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Richard W. Scott

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
11525
World Ranking
17035
National Ranking
7022

Richard W. Scott publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 113 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard W. Scott 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 W. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard W. Scott is affiliated with the Fox Chase Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans across Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The subfields in which they have contributed include Biochemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work focuses on several main topics including lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, plant responses to elevated CO2, bioenergy crop production and management, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, climate change and health impacts, and health, psychology, and well-being.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Richard W. Scott has co-authored papers with Luke J. Cooney, Zac Beechey-Gradwell, Somrutai Winichayakul, Kim Richardson, and Tracey Crowther.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Changes in Leaf-Level Nitrogen Partitioning and Mesophyll Conductance Deliver Increased Photosynthesis for Lolium perenne Leaves Engineered to Accumulate Lipid Carbon Sinks (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Lolium perenne engineered for elevated leaf lipids exhibits greater energy density in field canopies under defoliation (2021, Field Crops Research)
  • Wise Ancestors, Good Ancestors: Why Mindfulness Matters in the Promotion of Planetary Health (2021, Challenges)
  • Epichloë fungal endophyte interactions in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) modified to accumulate foliar lipids for increased energy density (2023, BMC Plant Biology)
  • The Earthrise Community: Transforming Planetary Consciousness for a Flourishing Future (2025, Challenges)

One of the prominent venues for their research publications is the journal Challenges, alongside Frontiers in Plant Science, Field Crops Research, BMC Plant Biology, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Best Publications

  • Motor neurons in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-deficient mice develop normally but exhibit enhanced cell death after axonal injury.

    Andrew. G. Reaume;Jeffrey L. Elliott;Eric K. Hoffman;Neil W. Kowall;Neil W. Kowall

  • Reduction of CuZn-Superoxide Dismutase Activity Exacerbates Neuronal Cell Injury and Edema Formation after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia

    Takeo Kondo;Andrew G. Reaume;Ting Ting Huang;Elaine Carlson

  • De Novo Design of Antimicrobial Polymers, Foldamers, and Small Molecules: From Discovery to Practical Applications

    Gregory N. Tew;Richard W. Scott;Michael L. Klein;William F. DeGrado

  • Activation of c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase and p38 in an Alzheimer's Disease Model Is Associated with Amyloid Deposition

    Mary J. Savage;Yin-Guo Lin;John R. Ciallella;Dorothy G. Flood

  • De novo design and in vivo activity of conformationally restrained antimicrobial arylamide foldamers

    Sungwook Choi;Andre Isaacs;Dylan Clements;Dahui Liu

  • Modulation of secreted beta-amyloid precursor protein and amyloid beta-peptide in brain by cholesterol.

    David S. Howland;Stephen P. Trusko;Mary J. Savage;Andrew G. Reaume

  • MPTP Activates c‐Jun NH2‐Terminal Kinase (JNK) and Its Upstream Regulatory Kinase MKK4 in Nigrostriatal Neurons In Vivo

    Michael S. Saporito;Beth Ann Thomas;Richard W. Scott

  • Turnover of Amyloid β-Protein in Mouse Brain and Acute Reduction of Its Level by Phorbol Ester

    Mary J. Savage;Stephen P. Trusko;David S. Howland;Leonard R. Pinsker

  • Targeted deletion of the cytosolic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase gene (Sod1) increases susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss.

    Kevin K. Ohlemiller;Sandra L. McFadden;Da-Lian Ding;Dorothy G. Flood

  • CEP-1347 (KT7515), a Semisynthetic Inhibitor of the Mixed Lineage Kinase Family

    Anna C. Maroney;James P. Finn;Thomas J. Connors;John T. Durkin

  • Superoxide-mediated cytotoxicity in superoxide dismutase-deficient fetal fibroblasts.

    Ting-Ting Huang;Michio Yasunami;Elaine J. Carlson;Anne Marie Gillespie

  • De novo designed synthetic mimics of antimicrobial peptides.

    Richard W Scott;William F DeGrado;Gregory N Tew

  • Mice lacking cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase display a distinctive motor axonopathy.

    J. M. Shefner;A. G. Reaume;D. G. Flood;R. W. Scott

  • CEP‐1347/KT‐7515, an inhibitor of SAPK/JNK pathway activation, promotes survival and blocks multiple events associated with Aβ‐induced cortical neuron apoptosis

    Donna Bozyczko‐Coyne;Teresa M. O'Kane;Zhi‐Liang Wu;Pawel Dobrzanski

  • INCREASED EXPRESSION OF IL-1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME IN HIPPOCAMPUS AFTER ISCHEMIA : SELECTIVE LOCALIZATION IN MICROGLIA

    Ratan V. Bhat;Richard DiRocco;Val R. Marcy;Dorothy G. Flood

  • Comparative Mechanistic Studies of Brilacidin, Daptomycin and the Antimicrobial Peptide LL16

    Bruk Mensa;Gabriella L. Howell;Richard Scott;William F. DeGrado

  • Presenilin-1 P264L Knock-In Mutation: Differential Effects on Aβ Production, Amyloid Deposition, and Neuronal Vulnerability

    Robert Siman;Andrew G. Reaume;Mary J. Savage;Stephen Trusko

  • Enhanced Amyloidogenic Processing of the β-Amyloid Precursor Protein in Gene-targeted Mice Bearing the Swedish Familial Alzheimer's Disease Mutations and a “Humanized” Aβ Sequence

    Andrew G. Reaume;David S. Howland;Stephen P. Trusko;Mary J. Savage

  • Proteasome inhibition enhances the stability of mouse Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase with mutations linked to familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Eric K. Hoffman;Heide M. Wilcox;Richard W. Scott;Robert Siman

  • Exacerbation of Delayed Cell Injury After Transient Global Ischemia in Mutant Mice With CuZn Superoxide Dismutase Deficiency

    Makoto Kawase;Kensuke Murakami;Miki Fujimura;Yuiko Morita-Fujimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory N. Tew
Gregory N. Tew University of Massachusetts Amherst
William F. DeGrado
William F. DeGrado University of California, San Francisco
Pak H. Chan
Pak H. Chan Stanford University
Yan Li
Yan Li Huazhong Agricultural University
Neil W. Kowall
Neil W. Kowall Boston University
Robert J. Ferrante
Robert J. Ferrante Boston University
Juan Anguita
Juan Anguita Ikerbasque
Robert H. Brown
Robert H. Brown University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Charles J. Epstein
Charles J. Epstein University of California, San Francisco
Ting-Ting Huang
Ting-Ting Huang Stanford University

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