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Chemistry

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5114
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165

Biology and Biochemistry

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19185
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4608
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Richard Giegé publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 342 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 Giegé 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 Giegé sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Richard Giegé is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. The main fields of study for their research focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular concentration in molecular biology.

Their work explores several scientific topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • RNA research and splicing

Recent publications by Richard Giegé include:

  • "The tRNA identity landscape for aminoacylation and beyond," published in 2023 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Transfer RNA Recognition and Aminoacylation by Synthetases," published in 2021 in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Frequent co-authorships include work with Gilbert Eriani.

The primary publication venues for their articles are:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Richard Giegé has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Universal rules and idiosyncratic features in tRNA identity

    Richard Giegé;Marie Sissler;Catherine Florentz

  • An operational RNA code for amino acids and possible relationship to genetic code.

    Paul Schimmel;Richard Giege;Dino Moras;Shigeyuki Yokoyama

  • Search for characteristic structural features of mammalian mitochondrial tRNAs.

    Mark Helm;Hervé Brulé;Dagmar Friede;Richard Giegé

  • Crystal structure of yeast tRNAAsp.

    D Moras;M B Comarmond;J Fischer;R Weiss

  • A Watson-Crick base-pair-disrupting methyl group (m1A9) is sufficient for cloverleaf folding of human mitochondrial tRNALys.

    Mark Helm;Richard Giegé;Catherine Florentz

  • The presence of modified nucleotides is required for cloverleaf folding of a human mitochondrial tRNA

    Mark Helm;Hervé Brulé;Hervé Brulé;Françoise Degoul;Claude Cepanec

  • tRNA structure and aminoacylation efficiency.

    Richard Giegé;Joseph D. Puglisi;Catherine Florentz

  • Relaxation of a transfer RNA specificity by removal of modified nucleotides.

    Véronique Perret;Angela Garcia;Henri Grosjean;Jean-Pierre Ebel

  • Mutation of the mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase gene, YARS2, causes myopathy, lactic acidosis, and sideroblastic anemia--MLASA syndrome.

    Lisa G. Riley;Sandra Cooper;Sandra Cooper;Peter Hickey;Joëlle Rudinger-Thirion

  • Factors determining the specificity of the tRNA aminoacylation reaction. Non-absolute specificity of tRNA-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase recognition and particular importance of the maximal velocity.

    J.P. Ebel;R. Giegé;J. Bonnet;D. Kern

  • Identity elements for specific aminoacylation of yeast tRNA(Asp) by cognate aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.

    Joern Pütz;Joseph D. Puglisi;Catherine Florentz;Richard Giegé

  • Structure of transfer RNAs: similarity and variability.

    Richard Giegé;Frank Jühling;Frank Jühling;Joern Pütz;Peter Stadler

  • Ribozyme processed tRNA transcripts with unfriendly internal promoter for T7 RNA polymerase: production and activity

    Pierre Fechter;Joëlle Rudinger;Richard Giegé;Anne Théobald-Dietrich

  • Toward the full set of human mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: characterization of AspRS and TyrRS.

    Luc Bonnefond;Aurélie Fender;Joëlle Rudinger-Thirion;Richard Giegé

  • The crystallization of biological macromolecules from precipitates : evidence for Ostwald ripening

    Joseph D. Ng;Bernard Lorber;Jean Witz;Anne Théobald-Dietrich

  • Diagnostic of precipitant for biomacromolecule crystallization by quasi-elastic light-scattering.

    V. Mikol;E. Hirsch;R. Giegé

  • Conformation in solution of yeast tRNA(Asp) transcripts deprived of modified nucleotides.

    Véronique Perret;A Garcia;J Puglisi;H Grosjean

  • A historical perspective on protein crystallization from 1840 to the present day

    Richard Giegé

  • Enzymatic Formation of Modified Nucleosides in tRNA: Dependence on tRNA Architecture

    Henri Grosjean;Johan Edqvist;Kerstin B. Stråby;Richard Giegé

  • Yeast tRNAAsp tertiary structure in solution and areas of interaction of the tRNA with aspartyl-tRNA synthetase. A comparative study of the yeast phenylalanine system by phosphate alkylation experiments with ethylnitrosourea.

    Pascale Romby;Dino Moras;Marc Bergdoll;Philippe Dumas

  • Molecular recognition of the identity-determinant set of isoleucine transfer RNA from Escherichia coli.

    Osamu Nureki;Tatsuya Niimi;Tomonari Muramatsu;Hideo Kanno

  • Toward a more complete view of tRNA biology

    Richard Giegé

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Florentz
Catherine Florentz University of Strasbourg
Jean-Pierre Ebel
Jean-Pierre Ebel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dino Moras
Dino Moras Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Eric Westhof
Eric Westhof University of Strasbourg
Pascale Romby
Pascale Romby Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mark Helm
Mark Helm Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gérard Keith
Gérard Keith Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Henri Grosjean
Henri Grosjean Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Valentin V. Vlassov
Valentin V. Vlassov Russian Academy of Sciences
Joseph D. Puglisi
Joseph D. Puglisi Stanford University

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