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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	94	1728	1536	653	539	229	28300
Biology and Biochemistry	99	1602	1446	897	793	254	32438

Overview

Richard W. Gross is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States and focuses primarily on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Spectroscopy, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The major topics of Richard W. Gross's research include:

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard W. Gross include:

The foundations and development of lipidomics, 2021, Journal of Lipid Research
Nutritional modulation of heart failure in mitochondrial pyruvate carrier-deficient mice, 2020, Nature Metabolism
12-LOX catalyzes the oxidation of 2-arachidonoyl-lysolipids in platelets generating eicosanoid-lysolipids that are attenuated by iPLA2γ knockout, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
A functional role for eicosanoid-lysophospholipids in activating monocyte signaling, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
High-fat diet activates liver iPLA2γ generating eicosanoids that mediate metabolic stress, 2021, Journal of Lipid Research

The primary venues where Richard W. Gross frequently publishes include:

Journal of Lipid Research (3 publications)
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2 publications)
Nature Metabolism (1 publication)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (1 publication)
iScience (1 publication)

Richard W. Gross often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Christopher M. Jenkins (4 joint publications)
Harold F. Sims (4 joint publications)
Shaoping Guan (4 joint publications)
Beverly Gibson Dilthey (4 joint publications)
Xinping Liu (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

Shotgun lipidomics: Electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis and quantitation of cellular lipidomes directly from crude extracts of biological samples

Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

1295
Citations
Identification, cloning, expression, and purification of three novel human calcium-independent phospholipase A2 family members possessing triacylglycerol lipase and acylglycerol transacylase activities

Richard W. Gross;Christopher Jenkins

1213
Citations
The cardiac phenotype induced by PPARα overexpression mimics that caused by diabetes mellitus

Brian N. Finck;John J. Lehman;Teresa C. Leone;Michael J. Welch

1137
Citations
Global analyses of cellular lipidomes directly from crude extracts of biological samples by ESI mass spectrometry: A bridge to lipidomics

Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

1087
Citations
Lipid rafts are enriched in arachidonic acid and plasmenylethanolamine and their composition is independent of caveolin-1 expression: a quantitative electrospray ionization/mass spectrometric analysis.

Linda J. Pike;Xianlin Han;Koong Nah Chung;Richard W. Gross

721
Citations
A critical role for PPARα-mediated lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy: Modulation by dietary fat content

Brian N. Finck;Xianlin Han;Michael Courtois;Franck Aimond

638
Citations
Amphipathic metabolites and membrane dysfunction in ischemic myocardium.

P B Corr;R W Gross;B E Sobel

611
Citations
Multi-dimensional mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics and novel strategies for lipidomic analyses.

Xianlin Han;Kui Yang;Richard W. Gross

587
Citations
Electrospray ionization mass spectroscopic analysis of human erythrocyte plasma membrane phospholipids

Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

529
Citations
Quantitative analysis and molecular species fingerprinting of triacylglyceride molecular species directly from lipid extracts of biological samples by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

497
Citations
Ferroptotic cell death and TLR4/Trif signaling initiate neutrophil recruitment after heart transplantation

Wenjun Li;Guoshuai Feng;Jason M. Gauthier;Inessa Lokshina

495
Citations
Adipocyte Lipases and Defect of Lipolysis in Human Obesity

Dominique Langin;Andrea Dicker;Geneviève Tavernier;Johan Hoffstedt

452
Citations
Suicide inhibition of canine myocardial cytosolic calcium-independent phospholipase A2. Mechanism-based discrimination between calcium-dependent and -independent phospholipases A2.

Stanley L. Hazen;Lori A. Zupan;Randy H. Weiss;Daniel P. Getman

451
Citations
Automated lipid identification and quantification by multidimensional mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics.

Kui Yang;Hua Cheng;Richard W. Gross;Xianlin Han

420
Citations
High plasmalogen and arachidonic acid content of canine myocardial sarcolemma: a fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopic and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopic characterization.

Richard W. Gross

401
Citations
DGAT enzymes are required for triacylglycerol synthesis and lipid droplets in adipocytes

Charles A. Harris;Joel T. Haas;Ryan S. Streeper;Scot J. Stone

388
Citations
Decreased hepatic triglyceride accumulation and altered fatty acid uptake in mice with deletion of the liver fatty acid-binding protein gene.

Elizabeth P. Newberry;Yan Xie;Susan Kennedy;Xianlin Han

352
Citations
Nuclear receptors PPARβ/δ and PPARα direct distinct metabolic regulatory programs in the mouse heart

Eileen M. Burkart;Nandakumar Sambandam;Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

350
Citations
CD36 Is Important for Fatty Acid and Cholesterol Uptake by the Proximal but Not Distal Intestine

Fatiha Nassir;Brody Wilson;Xianlin Han;Richard W. Gross

345
Citations
Purification and characterization of canine myocardial cytosolic phospholipase A2. A calcium-independent phospholipase with absolute f1-2 regiospecificity for diradyl glycerophospholipids.

Stanley L. Hazen;Robert J. Stuppy;Richard W. Gross

335
Citations