgery, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Key topics in their research portfolio include:

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Richard E. Lee has frequently published in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Antibiotics
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Nature Communications

Their recent papers include:

"Phenyl-Glutarimides: Alternative Cereblon Binders for the Design of PROTACs" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
"Sophisticated natural products as antibiotics" (2024, Nature)
"Lung cancer incidence and mortality with extended follow-up in the National Lung Screening Trial" (2020, Breathe)
"An automated 13.5 hour system for scalable diagnosis and acute management guidance for genetic diseases" (2022, Nature Communications)
"Cardiac surgery in North America and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Regional variability in burden and impact" (2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

Collaborations have been made with several frequent co-authors, which include:

Jiuyu Liu
Bernd Meibohm
Taosheng Chen
Gregory A. Phelps
Gregory T. Robertson

Best Publications

Insects at Low Temperature

Richard E. Lee;David L. Denlinger

797
Citations
Principles of Insect Low Temperature Tolerance

Richard E. Lee

727
Citations
A rapid cold-hardening process in insects

Richard E. Lee;Cheng-Ping Chen;David L. Denlinger

639
Citations
Low Temperature Biology of Insects

David L. Denlinger;Richard E. Jr Lee

598
Citations
Rapid cold-hardening of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophiladae) during ecologically based thermoperiodic cycles.

Jonathan D. Kelty;Richard E. Lee

374
Citations
Biological ice nucleation and its applications.

Richard E Lee;Gareth J. Warren;Lawrence V. Gusta

314
Citations
Cold-shock injury and rapid cold-hardening in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis.

Cheng-Ping Chen;David L. Denlinger;Richard E. Lee

299
Citations
Induction of rapid cold hardening by cooling at ecologically relevant rates in Drosophila melanogaster

Jonathan D Kelty;Richard E Lee

295
Citations
A rapid cold-hardening response protecting against cold shock injury in Drosophila melanogaster.

M. C. Czajka;R. E. Lee

287
Citations
High resistance to oxidative damage in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica, and developmentally linked expression of genes encoding superoxide dismutase, catalase and heat shock proteins

Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez;Michael A. Elnitsky;Joshua B. Benoit;Richard E. Lee

242
Citations
Cold winter microenvironments conserve energy and improve overwintering survival and potential fecundity of the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis

Jason T. Irwin;Richard E. Lee

223
Citations
Continuous up-regulation of heat shock proteins in larvae, but not adults, of a polar insect

Joseph P. Rinehart;Scott A. L. Hayward;Michael A. Elnitsky;Luke H. Sandro

220
Citations
Cold tolerance in diapausing and non-diapausing stages of the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis

Richard E. Lee;David L. Denlinger

219
Citations
BIOLOGICAL ICE NUCLEATION AND ICE DISTRIBUTION IN COLD-HARDY ECTOTHERMIC ANIMALS

Richard E. Lee;Jon P. Costanzo

214
Citations
Mild winter temperatures reduce survival and potential fecundity of the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Jason T Irwin;Richard E Lee

197
Citations
Metabolomics reveals unique and shared metabolic changes in response to heat shock, freezing and desiccation in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica.

M. Robert Michaud;Joshua B. Benoit;Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez;Michael A. Elnitsky

194
Citations
Rapid cold-hardening protects Drosophila melanogaster from cold-induced apoptosis

Shu-Xia Yi;Clifford W. Moore;Richard E. Lee

178
Citations
Compact genome of the Antarctic midge is likely an adaptation to an extreme environment

Joanna L. Kelley;Joanna L. Kelley;Justin T. Peyton;Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier;Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier;Nicholas M. Teets;Nicholas M. Teets

175
Citations
Hibernation physiology, freezing adaptation and extreme freeze tolerance in a northern population of the wood frog.

Jon P. Costanzo;M. Clara F. do Amaral;Andrew J. Rosendale;Richard E. Lee

166
Citations
Preservation of reproductive behaviors during modest cooling: rapid cold-hardening fine-tunes organismal response.

Scott M. Shreve;Jonathan D. Kelty;Richard E. Lee

158
Citations