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Richard E. Mains

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
26005
World Ranking
2590
National Ranking
1354

Richard E. Mains publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 341 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard E. Mains 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 Richard E. Mains sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

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

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Overview

Richard E. Mains is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Key subfields of their work include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, and surgery.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Atrial fibrillation management and outcomes
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Pituitary gland disorders and treatments
  • Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism

Among their recent papers are:

  • Peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase is required for atrial secretory granule formation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase as a therapeutic target or biomarker for human diseases, 2022, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • PAM haploinsufficiency does not accelerate the development of diet- and human IAPP-induced diabetes in mice, 2020, Diabetologia
  • Germline loss-of-function PAM variants are enriched in subjects with pituitary hypersecretion, 2023, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • PAM: diverse roles in neuroendocrine cells, cardiomyocytes, and green algae, 2021, FEBS Journal

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Diabetologia
  • British Journal of Pharmacology

Richard E. Mains collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Betty Eipper
  • Giampaolo Trivellin
  • Adrian Daly
  • Laura C. Hernández-Ramírez
  • Elisa Araldi

Best Publications

  • Common precursor to corticotropins and endorphins

    Richard E. Mains;Betty A. Eipper;Nicholas Ling

  • Structure and Biosynthesis of Pro-Adrenocorticotropin/Endorphin and Related Peptides*

    Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains

  • The Biosynthesis of Neuropeptides: Peptide alpha-Amidation

    B A Eipper;D A Stoffers;R E Mains

  • Rapid induction of dendritic spine morphogenesis by trans-synaptic ephrinB-EphB receptor activation of the Rho-GEF kalirin.

    Peter Penzes;Alexander Beeser;Jonathan Chernoff;Martin R. Schiller

  • PRIMARY CULTURES OF DISSOCIATED SYMPATHETIC NEURONS : I. Establishment of Long-Term Growth in Culture and Studies of Differentiated Properties

    Richard E. Mains;Paul H. Patterson

  • Identification in pituitary tissue of a peptide alpha-amidation activity that acts on glycine-extended peptides and requires molecular oxygen, copper, and ascorbic acid

    Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains;Christopher C. Glembotski

  • New insights into copper monooxygenases and peptide amidation: structure, mechanism and function.

    S. T. Prigge;R. E. Mains;B. A. Eipper;L. M. Amzel

  • The neuronal Rho-GEF Kalirin-7 interacts with PDZ domain-containing proteins and regulates dendritic morphogenesis.

    Peter Penzes;Richard C. Johnson;Rita Sattler;Xiaoqun Zhang

  • Dioxygen Binds End-On to Mononuclear Copper in a Precatalytic Enzyme Complex

    Sean T. Prigge;Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains;L. Mario Amzel

  • Amidation of Bioactive Peptides: The Structure of Peptidylglycine α-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase

    Sean T. Prigge;Aparna S. Kolhekar;Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains

  • Inducible Genetic Suppression of Neuronal Excitability

    David C. Johns;Ruth Marx;Richard E. Mains;Brian O’Rourke

  • Synthesis and secretion of corticotropins, melanotropins, and endorphins by rat intermediate pituitary cells.

    R E Mains;B A Eipper

  • The prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2 mediate distinct endoproteolytic cleavages in a strict temporal order during proopiomelanocortin biosynthetic processing.

    An Zhou;B. T. Bloomquist;R. E. Mains

  • Peptide alpha-amidation.

    B A Eipper;R E Mains

  • Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase: a multifunctional protein with catalytic, processing, and routing domains.

    Eipper Ba;Milgram Sl;Husten Ej;Yun Hy

  • Biosynthesis of adrenocorticotropic hormone in mouse pituitary tumor cells.

    R E Mains;B A Eipper

  • Existence of a common precursor to ACTH and endorphin in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituaitary

    Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains

  • Prohormone-Converting Enzymes: Regulation and Evaluation of Function Using Antisense RNA

    Brian T. Bloomquist;Betty A. Eipper;Richard E. Mains

  • Analysis of the common precursor to corticotropin and endorphin.

    B A Eipper;R E Mains

  • PRIMARY CULTURES OF DISSOCIATED SYMPATHETIC NEURONS III. Changes in Metabolism with Age in Culture

    Richard E. Mains;Paul H. Patterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Betty A. Eipper
Betty A. Eipper University of Connecticut Health Center
Henry T. Keutmann
Henry T. Keutmann Harvard University
Stephen M. King
Stephen M. King University of Connecticut Health Center
L. Mario Amzel
L. Mario Amzel Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Peter Penzes
Peter Penzes Northwestern University
Christopher C. Glembotski
Christopher C. Glembotski University of Arizona
Aaron G. Maule
Aaron G. Maule Queen's University Belfast
John E. Pintar
John E. Pintar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
William C. Wetsel
William C. Wetsel Duke University
Ninian J. Blackburn
Ninian J. Blackburn Oregon Health & Science University

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